Just another Update.
I expect that D2r will have its first ladder announced by the 2nd week in December and start sometime close to Christmas. This is what I hope and would be in line with what they have officially stated (albeit they are already a month late).
Regardless of what happens re: Ladder, I am penciling in a tournament start of the 1st week in December.
In terms of rules, as previously mentioned its currently in the testing phase, noting more and more "bugs/features" are being discovered.
The changes are as follows:
1. Shaper will be allowed to level to 31. Reason: Shaper's never really featured @ LLD in D2 (and they wont feature in D2r either). They are slow, cannot properly utilise tele-staffs (because they need to transform to do damage) and can no longer benefit from either str bug or desync. Level 31 opens the door to IK Boots, and jewels 15ias/20ed. both of which are useful. I had considered letting shapers go to 35 but that may be a step too far, hence the compromise for now. The change has been made to best benefit from the fix to off weapon IAS with Fury. This change does not compensate for the loss of deysnc, and with FHR now acting differently it is the least I can do for shapers. This will apply in tournaments vs All and in tournaments vs Melee. No other Druid class specific changes other then what was already mentioned earlier in the topic.
2. Nec - no changes
3. Pala - no changes
4. Ama - java may level to 31 (ias/ed jewels). Same reasons as above for shaper (i.e. loss of desync). Bowa remains 30.
5. Barb - no changes
6. Assa - Still reviewing. Am leaning towards max 1 point MindBlast, Max 1 Point Wof and Max 1 Point Burst of Speed. need more time to consider everything. Big concerns around Mindblast, small concerns around WoF.
7. Sorc - Firewall is too strong. We all know this. I had considered "May not skill or have an item with Fire Mastery" but thats not workable - I never want to ban an item because it does not conform to accepted rules (previously amp and knockback). So, the compromise will be something similar to what we had at MLD for Foher's - a limit on points dropped in Firewall/Synergies. I will allow the net affect to be a stronger Firewaller in D2r then in D2, but I need to fine tune how to appease the Firewallers, and their opponents. Allowing Inferno/Hotspurs is NOT the solution as everyone having to put those on in 4v4 matches is just a headache. This way its specific to the firewaller and you are still using a character thats (alot) better then it was in original D2.
When i say no changes, i mean other then what was discussed already (i.e. telestaffs allowed, no stashed items for bo/es etc. if i catch you doing that i will shoot you).
8. FRW: Ama, Nec and Assa will have a frw cap at 120frw (Assa: skills included). Druid, Barb, Pala, Sorc can have 130 (skills included). (Ofc Pala and Sorc dont need these levels of frw). There has to be a cap on FRW for balancing. Otherwise the comment "lol lost to a shaper / java" is always true. I increased the FRW limits from what they were on euro (100) noting East prefers more FRW. I tried to be as balanced as possible.
il add an updated picture re: rules to this topic later today.
This post was edited by ferdia on Nov 8 2021 09:56am