Non Vereran player question about Ladder

[Jaunna-1886]

Hi all,

New here, With the talks of Ladder play, Will ladder start at the beginning of the release or does it usually take a week or so?

Thank you,

[Reason-2425]

Ladder won’t be out on day 1. I think mostly so that the devs can get a chance to iron out any problems or glaring bugs that appear before the first ladder.

It’ll give everybody a better experience when it does start hopefully. But it hasn’t been announced when it will start yet as far as I am aware.

[Lykotic-11440]

As Reason stated the ETA for the ladder is unknown.

For right now we know that ladder will have a leaderboard (fastest to 99) and the monsters AI is more aggressive and monsters have more HP and defense if I remember correctly on the defense part.

For ladder players I do kind of hope they add something additional (stash, etc.) for those who want to play ladder. I don’t want power differences (items, etc.) between Ladder and Non-Ladder as long as ladder season is so short (est is 3-4 months) but I do think ladder players should probably get some small incentive.

[WhirLWinD-1213]

They plan to have Ladder rankings and listings to be implemented shortly after launch.

@WhirLWinD-1213

“To mitigate server impact and protect server stability of the game during the launch window, we plan to have Ladder rankings and listings to be implemented shortly after launch. This will enable players to have a fair chance to partake in the race that comes with the first season’s Ladder for Diablo II: Resurrected and not run into any possible launch window stability issues that could impede that experience. Once we have a more precise gauge on this front, we’ll notify the community of the exact date and time in September.”

Since D2: R is releasing at 8 am PST(11 am EST) this may give enough time for the Devs to fix any issues with the launch that day + the next day Friday. All recent D2 Ladders have started on a Friday. They said, “we plan to have Ladder rankings and listings to be implemented shortly after launch”, so if they fix issues during the first 24 hours of launch it’s possible they’ll announce Ladder start the next day on Friday, September 24th! If issues still persist they may try to iron out fixing them during the first week and start the Ladder on the next Friday, October 1st! We’ll have to just wait, and see!

[swagman-1243]

@Lykotic-11440

For ladder players I do kind of hope they add something additional (stash, etc.) for those who want to play ladder.

Good point. Ladder is meaningless if the shared stash is available to ladder characters.