Blizzard gain a flash of insight?

[Roland]

The biggest negative difference between D1/D2 and D3 is the replacement of player skill with gear checks. Everything we found "skillful" that we used to advance in earlier games with sub-par gear has been intentionally removed by Blizzard as being "unskillful," or at best "not fun," according to them. Diablo III is the first game in the series that has forced gear as a way of progression - indeed, the ONLY way.

So, the problem is that there are enrage timers, and other mechanics that literally cannot be beaten by any level of player skill?

-Jester

I've never seen an Enrage timer in all my playing. However, the basic answer is yes. A player with, say 10k DPS and 150k Effective Health will never be able to progress as far as someone with 20k DPS and 300k Effective Health, regardless of whether the first player is 10x as skilled as the second.