Whats The Difference?!?

Another incentive was to have people start from scratch, and not always having really good stuff automatically at high levels. Does anyone actually know any info concerning when the Ladder Season ends?

I am a moron, this whole ladder confuses me. I used to play a couple years ago and noone played ladder and now thats the place to be. But I just dont get the ladder thing. Why the hell is there ladder and non-ladder? WTF. I am losing my fing mind. I cant stand it anymore, somebody help me . AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Ok relax horbar, basically ladder is alot harder, like the monsters act like champion monsters and everything is harder. Since its harder there are some exclusive items in ladder play that wouldnt be on normal non-ladder (see arreat summit). Ladder works like hardcore where its a whole different place and cannot join any nonladder games. Ladder also has more cube recipe's basically u can make any rune like zod and all the rest of them (very attractive feature) and i think that about sums it up.

You forgot to mention the idea of other cool items, like BOTD or Breath of the Dying...Such an awesome weapon

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About this end of season how does that work out? Do you start over in ladder or are you moved to non-ladder and what happens to your items? Do they get deleted?

You forgot to mention the idea of other cool items, like BOTD or Breath of the Dying...Such an awesome weapon .And. About this end of season how does that work out? Do you start over in ladder or are you moved to non-ladder and what happens to your items? Do they get deleted?

I don't believe that ladder monsters are harder than the non-ladder monsters. I think all monsters (in both Ladder and Non) got a revamp in the 1.10 patch. Also, the ladder seems harder because everyone hard to start from scratch without the uber items they had become used to.
FYI - the cool items like BOTD are available in Non ladder games. There are a few exceptions but not all that many.

sickfic04 is right this is taken directly from the arreat summit.

Ladder Games Have Increased Difficulty
Ladder Games offer a more challenging type of gameplay than players will find in Normal Games. Monster AI speeds have been increased. Reaction times increased for Ladder Nightmare and Hell games. Basically every monster acts like a super unique. Monster Hit Points have been increased for Nightmare and Hell Ladder games too.

No one still has told me about the reset...your scaring me about the word RESET meaning redo or start over