The saddest part of all of this is D4 fails in the EXACT same place D3 did, endgame. The only difference is D4 messes up worse because instead of being too challenging and unbalanced where SOME of the game audience thinks it’s good (Kripp’s world’s first hardcore), instead everyone hates it because it’s just so bland and boring.
Yes, that is why many never returned to D3, too little too late. And what WAS improved in D3 killed the intelligence and complexity of itemization that made it so addictive to begin with. Then every new item was a clone of a preset template.
It’s tough being a AAA developer. Modders have it easy, we are happy anything comes out period. We don’t give them money and we can’t take advantage of them as tomorrow they may be gone. Alot of good will. Alot of gratefulness and praise, like we are rooting for the underdogs. Because we are!
The idea of buying D4 in a few years is to give them a chance to make it right and to give reward for effort taken. Not at all to consider the current state of the game. D4 is a good experience 1-50. It just needs more, both for replay value to encourage using other classes, and endgame. It’s a tough thing right now, and without using seasonal content as a permanent replacement of old content, the game may never evolve properly, and tons of dev time is lost.
RoT has none of these worries. Seasons they found out, is bad for casual players and many even feel insulted by it. I did try a few D3 seasons and because of the complete inability to support a singleplayer offline style of play (online only is fine, just want to play alone), I never once had a good experience or got any stash tabs. I could have done it, just the time investment was too much and when I’d come back to finish the season was over AGAIN!.
I don’t consider myself casual, but something about seasons never felt right to me. I don’t care one bit about competing, I play to enjoy the experience, not to have marathons. Once I played a hundred hours and it didn’t do any good. Enjoyed it, but got no completion. I literally quit due to no stash space. And now D4 has the same problem? OH DEAR!
When it comes to RoT, I do believe there’s still alot they can do for endgame. I’ve never once experienced an endgame I loved, but at times I do have fun with RoT’s for what it is. At least there’s SOMETHING different to do! 
Uber Tristram had my FIRST experience in this mod, I’d never seen it before. In 20 years I only completed hell twice, and when I did, I did nothing after. Eastern Sun mod, classic Tsuru version that finished a few years after the Perfect Cell original that inspired LoD expansion. I played both.
For me mods is what makes D2 so good. D2:R is neutered. RoT is where it’s at. D2:R has a few decent mods and I’m a bit excited to try them, but they are just text mods, which means all you get is item stat changes and balancing, literally nothing else.
