This is the first opportunity, players will have the chance to D2R ladder items unlock a host of new Rune Words in the Ladder system! To be clear the following Rune Words have never existed in the game prior to now, and they won't be available during non-Ladder play as was the case with the previous set ladder only Rune Words in the original Diablo II experience. The end of a Ladder season players who are able to make their own Rune Words will have their Ladder characters be moved into an "non-Ladder" edition of the game. Then , at the start of following Ladder year, they create a new Ladder character and begin the game all over again to gain new rewards.
Changes to the Mercenary, as well as New Rune Words.We've had a great deal of feedback from our community on the subject of Mercenaries We are making improvements to Mercenaries in a variety of ways. Many players appreciate these mercenaries, especially the Desert Mercenary, and we would like to provide more reasons for using the other three mercenaries, so we are exploring ways to improve their abilities and stats to enhance their character and create a fantasy.
New Horadric Cube Recipes Set Item changes, and new Rune Words are also on the coming soon! New Horadric Cube Recipes being implemented will allow upgrading the item quality of Set Items to give more design options for items. Set Item modifications will make improvements to underperforming Set Items providing players with more incentive to seek out Partial and Full set items that enhance the skill changes mentioned to in the preceding paragraph. Additionally New Rune words are being added to help with these changes. Skill and Mercenary changes coming in cheap d2r items the update.