The battle may never end. More than 13 years after its initial release, Diablo 2 remains a reference point for the games we play today. It helps that the action RPG still gets some tender loving care from Blizzard, like the upcoming ladder system maintenance . New players will be able to jump into the competitive hunt for loot with minimal fuss, even after all this time.
"We anticipate the realms could be down for up to six hours, and during that time all existing ladder characters will be converted to non-ladder," Blizzard announced Wednesday. "All characters and items being converted to non-ladder will remain intact, but once converted these characters will no longer have access to ladder content such as creating ladder-only rune words."
With all the changes expected in the next six months for its 2012 sequel, it's great to see the demand still there for Diablo 2, which is exactly what this ongoing maintenance demonstrates. The upcoming ladder reset might be a nice time to make another run through one of the previous decade's benchmark games.
