Edit TL;DR
In a nutshell Zero to Hero is a challenge to reach 80 and obtain a few items as fast as possible with a randomly created character. Lots of things are optional and you are under no pressure to compete! Read more for info and ideas/feedback is Welcome!
Good Evening All,
I hope everyone had a nice Christmas and New Year!
Firstly before I get into detail I want to make a few things clear. I take NO Credit in the ideas explained here as I got this inspiration from watching a twitch stream with my wife, I am simply trying to expand on his fun idea, get more people involved and add a little more creativity to this project.
Welcome to Zero to Hero with a twist, everyone plays on a randomised character!
Rules
Please do this challenge on a free to play account, this way everyone is starting on a clean slate to avoid any temptation to spend gold or karma.
Objectives
• Level a new Randomly created character from 1-80 (Any Method)
• Obtain all exotic armour pieces with exotic runes.
• Obtain ascended Rings.
• Obtain ascended Amulet.
• Obtain ascended Accessories.
• Obtain exotic Back piece.
• Obtain ascended Weapon.
• Obtain exotic Sigils.
Creating your Hero!
Now to the exciting bit! Firstly you will need to have https://www.random.org/ tab open ready for inputting the parameters required. Next your will need to go to my spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jslLHa_2nnqrEEOy46KK_a0_T6KZaCu7fvQNGCsOqDA/edit?usp=sharing
Enter the numbers 1-8 into the random number generator on the website to get your random profession. E.G number 4 = Thief. Then do the same again with numbers 1-5 to get your race. This is your random character! (Order is optional with numbers 1-3 if you are planning to do the personal story).
Once this is done, click on the spreadsheet tab at the bottom – ‘Hero Names’. Having a random first name is optional, if you would like to do this please enter each number parameter in brackets in to the website to generate the corresponding letter (consonants and vowels). This will make your random first name. Double check the parameters for each letter as they change e.g. some columns are 6-26 and some are 1-5.
The surname is mandatory so players can identify the other people taking part in the event in game. For this particular challenge, as we may introduce more depending on its popularity, the surname you need to use is “The Hero”.
Optional Challenge
You can use LiveSplit or record on your own spreadsheets your times for hitting these objectives. More casual players may like the idea of just levelling something random and hitting these targets at their own pace, others might want to record their times to compare with others just out of curiosity and finally for the competitive type this can be a great race! (See further down for more info on setting up LiveSplit for timing)
Please use the following time splits for your spreadsheet of LiveSplit profile.
Level 10 – Level 20 – Level 30 – Level 40 – Level 50 – Level 60 – Level 70 – Level 80 – Armour – Runes – Ring 1 – Ring 2 – Amulet – Accessory 1 – Accessory 2 – Back Item – Ascended Weapon – Sigils.
If you check out the Credits you can see where I have got my inspiration and ideas from to personalise my own LiveSplit, see the attachment at the bottom.
Finally if this sounds like your kind of thing and you would like to take part please join the following guild so we can track each other’s progress (Optional to represent):
LifeWar [LIFE]
Thanks for taking the time to read this and let me know if you guys have any ideas to add, My wife and I look forward to your feedback!
Melon & Nixi =)
Credits
• WoodenPotatoes (The stream I saw this great idea) https://www.twitch.tv/woodenpotatoes
• The creators of the program “LiveSplit” (Used for speed runs, and basically an application to tailor your personal gaming objectives) http://livesplit.github.io/downloads/
• A.Net, and the Guild Wars 2 Wiki from which I have used various logos/Icons from and integrated with LiveSplit. (This is not a necessity)
• KiyaKoreena, a user on http://www.guildwars2guru.com/ for providing a great font to use. Again, to customise LiveSplit. (This is not a necessity)
• https://www.random.org/ (The number generator)
