Unique Contest

Idea behind the contest: This contest will challenge your ability to create a party that can utilize the unique items in the game.

Begins	August 1, 2004
Ends	to be determined

See post at IGN Board

Description

Create a party that can use unique equipment. "Unique", for the purpose of this contest, means items that can be used by only 1 race or profession or a single gender.

Printouts for the Contest

Party Size/Character Score Chart	Unique Item Score Chart
	Unique Item Checklist

Rules

1) Game difficulty setting: No restrictions.

2) Reloading: Reloading is up to the participant. May be necessary for bonus points.

3) ABSOLUTELY No game editors allowed!

4) Develop a party you think will be able to use the most Unique Items.

5) RPCs: After experimentation no group of 6 chars will be able to make use of all the Unique Items in the game. RPCs may be used but for their gear to qualify in the final scoring they must gain at least 5 levels to qualify. Their gear may be stored in a convenient location for final judging so most RPCs may be used. Sexus, Glumph, Rodan, and Drazic may not be used since they will not be available at game end to view their progress.

6) NO profession changes! All characters must remain in the profession they were originally created for. This includes RPCs.

7) Each character must be a different profession. No parties of 6 Samurais glutting points for their abundance of Unique armor and weapon items. No RPC whose profession duplicates a created party member's profession will be acknowledged. For example Tantris will not be counted if the created party includes a Samurai.

8) All the items do not need to be equipped but they must not exceed the equippable slots or there will be no score awarded.

Example: if you have a Samurai in the party (or an appropriate RPC +5 levels), the maximum number of Enchanted Katanas that will count towards the final score is one, since only one could be equipped in the primary weapon slot. For a second Enchanted Katana to be scored a Ninja must be present.

However, if the Samurai has two Enchanted Wakizashis both will be scored since they are equippable in both the primary and secondary weapon slot. These items would be scored in addition to any other weapons unique to the Samurai. You can also have a full set (one each upper and lower) of Do-Maru, Tosei-Do, and Hi-Kane-Do for your Samurai but only one Kabuto.

Scoring:

There are a specific number Unique Items as defined in the contest description. Based on this fact the scoring system includes several factors and is a bit complicated. Scoring is based on Party size, Profession, Race, Gender, Item Usability, and Item Availability. These will be explained on the Unique Item Score Information page.

Winner(s)

The entrant(s) with the highest score(s) is the winner(s). A separate page will be linked to from here after contest end date where party makeup and final scores will be listed for all final submissions. Good luck to all entrants!