[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty

After playing it a bit more, I like the variety of skills you actually use. In D2 you maxed out few skills and really used only 2 skills. I mean with a Sorc you were shooting FO/Blizzard with the occasional meteor drop on cold imunes. So that's good.

I think what kills the game is the open AH. In D2, I played with what I or my buddy found. If I didnt find the item in the game, I didn't have it. Made the game more challenging, I beat Baal on Hell with below average gear (best item were Magefists haha, not a single SOJ for example).

Now? Having problems dealing damage? No probs, AH to the rescue. Having problems finding decent armour? No probs, AH to the rescue. Sure, you don't HAVE to, but with the way the game works now, without decent equipment you are dead in the water. I started with DH, and the 1H crossbows I found in Act 1 dealt less than 50% damage than 1H crossbows that sell for 200 gold. Does ANYONE play only with gear/weapons they find? I'd be more than half of people's gear comes from AH. And you can't really play any other way because the stuff I keep finding is simply underpowered to stuff that's almost for free on AH.

Sure, as I level up I will find more gear but people playing 24/7 will naturally find more stuff and put it up on AH and you simply have to give in a buy stuff from there because you cant kill a fly with "normal" drops.

Have yet to use AH. Boss runs only for me. You choose to use AH, not a requirement.