Descent Races

What about prizes for individual races besides the Demigods to the top 18 players with a certain class? I think on reddit it was mentioned that since we don't keep loot drops, orb rewards might come back.

Are we going to get test races before the actual season starts? It would be nice to get a taste of the gameplay before basically being locked into one class if you want any hope of a demi.

This needs to be permanent league, with like few hundreds of levels or atleast enough to get to max level. No stashes, no npc's, no parties, just pure fun aRPG.

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Chypre wrote:

What about prizes for individual races besides the Demigods to the top 18 players with a certain class? I think on reddit it was mentioned that since we don't keep loot drops, orb rewards might come back.

Are we going to get test races before the actual season starts? It would be nice to get a taste of the gameplay before basically being locked into one class if you want any hope of a demi.

It's a signature race, only your best event counts, on your best class. This means that you can swap to a different class half way through the season and still have just as good of a chance as anyone (as long as you do better than your previous class).

Sounds awesome! Really an interesting alternative to the races we had so far.

But on the other side: The character will be deleted, all items destroyed. That's obviously necessary, but:

1. Will there be any reward aside from season points for participating in these events? (Races were always a good oportunity to start a new char or get some items I could use for my other chars, which won't be an option here.)

2. Will there be items exclusive for these events? Such as special uniques only available in these, different flasks or even base items like in Anarchy and Onslaught?

Cazy

I see a lot of people assuming that no points are awarded like in normal race events. Am I missing something where it says that?

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Note that because Descent races are the Signature Events of Season Three, there will be alternate-art Demigod's Stride items given to the top-three characters of each class at the end of the season, based on overall experience. Only the highest result of each character class on an account is compared.

This sounds just like the 135 minute events in season two, which still gave out race points. Giving out Demigod's doesn't exclude the giving of points.

Assuming you can still get a few points per race, I'm super excited for this. One hour races are just about the only ones I play between work and family commitments, so I'm excited to see more of them! Plus the whole concept is just brilliant.

I don't think I've ever been more impressed with you guys, Congrats!

I can't wait to see what you guys end up doing with this mode. Hopefully it will be a league you can play whenever you want eventually. Roguelikes are amazing, and I don't think it's ever been done quite in this way.

Great job!

I really want to see this in a non racing form so I could take my time exploring everything without having to hurry up.
Sorta like a minigame, maybe after this season?

I don't normally do races but this sounds like a lot of fun. Looking forward to this.

Descent is the right idea in the wrong direction.

What I would like to see is a no party, no trading, self found league only.

I just wanna say that ggg has done an outstanding job at creating the ultimate arpg experience.

With that said, I'm really looking forward to playing in descent races, however I am a bit conflicted with a few things:

1: I really wish we could have the option to do these races with at least a two person party. I'm trying to get my rl friend to pick up the game, and descent race would probably bring him here, but if we can't play together...

2: I'm unclear on the whole reward system of these race events. As a casual player, I enjoy playing in anarchy league because of the fresh economy and a new reason to re-roll. However, if these races give me no rewards to my permanent character in anarchy, there is not much reason for me to accumulate points.