To me the itemization was far and away better in D2. A decade of MMO popularity may have changed player expectations as well. And yes, circling back to the li

To me the itemization was far and away better in D2. A decade of MMO popularity may have changed player expectations as well. And yes, circling back to the linked article, the AH exposes the poor itemization in a way that D2 didn't have so even if D3 itemization is the same as D2 it needed to be better.