I'm wanting to speedrun this game, but I'm wondering how games typically handle updates for runs. If I want to compete for the main category should I or should I not update the game?

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Thanks for the response! That's a lot of helpful info. I tried to somewhat successfully emulate the jail strat last run I finished. It was pretty sloppy and I have a long way to go with the rest of the run. Since the odds are that low I think I may go back to countess runs to get gear instead since it is reliable. I'm gonna try to implement px into that because it might make my gear better which will be helpful since I struggle mostly with diablos 3 dudes and the 3 dudes in act v (why do the worst enemies come in pairs of 3).

Hello, I'm currently running the game off and on for fun. I have a few questions that I was hoping runners might be able to answer.

I have began doing the strategy where you go to jail lvl 1 and farm the champion fallen ones until you get tp. I was wondering a few things:

1. What level progression do you typically try to follow on your way to jail lvl 1. Currently I do den of evil, kill the blue guy by the stones and some other mobs trying to get to lvl 7 by the time I get to jl1. By then I have 2 points in frost nova and the rest in charged bolt. Is this too much leveling or am I just slow?

2. As a follow up; since it isn't guaranteed that you will find a champion fallen one tile what is the fastest way to keep trying until you do get one? It takes me around 20-30 minutes to get to the point where I've even searched through jail level 3 for a good tile spawn and it sucks to have to start over 20 min in. Any tips on how to be quicker getting to this point or tips for this part of the run in general?

3. Is there a good resource for when to use /players 8 and /players 1? I currently have been doing P1, but I think PX is more popular and I'm not sure when to switch between the two. Do I do it right as I'm about to kill bosses or should it be p8 mostly or p1 mostly? I watched a lot of guides on running d2 from mrllamasc but don't remember seeing a lot of info on when he changes the setting.

Any advice is appreciated :)

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I'm planning on running this game with some solo runs, but also doing some co-op runs with my cousin and some time 3 player co op. I'm wondering how co-op runs will be handled on the leaderboards. I tried looking at the D2 original leaderboards to see how it is handled there, but it confused me a bit to be honest.