Don't get me wrong, I want to give this game a chance, but it seems like an exact copy of Diablo 3.
I gave this game a chance as an alpha/beta player, and immediately uninstalled it. It was beyond a disappointment. It was an embarrassing sham like Diablo 3.
One of my biggest sticking points was the constant adversion to allowing eight players per game, instead of the four currently, and the tech tree is literally an exact copy from path of exile. I don't understand why they keep deviating from a game, Diablo 2, that is the golden standard.
Why do they keep playing with the tech tree? Why do they keep playing with the stats tree? It's almost like they don't want to acknowledge Blizzard North's success? Why kill off Diablo, Mephisto and Baal? They're demons, and the soul stone should've been recovered to free them and allow another good series instead of this Inarius / Lilith soireé.
What am I missing?
Honestly, this all sounds like a difference in personal taste. You aren't missing anything, Blizzard just took a path that you aren't a fan of. It is disappointing when a franchise you like/see potential in goes a different direction than you'd like, but it happens sometimes.
The reviews of Diablo 2 versus 3 and 4 speak for themselves. It's not a personal preference. It's what the community wants, and the developers don't value user input at the end of the day. Were just sheep to them waiting to be harvested.
I mean that's true of any AAA dev company. As long as people continue to buy from them they don't care.
While I don't make games, I do write code. Usually it isn't the devs who are the problem. It's the project managers, sales, and C-suite execs who cause the issues here. Again, my experience. The devs could be shit as well, no idea.
Edit: added grammar
Just thankful for a non sarcastic and non-unnecessarily hostile response like I'd get on Reddit....hehe. valid points.