Diablo2 res Chinese server will release soon, for speedrunners from Chinese, it means lower network delay (about 120ms to 30ms), however there will have prime version of this game, players can pay more money to attain extra XP(30%) and runes for online games, sounds ridiculous but it real happends.

So should online runs from pure version Diablo2 res but from Chinese server admitted by speedrun?

ps. low network delay is really import for d2 online speedrun especially for sorc TP, we really hope pure game without extra items or buffs can be admitted by our community

It's a good question - is there a way to know if a player has purchased the exp boost?

whats the matter i had run pending 3 weeks LoL

I guess the mod just needs to verify that there’s no XP boost from the vod. A 30% boost should be visible at the start of the run.

Also, need to verify not using the runes/gears from the boost pack. (this should be as-is?)

The XP boost and extra runes affects only online games, 30% XP boost is very obvious as I think, so if it's possible that the run can be only admitted while speedrunners guarantee there won't have any extra gear/rune/XP boost and declare that under commit？Speedrun is a competitive event in itself, as Chinese speedrunners, we need fairness, not any XP boost.

Also if there exist any mods or plugins which can verify XP boost? If so ,we would be happy to make things formal.

Hey, at the moment we are not sure what the best approach for this is.

There are several aspects of the online experience on the Chinese server that we need to learn about and understand (mostly with help from the runners here)

The best case scenario is that online submissions remain exactly the same as long as there are no significant patch changes.

We may need to create a new version number in the event that there may need to be a separation of online categories in the future. For example we currently have 1.0+ and 2.4+

I think overall it should be okay as long as the XP boost isn't automatically assigned to the character and there is a way to avoid interacting with the extra stash tabs and runes/gear provided. But right now we have to see what the current implementation is and if there's any issues upon launch too.

Willing to provide any assistance regarding Chinese sever d2r game content @Kano , personally, I an planning to submit several runs (original game version without any boost) after official launch of the Chinese server(2025/08/27). It will be very useful for helping everyone to discuss whether online runs from Chinese sever should be accepted

In my opinion, although some content is different, such as the icon or translated name of some items, there‘ll be no effect on speedrunning difficulty according to the official claims.

That would be great, we will need assistance with understanding the difference between the two servers

Yeah at the moment it should be fine as long as players have a way to prove that they don't have any boosts of any kind and don't interact with the extra starting runes/gear/bonus stashes if applicable.

We will see what needs to be done into the weeks of the release

The translation name should not be a problem I think, It just call calcium carbonate instead of skeleton etc. Some icons also changed, all skeletons got flesh. The Exp acceleration and extra runes is an deluxe version set buff(with time limit), it should be verified obviously though.