(Nov 26) This weekend's 3 hour ladder event

There should be PvP afterwards so I could rape the two other Rangers :D

how many people did participate?

so bad my m8 (hoe) died in act2 norm :/
first he leeches my xp and then he chills xD

Nice race, everyone! Looking forward to the next one. My favorite moment was probably typing /ladder and seeing Coordinator at the top.

Wait, you maintained that pace WITH a leecher?

What the hell were your items made off?

@konfeta

I really think ranger was fun to play.

I was going with ilvl-4 white bow till clvl-10, then ilvl-10 blue bow till clvl-12. Char's gear was really really crap. Still I've managed to hit lvl12 in less than an hour (killed the unique doggy in the prisoner's gate and the race ended)

Still I want a poison arrow buff.

Well, ranger, to me, feels somewhat adequate until Act 2 (with the ranger, I can go quite a bit longer without spending any passive points unlike a Witch). Then his damage just drops like a rock and he needs a billion good items to start being fun to play with again.

It's, the AoE, really. As a Witch, I can take risks like jump in the middle of bunch of enemies and start nova spam. There is more control to kiting. Ranger can't deliver either.

Well that was - interesting. Making it an hour shorter than the last rush I took part in was a good move, four hours is a bit long to keep focus.

Chose a marauder for survivability basically, seeing as the HC thing was a factor. I used the "grab whatever 2h weapon drops" build so staffs and maces finally yielded to axes based on damage alone. I lost my ground slam but it was a necessary sacrifice :)

Running solo, things went steadily. I had to avoid a couple of physical reflect aura bosses, not good for a neanderthal's health 0.0 and the lack of mana flask or tp scroll drops slowed things down especially thru the prison areas.

Merveil nearly did me in, it's a tricky business negotiating her lair with only a millimeter of visibility. The cop out tp to town and back solved that dilemma at least. Getting mobbed by sixteen gazillion monkeys in arrival in Act 2 was another matter, it sure doesn't pay to panic and run around wildly, attraction even more of the little f***ers :(

So I was happy to run down the clock at clvl 17 with my skin intact. Good game, lotta fun and I echo the sentiments of those who have suggested a solo only league at some point later on. Gratz to the winners, who knew witches would rule the roost once again :)

Will they get to keep their unique when Open Beta/Release hits?

Also, these amulets are going to be more common than mirrors. I wonder if we can use an Orb of Chance to create one? I'd like to test it.

(And of course you can't use a mirror to copy a unique. Bleh.)

I don't think I really want one of these - I get more rarity increase from my current rare amulet. The size increase is purely graphical, and the elemental resist is niche.

Feel free to buff them a bit, Grinding Gear team! How about 1-2% of total health/mana restored on a kill?

Hm, general feedback:

-The race sort of lost its luster by the time you reach Cruel. After that it was just attempting efficient grinding. Perhaps experiment with a 2h to 2h-30m range?

-The random truly is an epic pivotal point. I got extremely good drops at first (found a Raise Zombie gem, had a constant flow of flask upgrades as I went forward, and most importantly, found a 2 blue link Wand and a Focus, both with +1 Lightning Skills). Pretty sure its the only reason I got catapulted so far ahead towards the end of the race, my Shock Nova and Spark were doing far more damage than they had any business doing.

-Nerf Shock Nova.