Dear Traveler! Diablo 2: Resurrected Ladder Season 8 is coming! Although you have slashed countless demons in Sanctuary before, their attacks have never stopped. In the new season, players need to deal a devastating blow to Burning Hells team led by Diablo, Baal, and Mephisto to protect the safety of Sanctuary residents.
Here, we will talk about some specific details you need to know about D2R Ladder Season 8, including release date, gameplay, and bug fixes, to help you get a better start in the game.
Release Date
I believe that most loyal Diablo fans know that D2R Ladder S8 will start on August 23. Here are its exact release dates:
- North America: August 23, 5 p.m. PDT
- Europe: August 24, 2 a.m. CEST
- Asia: August 24, 9 a.m. KST
As we all know, the key to winning in D2R Ladder is to reach level 99 as quickly as possible, so that you can stay at the top of the leaderboard. After all, as a professional gamer, who doesn’t want to achieve this eternal glory? That’s why many people focus on the exact time of the game’s release, and every second counts!
Different Server Types
D2R Ladder Season 8 update basically mimics the conditions of a brand new release of the game, which means that players will have a level 1 character and start the game over again. However, you can choose to use this character on one of four different types of servers.
- Classic: You can play the first four acts of Diablo 2 when it was originally released.
- Hardcore Classic: Same as Classic, except you play as a Hardcore character and have to start from the beginning once you die.
- Expansion: You can play the first four acts of Diablo 2 and the fifth act of Lord of Destruction expansion.
- Hardcore Expansion: Like Hardcore Classic, you will control a Hardcore character to experience all five acts. You only have one life, so don’t die!
Bug Fixes
In addition, the developers have also fixed some bugs that players have reported in the game.
Gameplay Fixes
Previously, Assassin’s Blade Fury skill would stop channeling when the monster it originally targeted died, which caused many players to miss the opportunity to hit consecutive critical hits. However, in the latest season, the developers have finally improved this problem.
In addition, they have fixed the problem that Assassin’s Dragon Tail would consume charges inconsistently, and the Dragon Tail could cause de-sync and rubber banding issues in online and offline games.
It is worth noting that the problem in the original game Act 3 Mercenary that could target Raven with Enchant has also been fixed. And players will no longer be unable to join new games at the beginning of Terror Zone Cycles in the new season. The game experience is getting better and better.
Quality Of Life Fixes
In addition to this, some quality of life issues have also been paid attention to. Now, skills will not be unbound when players swap weapons, and missiles are guaranteed to hit the target accurately if the skill is aimed at a target on top of an item.
The developers also fixed an issue where the tooltip of Amazon’s Lightning Bolt in the character screen showed inaccurate data. Fixed an issue where the character list was reordered every time the game was restarted. However, please note that this issue has only been fixed for PC, and a fix is expected for consoles soon.
Finally, they also improved the problem that the tooltip of Slow Missiles did not show accurate information about what effect the next level of skills will have, and the problem that there was no arrow between Lightning and Chain Lightning Skills in Skill Tree when using a controller.
Will Shared Stash Loot Disappear After Season 7 Ends?
If you are new to Ladder Season, you may be wondering what will happen to your Shared Stash loot after Season 7 ends.
After Season 7 ends, all Ladder characters will be transferred to their respective Non-Ladder groups. All D2R Ladder Items in that character group’s Shared Stash will be collected into a new set of Withdraw Only Shared Stash tabs, indicated by a checkbox marked “Past”.
At this point, all items stored in Withdraw Only tabs for Season 6 Ladder ranking will be lost. You will have all items from Season 8 Ladder ranking, and can withdraw all items from Season 7 Ladder ranking.
When Season 8 Ladder ranking ends, this set of Withdraw Only Shared Stash tabs will be overwritten by any items in Season 7 Shared Stash. So make sure to take out all items before then, otherwise they will be lost forever!
Final Thoughts
In short, the arrival of each Diablo 2: Resurrected Ladder Season brings new challenges to many adventurers. They continue to break through themselves, eager to fix their names on the leaderboards and become the strongest in Sanctuary.
As always, Ladder Season 8 also brings new opportunities and adventures for all warriors, who can quickly upgrade their characters and accumulate a lot of loot in the process. Let’s take a look at which outstanding players have made their names on the leaderboard this season. I hope you can easily kill all the demons in Hell and fight to the end! See you in the game!
