Act 4 Temp Leagues

Its obviously hard to make intelligent guesses (especially for me with all my stupid), but we can expect that the launch of Act 4 will either coincide or be closely followed by new Temp Leagues.

So.. What kind of leagues are they going to be? What would you like to see?

I like loot, so anything that increases loot drops is a big plus for me. Exiles, invasion bosses, ambush boxes - these things are cool. Tormented spirits.. maybe? The ones in the Beta look a little bit better at infecting creatures.

But this is all old stuff, it has been done. We need something NEW and COOL and super awesome! So, what do you think would be a good option?

Here are my shitty suggestions:

Softcore - Darkness League

The longer you spend in an instance, the darker it begins to get. The darkness spreads from the entry and exit points of the map, and as it touches mobs they gain more strength, life, and speed. As they scale up, they drop better loot and provide more XP (capped obviously). Once the darkness has fully spread, there is a chance that one of the rare or unique monsters will be posessed, turning into some kind of nigh on unkillable bastard boss thing.

Hardcore - Hunted League

Shit just got real - you're being hunted. Vorici has gone mad with power and is now recruiting rogue exiles, invasion bosses, corrupted bosses, and even the new Act 4 bosses to hunt you down. Every instance you enter will spawn a hunter whose sole job is to make sure you don't leave the instance alive. They may be solo, or accompanied by a cadre of henchmen. In some cases, they may use their powers to corrupt mobs, lock the exits or prevent you from using portals, stop your flasks from refilling, or even perma curse you. Killing them can earn you rewards from Vorici - but remember, he has gone insane. If his agents can't kill you, he may just decide to come after you himself.

the hardcore one sounds rough lol

Isn't that the point of the HC, though? :) Its supposed to be tough as balls!

true but none have ever been as rough as what your discribeing

I don't know, Invasion sounded pretty rough and those Beyond spawns were pretty intense in some maps :)

Anyways, if you get locked in an instance you can just log out - if your potions don't refill you can just port to town, if you get cursed you can just potion it off, etc.

There are ways around it.

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nait2k4 wrote:

I don't know, Invasion sounded pretty rough and those Beyond spawns were pretty intense in some maps :)

Anyways, if you get locked in an instance you can just log out - if your potions don't refill you can just port to town, if you get cursed you can just potion it off, etc.

There are ways around it.

it could be fun if they executed it right

I think it would be worthwhile just for horrendous amount of QQ that would be created :)

But in saying that, I am not a game designer. Surely someone has some better ideas? Of course, this could be counted as Suggestions, I guess :(

I dont have high expectations from temp leagues since, If I remember correctly, it was mentioned that they didnt want to make the leagues very intrusive as to not meddle with act 4 first experience.
Though on the other hand, I dont see how they can do it.

Well I hope it is not too vanilla. I mean, Act 4 looks awesome so far, but we still have to run through the same old same old 1/2/3 again, 3 times each.

I know some of the zones have changed, and new skills blah blah... but still. Temp League players crave the diversity of the challenge leages :) If you want Vanilla, click on Standard Perm.

Hopefully not as vanilla as Rampage. That is the only temp league I've skipped, and now that I've experienced I don't regret it. I think it would be an awesome active skill though.