[all Class Melee] Just Melee - Topic

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May 21 2025 12:26am

Dear Melee Players,

Hey, I’m Ozymandias. I’ve been dueling in D2R all-class melee for a long time, and I want to bring my vision of fairness to life.
For years, I’ve believed that fun, competitive play starts with a fair playing field—because without fairness, what’s the point?

I’ve pushed for key changes in D2R melee, and while they’ve been adopted by many groups, they weren’t always welcomed at first.
I’ve even been banned from some ladders for challenging the status quo—but in the end, the game is better for it:

✅ Voting in D2R ladders – Before, admins made all the decisions. Now, many groups let players vote on rules.
✅ Class balancing – Melee used to be wildly unbalanced, but we’ve made progress:

1️⃣ Barbs went from irrelevant to a viable class.
2️⃣ Zeals used to get steamrolled by Furies, but with Death, they actually stand a chance.
3️⃣ Zons were tearing through everyone with Inner Sight 20—lowering it to Inner Sight 10 made matchups much more reasonable.

But there’s one more change I’ve always wanted to make. It’s been controversial, so I’m launching a new ladder to make it happen.

Let’s cut to the chase—there’s nothing fair about getting smacked around by $10 weapons.
🎉That’s why I’m starting a GM Melee ladder with NO EDC🎉

If you’re tired of the “I’m too poor for a good weapon” excuse from players decked out in expensive gear while swinging an EDC,
this is your chance to break free from the nonsense.

Let’s make D2R melee as fair and fun as it should be.

- Ozy -

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆
📢UPDATE May 15th 2025📢
Automated ED bug calculator available!

📢UPDATE May 10th 2025📢
Published a new article about the value of 2 paladin skills on weapons

📢UPDATE May 2nd 2025📢
We started publishing articles about GM melee.
They are an interesting read that is based on math and evidence.
It is rather difficult to come across this type of accurate information in an organized and scientific way.
Come join us, if you want to learn more!

📢UPDATE April 17th 2025📢
Ladder is now fullly automated

If you are interested in joining us please contact me
ozymandias31153

Current Ladder Leaderboard

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

⚔️JUST Melee Rules⚔️

CHECK THE RULES HERE

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

💰Season 1 Pot💰

🔥TOTAL POT: 10k🔥

Ozymandias 5k
MFJaGGeR 5k <--- thank you so much brudda!

If you would like to donate💰💰💰 to the ladder pot, please contact Ozymandias

Trophies and Prizes awarded to 1st and 2nd
🏆1st 50%
🥈2nd 25%
🎖️Remaining 25% given to the person with the most duels

Ozymandias31153

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Posts: 10,338

Joined: Dec 19 2021

Gold: 17,418.09

#162

May 22 2025 05:29pm

Dear Melee Players,

Hey, I’m Ozymandias. I’ve been dueling in D2R all-class melee for a long time, and I want to bring my vision of fairness to life.
For years, I’ve believed that fun, competitive play starts with a fair playing field—because without fairness, what’s the point?

I’ve pushed for key changes in D2R melee, and while they’ve been adopted by many groups, they weren’t always welcomed at first.
I’ve even been banned from some ladders for challenging the status quo—but in the end, the game is better for it:

✅ Voting in D2R ladders – Before, admins made all the decisions. Now, many groups let players vote on rules.
✅ Class balancing – Melee used to be wildly unbalanced, but we’ve made progress:

1️⃣ Barbs went from irrelevant to a viable class.
2️⃣ Zeals used to get steamrolled by Furies, but with Death, they actually stand a chance.
3️⃣ Zons were tearing through everyone with Inner Sight 20—lowering it to Inner Sight 10 made matchups much more reasonable.

But there’s one more change I’ve always wanted to make. It’s been controversial, so I’m launching a new ladder to make it happen.

Let’s cut to the chase—there’s nothing fair about getting smacked around by $10 weapons.
🎉That’s why I’m starting a GM Melee ladder with NO EDC🎉

If you’re tired of the “I’m too poor for a good weapon” excuse from players decked out in expensive gear while swinging an EDC,
this is your chance to break free from the nonsense.

