06-12-2008, 05:08 AM
Quote:June 9th, 2008
Diablo II Ladder Reset - Nebu
We will be performing a Diablo II ladder reset on June 17 beginning at approximately 9:00 a.m. PDT. The reset is anticipated to require approximately six hours of downtime to complete, and during that time all Diablo II Battle.net realms will be unavailable for play. When the reset occurs all existing ladder characters will be moved to non-ladder. This provides a fresh start and new competition for leveling supremacy on the ladder realm.
For more information on the Diablo II ladder please visit our Ladder FAQ.
IMO, Ladder resets were a great idea for players who have been playing for a very long time, and a great way to keep "softcore" fresh. However this game is now a very old game in terms of your typical video game lifespan, and the people who are playing it either just love the gameplay and can't find any better anywhere else (like me), or are simply taking a break from WoW. With the group of people they have left playing Diablo II, they run the risk of driving a great deal of them away permanently with each Ladder reset. And why should Hardcore reset anyways when there are people loosing their characters everyday? No, I don't think they should bother resetting the ladder so late in the game, nor do I feel they ever should have with Hardcore in general. But whatever, out with the old, in with the new I suppose. I really want to just finish some of my builds and they don't require any ladder specific gear so I guess I'll be playing non-ladder for a bit now.
"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." -Albert Einsetin