Race Season Two Announced!

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Mr_Cee wrote:

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Redblade wrote:

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Mr_Cee wrote:

Experience has a base "resolution" of 1 point (thats how many, 1/10 of the very first killed monster on the beach?), while ...
Its just not possible to set a rule that generates a true placement and can spawn a winner.

Award additional XP at the end of the race based on quest completed, have each quest count as 1/10th of a level, gate the acts through full quest completion (requires changing the game though) and so on, I'm sure there are more solutions to that problem.

of course are there (additional) options, that could add some more result diversity, but you will still have a lot of players/chars with the same result, killing any ranking.

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Taxt wrote:

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Am I the only one that thinks Demis are useless?

GGG needs to lower the requirement for getting 1 point in races. To make it easier for lower-skilled and newer players to get something for participating in events..

To be fair, the 1 point requirement is extraordinarily easy for someone who has played much PoE at all. However, with the release of the overall points rewards and it scaling down much further, I have a feeling the race rewards will follow suit.

The avg player can at most get 1-3 points in a 1hr, and no points in any longer races.

Even though I can get the minimum point for a 1hr race if I tried, I don't want to play at 100% for 1hr on multiple days, just for a simple reward. It'd be good if I could slack off a little, and enjoy the race..

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Litheum wrote:

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Chaosu wrote:

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Chris wrote:

At the end of the season, the top 20 players by Season Points will receive an alternate art Demigod's Triumph.

Feels like a biggest mistake to me, last season proved that there are very few reaching top tier reward (24 players) (btw. season 1 ladder is broken right now, can't change number of players per page). 20 of them received another prize. getting 1000 points seems tougher because season duration is the same! Will you be happy if highest tier reward will be obtained by less than 20 players? Feels wrong to me, but what do I know...

The problem is, it is just as unfair to not reward these guys just to be fair to us.

If they stopped at 300 or even 500, it is just as unfair to those guys who now get nothing the rest of the season. I do think these top performers get a little too much, because they get uniques each race, each tier, end-of-season, and now the "signature" record races. But at the same time, I am not putting in a 40-hour race week like they are......so meh.

I would be upset if they stipened my pay at 2 days of work because it's unfair to people who only work 2 days a week......the rewards are given for talent, strategy, commitment, and time investment. And at the end of the day I think thats OK.

Biggest reason?? Because I wholeheartedly believe "catering to casuals" was the reason some very big, respected Companies have lost all respect and loyalty from me.

Even though I am not a top 20 guy, I like playing games that stick to their ideals, POE is a game for hardcore gamers.