Hello, Elsword's Speedrun.com. I was interested in participating in the full-game run. I chose to play on Void Elsword specifically because it would make the run less boring and go faster. I also have read on the rules that if I am playing on Void I'm not allowed to use item exclusive to Void Elsword. Personally I thought this was a bit outrageous because, why ban Void's exclusive items when the server has a exp rate increase already. This makes it so that I could complete a full-game run faster anyways. The reason why I am writing this is to ask for rules to change in order to have Void Elsword full-game to have it's own rules and perhaps it's own category.

I want Void Elsword Exclusive armor specifically to be allowed in a Void Elsword Full-game run.

I'm waiting to hear a response and I would love to further discuss this matter with anybody.

This is true... The exp rate is much higher in Void. Having never played it, I didn't take this into account. The items being banned were specifically for Individual Levels, but in a full game run, other variables could pose a problem. It is definitely a priority for all versions to be available, so making a category specific to it could be an option. I'm still a little tentative for we already have many categories, and Void being completely different from the original games might as well make it it's own game. Here are the possibilities I see as a compromise;

1. Make another category for Void. The problem here will be it won't be comparable to the original games, possibly "promoting" it. And we don't want KOG on our tails :P
2. Ban Void from full game runs. Keep individual levels open. This would eliminate the problem of the weird variables, but I would feel like the government and end up rendering Void players unable to speedrun to the full extent.

The main problem I face here is making all the versions compatible to each other, but this seems like it's going to be harder than I thought... PS; Do you know of any other variables in Void that could pose a problem?

I understand the issue in allowing Void Full-game to be a problem by accidentally promoting it. But the goal that I'm seeking is allowing Void Full-game runs, because I feel that nobody has tried doing a full-game run of Vanilla Elsword is because it takes way too long. The only variables I see creating an issue with Void Elsword and speedrunning is that users from other servers might leave their home servers to play on Void and cause un-needed business controversy. I feel like there's some information that I don't know that you might know involving certain rules and such.

The current way you have setup right now works for IL runs and Full-game runs. Except that Void can't do Full-game runs at the moment due to the rules about banned items. Void can do IL runs no problem. They use the same endgame equipment as all of the other servers do. At least, the equipment that they have available. Due to the slow updates that Void Elsword gets, sometimes they're back several major updates that sometimes involve new and upgraded endgame gear, balance changes, bugs and entire characters. So these things must also be considered when formulating the perfect solution when trying to mix Void Elsword with Vanilla Elsword servers.

I'd say make Void and vanilla separate categories, and allow Void-exclusive items only for Void full-game runs.

Ya, we'll go with that for now. Also, we haven't had many runners here so your the 2nd to even consider doing a full game run. The first person ran into technical issues :P. I'll go and fine tune stuff.

Thank you very much for adding the Full-game Void categories. I'll continue my practice runs and pump out a recording and starting splits very soon.

No worries :3. Once I have the time, I should really put up a chart of average exp ratio's of dungeons so good routes can be set.

And Lidrena, if you'd like to join the IL hell, feel free. It seems like it'd be a good way to practice strats for dungeons during runs.