Let’s make D2R melee as fair and fun as it should be.

- Ozy -

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆
📢UPDATE May 23rd 2025📢
released weapon benchmarking program against EDC/EBODTZ
calculate the real power of your weapon!

📢UPDATE May 15th 2025📢
Automated ED bug calculator available!

📢UPDATE May 10th 2025📢
Published a new article about the value of 2 paladin skills on weapons

📢UPDATE May 2nd 2025📢
We started publishing articles about GM melee.
They are an interesting read that is based on math and evidence.
It is rather difficult to come across this type of accurate information in an organized and scientific way.
Come join us, if you want to learn more!

📢UPDATE April 17th 2025📢
Ladder is now fullly automated

If you are interested in joining us please contact me
ozymandias31153

Current Ladder Leaderboard

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

⚔️JUST Melee Rules⚔️

CHECK THE RULES HERE

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

💰Season 1 Pot💰

🔥TOTAL POT: 10k🔥

Ozymandias 5k
MFJaGGeR 5k <--- thank you so much brudda!

If you would like to donate💰💰💰 to the ladder pot, please contact Ozymandias

Trophies and Prizes awarded to 1st and 2nd
🏆1st 50%
🥈2nd 25%
🎖️Remaining 25% given to the person with the most duels

Ozymandias31153

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Posts: 10,338

Joined: Dec 19 2021

Gold: 17,418.09

#163

May 24 2025 12:14am

May FPSD tourney result

Congratz

jumpstatus

aka Stink
wiiner of 3/20/20! :banana:

JumpStatus

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#164

May 24 2025 12:22am

Much appreciated brother. Gds all around!

Surtur04

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#165

May 27 2025 08:33pm

Newb here
For Wolfbarbs is Feral Rage used of just normal attack?

Ozymandias31153

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#166

May 27 2025 08:50pm

Dear Melee Players,

Hey, I’m Ozymandias. I’ve been dueling in D2R all-class melee for a long time, and I want to bring my vision of fairness to life.
For years, I’ve believed that fun, competitive play starts with a fair playing field—because without fairness, what’s the point?

I’ve pushed for key changes in D2R melee, and while they’ve been adopted by many groups, they weren’t always welcomed at first.
I’ve even been banned from some ladders for challenging the status quo—but in the end, the game is better for it:

✅ Voting in D2R ladders – Before, admins made all the decisions. Now, many groups let players vote on rules.
✅ Class balancing – Melee used to be wildly unbalanced, but we’ve made progress:

1️⃣ Barbs went from irrelevant to a viable class.
2️⃣ Zeals used to get steamrolled by Furies, but with Death, they actually stand a chance.
3️⃣ Zons were tearing through everyone with Inner Sight 20—lowering it to Inner Sight 10 made matchups much more reasonable.

But there’s one more change I’ve always wanted to make. It’s been controversial, so I’m launching a new ladder to make it happen.

Let’s cut to the chase—there’s nothing fair about getting smacked around by $10 weapons.
🎉That’s why I’m starting a GM Melee ladder with NO EDC🎉

If you’re tired of the “I’m too poor for a good weapon” excuse from players decked out in expensive gear while swinging an EDC,
this is your chance to break free from the nonsense.

Let’s make D2R melee as fair and fun as it should be.

- Ozy -

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆
📢UPDATE May 23rd 2025📢
released weapon benchmarking program against EDC/EBODTZ
calculate the real power of your weapon!

📢UPDATE May 15th 2025📢
Automated ED bug calculator available!

📢UPDATE May 10th 2025📢
Published a new article about the value of 2 paladin skills on weapons

📢UPDATE May 2nd 2025📢
We started publishing articles about GM melee.
They are an interesting read that is based on math and evidence.
It is rather difficult to come across this type of accurate information in an organized and scientific way.
Come join us, if you want to learn more!

📢UPDATE April 17th 2025📢
Ladder is now fullly automated

If you are interested in joining us please contact me
ozymandias31153

Current Ladder Leaderboard

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

⚔️JUST Melee Rules⚔️

CHECK THE RULES HERE

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

💰Season 1 Pot💰

🔥TOTAL POT: 10k🔥

Ozymandias 5k
MFJaGGeR 5k <--- thank you so much brudda!

