Stuck in Act 2 Cruel

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Darkfyre84 wrote:

I'm also learning that post-normal (somewhere around level 40ish), leveling up slows down quite a bit.

Experience usually slows down around Act 2-3 Cruel (so 50+), since the level progression of the zones in cruel is not very strong. In Merciless the leveling seems to speed up though (ironically) since there are quite a few high-level areas available that are easy to farm.