Hear me out. I've played diablo 2 for almost 20 years now (sometimes with 1-2 year break obviously) and leveled dozens of characters in 85-93 range over the years.
I got pretty burned out on playing UHM (lvl 135) around week into season and would love to make another main. Sigma leveling system is slow and forces you to change zones constantly. I tried leveling 2 alts and only lasted till mid 50's on both, before i couldnt stomach it.
Obviously everyone can see, that with each sigma release its harder to level, with +%exp on items being nerfed and killing the last powerleveling methods available (known to me) like hell a5 elite portals.
I feel like that the slow leveling hurts the online population a lot, because once a person burns out and/or stops enjoying how its main plays he/she simply wont want to level another character (and quit the season) - with how tedious the sigma leveling has become (1-100 and 120-125 seems both most important to character development and also most tedious to grind through).
To anyone reading this, especially if you dont post alot on the forums, please, give your opinion.
If anyone could brainstorm an efficent 1-100 leveling guide for the current patch (zones with best exp/monster density for each level range) it would also be amazing, cause honestly, with the direction the devs have taken so far i dont think they will do a sudden 180 on leveling (man can dream though)
thanks for reading