If you would like to donate💰💰💰 to the ladder pot, please contact Ozymandias

Trophies and Prizes awarded to 1st and 2nd
🏆1st 50%
🥈2nd 25%
🎖️Remaining 25% given to the person with the most duels

This post was edited by Ozymandias31153 on May 27 2025 08:50pm

WolfBarb

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#167

May 27 2025 09:36pm

Quote (Surtur04 @ May 28 2025 11:33am)

Newb here
For Wolfbarbs is Feral Rage used of just normal attack?

feral rage is used as main attack brother, if you have any questions about gear to use or anything just let me know

Surtur04

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#168

May 27 2025 10:34pm

Quote (WolfBarb @ May 27 2025 10:36pm)

feral rage is used as main attack brother, if you have any questions about gear to use or anything just let me know

Thanks, that's all I wanted to know so I didn't BM. I didn't see anything saying it's Not allowed nor did I see it was. Just wanted clarification.

B0BAFETT

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#169

Jun 1 2025 03:10pm

B0BAFETT - Furious - Fury

Ozymandias31153

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#170

Jun 3 2025 08:54am

Dear Melee Players,

Hey, I’m Ozymandias. I’ve been dueling in D2R all-class melee for a long time, and I want to bring my vision of fairness to life.
For years, I’ve believed that fun, competitive play starts with a fair playing field—because without fairness, what’s the point?

I’ve pushed for key changes in D2R melee, and while they’ve been adopted by many groups, they weren’t always welcomed at first.
I’ve even been banned from some ladders for challenging the status quo—but in the end, the game is better for it:

✅ Voting in D2R ladders – Before, admins made all the decisions. Now, many groups let players vote on rules.
✅ Class balancing – Melee used to be wildly unbalanced, but we’ve made progress:

1️⃣ Barbs went from irrelevant to a viable class.
2️⃣ Zeals used to get steamrolled by Furies, but with Death, they actually stand a chance.
3️⃣ Zons were tearing through everyone with Inner Sight 20—lowering it to Inner Sight 10 made matchups much more reasonable.

But there’s one more change I’ve always wanted to make. It’s been controversial, so I’m launching a new ladder to make it happen.

Let’s cut to the chase—there’s nothing fair about getting smacked around by $10 weapons.
🎉That’s why I’m starting a GM Melee ladder with NO EDC🎉

If you’re tired of the “I’m too poor for a good weapon” excuse from players decked out in expensive gear while swinging an EDC,
this is your chance to break free from the nonsense.

Let’s make D2R melee as fair and fun as it should be.

- Ozy -

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆
📢UPDATE June 3rd 2025📢
published articles on effects of ping cross server between Asia and NA

📢UPDATE May 23rd 2025📢
released weapon benchmarking program against EDC/EBODTZ
calculate the real power of your weapon!

📢UPDATE May 15th 2025📢
Automated ED bug calculator available!

📢UPDATE May 10th 2025📢
Published a new article about the value of 2 paladin skills on weapons

📢UPDATE May 2nd 2025📢
We started publishing articles about GM melee.
They are an interesting read that is based on math and evidence.
It is rather difficult to come across this type of accurate information in an organized and scientific way.
Come join us, if you want to learn more!

📢UPDATE April 17th 2025📢
Ladder is now fullly automated

If you are interested in joining us please contact me
ozymandias31153

Current Ladder Leaderboard

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

⚔️JUST Melee Rules⚔️

CHECK THE RULES HERE

⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆⋆༺𓆩⸸𓆪༻⋆

💰Season 1 Pot💰

🔥TOTAL POT: 10k🔥

Ozymandias 5k
MFJaGGeR 5k <--- thank you so much brudda!

If you would like to donate💰💰💰 to the ladder pot, please contact Ozymandias

Trophies and Prizes awarded to 1st and 2nd
🏆1st 50%
🥈2nd 25%
🎖️Remaining 25% given to the person with the most duels

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