Quote Originally Posted by LonePudding View Post
I don't see how speeding can ever be helpful, unless you speed right through the whole thing. I would like to know why people used gold to speed through. Maybe I'm not seeing something.

My advice to you would be not to speed through anymore, as your wait times will just become longer.
Yes, this is my own understanding from the first one. I made the mistake of speeding on the first few rounds and it just meant I waited longer to unlock further Acts. S8 have done this so that those people who invested in speeding feel incentivised to spend more gold to maintain their head start.

Speeding to the next act might be useful on the last two Acts (or should I say second and third last Acts) as the goals tend to be harder and for some people or in some instances (like if it overlaps a tourney) the extra time is needed to complete the goals for the last Act in time.