11-06-2003, 02:26 AM
Originally I was all for playing ladder and having a clean slate with gear. Yet I have played my first character a nerco, currently at level 75, up to Hell Act 5, and reconsidering my decision.
This is based on a few things.
1. I had originally thought that playing public games with people all on an even keel would be fun. I failed to consider that your average bnet player does not change, and attitudes are still poor, be it on the ladder or normal. People are still rude and there is still a culture of "lets kill andy" in the first five minutes, when you have just made a game called "act1 starting". This has made me play solo most of the time.
2. My next consideration was to move away from all the hacking culture, and distance myself from everyone using windforces. This however will probably change quite quickly as it seems the drops have increased considerably with this patch so I expect to see uber gear on the ladder become common over the next few weeks. Yet as I play solo alot, is there a point?
3. What made me think of ditching ladder is to be quite honest all the hard work I had placed into getting my 1.09 characters to where they are, but more importantly all the gear I had accumulated over the years of playing the game, and this seems to be the incentive for alot of people not to play on the ladder.
4. I have no idea how long this season wil last. If it's only 6 months, well maybe the effort isn't worth it, as my current ladder characters will be just pooled with the rest of the normals.
So I ask you. Do you play on the new Ladder? If you do, what drew you to it? What advantages does it give to you, personally, and how does that make things more enjoyable? If you don't play on the ladder, is it because of any of the reasons I have stated, or do you have a group of friends who all play normal, and therefore you do aswell?
Currently I am undecided, yet I would like to devote my time to one or the other, and I'd like to read some insights from the readers here on what features drew you either to the ladder, or made you stay away from it. Or if you are playing either normal or ladder at the moment and like me are now having second thoughts.
This is based on a few things.
1. I had originally thought that playing public games with people all on an even keel would be fun. I failed to consider that your average bnet player does not change, and attitudes are still poor, be it on the ladder or normal. People are still rude and there is still a culture of "lets kill andy" in the first five minutes, when you have just made a game called "act1 starting". This has made me play solo most of the time.
2. My next consideration was to move away from all the hacking culture, and distance myself from everyone using windforces. This however will probably change quite quickly as it seems the drops have increased considerably with this patch so I expect to see uber gear on the ladder become common over the next few weeks. Yet as I play solo alot, is there a point?
3. What made me think of ditching ladder is to be quite honest all the hard work I had placed into getting my 1.09 characters to where they are, but more importantly all the gear I had accumulated over the years of playing the game, and this seems to be the incentive for alot of people not to play on the ladder.
4. I have no idea how long this season wil last. If it's only 6 months, well maybe the effort isn't worth it, as my current ladder characters will be just pooled with the rest of the normals.
So I ask you. Do you play on the new Ladder? If you do, what drew you to it? What advantages does it give to you, personally, and how does that make things more enjoyable? If you don't play on the ladder, is it because of any of the reasons I have stated, or do you have a group of friends who all play normal, and therefore you do aswell?
Currently I am undecided, yet I would like to devote my time to one or the other, and I'd like to read some insights from the readers here on what features drew you either to the ladder, or made you stay away from it. Or if you are playing either normal or ladder at the moment and like me are now having second thoughts.