Ohio, USAHello! I've recently played Roundabout and while I understand the allure of Esports Speedrunning Challenge, I was wondering if there was any chance of a "New Game" category, where you don't have jumping right out of the gate, or any of the powerups, and all that?
So I have left the poll up for almost 48 hours, and here are the results:
Should we include Vidian?
5 votes No, 4 votes Yes
Timer Starts on?
This choice was originally listed as "First Teleport", but was later amended to "First Teleport/Movement" since it was brought up that towns like Tristram have exp pages in their towns. Either way "First Teleport" and the then amended "First Teleport/Movement" got all the votes. So I would say go with "First Teleport/Movement" which allows people to look at the map to see which are bounties and such.
Timer Ends on?
Another close race, Last Boss Drops Loot got 5 votes to Last Boss's death's 4 votes.
This would be amazing as a NG speedrun. I would LOVE for this to happen. I know I won't be setting any WRs because I cant run it in 13 minutes like Viper on NG+ but it would just be a fun as heck category to run
One shorter run I think would be a fun idea is one of Diablo's seasonal conquests:
Boss Mode:
"Kill the following bosses at max level on Torment X difficulty or higher within 20 minutes of starting the game:
Skeleton King Queen Araneae The Butcher Maghda Zoltun Kulle Belial Ghom Siegebreaker Assault Beast Cydaea Azmodan Rakanoth Izual Diablo Urzael Adria Malthael"
This achievement has always been a blast and is a run that people could just pick up and do in under 30 minutes if they're just looking for something fast to do be it because they prefer shorter runs or if they don't have the time to devote to a full run.
The only thing I would consider changing is taking out the Torment X requirement, just to see how fast it can be done? But even if you want to leave that in, as it encourages people to actually have some kill power along with their speed, go for it.
Not sure if this should have a class separation or not though.
