*Phew* Anyway, I finished handing out all the stuff on my mules and main chars just now. I think I must've had three SoJ's, four Arachs, 1x 2o's CoA, a CoH, two Maras, HoZ, 2x decent Eshuta's, storch, a 40 lifer fire skiller, a ton of 7 mf scs with attributes, tons of facets, spirits, a CTA, eth cv infinity, tons of andy's, eth fort, bk's, and some hr's and mr's. I'm rather happy with how well I made out over the last ladder and I hope I do better this time. Maybe even a 99.
Ten years and going strong, Diablo II continues to peddle through the Y2K with all the persistence of a bad joke. Not that the game's bad, though. Verily, it's still going so well all these years later that we're prepared for yet another reset:
Official Blizzard Quote:
A fresh ladder as you know is really about the rarity of items, a fresh economy, and the fight through the game starting from scratch. Ladder is about challenging yourself.
Though season seven is still grinding us on with patch 1.13, all of the challenges, triumphs, and epic loot still await all of us, just as any reset, and that's something to be happy about, right? If you're just starting again and don't know what to expect from 1.13, check out some of our featured 1.13 articles and guides. Our Wiki, as always, is an indispensable center of statistics for all your block-maxing, MFing, grinding, and gearing-up needs.
The reset, itself, will only take a few hours:
Official Blizzard Quote:
Diablo II will be down September 28, from 10:00 AM PDT until approximately 1:00 PM PDT for the scheduled ladder reset.
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Official Blizzard Quote:
Diablo: Diablo II realms are currently down for the scheduled ladder reset. They're estimated to be back up at approximately 12:00 pm PDT.
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That's roughly 1:00 PM to 4:00 (NEW: 3:00) PM for our EST audience, and all the rest are a minority, so we don't care about you. (Just kidding, we want everyone back on Diablo II ASAP, so here's a handy-dandy time zone converter. Hm... Maybe we should add that to our tools. Get on it, Ceb!)
All that in mind, we have good reason to rejoice. The formerly-inconsistent resets will be going mainstream, with a ladder reset every six months. And maybe, just maybe, there's a glimmer of hope on the horizon as Diablo III gets closer and Diablo II gets older. After all, what's Blizzard about but stirring up hype, and what better way for Diablo than a shiny-new patch? Eh? (Well, besides a damn release date.)
Official Blizzard Quote:
I also want to impress upon everyone that 1.13 isn't and never has been intended as a final patch for Diablo II. I realize with the long delays in getting it to PTR, and longer stretches of time inbetween patches that it seems like it's necessary that 1.13 encompass everything because, well, there's just no guarantee that anything will come after. Or in a timely fashion. But, there is a solid long term plan of action for future support of Diablo II. There's obviously plenty of room for skepticism, and I can't blame anyone for that. But even with that skepticism I hope that we can get the message across that we have no intention of stopping here.
A fresh ladder as you know is really about the rarity of items, a fresh economy, and the fight through the game starting from scratch. Ladder is about challenging yourself.
Though season seven is still grinding us on with patch 1.13, all of the challenges, triumphs, and epic loot still await all of us, just as any reset, and that's something to be happy about, right? If you're just starting again and don't know what to expect from 1.13, check out some of our featured 1.13 articles and guides. Our Wiki, as always, is an indispensable center of statistics for all your block-maxing, MFing, grinding, and gearing-up needs.
The reset, itself, will only take a few hours:
Diablo II will be down September 28, from 10:00 AM PDT until approximately 1:00 PM PDT for the scheduled ladder reset.
NEW v
Diablo: Diablo II realms are currently down for the scheduled ladder reset. They're estimated to be back up at approximately 12:00 pm PDT.
NEW ^
That's roughly 1:00 PM to
4:00(NEW: 3:00) PM for our EST audience, and all the rest are a minority, so we don't care about you. (Just kidding, we want everyone back on Diablo II ASAP, so here's a handy-dandy time zone converter. Hm... Maybe we should add that to our tools. Get on it, Ceb!)All that in mind, we have good reason to rejoice. The formerly-inconsistent resets will be going mainstream, with a ladder reset every six months. And maybe, just maybe, there's a glimmer of hope on the horizon as Diablo III gets closer and Diablo II gets older. After all, what's Blizzard about but stirring up hype, and what better way for Diablo than a shiny-new patch? Eh? (Well, besides a damn release date.)
I also want to impress upon everyone that 1.13 isn't and never has been intended as a final patch for Diablo II. I realize with the long delays in getting it to PTR, and longer stretches of time inbetween patches that it seems like it's necessary that 1.13 encompass everything because, well, there's just no guarantee that anything will come after. Or in a timely fashion. But, there is a solid long term plan of action for future support of Diablo II. There's obviously plenty of room for skepticism, and I can't blame anyone for that. But even with that skepticism I hope that we can get the message across that we have no intention of stopping here.