(Feb 12) HC Ladder Unique Race

Thanks dime. I feel I should have figured that out but now I know.

If I have to predict, a templar might be the second best shot, marauders have got a good push too and duelists can do fine though they are probably too hard to play at top 3-level in competitions for anyone but indczn!
I think rangers might have gained enough in 0.9.6 to actually be competitive at the top!
Witches are though hands down the topdog again since I think the bonus to Spark and the change to lightning nova is actually benificial in the long run for good witches!

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radiatoren wrote:

If I have to predict, a templar might be the second best shot, marauders have got a good push too and duelists can do fine though they are probably too hard to play at top 3-level in competitions for anyone but indczn!
I think rangers might have gained enough in 0.9.6 to actually be competitive at the top!
Witches are though hands down the topdog again since I think the bonus to Spark and the change to lightning nova is actually benificial in the long run for good witches!

I'm pretty sure IMdisappoint could do a duelist too, as he told me the build :)

Also, 2nd duelist last race was ahead of me most of the way.

I don't think the Nova change helps the witch for rushing, I was trying to use it but found it clunky, and had trouble hitting many monsters, perhaps I just need to get used to it, or have less desync issues. The spark change is nice, however.

Btw. Like last time: I dare the rest of the players to prove me wrong. In this case I would prefer to be proven wrong! :P

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radiatoren wrote:

Btw. Like last time: I dare the rest of the players to prove me wrong. In this case I would prefer to be proven wrong! :P

I'll be doing something different if I run this one. :)

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Garr0t wrote:

I'm predicting a duellist will be the overall winner again...

god forbid duelists are useful for anything

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radiatoren wrote:

If I have to predict, a templar might be the second best shot, marauders have got a good push too and duelists can do fine though they are probably too hard to play at top 3-level in competitions for anyone but indczn!
I think rangers might have gained enough in 0.9.6 to actually be competitive at the top!
Witches are though hands down the topdog again since I think the bonus to Spark and the change to lightning nova is actually benificial in the long run for good witches!

One patch change that should be interesting:

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Reduced the life of normal monsters, but kept magic, rare and unique monsters the same

This likely benefits witches most, but everyone gains from this in a race setting. I'll be pretty disappointed if there aren't at least a few players to reach level 30 or higher.

I hope you're right IMD, I think only a few players are capable of breaking 30, you are clearly one of them but maybe you don't realise you have talent for this sort of thing.

I for one find it hard to concentrate at that level for 3 hours straight - but i'll try everytime!

A dumber thing about hardcore races is anyone with a degree of lag will have a much harder time playing. It's harder to trust taking on a big mob when you have lag, especially in a cave or small area.

I think the winners will pretty much always be on low latency connections.

Just realised this is on a Monday :( i'll be starting work at 10, not a POE race. I swear it said it was on Sunday this morning.

Will be there. Would love to play for extra beta invites :D