Hi,
we had this going on a french forum a few years ago. I thought you could like it:
Goal:
Reach the rank of Guardian, and try to get there with the highest score possible. In short, the lower the level at which the game is completed, the more valuables you have found, the more
we've completed the acts of Hell Mode, and the more monsters we've defeated in hell mode, the higher the score. All of this is detailed below.
Version:
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction v1.13, with the original game, no mod and no hack. If you play in solo, you can use Plugy to active runewords but you have to deactivate every other uses of Plugy
Alone in the face of adversity
The player must advance and equip himself, in full solo, and therefore must not receive any outside help (rush, objects ...).
He must always be alone in the game, same for the local single player game (= not on closed battlenet): it is forbidden to artificially modify the number of players in the game with the / players X command.
Exception: Duo game: the two players must always be together, and the duo is considered to be one and the same player for the rest of the rules.
You will not pass twice in the same place!
- Prohibition to redo an area.
The game must therefore be segmented into acts, or failing that, into waypoints. If you had for some reason to go through an area already traveled (in case of decoration, unexpected stop between two wp, crash or other ...) try as far as possible to cross without killing anything, and without pick anything up.
- However, players are free to move between cities in the same mode.
You will not retrace your steps!
Any completed mode is forbidden access thereafter.
Once in a nightmare it is forbidden to return to normal mode, and once in hell it is prohibited to return to a nightmare (or normal). So remember to use the quest rewards (Larzuk, Charsi ...) before completing a mode.
Facing death
... show yourself worthy! It is forbidden to leave the game in the middle of a fight to avoid the inevitable, by some inglorious means. If retreating is necessary, flee properly or use a tp:
In case your character dies, he joins the mausoleum which gathers the dead in combat, and it's over ... we will remember your achievement!
(If you play as a duo: the death of a single character means the death of the complete duo!)
The pantheon
A character killing Baal in hell enters the Pantheon.
They are classified according to a score, detailed in the following paragraph, in a general classification as well as a classification by class of characters (subject to a sufficient number of guards).
The guardian duets are classified in a separate pantheon.
The score
There are 3 ways to increase your base score:
- Objects Score: The drop of unique objects, of set, and of certain runes brings +1, +3 or +10 points.
- Wanted score: 15 super-unique "wanted" monsters from hell mode, each gaining +10 points.
- Act Score: Each act of "full" hell mode earns +30 points.
The sum of these three scores therefore gives the Base Score.
=> This base score is finally multiplied by the Experience Ratio:
[XP Ratio]
= [minimum xp] / [final xp]
= [xp of level 61 + xp of baal hell] / [xp final]
= [131.577.574] / [final xp]
This ratio is therefore between 0 and 1. The more the character ends the game with a low experience (the minimum being the value of exp corresponding to "minimum xp" in the formula), the closer this ratio is to 1, and the more the final score is high.
In summary, the score which will be used for the classification in the pantheon will be:
[Final Score] = 〈Object Score + Wanted Score + Act Score〉 x [XP Ratio]
(sum of the three scores, multiplied by the experience ratio)
• Miscellaneous •
- Reset: it is authorized, either via Akara once per difficulty mode or, with luck, by obtaining a "token" by cubing the Essences found on Andariel, Duriel, Mephisto, Diablo and Baal. Essences and Tokens do not give points.
- World Event: If Diablo Clone appears in your game on Battle.net, you are allowed to leave the game to avoid the danger. In case you decide to face it and get out alive from the fight, know that neither the death of the Clone nor the Annihilus give no point, and that you are not allowed to wear the Annihilus (for the sake of fairness to those who play single player and do not have access to it).
Reminder to users of the Plugy mod in single player: the only functionality authorized is access to runder ladder words, prohibition of making the Clone appear using the mod.
- Torch Quest: no object related to the quest earns a point, and the carrying of the Torch (in the very unlikely event that you complete the quest) is prohibited, also for the sake of fairness with those who play in single player. Same remark as for the Clone concerning Plugy.
The respect of the rules •
Any breach of these rules should be noted in the reports on the evolution of the character (in the event of a minor and isolated breach, we will no doubt close our eyes, but still try to respect the spirit of the competition).
Of course, nobody will monitor you to verify that you are following the rules to the letter, everything is based on trust, it is up to you to show a minimum of maturity.
Quote:
The only items giving points are set items, unique items (except the Annihilus, Torches and quest items) and runes greater than or equal to Hel.
+ 1 Point
Set items : Normal Support*
[ring] : Divin, Cathan
[ammy] : Divin, Arcanna, Cathan, Civerb, Iratha, Tancred, Vidala
Uniques : Support Normal
[ring] : Manald Heal, Nagelring
[ammy] : Nokozan, Etlich, Mahim-Oak Curio
+ 3 Point
Set items : Exceptional Support
[helm] : Roi Immortel
[Ammy] : Disciple, Tal Rasha
[circlet] : Naj
• Uniques : Exceptional Support*
[ring] : dwarf, raven frost, Stone of Jordan
[ammy] : Saracen, The Cat's Eye , Crescent Moon
• Runes : Hel to Um included
+ 10 Point
• Uniques : Elite Support
[ring] : Bul-Kathos, Carrion, Nature's Peace, Wisp Projector
[ammy] : Atma, The Rising Sun, Highlord's Wrath, Seraph's Hymn, Mara's Kaleidoscope, Metalgrid
[circlet] : Kira's Guardian
[jewel] : Rainbow Facet
[Charm] : Gheed
• set object :Elite Support
• Runes : Mal to Zod included.
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Notes:
(*) Exceptions: the Avenger Guard of the Immortal King set and the headband of the Naj set earn 3 points although their support is only of normal quality, and the unique Guardian of Kira tiara earns 10 points although its support is only of exceptional quality.
- To check the normal, exceptional or unique quality of a medium, you can go to the Judgehype portal site or even to Arreat Summit.
Details: Band / Circlet and Crown / Coronet = normal support, Tiare = exceptional support and Diadem = elite support.
- Objects obtained via the cube (during a unique upgrade to higher quality, or the cubing of 2 or 3 identical runes) do not give points.
Complete Acts
In HELL mode, each act completed satisfying these two conditions:
• All quests have been validated
• All teleporters have been activated
entitles you to a bonus of 30 Points
Wanted Monsters
Each of these monsters defeated in HELL mode earns a bonus of 10 Points!
Act 1
• Coldcrow : Cave (niv 1).
• Treehead Woodfist* : Dark Wood.
• Pitspawn Fouldog : Jail (niv 2).
Act 2
Creeping Feature* : Stony Tomb (niv 2).
• Beetleburst : O Far Oasis.
• Fangskin : Claw Viper Temple (niv 2).
• Old Kaa : Tal Rasha's Tomb
Act 3
Endugu : layer Dungeon (niv 3).
Stormtree* : Lower Kurast (entrée).
Sarina : TRuined Temple.
Act 5
• Thresh Socket* : Arreat Plateau.
• Frozenstein* : Frozen River.
• Bonesaw Breaker* : Glacial Trail.
• Snapchip Shatter* : Icy Cellar.