According to a new Bashy post, the Ladder will be resetting on September 28th, marking the beginning of Ladder Season 7. With that in mind, Ladder Season 6 will come to a halt that same day.
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The Diablo II ladder will be resetting on September 28. When reset, all ladder characters will be moved to non-ladder. To play in the new ladder season you will need to create a new character.
Ladder Season 6 began on March 23rd along with 1.13c, and the first 99's were spotted less than a month later. Seems like this is Blizzard's way of showing their fans that D2 is still alive and kickin'. Here's a great way to get back into the game; I know i'll be playing.
I never liked the concept of a ladder season, sure it is alot of fun for the first few days but it seems like an easy way to fix a poorly made game economy.
It is a little upsetting yet good in the same respect. I'm upset that we all have to start over, but it also gives newer people a chance to get up there. Hmm, looks like I'll be playing a lot more NL on West. Hopefully they can do something with all of the add bots. But you know it will only be a matter of time before they're back. And an every 6 month reset, IMO, is total crap. I'd rather see it yearly.
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I just started a new character last week. I wanted it to be my first one to make it to the high-90's... guess that dream's over. Oh well, I'll try again when the reset happens. Seems pointless to me though.
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It is a little upsetting yet good in the same respect. I'm upset that we all have to start over, but it also gives newer people a chance to get up there. Hmm, looks like I'll be playing a lot more NL on West. Hopefully they can do something with all of the add bots. But you know it will only be a matter of time before they're back. And an every 6 month reset, IMO, is total crap. I'd rather see it yearly.
Hey!! I know you!!! On topic tho, I agree with you, it's both good and bad. The every 6-month cycle is what bothers me most...just seems almost pointless to build a character and acquire items that are just gonna be basically useless in 6-months. No doubt, I'll be splitting my time now between NL and Ladder. And yeah, it would be fantastic if the bot issue could be resolved, but like you, I'm also pretty confident that it would only be temporary. Guess it is what it is, and all our complaining's not gonna change anything, so I'll just roll with it as best I can, huh!
I for one am pretty excited about the reset. Although I don't have as much time as it would take to jump to the top in the first couple weeks, I think
it'll be fun to work through the game with the whole community at the same time. Never came in right after a reset, so I wonder how it will be?
Don't know why blizzards bothering though. The last patch failed at actually stopping botters/hackers, and the lame respecs actually rewarded botters more. I saw more really high levels in duel games last ladder then ever before. Man its easy to get that level 97+ auradin or v/t when you can just bot them as a hammerdin and respec to whatever. Also noticed a lot less level trains going on in norm/nm throughout the season. Good job blizzard, keep up the hard work! Its so much fun when all people do is bot or follow bots.
Fix the game blizzard, roll it back to pre-respec, actually do something about bots/hacks for a change, and maybe fix desynching or something thats actually broken? Either that or just admit defeat and release pub versions of bots and hacks to make the game fair for those who don't want to cheat.
I never liked the concept of a ladder season, sure it is alot of fun for the first few days but it seems like an easy way to fix a poorly made game economy.
You know...you could just play non ladder if you don't like the ladder concept, don't have to worry about resets then. Otherwise I'll agree the economy is broken if you agree to show me a perfectly geared character.
NickM83- I only play HC and there is no such thing as NL hardcore. Everyone kills off their characters at the end of the seasons.
Thats funny, I seem to be able to create and play non ladder hardcore characters no problem.
Or were you just getting at you don't play non ladder hc because ladder is more populated, in which case, seems like ladder resets are a popular feature. Glad D3 is removing this system! GJ Bliz!
NickM83- I only play HC and there is no such thing as NL hardcore. Everyone kills off their characters at the end of the seasons.
Thats funny, I seem to be able to create and play non ladder hardcore characters no problem.
Or were you just getting at you don't play non ladder hc because ladder is more populated, in which case, seems like ladder resets are a popular feature. Glad D3 is removing this system! GJ Bliz!
I think he's just getting at the fact that the majority of HC players purposely get their characters killed instead of having them go to NL. It's somewhat of a ritual i guess haha.
I would like to actually know the answer to the above post as well. I've never been around the day of a reset before myself.
They usually don't give us a specific time until a bit before the reset. You can probably expect a time in the next day or so. I think they usually only take a couple hours, as in, not a whole day.
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Ladder Season 6 began on March 23rd along with 1.13c, and the first 99's were spotted less than a month later. Seems like this is Blizzard's way of showing their fans that D2 is still alive and kickin'. Here's a great way to get back into the game; I know i'll be playing.
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it seems blizzard is the only company that can catch me hacking, (or at least the only one who cares to check...)
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New ladder season now =/= fresh or new and improved...
I was about to start my push to 99 guess i won't even try now... not enough time to even hit 98
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it'll be fun to work through the game with the whole community at the same time. Never came in right after a reset, so I wonder how it will be?
Fix the game blizzard, roll it back to pre-respec, actually do something about bots/hacks for a change, and maybe fix desynching or something thats actually broken? Either that or just admit defeat and release pub versions of bots and hacks to make the game fair for those who don't want to cheat.
You know...you could just play non ladder if you don't like the ladder concept, don't have to worry about resets then. Otherwise I'll agree the economy is broken if you agree to show me a perfectly geared character.
Thats funny, I seem to be able to create and play non ladder hardcore characters no problem.
Or were you just getting at you don't play non ladder hc because ladder is more populated, in which case, seems like ladder resets are a popular feature. Glad D3 is removing this system! GJ Bliz!
I think he's just getting at the fact that the majority of HC players purposely get their characters killed instead of having them go to NL. It's somewhat of a ritual i guess haha.
I would like to actually know the answer to the above post as well. I've never been around the day of a reset before myself.