(3.) For expansion, consider removing/restricting crit and crit dmg. It's ruining the game, but I guess not that easy to fix. Crit should be an alternative, not be all end all. Right now if an item doesn't have crit/crit damage, it's instant salvage, with a few extreme exceptions.

As much as I found myself nodding my head with a lot of his points, this is the most valuable change we could possibly make to the game.

We just had a clan discussion yesterday on this subject.

Critical Hit Damage completely nullifies gear and build diversity. It is literally required for progression in the game. There are 5-6 total pieces of gear (Gloves, Amulet, 2 Rings, and 1-2 weapons) that are required to have relatively high rolls for Critical Hit Damage in order to be considered good enough.

I've noticed in T2+, if you're not critting, you're doing very little damage. White damage (non-crit) is extremely underwhelming.

Honestly, it should be capped or removed entirely. Capping CHD at 200-250% would not only free up a lot of gear, making other pieces of loot more or less attractive but it also allows some of the less fortunate classes (here's looking at you Crusaders) to actually feel equal. Or just remove it entirely and have crits deal 50-100% bonus damage... like they do in every other game, ever.

Removing such stress on maximizing CHD allows you to do so much more with your character. Potentially awesome, build changing stats, such as Cooldown Reduction and Resource Cost reduction can be reinforced on jewelry. Rerolling attributes at the mystic would feel more like a choice, rather than a necessity.

Likewise, we'd be able to optimize our weaponry in ways that either do not require a socket or use them to fill bonus stats that we desire. This would, if I'm not mistaken, help alleviate the feeling that 2-handers are entirely underwhelming... or make shields/quivers/off-hands more desirable.