Diablo III is for real

[FoxBat]

Honestly, this being the same community that spawned so many D1 variants to make the game harder, why is it that D2 can only be considered from the perspective of a powergamer?

Nah, it was always about powergaming. The difference is that the D1 warrior can't powergame their way out of needing some tactics, no amount of gear will save you from a room full of angry death knights/succubuss. Of course, the "true" powergamer would pick the sorcerer, who actually could do that.

Find whatever ways to make D2 harder via variants, mods, or simply not spending days farming the good gear, and there's enough interesting things to mine there. I'm always tempted to spread my points widly just because it's fun to leap around stunning enemies until I can get a grim ward up, whirl through the seperated crowd hoping it doesn't penetrate my weak armor, then tanking a group with battle cry and concentrate to get my subpar manaleech going. No it doesn't have the measured positioning of D1, but waiting for enemies to march through a doorway one at a time in Ironman/The Dark is kindof dull too.:P