I will certainly test this myself and report back, when I have a decent sample.
Another point is upgrading gems. I am currently upgrading my gems at level 75+ @ 1% chance. I have no chance of upgrading them at 60 but I do have that 1% at 65. Getting a good group to do a few 75s to upgrade gems would be better, but that is not always an option, and I've gained 5-6 gem levels this way so far which is great.
I'm @ Paragon 888 right now and other than gems I do not really see anything else than xp that matters to me. So maybe that 1000+ paragon you're mentionning for not caring about bloodshards / leg per hour is a bit overkill. But then maybe I'm just lucky, who knows.
Thanks for the reply.
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