but not sure on that one.Now, if you are hunting for other freebies, Blizzard offers/has offered these games for free at some point:īlackthorne, Lost Vikings and Rock N' Roll Racing are full game releases of 'classics' - games they made before Diablo I. I'd guess most people make ladder characters. Once a ladder is complete (no real telling when), all of your ladder characters become non-ladder characters, and if you want to start a new character on a new ladder, you have to start fresh. I suppose the general idea is like a ranking system, where people try to level higher than others.

Ladder vs non: There is a 'ladder' that lasts for about six months to a year (or more). Basically, stay on closed (default option). 'Open' is really just for experimenting with strange builds and such, because you can play your offline characters on open together with any gear you've 'created' through various programs/cheats. In softcore, if you die, you just respawn in town no worse for the wear.Ĭlosed vs Open: Generally want to stay on closed where most people are. You can no longer play with that character or recover any gear he was wearing. be it to a monster or fellow player, your character is gone. In hardcore, if you die at any point during the game. if you want to play hardcore, you need to check some box or something when you create a character. No clue on which one is most populated, but I'd venture a guess that USEast is the more populated one. server), with choices like USEast, USWest, Asia, etc.

When you first create an account, you choose your realm (i.e.

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