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Firgeis
26-06-2004, 04:56
First a little about myself (since its my first post)

Avid player of D2 since 1.0, loved the game and still do, however never been fond of the now so popular "grindind" style of play, of doing run after run of boring games just to have a 0.05% chance to get that item i want.. so i am one of those players who, having played trough all versions never owned a SOJ. So around 1.06-1.07 i tried a hardcore character, just for the kicks... it was pked at lvl 27, but i could never go back to SC, so I play HC ever since.

so enough of my ranting... what i want to propose is a different alternative to the current "grinding" style, since in public games its all "RUN X" games, and no more of the good old 8-player-exp-trough-the-game , i want to propose...

The D2 Run to Hell

Format

- 7 teams ,each in a distinct game (Hardcore mode)

- Each team is comprised of 7 NEW characters(preferably with the RTH tag), all the same class (1 amazon team, 1 paladin team, etc)

- Each team must collect each waypoint in the game in a linear fashion

- If a quests in the current area, the players must complete it first before moving to the
next waypoint (ex. Complete Blood Raven before moving to Stony Field)

- Games are scheduled in a fixed fashion (round), and a game created for each team at the start of
the "round", players then must start at the last gained waypoint and move forward (area wise)

- If a player dies during the Run, the team loses the member (it cant be replaced)

- Players may join or leave current game at will, if all players leave a game before
the "round" is over is disqualified

- The first team to beat Baal in Hell (having previosuly tagged al WP´s and completed all
quests) wins the Run!

Additional Rules

- No twinking
- No hacks of ANY type
- Players may not join ANY other games than Run games (shopping must be donde in the active
"round")

Comments

- This type of games relies on a big part on the honor of its participants
- This type of games also require constancy, so players must be pacient and stable with the schedules

So what you ppl think of the idea? would you join would you change anything?

x2xatreyux2x
26-06-2004, 07:50
I like the one class per team idea.

BenRosser787
26-06-2004, 19:02
Well I'm like you, I don't grind away looking for items, I just like to play the game. I will do a couple Baal runs or any runs with other people because I enjoy playing with others, but I never do runs very often. I just like to play the game, and I really don't care if I find "Godly" items. However, I think if the teams each had 1 from each class it would be better, because it just seems a lot more fun to me with a bunch of different characters than all having the same type. Besides, what would happen if the amazon team found an awsome amazon item, and someone runs up and takes it...

RealityIsTheKey
26-06-2004, 22:17
Im willing to do it. One problem though, I play on west. Id rather it be on west but i realy dont care. Also we should have a chanel to meet in. :thumbsup:

uberjoltx
26-06-2004, 22:28
I like your idea but i think it would be kind of hard to gather up so man people.

Firgeis
27-06-2004, 00:55
I like your idea but i think it would be kind of hard to gather up so man people.
I know.. its hard, but worth a try tough

I think that different teams all with the same class would test team playing between different builds of the same class, so you would have different types of barbarians to deal with different situations and to make the most of the items the team find.... also finding a great item depends on luck, and you might be lucky finding and item, an the other team maybe got a WP near the road... etc. But i has just enough randomness to make it fair (my opinion of course)

chi987
27-06-2004, 01:54
sounds like a good idea! for an even greater challenge you could limit using the town inbetween rounds or something similar. if you've ever played ironman in diablo 1 its a lot of fun

RealityIsTheKey
27-06-2004, 07:51
sounds like a good idea! for an even greater challenge you could limit using the town inbetween rounds or something similar. if you've ever played ironman in diablo 1 its a lot of fun
I have and its awesome.

mama_hc
27-06-2004, 10:30
cool idear.

finding 49 ppl to commit to this. good luck

mama :flip: