# Game feels like Diablo 2 v1.0

**URL:** <https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/game-feels-like-diablo-2-v1-0/4405>\
**Category:** Wicked Feedback\
**Created:** [April 21, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/game-feels-like-diablo-2-v1-0/4405 "2024-04-21T21:31:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![balrogslayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@balrogslayer](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/balrogslayer)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/game-feels-like-diablo-2-v1-0/4405/1 "2024-04-21T21:31:08Z")

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I say this with both respect, joy and sadness: NRftW currently feels like version 1.0 of Diablo 2.

Why do I say that:

- pace of the game is highly immersive and exciting, fantastic!
- quality of life is terrible, just like v1.0 merchants not selling unlimited potions and no respec option

My suggestion would be to have a brainstorm: what made v1.07 and v1.09 so fantastic in D2?

Note: from D2 v1.10 onwards, everything turned into zoom zoom fireworks boom boom, so I would also consider where they “went wrong”. In my view, these are:

- synergies led to OP specialisation rather than having 2-3 different skills in your toolbox
- some required enemies also had immunities (eg A3 Council)
- immunes+specialisation meant the need for ways to give all users a way to progress, which meant overpowered runewords such as Infinity were introduced

Hence my feedback:

- consider what changed in D2 before after v1.07/v1.09
- consider the pace of combat you believe is right
- consider all ways to add QoL without increasing the pace of combat beyond that “right pace”
- consider all ways to add QoL that improve the out-of-combat pace without breaking immersion

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**Author:** ![balrogslayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@balrogslayer](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/u/balrogslayer)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.norestforthewicked.com/t/game-feels-like-diablo-2-v1-0/4405/2 "2024-04-22T06:45:43Z")

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Just like this:

 ![IMG_9875](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/wickedforum/original/2X/b/bc69fa8ecf1e193c396baa2c42f9c092099f81da.jpeg)