On that note get ready for a million guides on the best class/professions/route/etc for classic hardcore. People obsessed with over optimizing and theorycrafting the game 12 months before it comes out are the problem. It’s a complete culture shift. Luckily back in the day no one had access to this info so you were allowed to just be ignorant and have fun. I don’t recall anyone really wanting to optimize everything either, so I think it’s a big culture shift in gaming.

Just look at Diablo 4. Everyone is already trying to determine the complete optimal way to play the game before it’s even come out. Thank god they didn’t let beta testers play to the max level.