Clear Speed Leaderboards

Koopak · January 8

Clear Speed Leaderboards

For a long time there has been a thread in the Scrapper sub forum that was dedicated to pylon and trapdoor times. However due to that thread being in the Scrapper forums its seen other ATs under represented and I personally had gripes about the formatting and standards for the data. I of course do not blame the creator, far from it, carrying the torch of a legacy standard for so long has certainly been a great service to the community. However I decided to throw together my own to encourage optimization and pushing the limits of CoX builds.

Which you can see here!

Need help filtering what you want in that mess? I made some filters just for you, In the spoiler below is how to access them. If you think of any you think would be useful, reply to this thread and let me know!

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So! What do you need to get your name on the board!? Simple, submit a time and build here in the forums and I will update the sheet weekly as I am able. Bonus points if you can provide a video of your run, but I understand that may be impractical for some. Multiple submissions are permitted. I will add a "Thanks!" reaction once it has been added to the sheet. So here are the rules.

Divisions

All entries are broken up into seven divisions in order to help differentiate various rule sets. They are organized loosely in order of descending 'power' with builds that are using nothing outside of their inherent kit being in the division six while builds with all the stops pulled out are in division zero. Below each Division is a spoiler tag with a basic explanation of the purpose and goal of the data category.

Division 0: Anything goes except QA test powers.

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Division 0 strives to find the absolute limits when all bets are off in a given challenge. While generally not applicable to normal day to day gameplay, the techniques, builds, and strategies of this category allow for the highest possible performance, often in a short window, and may have value in challenge and speedrun contexts. They also may demonstrate methods to temporarily boost a teams power when they come up against content they cannot currently handle, but don't want to give up.
Division 1: Any temp that can be easily stockpiled and ran as part of normal play is legal, lores and inspirations are banned.

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Division 1 intents to demonstrate the maximum possible performance that a player can achieve within a given challenge as part of normal play. While not everything legal here is considered standard practice, there is little to nothing here that cannot be made part of a player's normal routine at max level if they are so inclined. The rule set bans anything requiring extensive farming or cannot be simply bought for influence or other methods that are part of normal play. While this bans temp powers that are mission rewards, it does allow nearly everything in the S.T.A.R.T. vendor.
Division 2: Same as Division 1 but pet temp powers like Signature Summons are banned.

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Division 2 addresses a shortcoming of Division 1 in many challenges, that being that the sheer power of pets means that in many challenges the impact of other elements of a build or other types of temp powers can be masked by the pets raw output. Additionally for challenges especially vulnerable to this issue such as the standard Pylon, much of the performance of a run can come down to pet AI and manipulating it, a valuable skill but not necessarily what we always want to test.
Division 3: Legacy pylon rules, all temps that effect damage output are banned. Judgment is banned.

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Division 3 is a replication of the standardized pylon rules that have been part of this community for almost as long as the community has existed. There are many failings of this standard, in particular how it is divorced both from normal gameplay and from true isolation of the build's ability. However as an enduring standard, it would be remiss of me to not include a format with such a storied legacy.
Division 4: Any power not available in the most restrictive endgame content (currently 4 star hardmode) is banned.

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Division 4 attempts to replicate the restrictions of the current endgame content, that being 4 star advanced difficulty Task Forces. It is limited by the fact that this format does not reflect the impacts a team might have on a given run's performance, but by comparing Division 4 results with Division 2 results, we can generally get a good estimate. I am considering a Division that allows team buffs but no damage done by teammates, but that will be something that needs development, stay tuned. Additionally as most players choose not to make use of temp powers of their own choice, Division 4 is also arguably the most applicable to casual play.
Division 5: No temps or incarnates that provide anything but defense, resistance and hp, this includes no endurance tools

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Division 5 is the result of conversations with some of the Homecoming team. This ruleset target focuses the powersets of a build themselves, allowing good data on a build without all of the extra tools available to an end game build. Additionally it puts a spotlight on endurance efficiency, a performance metric that is easily patched with the tools available in all prior divisions.
Division 6: All powers obtained from sources other than leveling up are banned.

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Division 6 takes Division 5 to the extreme. The two are largely identical in most challenges due to have no difference in restrictions that impact damage output. However some challenges inevitably have some element of durability involved. Additionally Division 6 acts as a catch all for anything prior divisions missed. Division 6 is the most likely to be changed or removed in the future but for now it stands as the limit, the most restricted division there is.

Pylon/Dummy Times

Solo kill a Vanguard Training Pylon in the RWZ or the dummy summoned by the Mobile Dummy Combatant accolade power from Dr. Aeon (The new RWZ overhaul has added these pylons next to the base)
You may not have outside help that in any way effects your damage output with the exception of endurance. No accuracy, recharge or damage buffs. (This includes passive buffs such as Stalker crit or Kheldian inherits)
No banned powers may be used.
You must specify if your Hybrid is used actively (clicked)
You must specify how many runs if submitting an average.
You MUST provide a mids build (file or datachunk preferred) to have your record submitted, no build secrets here. If you cannot use mids, you may submit the contents of a /buildsavefile
Time starts at the first point of damage dealt, and ends when the pylon/dummy is destroyed.
Bonus points for a video.
Pet users if possible please provide a combat log from Carnifax or Cyclops so I may calculate the difference in pet performance that purple patch would apply against an AV. Your time will be listed as is regardless, but a secondary time showing effect vs a true AV will also be included if a combat log is provided.
Runs on the test server are valid provided they do not make use of any changes currently being tested, or the changes used are promoted to live. Should
Please declare whether the run is sustainable or not. A run is consisted sustained if it can be maintained for a full two minutes.

Office Mission Times

Solo clear Galaxy Brain's Office Mission Simulator (Arc ID: 57885, Test Server Arc ID: 23878)
Difficulty must be +0x8, if people submit multiple +4x8s I'll add a sheet for it.
You may not have any other characters on the map.
No banned powers may be used.
You must specify if your Hybrid is used actively (clicked)
You must specify how many runs if submitting an average.
You MUST provide a mids build to have your record submitted, no build secrets here. If you cannot use mids, you may submit the contents of a /buildsavefile
Time starts when you finish loading into the mission and ends when the missions completes and you are allowed to exit.
Bonus points for a video.
Runs on the test server are valid provided they do not make use of any changes currently being tested, or the changes used are promoted to live.

Banned Powers

Expand the division you are interested in. There lists are not exhaustive and will be expanded as necessary. If you are ever in doubt, don't be afraid to ask here or to DM me.

Division 0

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