Level cathegories would only be possible for NG+ as you can't start a new game from act 2 etc. NG+ runs are very fast being sub 1 h. Therefore I don't see the need in having cathegories for the individual acts. That's my opinion at least.
Would it hurt to add them, even if it is for just a couple of people? On a lot of games there are level leaderboards who don't take long.
thing is, individual levels on D3 would mean NG+ only, not only that but it would also mean act done in 5~ mins, at this point its probably better to just do full game imo.
One shorter run I think would be a fun idea is one of Diablo's seasonal conquests:
Boss Mode:
"Kill the following bosses at max level on Torment X difficulty or higher within 20 minutes of starting the game:
Skeleton King Queen Araneae The Butcher Maghda Zoltun Kulle Belial Ghom Siegebreaker Assault Beast Cydaea Azmodan Rakanoth Izual Diablo Urzael Adria Malthael"
This achievement has always been a blast and is a run that people could just pick up and do in under 30 minutes if they're just looking for something fast to do be it because they prefer shorter runs or if they don't have the time to devote to a full run.
The only thing I would consider changing is taking out the Torment X requirement, just to see how fast it can be done? But even if you want to leave that in, as it encourages people to actually have some kill power along with their speed, go for it.
Not sure if this should have a class separation or not though.
I like the idea of a Boss Mode type run, nice and fast at least, but it's basically going to be limited to 2 characters - monk on low difficulty (cus, dash...) and demon hunter for anything that requires any kind of killing power (very easy to gear for max speed with a full impale set - 1 shotting t13 bosses...)
That said, the best runs are also going to be fished for with basically having aranae, gohm, diablo and adria as bounties (arrow to the boss from the start)
Could still be interesting for 10-15 mins of fun though :D
EDIT: I Challenge anyone to find a class better suited to this than a demon hunter @ t13 - I just did a quick test, with quite a few mistakes, and got 11:58 :)
this sound way better than NG+! Routing could be interesting as which boss one does first or if one would need grind a level or 2 before fighting the next boss. looking forward to it.
Didn't even think of it as a NG run... could prove quite interesting. I assume it'd be the same rules as other NG runs, no paragons/artisans/stash items etc?
Also, there'd be a slight complication with the bounties - some of the bosses will yield more xp due to them being bounties - i can see these being the bosses that are farmed 1st to get to the movement speed abilities faster, and loot from the chests.
Might give this a go later today, sounds fun!
EDIT: After a quick test, the run would be sub 1 hour on normal, and the xp from the bounty bosses doesn't actually add that much, i hit level 10 just before the end of the run, so, 9 for vault means not a vast amount of vault usage, which could indeed mean that stopping to kill stuff would be beneficial.
Something else to take note of, would the new act 3 boss be required? It's not currently in the boss mode conquest at least :)
This would be amazing as a NG speedrun. I would LOVE for this to happen. I know I won't be setting any WRs because I cant run it in 13 minutes like Viper on NG+ but it would just be a fun as heck category to run
I gave NG Bossrush a shot. Im down to 38:50 with still some big timesaves. (I included Vidian now) I think this can be a pretty cool category
BTW started the timer when ingame appears and stoped at the white flash after Malthael
I started timer on first teleport as i showed my paragons/gear first to show no cheating, and finished on loot drop from Malthael (the moment when you're available to port back out)
Would need to confirm whether we include Vidian (i didn't in my run)
Would need to confirm whether we're allowed to use the loot from the bounty chests too, just to keep some unity ^_^
my opinions on the rules:
- timer starts as usual with the first movement/teleport
- bounty chests should be allowed
- time stops when the last boss drops its items
- boss order should not be specifoed by the rules
- please give me a console cathegory for this :-)
the question about vidian is difficult. he is a new boss and there could be possibly even more in the future if blizzards wants to. then teh cathegory would need to be updated and all rusn so far would be invalid. therefore I wote aginst including vidian and keeping just the original bosses in
Xenlos made a google form to fill out on what rules you want for boss rush! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHTmt2MxXNTjlATlqeICWsAPnAgOImJydJwjG7-_iTGiAkIA/viewform
So I have left the poll up for almost 48 hours, and here are the results:
Should we include Vidian?
5 votes No, 4 votes Yes
Timer Starts on?
This choice was originally listed as "First Teleport", but was later amended to "First Teleport/Movement" since it was brought up that towns like Tristram have exp pages in their towns. Either way "First Teleport" and the then amended "First Teleport/Movement" got all the votes. So I would say go with "First Teleport/Movement" which allows people to look at the map to see which are bounties and such.
Timer Ends on?
Another close race, Last Boss Drops Loot got 5 votes to Last Boss's death's 4 votes.
Has anyone considered Vanilla Timing? Just start of game to Diablo fight Ending?
I know for Xbox 360 release, vanilla is all you get (I have D3R on PS4 also so not missing much), but would love to push vanilla to its limits if it had a category for consoles :\
I love speed running this game but the options of co-op are slim. And my friends and I only want to run the game as a team. If we could add a co-op aspect to boss rush, that would be great.
Rules like, all players must be present for the boss fight, could be a good addition.
Just floating the idea out there
