A few ideas of how to save D3

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It all comes down to your definition of variant. I concede, a naked character is not going to get to Inferno, though I think LoL would be a cake-walk compared to Diablo. Many Variants were about a theme, which does not preclude using `top-tier' skills. For example, I have been thinking about a Grenadier-themed Demon Hunter, who uses all the grenade and rocket skills/runes and melee weapons. It would be a variant, but so far I have not seen any reason it would not get to Hell, and I doubt it would fail to enter Inferno. Some variants do not even care about death, or even embrace it. Am I the only one who remembers The Lemming? For Glory! (Personally, I preferred the Hamster ~wheecht!).

With only ten character spots to play with they have pretty much killed off most chances I'll have for playing variants. Already no less than three character slots are taken up by characters that I have reserved *only* to play with a specific group of players. If I want a "real" character of each class, I'm left with what, two spots left? That's not even including HC characters (not that I think I'll bother with Australian ping and the stability of Blizzard servers).