hmmm I wonder if that was ever addressed
“The entire game is set up to kill your player. Every monster, boss, and trap has as it’s only goal the death of your player. The addition of the occaisional anti-social player only adds to the feeling of tension and fear that makes the rewards of success that much better. Remember this: the world of Diablo II is not a safe, warm place. It is a place of great evil, and even greater good.”
I’ll just quote Zax quoting Max Schaefer, if you care you can find Max’s thread in many other places…
PK’ing in this form is intentional…the ‘modern’ gamers out there would be considered way too coddled for games of the D2 era.