Blizzard it’s 2021. We have better gaming rigs now. Please make the zones reflect this! Being able to complete an entire act in like an hour is mind boggling.
With my nostalgia I remember it taking much more time to finish acts. Please fix this. /endsarcasm
This is because you weren’t a seasoned Diablo 2 player back then. You didn’t know where to go, spent more time messing around with items, skills, weren’t using the most efficient build, etc.
The game uses the same map randomizer across all 3 difficulties. They just loosen the restrictions on higher difficulties. Like make champion or boss mobs way more common. So not only will you run into more of them, but you are more likely to fight more of them at the same time.
The game was always the length it is now though. We just sucked more back then instead of knowing everything about the game. Thus why I support an act 6 so the game is a little bit longer and evens out the elemental imbalances along with the levels all the way to 99 being filled in better.
So how exactly does larger maps hurt you? Larger maps = more things to farm before you have to restart the game. So why you rushing to just restart the game? Most bosses have gateways not too far from them. So making the open world areas larger won’t exactly hurt you.
So how exactly does smaller maps hurt you? Instead of always trying to change the game to benefit only you instead try a different play style to slow yourself down.