
So, for example, there are no more imba ‘Black Souls’ blasting the hell out of you when you enter the Worldstone Keep-it’s all gone. The D2ClassicMod now brings back the original monster setups to Act 5. This mod patch also includes the D2 Magic Cube, with new Horadric Cube recipes that enable characters to create every item in the game, including the highest level runewords and uniques. Like all mods, it’s not playable through, but only SP, or with others who have the same mod installed.

This is not a total conversion type mod, but one that preserves the standard Diablo 2 play experience, while making numerous minor fixes and improvements. I suppose they do this to make ladder have a bigger population due to players now wanting to create any new characters there to get the cool stuff.Our friends over at the have posted a v1.13 update to the D2 Classic Mod. And I mean 'CM Bashiok during Diablo3 development communication' sh*t. Now, all of a sudden, 'ladder-only runewords moving to non-ladder modes' refers only to the actual runeword items, not the recipes – very much UNlike in the original game.ĭ2R is a great remake, but from a non-multiplayer/online/ladder competition perspective, Blizzard's post-launch management and communication has been really sh*t.Players found out they were 1 day too early when their fresh new characters were suddenly no longer marked as ladder characters the next day – not through an official statement or apology. For ladder season 2, Blizzard gave an incorrect start date for EU servers.The next major new addition, immunity breaking charms, apparently drop from another ladder-only feature (though they would have been really nice for single-player, where no other schools of damage from other players are available).Turns out, the ladder season lasted for 6 instead of 3 months.

3 months, after which the ladder-only runewords were supposed to move to non-ladder modes – very much like in the original game. Then, they 'expected' the ladder season to last for approx.First, their official communication about the newly introduced runewords being ladder-only wasn't as clear as it should have been.
