I did that thing again where I come back to d2 lord legacy after 10-16 months of not playing. With the release of D2:R it took a bit of a hit but there still seemed to be games populated. Now this time on USEast NL the servers seem dead, 2-3 games up running at a time. Even the bit lobbies and games seem to be gone?

The entire Diablo fan base is small, then factor it is scattered among d2LOD, PoE, d2r and d4. D4 is so bad they are already offering it 40% off, so can’t imagine that’s what really killed LOD. What really hurt most was how horrible the d2lod servers were in 2021 locking peoples keys because of all the game drops trying to catch the people running dclone.

Quite a few of the players went to d2r. It's not the same but it is the closest to D2. You won't go back to vanilla d2 once you get used to D2r's updated graphics.

Best thing is your chars won't expire.

D4 is shit, or so I’ve heard and seen in the reviews. I just wondered with the combination of D2:R and now D4, was it enough to deplete what was left of the legacy community the last time I was on here (about a year ago). It was always nice to come back to D2 legacy every so often and hop back on just for the fun of it and kill time, then typically quit 3 months after that. But this time feels different, it’s not the same and the community has thinned out even more since the last time. I might have to upgrade to D2:R for the fun of it, if I still want that little bit of nostalgia as the legacy servers aren’t even populated right now.

East Ladder is the only place that gets players, and it dies down a bit after reset

If legacy players didn't even want to go to d2r, they damn sure aren't going to d4 imo.

Long live legacy

D2 legacy been dead brotha

The only thing good was NL pvp but now it’s just the same 5-10 losers using mods and teaming up against you

Ladder is obviously unplayable too, 99% bots and kids sitting on here bumping threads trying to sell gear their bots find for forum shekels, absolutely zero pvp.

It’s sad :/

The only answer is D2R or PoE (D4 is a joke)

D2R killed D2L, as it should be. Join us.

Damn that’s too bad, shame to see really. I heard there’s a ladder reset coming soon but no date confirmed. Maybe that will bring back a few people or populate the servers a bit more. I was shocked when I logged on to NL and there was literally 3 games going. I’ve always been a NL player but with a new reset coming I might have to try the ladder season if I’m even going to attempt to play the game again. I used to like hoping into NL for the fun of it and just building characters, getting help, then helping back and rushing people or giving away free gear. Too bad.

It's actually pretty populated at ladder reset tbh. Don't listen to people who don't play it anymore lol

Start on ladder because non ladder is for noobs anyway