(Oct 20) Three-hour Solo Hardcore Ladder Race

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Chris wrote:

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Metronomy wrote:

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Chris wrote:

Partying: No

I found a small spelling mistake Chris, you accidentally miss-spelt 'Yes'.

Its no big deal, take your time to edit it out

You may recall this conversation:

#HBP_Ranger: [Searing Touch, Long Staff] Searing touch anyone?
To @HBP_Ranger: what item level is it?
#Thriller_zombies: fire wants one i think :D
#Fire: I do
#HBP_Ranger: iLvl 63
To @HBP_Ranger: how much are you looking for?
From @HBP_Ranger: you cant afford it =P
To @HBP_Ranger: that is unfortunate :-( but go on?
From @HBP_Ranger: I gave it to Henry muahahahahahaha
To @HBP_Ranger: oh well :)
To @HBP_Ranger: unrelated, the race next week may be solo :(

IMO, worth it, it's so OP in its current form.

Yay, another race!
Cheers!

Starts at 3 AM here...

Make the "european friendly event" a non-party event please.

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Chris wrote:

You may recall this conversation:

#HBP_Ranger: [Searing Touch, Long Staff] Searing touch anyone?
To @HBP_Ranger: what item level is it?
#Thriller_zombies: fire wants one i think :D
#Fire: I do
#HBP_Ranger: iLvl 63
To @HBP_Ranger: how much are you looking for?
From @HBP_Ranger: you cant afford it =P
To @HBP_Ranger: that is unfortunate :-( but go on?
From @HBP_Ranger: I gave it to Henry muahahahahahaha
To @HBP_Ranger: oh well :)
To @HBP_Ranger: unrelated, the race next week may be solo :(

Haha.

I'll do my damnedest to try and attend this race. Need to be reminded what it feels like to enjoy life.

3am in Italy...oh god!But I'll try to be awake for this!:)

Yes! Another solo event, woohoo!

I, for one, love the reduced prizes. Running 3 hour races is still an excellent return on the time spent in terms of orbs, even for players who can only make it to level ~25.

May I suggest that you remove transmutes from the prize pool and adjust the number of orbs won down accordingly? It feels a bit like a slap to the face to get transmutation orbs after a race, and I think most people would be happier receiving a lower amount of orbs without the psychological effect of getting trasmutes (based on the amount of people who mentioned it in global after the last race, and my own feeling).


Let the games commence!

again one of those not europe-friendly races...

I'm interested in seeing how race parties go after the drop nerf to them. I got sick of seeing 80%+ ipd weapons in all of the uber party's hands while I'm 3 levels back with a near white version of the same weapon, that should even the playing field a little.

That said, I'm glad the race is on an even playing field for those of us who don't have talented parties to join.

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Chris wrote:

Seriously though, we want to encourage placing somewhat more than "get to a specific level then stop" participation.

the "stop" has a name: vaal overlord. it's 12 currency or none. this would't change much if it's 6 currency or none because for "normal" players like me there is no chance of < rank 5

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NotThat wrote:

May I suggest that you remove transmutes from the prize pool and adjust the number of orbs won down accordingly? It feels a bit like a slap to the face to get transmutation orbs after a race, and I think most people would be happier receiving a lower amount of orbs without the psychological effect of getting trasmutes (based on the amount of people who mentioned it in global after the last race, and my own feeling).

Disagreed -- instead Regal orbs should be more common, as common as Alchemy (or even more common). Currently it seems like Regals are one of the rarest orbs in the game.

Currently Transmutation ends up being used just for flasks and I guess maps, but more Regals would fix that.

I can't even remember the last time I saw a Regal orb drop.

I received a ridiculous number of orbs last race. However there were so many common orbs that, without Regals, I had no use for them.