Veteran Player League

I just wondered how new players could be seperated from veteran players who enjoy the endgame, and I thought one solution would be to have some kind of Veteran League.

You basically have to level one character in the normal league up to a certain level, like 75, and then do some hardcore quest, and then that char can be transferred to the veteran league.
Once you have one char in the veteran league, you can also start new ones there, but until you have done so, the veteran league is off limits to you.

Of course that would ALSO be a chance for an even harder diffictuly from the start and maybe even rarer loot.

What about if the veteran league is for closed beta members only or if you played a certain amount of time, that way the name fits.

There'd only be 1-5 people in HC Veteran if it was 75.

I don't know what level limit should be chosen for, because I never got above 35.
And yes, there would only be 1-5 players in HC Veteran, but I thought it would be better that if you reached Veteran in general, you can also start new characters there directly, in Veteran normal and Veteran HC.

I personally want a Beta Legacy HC league, but thats just me.

I'd just like the idea of having a league that you have to earn, not by spending real money or having been in a beta.

Then you'd have the two normal leagues for new players and the Veteran leagues for those that know the game.

It's also another fun goal to work towards, which is an important point for me. It's a reward that hooks players.

What would be the benefit of transferring to this league? how would it be different from default?

If this was a challenge league you unlocked where everything was harder then i'd be for it but I don't see a need to segregate default league (also i'd be against transferring into it, new characters only).

I'd personally like to see something like this:

You beat the last act in the hardest difficulty, you unlock a new hard mode league.

In hard mode all monsters are stronger having the stats of higher level creatures, and perhaps you start with negative resists. Other penalties that might be interesting but not game breaking, like flasks work iron man style refilling only by killing enemies and not when you visit town.

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MM209 wrote:

What would be the benefit of transferring to this league? how would it be different from default

As I said an even hard difficultly would be nice, but more importantly, I think it's the seperation between the high level and low level player.
Because you have to keep in mind that this game is free. So you even in the long term you will have a shitload of newbies running around. Getting into a Veteran League would mean that you are surrounded by players that know the game and don't spam global chat with FAQ.