Even now, unless you live close to the servers, online play has noticeable lag compared to offline. At first I did it because bnet was straight up unplayable on my dial-up. I’ve always played offline since release in 2000. You’ll be level 70+ by the time you beat NM Baal, no grinding needed. Start a new char, set /p8, and play the game. On a side note, people always talk about /p8 in regards item drops, but the extra XP is great too. Ladder is just going to be an… extra thing.įor your questions, they’re supposed to be adding TZs and all current ladder only RWs and Cube Recipes (like upping Set Items) to SP when the next ladder starts, but the NEW new RWs like Hustle and Cure are then going to be Ladder-only. I plan on playing the next Ladder myself, but SP is my main game now. You can even crack and add items that will never freaking drop if you’re so inclined. Lack of bots/griefers/elitists is fantastic. I started playing SP since it was mid-Ladder, and it’s been better than I ever imagined.

I was never really able to get the things I needed to get to try the near infinite builds I wanted to try before reset, but was afraid I would miss the multi and trading, until I eventually just quit the game altogether.įast-forward a decade, I picked up D2R. “Back in the day”, I played Ladder exclusively but I always found it rather frustrating.

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