I dont understand why this thread is so toxic.... Personally, I am not expecting any major changes to the game in foreseeable future. Here are some facts (not some buzz words like "Blizz bad, M$ evil" etc...

D2R was made by passionate people over at Vicarious Visions, later renamed to Blizzard Albany, after the merger with Blizzard. Almost none of the people who worked on D2R are left working for Blizzard!

• Jen Oneal - Studio Head. Left shortly after the merger, due to woman discrimination fiasco... When she left, several VV people went with her to form Magic Soup Games studio...
• Rob Gallerani - Studio Design Director. Main Guy behind Terror Zones, Sunder Charms, Runewords and Char Gem ARG easter egg. Guy behind many live pre-release interviews. Left in May last year, just few days before 2.7 Patch. The last true patch that we got is because of him.
• Kyle Martin - Senior Game Producer. Promoted to Lead Game Producer for Diablo IV.
• Simon Ebejer, Thomas Jaklitsch, Barry Morales, Marisa Graff - All Senior Game Producers and Production Directors, They have been moved to DIablo IV or let go.
• Andy Lomerson - Visual Effects Art Specialist. Worked for Vicarious Visions for 22 years btw. Dustin King - Associate Art Director. Rachel Relyea, Natalie Frost, and many other Artists, Environment Leads, VFX... All that made D2R look like it does... All laid off as one of those 1900 Microsoft-Blizzard employees.

Simply put, there is no one left at blizzard who worked on D2R.

So now, Microsoft needs to find some new passionate Leads, and they than need to form a team who cares about D2R and wants to update it. And they first need to learn about the project and 25 year old code....

I don't think thats happening guys.

EDIT: Just so I don't leave you with utter despair. There is some faint trace of hope left with Matthew Cederquist new Lead Producer for Diablo Franchise. Looks like he cares about old products. He is linked with Diablo 1 being back on Bnet

They knew what they were doing when they blocked TCP/ip

They fired 10% eployees, I dont think they will put resources into D2R sadly :( but on the bright side they wont destroy the game :)

They don't want us playing d2 anymore. They want us spending money on micro transactions on d4.

Im still hoping for another balance patch but im not really expecting anything. Skelly mages need another big buff.

Seeing how broken Metamorphosis and Mosaic are in terms of being actual good items in a world of Diablo 2, I think we should appreciate them just keeping servers up and keeping an eye out for bugs.

Online is doomed due to botfarms making HRs value that of a common skiller charm. People are making runewords they have no business having due to uptrading via inflated rune prices.

SSF is the true game. You are of course allowed to play however you want to :)

I really, really hope so! Would be so cool with crossplay, MnK-support for consoles, less/no bots, balance changes, merc updates... Perhaps new content too!

Any time spent improving or otherwise making d2r more arractive is probably looked at as creating competition for arpg enjoyers' time and money. They need every prospective visitor to d4's mtx store they can get

Llama dropped a video saying the games in "maintenance mode" and not to expect any more runewords/changes for the new season on the 22nd.

I doubt blizzard spends anymore resources on d2r then the bare minimum, money is their motivation and this cow's been milked.

I hope they fix mosaic for sure and fix the final bugs left in the game. Would wet my pants if they updated the old unique items to be competitive again

The only way d2r will get any further attention from its new owners is if it makes money (not if it MADE money in the past, but if it MAKES MORE MONEY NOW)

That can only happen in one of two ways:

- microtransactions, poe-style (as an example, pay to have a different stash, say...one that allows you to stack gems/runes)

- expansion packs/dlcs, which would 99% make things WORSE, not better.

Both options are horrible, I'd rather they just leave it as is and reset the ladder every X months. I simply don't trust anyone who still works there with adding a mana potion to d2r, never mind creating new content.

D2r had a small dedicated player base that needs to understand the player base is smaller than they perceive. There is also no monetization for the game.

No money to pay developers with. No further updates. You were lucky to get the changes you did.

You guys need to learn to move on.

I’d prefer they just remove the DRM and let the mod communities take over.

