Question about hell levels (30, 35, etc..)

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Hey all, just wondering how this actually works in game. Are hell levels an actual thing, as in they were designed to sort of be like check points in the leveling of a character, or are they more like just weird spots in the game where exp comes slower due to various unintentional mechanics of the game?

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