06-14-2012, 03:07 AM
Roland's post sums up my thoughts almost exactly, though I will also add that the complete lack of skill balance. Every class has skills that are useless in Normal, even more struggle in Nightmare; by Hell, every class has to fall into one or two builds because nothing else is possible. Before anyone adds `everyone ran the same two builds in Diablo 2', that is not true. Powergamers ran the cookie cutter builds. I had an absolute blast with my Inferno-only Sorceress, until LoD introduced Fire Immunes. In fact, for the dozens of characters I made, not one was ever a cookie cutter build. Alternate skills were viable, if not optimal; Diablo 3 is so poorly balanced, that very little is viable.
May the wind pick up your heels and your sword strike true.