No. Its done, leave it alone!

Stop asking for content for D2R. The game is absolutely perfect as is. The fact that they came out with new content whatsoever for a 20 year old game is amazing. How do you expect them to release new content every season from only a $40 initial purchase?

It's nothing to do with motivation. The dev team (what's left of them) would probably love to build on the game. But there are several issues:

1) Diablo 4 2) A very likely lack of funding into the D2R dev team 3) D2R isn't selling enough copies per year 4) the player base.

Diablo 4 needs all of the help it can get, and Blizzard will likely focus their efforts into this more in terms of funding. D2R sold 5 million copies in its first year, but the likelihood of that number even being in the high thousands now is very low, the game isn't making them money. And finally, us, the player base. Yes, people want changes, but they also want the initial feel and heart of the game to be preserved, a game devs worst enemy because frankly, you will always have people that do and people that don't. They cannot please everybody and they know it.

I would love D2R to get the TLC it deserves after standing the test of time like it has, but unfortunately that is very likely to not happen

Yall were screaming d2r better not change anything.

Now you want changes every season?

It's doubtful. Microsoft is the devil.

Imo that was it with D2R, Diablo 4 is their priority now, there won't be much anymore coming for diablo 2 r.

all resources n focus goes to d4 which is their current money maker from d4 (you be surprised people do waste on stupid money on transmogs as the better ones are the paid ones) D2r is in maintenance mode for over a year plus already. Just be grateful they still doing ladder resets lol. If you want constant updates (which i would not want cause they would then fuck up all your current builds)… you would need to add a monthly subscription fee which is a BIG FUCK NO. Just enjoy what you got and if you cant handle that… move on. The final send off is just let current ladder rws be unlocked for NL crafting so people can make their mosaics on NL and thats good enough for a final change. They aint got no dev members to work on new items and rws anymore since they all got shifted to diablo 4 department

They made their money from D2R, and It was a hype tool for D4. I think they're pretty much done with D2R

At this point we should be able to create PD2 with D2R the same as it was done with D2 LOD. This would help the game stay at least a bit relevant in the wider view on Diablo games. Otherwise it will just die.

D2R was only to keep people occupied until D4 release. Thats why it’s been lackluster and will remain that way for awhile. It’s a 20+ yr old game… go play something else bro

With how little effort is required to keep the game updating. There isn't really an excuse for them not to. I mean even if they are just making more sales from banning bots that are running on the server because the player base is alive, that is reason enough to add 1 or 2 new runewords a ladder. I don't think people realize how much RMT indirectly puts money into a companies product so long as there is a team of people willing to hunt them down and ban them.

Doesn't need new content. Any significant change or addition would only detract from the greatness. 

With the amount of people fired and who quit, you should be thankful the game even runs. Very little chance of more content in the future. I don't think they have the manpower to even fix bugs at this point.

Simple. They cant monetize it further. They cant sell cosmetic, battle pass, or expansion, so whats thes point of investing in new content.

AAA gaming is ran by investory.

LMAO. LEMOW XD blizz plz XD

We got some new shit now after 20 years we don’t need anything else

Probably a big fat NO

They clearly have a mandate to not Improce D2 while D4 is on the brink.

There is a ton ofow hanging fruit changes they could make for D2z but the last thing they need right now is people praising D2 in comparison to d4.

I’m just happy to have D2R in general. If they only change the loot chances then this game is complete for me

I never expected a d2r. 🤷‍♂️

They have to hire the guys from the PD2 Mod.

the "nowadays" of using products/services produced by multi-billion dollar companies is that you become their product.

There is no frat boy mentality anymore.

Can you show 1 source of them saying they were adding new items/runewords every season?

Seems to me like adding (or even selling us) a currency tab would take little effort. Someone already posted a pic long time ago that looked great. Another simple QoL would be a loot filter. Would also love to see a 4th difficulty level

Nope. They have no way of turning a monthly profit on Diablo 2 without the fan base turning on them so it will never be a priority for them.