What you decribed in your post isn't an RP-elements. Not even a little.
Really, what part isn't a story or roleplaying element? If you pretend that you are in character, you need to have certain elements in your world. This is really the only type of roleplay that can take place. D2 does not allow you to sit at tables, drink a beer with the boys, etc.
Also, what happened to Narcissus, the head of the Prancing Seahorse, according to Turgoyen? Was he eaten by undead?
That's a good question. The Prancing Seahorse is virtually empty. Likely, due to Ursula and city falling to all manner of insidious forces.
The broken waypoint shrine does make it strange wondering how the runners get out. And it isn't even necessary to have it break, because the game already has a mechanism for you to lose your waypoint shrines built-in (after you take over the tower). A working shrine would have made trips back and forth to vendors a bit faster.
Very true. But it does force people to go back to the place that they teleported from. In fact, it encourages people to discover the leave tower feature. The first dozen trips after I acquired the battle tower, I didn't even realize that's what the feature does. Its misleading because leave battle tower would suggest that you exit via the front door.
