by ghostwheel » Sat Mar 15, 2014 6:23 am

Some additional information :

“We wouldn't take away anything from what people have accomplished,” said designer Wyatt Cheng back in January. “People have a lot of investment in their current characters, so you’d still keep those.”

“Five years from now, you’re probably not going to see us making huge content patches, or class updates,” he said. “At some point we’ll set the game aside, sort of leave it as a work that we've completed, and move on to like Diablo 4, or whatever, right? Ladders is absolutely one of the things that helps the game stay fresh for people 5 years from now, or 3 years, or 2 years, or whatever.”

Over in Josh Mosqueiras twitter channel, we saw a hint of a possible ladder with initially the following tweet :He then teased us with the followup tweet afterwards:A lot of us who played Diablo 2 will remember this feature which gave the game additional longevity in terms of competing and progressing with a definitive sense of progression. The old Diablo 2 ladder was based on experience and lasted for several months. When it ended, characters were then put back into the normal pool of players.The Diablo 2 ladder system also introduced certain features that was only available in the ladder so it will be interesting to see whether unique items will be introduced as an incentive as well.- this is in regards to potentially having our current heroes up and running when a ladder becomes available.Travis Day has been quoted as saying :While this site started off primarily as an unofficial ladder system - it has since evolved to include a lot more features such as plotting permanent snap shots of your heros at any given time, build analysts, showcasing streamers and dynamically generated signatures.We are excited to hear of this potential new development and look forward to adjusting whatever new system Blizzard may come up with to fit alongside this site (if it involves actual physical ladders like that picture above suggests then I'll be a bit stumped though)Please note that the site is still undergoing changes to be made compatible with patch 2.0X so please bear with us until the new API changes are completed.