Azmodan, the New Rush

[FoxBat]

When we play, we play in a way that I figure most HC players do, clear it ALL. You need the chances & xp that full clears give you.

While I'm sure there is a laudable subset of HC players that will play "honorably", the only thing you "need" is a friend/second account to do fast XP/quest rushing and some gold to pick up AH items once you reach the desired level. As always plenty of people will line up to do the cheapest thing once they learn of it.

Incidentally, HC does happen to have a gear tax this time around to partly address Mav's concern. Either way if you're serious about Inferno HC, the majority of your progression will be happening there anyway, and that's entirely item (and/or gold/$$$) based.