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[Archon_Wing]

I think something really needs to be done about Act 4.

Act 4 in its current state is trash. It's harder and has the same drop rates as Act 3-- while being more sparser, too short, AND having less elite packs. This isn't inferno exclusive-- it's even inferior in hell mode. A few runs of Act 3 (just the Keep, Bunker, Stonefort, and Rakki's crossing) in hell got me a paragon level on my wizard. Doing all of Act 4 caused the bar to barely move. Plvl 2 doesn't require that much more exp than 1, but the thing is by the time I have 5 NV I'm already almost at Diablo.

Currently, the only reason to enter Act 4 is to get achievements and if you want to frustrate yourself with practically undodgable corrupted angels and oppressors.

It may not be viable to make Act 4 longer atm, but it's entirely reasonable to give Act 4 much higher drop rates than Act 3.

With the game getting easier, everyone is going to be converging on to Act 3, and running the same place over and over can get boring for many. At a certain point the only Act that will matter is Act 3.

I think a even simpler solution is to carry NV stacks between acts. Perhaps they could add +1 to the maximum stacks for completing an act until you leave the game.

As a side note, it is completely viable to farm your first few (or even 10) levels of paragon in hell mode especially if you rock an exp gem. That doesn't mean it's better than inferno, but for those that don't use the AH, this becomes rather valuable to have the extra mf/gf.