Hey all,
Thanks for the replies and suggestions, glad to see we have a fair amount of people interested already. I couldn't take a breather at work so finally able to respond.
I really like the suggestion of having a weekly time limit on your characters- it'll create more of an even playing field and won't reward someone who just simply has more time. Therefore I'm suggesting to extend the duration of the event to the end of August, but each character has a weekly play limit of seven hours a week. I'm also changing the rules so that you have access to all three of your characters from the start, so you can play each hero up to seven hours a week. This should allow someone who wants to play more the opportunity to progress their other characters, not get way ahead on one.
I'm removing the penalty of being out from the tournament if you die below level ten. I did this so people wouldn't die on purpose early levels to get a new character, but since I'm rolling all three of their characters now it doesn't matter as much.
I'm looking to start rolling characters this Friday. So I'll contact people who have posted on here one last time to confirm they're set. I'll edit my original post to show a leaderboard.
Now onto replies to specific people:
Mongojerry, regarding no buying from vendors. I was hesitant to include this rule but it ensures your shared gold stash won't aid you in this tournament, since all your buying is potions and repairing. I agree that rings are the number one benefit from vendors and are a huge help, but in the end I feel it'll create even more of a challenge which is what I want this tournament to be. I hope you'll play in it!
Kylearan, you're absolutely welcome to join as a casual player. You never know, might enjoy it and do quite well :)
Frag, good luck on the random skill rolls. Hope you get hilarious combinations (btw I'll be recording my random selections live, so everyone knows I don't fudge skills. Will be simply using a primitive method of blizzard's skill calc and random.org).
Pesmerga, I plan on allowing any skill until your assigned spell becomes available, whether or not it's from your spell group. I feel limiting it to a classification could create gaps where you can't have access to anything. However, I am rolling your assigned skills according to Blizzard's elective mode. Of course you don't have to have Elective mode enabled so you can move your skills around on your hotkey bar. *edit - I'm still pondering about this. I'd like your opinion (and anyone else) on whether they think any skill should be usable or just ones from the same spell category.
Again, glad to see others sign up. Eager to see what class/spell rolls you get and hearing about hilarious play styles/deaths.
Cheers,
MonTy
Thanks for the replies and suggestions, glad to see we have a fair amount of people interested already. I couldn't take a breather at work so finally able to respond.
I really like the suggestion of having a weekly time limit on your characters- it'll create more of an even playing field and won't reward someone who just simply has more time. Therefore I'm suggesting to extend the duration of the event to the end of August, but each character has a weekly play limit of seven hours a week. I'm also changing the rules so that you have access to all three of your characters from the start, so you can play each hero up to seven hours a week. This should allow someone who wants to play more the opportunity to progress their other characters, not get way ahead on one.
I'm removing the penalty of being out from the tournament if you die below level ten. I did this so people wouldn't die on purpose early levels to get a new character, but since I'm rolling all three of their characters now it doesn't matter as much.
I'm looking to start rolling characters this Friday. So I'll contact people who have posted on here one last time to confirm they're set. I'll edit my original post to show a leaderboard.
Now onto replies to specific people:
Mongojerry, regarding no buying from vendors. I was hesitant to include this rule but it ensures your shared gold stash won't aid you in this tournament, since all your buying is potions and repairing. I agree that rings are the number one benefit from vendors and are a huge help, but in the end I feel it'll create even more of a challenge which is what I want this tournament to be. I hope you'll play in it!
Kylearan, you're absolutely welcome to join as a casual player. You never know, might enjoy it and do quite well :)
Frag, good luck on the random skill rolls. Hope you get hilarious combinations (btw I'll be recording my random selections live, so everyone knows I don't fudge skills. Will be simply using a primitive method of blizzard's skill calc and random.org).
Pesmerga, I plan on allowing any skill until your assigned spell becomes available, whether or not it's from your spell group. I feel limiting it to a classification could create gaps where you can't have access to anything. However, I am rolling your assigned skills according to Blizzard's elective mode. Of course you don't have to have Elective mode enabled so you can move your skills around on your hotkey bar. *edit - I'm still pondering about this. I'd like your opinion (and anyone else) on whether they think any skill should be usable or just ones from the same spell category.
Again, glad to see others sign up. Eager to see what class/spell rolls you get and hearing about hilarious play styles/deaths.
Cheers,
MonTy