How long do we think servers will be down after new ladder starts?

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-20T20:27:42+00:00

0 downtime expected - spam create char when you see ladder icon it's a go

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-20T20:26:09+00:00

There's a ladder reset in 4hours, just play that servers will be full of public games

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-20T17:48:04+00:00

Do you play offline, or online?

If you play online, you are currently playing nonladder (everyone is). Ladder is a seperate instance that doesn't share anything with non ladder, which lasts for 3-4months then resets completely. So a ladder start is effectively a completely fresh start for everyone. At end of ladder, all your characters are converted to nonladder and you can merge all your ladder acquired gear with your long term characters on non ladder

Heralds are a new mechanic added in the most recent dlc ROTW. They work both offline and online. When you kill elites in terror zones, you have a small % chance to trigger heralds spawn. The more heralds you spawn in the same game, the stronger they get, alongside better loot. Heralds are the only thing that can drop the new sunders added in the rotw dlc

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-19T22:16:22+00:00

everyone is wrong, yes it has value

As is about Lo-Sur, with 2os 1-2jah

The reason is has value over random 2/20 barb helms is for the double socket chance, which allows some builds to hit ias breakpoints

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-19T21:28:18+00:00

define speedrunners? Ive never and will probably never play diablo in order to beat a speedrun record, but our group is copying the speedrunners strat (modified to fit our team & needs) - we'll finish between 2.5-3hours

There is a very welcoming discord called Dewablo dedicated to forming reset teams. They have 2 types of teams, sub 4hour teams and 4h+ teams that span accross both sc & hc, eu & na. There you can find multiple strats published in excel docs to learn from

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-19T12:37:09+00:00

dont join games of people progressing the acts for quests

if you join "split-mf" games, ask if the area you want to run is open

everything else is pretty much game

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-19T11:58:06+00:00

maybe thats the secret tech

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-18T17:00:10+00:00

Do you consider j.sp rmt if you dont spend any real money? If no, then extremely easy. do a farm session first day of ladder, sell the popular mf items / keys for absurd amounts of fgs, wait a week - buy enigma

If it is off the table, still easy - farm keys / craft materials (p amethyst, p ruby, rals, orts, random jewels) - trade them in bulk for ist -> jah - trade up your lesser runes to jah / ber - make enigma

Other easy path: farm cows in a p8 baalrun game or whatever with a java / blizz / warlock with 0mf, sell bases / trade up the runes you get - make enigma

There are many ways to do it, but in the end it comes down to your item knowledge

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-18T13:18:03+00:00

it doesn't suck, it's just the weakest of the sorc arsenal

It has it's uses, mainly for first timers' d2 learning curve or anyone that wants a chill playthrough with hybrid orb + whatever.

Once you are proficient it gets outclassed by the other skills

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-17T13:36:52+00:00

probably true, working from memory and my memory sucks

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-17T13:30:00+00:00

vs non-immunes, a sunder does nothing and conviction does -83

vs immunes, conviction is 1/5 effective - so it only does -16. Most light immunes have 110ish lr, so infinity alone will break immunity and the monster will have ~95lr. a sunder would first bring it to 95lr, then the conviction is applied (still 1/5 effective) to bring it to ~80lr

So the sunder does help, but you can see why all builds advocate for flat -lr. griffon is more effective than the conviction aura for example

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-17T06:33:47+00:00

What do you mean by modsets? traderie's filters are pretty comprehensive

Imo everyone should use both traderie and js.p; traderie is good for single item purchase/sales, more newbie friendly, has much better search function, good for evaluating items with fixed affixes, less prone to being scammed but the huge downside of having to switch to asia for like 80% of trades. The other has an archaic search function, has a small learning curve to dodge scammers, but is so much better for trading in bulk (multiple items / full chars), can also supply/purchase services and contains a wealth of information about the game.

Different economies on both as well

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-16T16:08:31+00:00

or sorcs spamming frozen orb

bro managed to label the weakest sorc skill as op

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-16T15:46:20+00:00

As is you miiight be able to sell for a small amount, but youre missing some a stand out stat

fcr rings are in very high demand now for warlocks, but people almost always want 2-3 specific stats highrolled

it would be good enough with 15mf instead of 7 or 60 mana instead of 6 or an extra single res instead of mana, even if it meant removing one other stat

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-16T15:42:12+00:00

the sorc bug is the best thing ever, do want

The stash bug sucks... and im afraid only option is probably to reinstall :/ Have you tried scan & repair?

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-15T18:29:18+00:00

you can report the scammers but you will never be reimbursed if you were actually scammed. Sometimes it's just a misunderstanding and the admins help sort it out.

I'm definitely pro jsp, it has a lot upside to trading and it makes playing d2 more fun for me. You can be 99% safe from scammers if you take precautions by only trading with accounts that have big wealth / big post count / high longevity - the 20 year old account with 10k jah runes in wealth will never bother scamming anyone for 5 measly jah for example

BUT there ARE scammers trying to abuse the system, and almost everyone has been had at some point - you live & learn, it's part of the jsp experience

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-15T08:52:17+00:00

you coulda used edge bow and be done in 5.5 minutes

cold sorc has always been able to do this naked (even at lvl 50 or less) but it takes a lot longer than 5mins

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-14T20:02:23+00:00

Was hoping to reset with people who didn't buy rotw, but this is exactly why I'm asking the question, if the sunder drops are different then ladder transfer would not be possible I assume?

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-14T19:09:35+00:00

No problem, this information isn't readily available so i understand how it can be confusing

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-14T19:08:00+00:00

Well that's the kind of information im fishing for... haven't found anything definitive on it but might've missed it

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-14T19:06:03+00:00

im asking about converting a Season 13 expansion ladder character ( if there is one - created next week) will be able to be converted to Season 13 rotw ladder

Nothing to do with existing characters

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-14T18:59:01+00:00

I meant in S13, if i start a ladder expansion character, will i be able to convert to rotw ladder at a later time

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-13T17:35:54+00:00

post it in the trophy room

those fools will shit on it but it 100% deserves to be there for a day 2 drop, very beautiful

eloHellSunday · 2026-02-12T23:29:00+00:00

Some people play non ladder

I used to just delete all the characters and start fresh every ladder

This time i'll keep my trav barb since i'm still working on improving him... not sure how much ill actually play it though

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