So i have seen guardians suggest that's its best to wait until Monday to cash in their iron banner bounties.  Especially the weekly bounties.  And they're 1000% right!  With the tempering mechanic you'll get 415 for each daily and 1746 for each weekly (assuming you've got the shader, emblem and class item).  Which means that on Monday you could go all the way from rank 0 to 5 by cashing 8 dailies and 3 weeklies all at once. Heres the thing; you do not need to complete those bounties during the current Iron Banner.  They can be "left overs" from previous month.  So you can hit rank 5 without playing a single match. And if you're on an atl character its even less.  7 dailies and 1 weekly OR 3 dailies and 2 weeklies for rank 5.  Again, without winning a single match!  Just show up at the tower and collect your goodies. So here comes my suggestion bnet; [b]hang onto completed IB bounties between events and rotate your "main" character each iron banner.[/b]  Before each iron banner i pick my "main" from my three characters.  Im looking for the one who has the most already completed and yet-to-be-cashed IB bounties.  The weekly bounties are the big money here. I then play on the main until I've got all three weeklies done, AND enough dailies that when combined with my current experience I'll hit rank 5.  Usually 5 dailies is enough.  Ironbanner.info is super helpful when figuring this out. Then i play on my alts until I've got at least one weekly done, and again, enough dailies that when combined with current experience i hit rank 5. Then i wait.  If i really still want to play for the -blam!- of it then I'll jump on an alt and work on the remaining weeklies for the NEXT iron banner. Then Monday.  Main hits tower and hits rank 5 mere seconds later.  Collect packages and then do the same for the alts.  Prep for next IB. Figured I'd throw this out there as I've never seen this mentioned.  If its already been posted please forgive me for i know not what i do.  Anyway thanks for reading!