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A while back, I did a quick analysis of the Paragon XP system and created a nice chart from the results. I first posted the results on Battle.net here, and figured it could help some people here in the Theorycrafting and Analysis section of Diablofans. Enjoy.

Paragon Level   XP	Difference	Hours*  Progress
1	7,200,000	0		0.12	0.07%
2	8,640,000	1,440,000	0.14	0.15%
3	10,080,000	1,440,000	0.17	0.25%
4	11,520,000	1,440,000	0.19	0.36%
5	12,960,000	1,440,000	0.22	0.48%
6	14,400,000	1,440,000	0.24	0.62%
7	15,840,000	1,440,000	0.26	0.77%
8	17,280,000	1,440,000	0.29	0.94%
9	18,720,000	1,440,000	0.31	1.12%
10	20,160,000	1,440,000	0.34	1.31%
11	21,600,000	1,440,000	0.36	1.52%
12	23,040,000	1,440,000	0.38	1.74%
13	24,480,000	1,440,000	0.41	1.97%
14	25,920,000	1,440,000	0.43	2.22%
15	27,360,000	1,440,000	0.46	2.48%
16	28,800,000	1,440,000	0.48	2.75%
17	30,240,000	1,440,000	0.50	3.04%
18	31,680,000	1,440,000	0.53	3.35%
19	33,120,000	1,440,000	0.55	3.66%
20	34,560,000	1,440,000	0.58	3.99%
21	36,000,000	1,440,000	0.60	4.34%
22	37,440,000	1,440,000	0.62	4.70%
23	38,880,000	1,440,000	0.65	5.07%
24	40,320,000	1,440,000	0.67	5.45%
25	41,760,000	1,440,000	0.70	5.85%
26	43,200,000	1,440,000	0.72	6.27%
27	44,640,000	1,440,000	0.74	6.69%
28	46,080,000	1,440,000	0.77	7.13%
29	47,520,000	1,440,000	0.79	7.59%
30	48,960,000	1,440,000	0.82	8.06%
31	50,400,000	1,440,000	0.84	8.54%
32	51,840,000	1,440,000	0.86	9.04%
33	53,280,000	1,440,000	0.89	9.55%
34	54,720,000	1,440,000	0.91	10.07%
35	56,160,000	1,440,000	0.94	10.61%
36	57,600,000	1,440,000	0.96	11.16%
37	59,040,000	1,440,000	0.98	11.72%
38	60,480,000	1,440,000	1.01	12.30%
39	61,920,000	1,440,000	1.03	12.89%
40	63,360,000	1,440,000	1.06	13.50%
41	64,800,000	1,440,000	1.08	14.12%
42	66,240,000	1,440,000	1.10	14.75%
43	67,680,000	1,440,000	1.13	15.40%
44	69,120,000	1,440,000	1.15	16.06%
45	70,560,000	1,440,000	1.18	16.74%
46	72,000,000	1,440,000	1.20	17.42%
47	73,440,000	1,440,000	1.22	18.13%
48	74,880,000	1,440,000	1.25	18.84%
49	76,320,000	1,440,000	1.27	19.57%
50	77,760,000	1,440,000	1.30	20.32%
51	79,200,000	1,440,000	1.32	21.07%
52	80,640,000	1,440,000	1.34	21.85%
53	82,080,000	1,440,000	1.37	22.63%
54	83,520,000	1,440,000	1.39	23.43%
55	84,960,000	1,440,000	1.42	24.24%
56	86,400,000	1,440,000	1.44	25.07%
57	87,840,000	1,440,000	1.46	25.91%
58	89,280,000	1,440,000	1.49	26.76%
59	90,720,000	1,440,000	1.51	27.63%
60	92,160,000	1,440,000	1.54	28.51%
61	95,040,000	2,880,000	1.58	29.42%
62	97,920,000	2,880,000	1.63	30.36%
63	100,800,000	2,880,000	1.68	31.32%
64	103,680,000	2,880,000	1.73	32.31%
65	106,560,000	2,880,000	1.78	33.33%
66	109,440,000	2,880,000	1.82	34.38%
67	112,320,000	2,880,000	1.87	35.45%
68	115,200,000	2,880,000	1.92	36.56%
69	118,080,000	2,880,000	1.97	37.69%
70	120,960,000	2,880,000	2.02	38.84%
71	126,000,000	5,040,000	2.10	40.05%
72	131,040,000	5,040,000	2.18	41.30%
73	136,080,000	5,040,000	2.27	42.60%
74	141,120,000	5,040,000	2.35	43.95%
75	146,160,000	5,040,000	2.44	45.35%
76	151,200,000	5,040,000	2.52	46.80%
77	156,240,000	5,040,000	2.60	48.29%
78	161,280,000	5,040,000	2.69	49.83%
79	166,320,000	5,040,000	2.77	51.43%
80	171,360,000	5,040,000	2.86	53.06%
81	177,840,000	6,480,000	2.96	54.77%
82	184,320,000	6,480,000	3.07	56.53%
83	190,800,000	6,480,000	3.18	58.35%
84	197,280,000	6,480,000	3.29	60.24%
85	203,760,000	6,480,000	3.40	62.19%
86	210,240,000	6,480,000	3.50	64.20%
87	216,720,000	6,480,000	3.61	66.27%
88	223,200,000	6,480,000	3.72	68.41%
89	229,680,000	6,480,000	3.83	70.61%
90	236,160,000	6,480,000	3.94	72.87%
91	244,800,000	8,640,000	4.08	75.21%
92	253,440,000	8,640,000	4.22	77.63%
93	262,080,000	8,640,000	4.37	80.14%
94	270,720,000	8,640,000	4.51	82.73%
95	279,360,000	8,640,000	4.66	85.40%
96	288,000,000	8,640,000	4.80	88.15%
97	296,640,000	8,640,000	4.94	90.99%
98	305,280,000	8,640,000	5.09	93.91%
99	313,920,000	8,640,000	5.23	96.91%
100	322,560,000	8,640,000	5.38	100.00%

TOTAL 10,454,400,000 XP	174.24 Hours*

*Hours are calculated at a rate of 60 million XP/hour, which seems to be a relatively common number I see thrown around when talking about XP farming rates. Note that this will depend highly on your class, build, gear, playstyle, and farm route.

The most efficient way to farm Paragon XP is to select a MP level where you can 1-shot nearly all the white monsters. Put a ruby in your hat, wear a Hellfire ring and give your follower one, and give yourself as many mobility skills as you can (also make sure you have 24% movespeed from your gear). Then run Arreat Crater Level 2 backwards -> Keep Depths Level 2 -> Rakkis backwards.


For a very nice pie chart of the data, see this image (source):



Milestones:

• Paragon level 56 is the quarter-point to 100
• Paragon level 78 is the halfway point to 100
• Paragon level 91 is the three-quarters-point to 100

I'd like to see a similar system as Diablo II, but I know it will be more integrated into the gameplay and storyline. Also, I would like to see more customization of mercenaries than existed in Diablo II, such as choosing skills and being able to fully gear your mercenaries. I also think it would be interesting (and the likely won't happen) if we could issue in-battle "commands" to our mercenaries, such as telling the mercenary to attack a particular target. This could make battle strategy more complex, but at the same time it may be a variable that they don't want to throw in, or they may deem that adding this extra level of complexity could make the game too difficult to play.

I'm definitely going to play through the whole game at least once before I start PvP-ing. I may casually PvP with my brother or friends, but I definitely won't start playing ranked PvP games until I have played the game for a while and have a strong build, good gear, etc.