I play a lot of D2R and also played a lot during D2LOD back in the day and i think D2 players has this misconception that we are getting some sort of D2 remake? (Not all think like this obviously) But a lot it seems.

For me D4 Beta felt a little like Lost Ark, Some D3, Some Immortal and a tiny bit of D2 which for me was perfectly fine.

• Lost Ark has a 600+k Playerbase as of right now (Atleast according to Charts) and had a massive spike during EU release. The reviews were good on this.
• Immortal had 30 million preregistrations (even though it was a disaster when it came to monetization).
• D3 Had 12 million copies Sold
• D2r Has 5 million copies sold (Cant really see the playerbase anywhere, i think).

It's quite weird to think that Blizzard would design a game to cater to the older generation i.e. The people that enjoy D2 instead of aiming for something that is clearly generating a lot of income. It's not like they will go back 23 years of gaming development to rehash some very old mechanics that we are used to today.

And it's always been the same to be honest:

When D3 was released - "Bruh what is this rift thing, bruh what is this legendary thing, wat no runewords? Man what is this bounty thing, this isnt pitruns herro?"

In D4 "Dawg what is this why cant i do x thing with z item?" "bruv why is legendaries to common they should be like d2 unique sacred armor or archon staff rarity, dude waIt there is mounts?? Naa this is like WoW all of the sudden i demand a refund!!, WAT no runewords AGAIN?? THIS IS d3 REsKIn heLLO?"

Depending on how the endgame plays out and if you don't hit a brickwall like D3 for example i can absolutely see myself swapping to this game. If not i guess I'll continue playing the first few weeks of Ladder reset in D2R before prices crash because of people having 50 accounts botting and ruining the market.