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You know why Diablo 2 is still in after kinda 10 years? There must be a reason, and this reason makes BD a far worse game.[/quote]

To me, it's simply one point :

Collecting

In my view, the managers of Blizzard sat down in chairs, round a round table, and asked themselves :

"How can we bind players for the most possible time to a game ?"

There must be strong motives that bind people towards a thing. And one of them is collecting.

Look at real collectors of things - no matter what - how they act towards their collecting, spend money, and are "bound" with (that) collecting.

To me, it's a very strong Motiv.

When you find a big kettle of crazy, it's best not to stir it.
--Dilbert cartoon

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