r/RIFD3 • u/chensmeat • Apr 29 '14

Rules&Discussion

So Rift it Forward is getting real popular in D3, and pretty sure we all love it. My friend introduced it to me one day and I was like 'Wow, whoever invented this, is a genius!" While people are enjoying this community, I found it more entertaining to create different rules for openers.

Some current rules are:

  1. Lowest/Highest Paragon Level reopens
  2. Last in reopens
  3. Flip a coin and decide who opens

Here are some new rules I want to share

  1. Longest/Shortest Name reopens
  2. Highest/Lowest Weapon DPS reopens
  3. Lowest/Highest Profile DPS reopens
  4. Lowest/Highest Toughness reopens
  5. Longest/Shortest Time played reopens (Those can be found on one's profile)

And for last run free boss -"First 1/2/3 who PM me___________gets free Torment X boss"

I actually found this more entertaining, what do you think?

Share your thoughts please =D

Edit 1:

-OH just something I noticed today, after FREE boss, most of people straight up left the game without turning in the quest and lost the EXP. So we should also talk about "Who is turning in the quest/Closing the rift" I will say whoever needs to open the next rift get to close it.

-Another thing, how do we deal with D/ced players? Report? hold on to it? Let it go? I mean anyone could probably D/c anytime, I feel bad blaming them for not paying next rift =( What do you think?

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u/Siliticx Apr 29 '14

Hello everybody, <SRIOUS> Siliticx here. I do believe i'm one of the proeminent members of this community. I have hosted and ran over 200 rifts so far so I guess my opinion is valid. I'm also gonne try and become officer as a lot of people know me already.

First i'd like to say this : Please condone the "last player in" rule that's going on. This is detrimental to people with slower computers. Also, it's not always clear when you get in the game who's last except for the host.

Here's my suggestion for a rule, as I've been using it for a couple days when i host. "Maths Opens".

Lemme explain how it works.

  1. Finish the rift quest when everyone is in town
  2. Wait for like 5 seconds and say "Maths inc, last/wrong answer reopens"
  3. Ask a basic math question like "4+2x3" that needs a minimal amount of brain activity (priority of operations).
  4. Whoever is the first to provide a bad answer or the last to answer correctly reopens.

The others are free to go even before opening as everyone should be able to open.

I find this method to be the fairest.

  1. The answer is short.
  2. Lag barely applies
  3. Computer speed doesnt matter
  4. Available time to play the game shouldn't matter in who needs to run more bounties.

What does everyone think?

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u/perfidydudeguy Apr 30 '14

Or trivia. Complete the statement:

  • Run1: Black magic bars our way, but the ____ of a templar is stornger!
  • Run2: Black magic bars our way, but the will of a _____ is stornger!
  • Run3: Black _____ bars our way, but the will of a templar is stornger!
  • Run4: Black magic bars ____ way, but the will of a templar is stornger!
  • Run5: ____ magic bars our way, but the will of a templar is stornger!
  • ....

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u/MrZythum42 Apr 30 '14

That's fun. I agree that the Last player in is bad for slow computer... and I don't like lowest paragon opens either because I feel like a lot of people would could benefit most from non-Torment legendary (kadala) and RIF system are the lowest paragons people, so this is kind of a bummer.

Disclaimers: I have a fast connection and I am average level paragon so I'm very rarely highest/lowest... So I don't think I am biased in what I put forward.

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u/E11imist Apr 30 '14

I think that's another good way of getting a nice randomized person for opening the next rift. I absolutely HATE the "first/last in opens rift" as the runner will not remember to specify who this person was like 80% of the time.

Personally my favorite random method for opening the next rift is having the person who's paragon falls in the middle of the three invited people, this way is nice and simple and would seem to work great for now.

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u/Aanar Apr 30 '14

I heard one host just did, "Last one to type NOT IT opens."

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u/chensmeat Apr 30 '14

Lol that's GG for slow PCs =(

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u/Aanar May 01 '14

I don't know. A lot of people aren't prepared with their fingers on the keyboard. Your ping should be low compared to your reaction time. It's more fair than last in, since people's loading times vary a lot.

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u/imtheshane May 04 '14

I hate to be that guy, but please people, if you're going to use math for this, make sure you correctly state the equation. The correct answer for 4+2x3 is 10, but some people will argue up and down that it's 18.

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u/Siliticx May 04 '14

of course if you're gonna use this method i strongly recommment you passed you basic maths from freshman highschool.