That's great to hear, but your enjoyment of the game doesn't nullify the sheer volume of issues the game had at and years after launch, nor the tons of players who were shit upon by activistion/blizzard.

I know there was this real money auction debacle, but as I was playing hardcore I did not care.

Meanwhile, it was very playable and I don't remember any issues aside for error 43 (or what was the number)

Well you were one of the handful of players. One person having a good time!= working/good game.

Why does this need to be repeated every time someone has valid criticism of something. Just because it worked for you or you had fun doesn't invalidate criticism.

Here[1] is an article from 2015 (replaced article with reddit list) just listing some of the issues. If you'd google this you'd see all you need, rather than continuing to defend a position with a single anecdote. (added with 2nd edit- and here [2] is an article detailing the things that had to be fixed to make D3 'good'.

[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/diablo3/comments/vfvkh/diablo_3_and...

[2] https://www.gamespot.com/articles/how-diablo-3-went-from-dis...

Edit 1-removed article as it was a fluff piece. Replaced with a chronological list via reddit.

Apologies for the shitty article.

Edit 2- added article listing the ways it was fixed from release to now.

I played the last season of it on Switch, was OK, but not worth the repurchase. Especially not 10 years later.

>. You probably can't even get through Hell without using the AH or farming items.

I was able to beat Hell with my first Hardcore character and it took under two weeks. I did use some AH, as it was there and a part of overall experience.

I can see people can't find meaning in the gameplay on softcore mode. That's expected.

Indeed, I was the opposite and played only SC in D3 though I loved SC and HC in D2.

I never used the AH because I was that against it, but it was pretty necessary on SC.

Sorry for the repeated edits above.

As a side note, D2 HC on switch is nigh impossible due to the lags and rubber-banding. But i take it as thw trade-off for portability.

> I never used the AH because I was that against it

That's the key part. That was an important part of gameplay after all.

Imagine you would be a mac user and would be against right click and never use it. You will not beat hell as well :)