How about reset

Just because your friends stopped it doesn't mean the "vast majority" did too. Why this server is so popular? Because we don't wipe the ladder every few months like most do and because the community is great.
Also, 10 players reaching lvl 99 definetly doesn't mean "a lot", not even close to that and HC will never be even half as popular as SC since HC is for real hardcore players and diablo2 has just a few of those people that can accept the concept of dying and loosing all and not starting raging all over because they died due to lag, bug, crash, being killed by mobs and so on.

Obviously, d2 is an old game and people will get bored at some point. People come and go and this will always be a main part of online games and while some get bored faster, for others it take more time but eventually there are other games to play and you can always get back to d2 and still have fun with your character.

As long as there are well over 300 players during hot hours and even more during weekends, I doubt many of the players will agree on a reset. Usually a reset should go head to head with the online population so if that drops considerably we can take that into consideration but definetly not the case here.


PS: Remember that summer also translates into a slower period for online games as people start going outside, vacancy, beach, pools, etc. Usually the best period of online games would be the winter mostly for europeans.

You can always switch to HC if you really got bored of D2 as it's a whole different feeling but not sure a SC player could take the hit of seeing his character dead forever ... worths a try though.

 

I should have pretty much posted the reasons of when a reset would be needed too in this case And by the way, the date when the ladder begun is also listed on website (forgot to give you an answer on this one)

No worries, AnioL and don't be shy to be more active inside the forums as I've seen noticed you as a really helpful player inside the game from a long time ago.