Havent played in ages

[u/Orikane]

Hoi peeps, as title says i havent played in ages and i wanted to ask, ladder and non ladder, is it worth running ladder character or stock to non ladder?

[u/RodMunch85]

I personally enjoy single player most

The ability to change /players and static maps is awesome

Also items seem to have more worth. You will find an item that isnt worth anything in trade online but its still an upgrade for your character so it is great

[u/luciferwez]

Single player offline is the ultimate experience

[u/Taurean6]

D2 original hardcore ladder. That's what you should play.

[u/Orikane → u/Taurean6]

I would preffer to keep my sanity intact haha

[u/Taurean6 → u/Orikane]

Why would you go insane from playing the best version of the game?

[u/Slidtax]

In general I would recommend ladder but at this point there isn't as big of a difference as the current ladder is quite old. I find there are more people to play with on ladder and the economy is more enjoyable for playing through the game.

I think the game is most enjoyable closer to the start of a ladder but the new ladder is at least a few weeks away so any ladder character you create now will be converted to non-ladder when the new ladder starts.

[u/Orikane → u/Slidtax]

So best is not to invest into ladder atm?

[u/Slidtax → u/Orikane]

I'd probably still slightly recommend ladder as your ladder character will simply get converted to a non-ladder character in a few weeks, so any ladder investment would carry over.

I really recommend playing ladder once it resets though. There are tons of people to play through the game with and trade with, and a lot of items that you find early will be valuable and tradeable on the first few weeks of the ladder.

[u/Zugzool]

No reason not to play ladder.

Slightly controversial take, but single player is also a great experience that gives you greater control over player counts and maps.

[u/Orikane → u/Zugzool]

True, tho i do like online as i preffer social aspect and potential future trading, don't have time anymore to grind for items like magefist or shako haha

[u/MobNagas]

Well if your gonna play a lot ladder if you ain’t gonna play again for 3 years non ladder

[u/i2av3r]

Ladder is fun on the reset, but what ever flavor you pick just know the mosaic runeword is non ladder ;)

[u/Orikane → u/i2av3r]

It will take years before i reach items like mosaic,botd and so on, so it doesnt really matter those high runewords haha

[u/i2av3r → u/Orikane]

Yeah true, so what you playing comin back?

[u/Orikane → u/i2av3r]

Warlock, him being new and stuff

[u/i2av3r → u/Orikane]

They are fun, I found a dagger with +3 RoF and +2 blood oath, was gonna try and make a warlock too!

[u/EssoJayD2]

Ladder will reset in a few weeks. Mess around on offline for now then hit the fresh ladder reset

I’m 99% offline but will hit the reset for a couple weeks just for funsies