Soon after I wrote this thread I stopped playing D3.
I have picked it up again after the expansion pack and so far I am really enjoying it. I've not played enough of the game to make any qualified judgment about whether the changes fix the problems I spoke about in my OP, but the loot system has been dramatically improved. Improved so much that it's actually fun and I see drops that are something different from the blues and yellows I used to see.
The removal of the AH and the introduction of Loot 2 seems to have made a huge improvement to the quality of the game.
Oh and local AU servers REALLY enhances the gameplay experience.
I have picked it up again after the expansion pack and so far I am really enjoying it. I've not played enough of the game to make any qualified judgment about whether the changes fix the problems I spoke about in my OP, but the loot system has been dramatically improved. Improved so much that it's actually fun and I see drops that are something different from the blues and yellows I used to see.
The removal of the AH and the introduction of Loot 2 seems to have made a huge improvement to the quality of the game.
Oh and local AU servers REALLY enhances the gameplay experience.
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