JCarrill0 wrote:I know of another server doing this, but patch wise, d2 is not supposed to come out until 1.10.
While I wouldn't mind d2 coming out after ZG (before AQ), I personally know this would not be blizzlike.
When Blizzard implemented the D2 questline it was simply too late already. The people who couldn't get better gear than D2 (raiders, high rank PvP or people farming and buying items) wern't really that well suited to get this the D2. You had to farm (gold and reagents + consumables for the 45 min baron run). The 45 min baron run is hard also i remember Lord Valathak being alot harder than any other 5man boss up to that point.
So the people who ended up getting it were bored players with better gear mostly.
Players on Nostalrius progress alot faster even. They know what is BiS preraid (which alot of this D2 isn't), there are PUGs for raids, you can buy from raids, new PvP gear is out,... So lets face it the D2 will just be a money drain for the bored if they release it at its original time. And I think it would be a shame for the devs time and effort to go somewhat to waste.
Moving it forward doesn't eliminate the downsides but it does make the gear more relevant. Also it will be may 2016 before we see AQ40. It could be used to fill in the gap in content a bit.
I won't personally be getting any D2 items but i still wan't to do this 45 min baron run and Lord Vala