You spoiled the game that's why. Not to be rude, I mean I'm pleading guilty, I did use a bot during the good ol' 1.09 days (just trying to remember those White items... gives me shudders), that good ol' Pindle Bot of course, but I stopped using it as soon as I realized that I got rich within a week. That's perhaps exactly where I am different from many players who played the game, who basically played it to become "rich", just like in pretty much any RPG's, Diablo isn't that different from the others when you think about it.
The thing is I like a challenge and I like being frustrated... I guess. I was proud to get my first Torch back then when 1.10 was recently released. I worked my arse off to get it, it took me anywhere between three to five months before having enough loot to trade for a "crappy" one for my Barbarian. Let's not even talk about the Annihilus... that one took me a year before getting it, and no that's not exaggeration. But I don't play D2 everyday either... so the very large time spans between getting the good gear is in part explained by that, and also because as I mentioned I voluntarily avoid any hacks or bots, I don't even use Maphack. That way the game is some times challenging, some times frustrating, but when I find that Shako myself or that SoJ myself I'm more than proud.
That's how I see it anyway, you might well disagree. But I believe that you just spoiled the thing and that explains why you see little interests in playing it again.
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