Having completed 40/40, I don't see how anyone with a life can succeed at challenges

There's widespread sentiment on the forums that you need to play 16 hours a day 7 days a week in order to complete 40/40 challenges.

I intend to prove that this is completely, 100% true by usage of my own example.

Here is my primary evidence, the playtime of my prophecy league characters.



So let's do some simple math and add up the hours.

2 * 24 + 11 + 3 * 24 + 7 = 138 hours required to complete all challenges.

Now over a 12 week period, the length of a 3 month league, this works out to 1.65 hours a day, or about an hour and forty minutes.

With this in mind, I just don't see how anyone could possibly get a monkey, let alone 40/40 with under 16 hours a day of playtime. It's just totally impossible. GGG clearly only caters to the elite 0.1% of players who can afford to play this game like it's two full time jobs.

Now I know some people will tell me that I just need to get better at the game, that I could have completed my challenges and had a life at the same time if I would just play more efficiently, but I say to you, what should player skill have to do with completing challenges? Participation and participation alone should be sufficient. Better yet, I should get 40/40 just for being creative with my builds. That would make it really fair.

In closing, please GGG stop catering to the 0.0001% and make challenges free for everyone!

Good thread.

Gratz on 40/40!!

I'm thinking of going the extra mile; i've never even tried for challenges in previous leagues cept perandus (I started all the way back when Domination started)

This league has been the most profitable and enjoyable I've ever played primarily cause I had challenges I could actually do! I work 40-50 hours a week and come home and play for 1-3 hours depending on the time of day; i've not worked hard at all for them- most came naturally. I still need a few more like 4 more double map ambrius kills, atziri 100/100 is done. I need twinned and un ID maps and prophecy chains (1 left)

Lots of league time left; I think I can do it ALTHOUGH the trophy looks awesome at challenge 36!

It's the easiest literally the easiest challenge league they have ever created like if you want impossible the x/8 leagues were impossible people without a life or without trading skills like that's impossible not this shit.

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It's the easiest literally the easiest challenge league they have ever created like if you want impossible the x/8 leagues were impossible people without a life or without trading skills like that's impossible not this shit.

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All it took for me was like 2 weeks of grinding and then sitting in 820 to fill in the gaps. Did not think it was bad, but previous leagues yeah it would have sucked ass.

took me 4 weeks on a snails pace, this leaugue was a complete joke challenge wise.

Umm, I think your post proved the exact opposite message to me.

1.65 hours (in your case 3) is a pretty big commitment (not saying it is a bad thing - each to their own) everyday for three months.

When you factor in work (9-5 + transport) and sleep, you're not left with that many hours in a day. While 1.65h a day doesnt sound out a lot in an isolated case, it actually is to be doing it consistently. You miss one day, you have to do 3.2 h the next, miss a couple of days and you are in for 5+ hour sessions (based purely on your numbers).

You probably also did it pretty efficiently with a good build.

So yeah...

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Man, how did all of this straw get all over the floor...

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Is this the sound of I_NO's post going over your head?