jiglerul
05-01-2011, 04:46 AM
Hello everyone,
this is my first post.
I'm thinking about putting together a reasonable set of self-imposed rules for some of my future characters. I am a very slow player - usually play a weekend or two, then put down the game for several months.
These rules are not meant to make the game much harder, just more realistic. I especially like to trim the boring parts of the meta-game.
Here are the rules:
1. Some naming convention is required to distinguish between normal toons (whatever rules you run those by), and the toons following these rules. I'm thinking about a HR_ or HC_ prefix (House Rules or Hard Core).
2. delete the char on first death. save no gear, just take some farewell screens.
3. mods:
community patch allowed/recommended, of course;
no Vault usage;
Defiler allowed for these only: fix caravan files (if you move the savegame to another PC), freeze time of day (I hate the night), RNG function fix, slow cast fix.
4. no use of Mystic
5. no 'Altar of Separation' usage
6. no twinking (Vault disallowed helps, but additionally we ban the Transfer tab of the Caravan)
7. no going back to earlier difficulty
8. no portal stone usage!
9. no farming! you can revisit old places only to finish quests you skipped, but don't abuse this exception. Ideally we pretend that none of the mobs respawn!
What do you think of these rules? Reasonable? Again, I'm not looking for a challenge, I just want to eliminate the meta-game while keeping the game relaxing.
Maybe something similar was done/discussed on these forums already. I'm sorry but did not find anything at a quick glance. Has anyone done something similar?
Edit: hope this is the correct subforum...no really a Challenge, except that it requires some self-control.
this is my first post.
I'm thinking about putting together a reasonable set of self-imposed rules for some of my future characters. I am a very slow player - usually play a weekend or two, then put down the game for several months.
These rules are not meant to make the game much harder, just more realistic. I especially like to trim the boring parts of the meta-game.
Here are the rules:
1. Some naming convention is required to distinguish between normal toons (whatever rules you run those by), and the toons following these rules. I'm thinking about a HR_ or HC_ prefix (House Rules or Hard Core).
2. delete the char on first death. save no gear, just take some farewell screens.
3. mods:
community patch allowed/recommended, of course;
no Vault usage;
Defiler allowed for these only: fix caravan files (if you move the savegame to another PC), freeze time of day (I hate the night), RNG function fix, slow cast fix.
4. no use of Mystic
5. no 'Altar of Separation' usage
6. no twinking (Vault disallowed helps, but additionally we ban the Transfer tab of the Caravan)
7. no going back to earlier difficulty
8. no portal stone usage!
9. no farming! you can revisit old places only to finish quests you skipped, but don't abuse this exception. Ideally we pretend that none of the mobs respawn!
What do you think of these rules? Reasonable? Again, I'm not looking for a challenge, I just want to eliminate the meta-game while keeping the game relaxing.
Maybe something similar was done/discussed on these forums already. I'm sorry but did not find anything at a quick glance. Has anyone done something similar?
Edit: hope this is the correct subforum...no really a Challenge, except that it requires some self-control.