I really don't know where to post this, so I'll try it here.

As an old player coming back this year on d2jsp (I played a lot ~2002-2006) I have to say I'm amazed by the high activity in the scene. I honestly did not expect that. Looking at all the trades in the ladder forum at evening hours I just think "Wow! where do all these players come from!?". There's literally thousands of players trading every day. I can't exactly recall how active the scene was back in ~2005 but I don't believe it was that much more active. (but maybe I'm wrong?)

It also seem to be a more honest place these days, is this the case in your opinion also? I suppose this is the case, and can primarily be explained by a higher age of the typical player/trader, which naturally lead to more honest and friendly behavior. Yes, some scam threads still pop up here and there, but back in ~2005 it was pure chaos where scams existed all over the place.

This got me thinking. Sure there must be a lot of old players (like me) who either plays regularly ladder after ladder, or come back for a season after months/years of hiatus. But the high activity must also mean that there's a constant flow of new players to the game. How do people find d2 and start playing it? And do they continue? Why/why not? What's your thoughts? And how can we retain (or even improve) the general healthiness of the scene?

Other question to get discussions going:

• Is there available statistics on the activity on d2jsp (weekly/monthly/yearly)? (Would be very interesting from a strategical standpoint.)
  
• What do you think of the future of D2, and d2jsp?
  
• How important is ladder resets in your opinions? What is the ideal length of a season?
  
• Is the situation similar on other realms? (seen in a 10- or 20-year period)
  
• Are you a newbie or oldie, and how long have you played d2?
  
• (or If u want, come up with something related of your own to point out/discuss.)
  

I like honey and Balloons. Do you like Balloons?

you got scammed

only bots on bnet

game is dead

Probably should have posted in D2 Discussion.

TL:DR; I answered some questions and still enjoy the game.

Most people grew up and had time to mature or moved on to other platforms to annoy the fuck out of people.

I believe on the home page right down on the bottom you can see how many people are are online at the moment. My guess is that as long as blizzard sells CD keys to botters, nostalgic gamers and the few newcomers to D2, blizzard will keep the servers up and running. I think once the cost to maintain the servers exceed the profits then it may be a different story. Same goes for jsp except profits are FG sales. I’m sure someone else would have a more in-depth analysis of D2jsp’s future prospects. Ladder reset is where the most players come back for competition purposes, game streaming, profit, adrenaline, etc. I’m probably not the best person to answer the 2nd last question.
Been playing since late 05. Had a 10 year break or so, became good at something other than D2, came back and played some HC classic ladder, stopped for 1-2 years. Now play single player LOD exclusively. Since coming back and reading about PVM on forums and in this section I now realise how inefficiently and blindly I used to play D2 (immensely helps that blizzard buffed high rune drops in V1:13). It’s been really satisfying starting a character in single player and finding everything yourself without getting rushing to act 5 hell.

This post was edited by fox_trot05 on Feb 11 2020 08:30pm

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