Best Offline Progress?

[Cylix]

What is the best zone to stay in for offline progress? I’ve read in guides normally you want to have most/all of your heroes one-shot enemies for the best gold gain but I’ve also heard while offline it’s more related to your DPS or average damage per hero? Since one hero one is 100 times stronger damage wise than everyone else does that mean offline I'm better off a couple zones higher than I would be online? My DPS is still way higher than the wave HP even though he's the only one one-shotting the enemies.

[Kubik]

Hi, I simulated different options and found the most optimal one, when 3 heroes kill opponents with one hit. I turned off the game for 15 minutes and watched how much gold is obtained when 2, 3, 4 and 5 heroes do one-shot. And the conclusion is - 3, 4, and 5 heroes with one-shot get the same gold, and if only 2 of them are doing one-shot, then i got almost two times less gold.
So you need at least 3 players with one-shot.

[Cylix]

The thing I wonder is that maybe it's not based on one-shoting, it's based on the total party damage/DPS, i.e. with 2 heroes at one-shot level you already had more damage than the entire wave HP so when went down a couple more levels you were still way above that number and that's why there was no change. It's mainly a question if the offline calculations are a full simulation of attacks, or some simplified calculation based on HP vs. DPS.

[Kubik]

I haven’t delved into it so much, it’s already normal for me for 7 months to reach level 302. And I’ve never donated, so don’t worry so much about it)) Just play.

[Cylix]

I measured some 10 minutes intervals and found going from 1 one-hit kill up to 3 one-hit kills just able halves my offline gold gains.

Gold    Stage   DPS     Damage  Wave HP
9.4     324     430     887     14.8
11.8    325     430     887     44.4
14.6    326     430     887     133.1
18.9    327     430     887     399.3
11.1    328     430     887     1200

After gaining some DPS I measured again on some later stages

Gold    Stage   DPS     Damage  Wave HP
67.8    327     1100    2460    399.3
83.4    328     1100    2460    1200
48.5    329     1100    2460    3500

Still not sure if DPS or damage is the deciding factor.