Ouch Veri, sorry to hear that.
Well my necro is now ready to take on hell, thanks to the generosity of Phur, who hooked me up with some essential trangs pieces, especially the armor. This is my first successful necro, all summon, and I am having a blast playing him. Many many thanks to Phur.

Playing with this necro has definately made me forget the loss of my trapper, I shall soon see how well he does in hell. I am now at 30/30 skellies/mastery, so I'm thinking he will do pretty well, at least for a good bit.
Also congrats to Louis, his sorc is now up and running. And thanks to Walt and Buddy for their, as usual, invaluable service in making things go smoothly and quickly. It is time for some more play in hell, and maybe a dclone will show up.
Neo, it is good to see you back, and if you feel the desire to join in, I and others would gladly lend whatever assistance to make it as easy as possible.
I have given a lot of thought about a ladder reset, and I think I come down on the side of favoring one. I haven't accomplished all that I would have liked in this ladder season, but I have learned how to play the various characters that are hell viable. For not having played the beta, this learning was necessary. And although I am only just now beginning to find/acquire good equipment for my characters, I am confident that I could do it much more quickly in a new ladder, and possibly make a run at one of the character ladders as well. That would be exciting for me.
Add to that an increase in the number of misfits around to play the game with, from who was here even just at the beginning of the ladder season, or maybe just an increase in people who are on at the same time as I am, and it has become a more fun and full play environment, and I think it would be a blast to start over with a big team and tackle the challenges along the way.
So all things considered, I'm in favor of a ladder reset, though it would be nice if Blizzard would try to fix any of the holes in the ladder that allow duping, maphacking, triggering, etc., that now exists. (I'm not entirely sure what all is out there, other then maphack, just using examples). But even without that, its still a lot of fun to play in a controlled environment.
Enough rambling for this early. Stay safe out there.
Ed