It is again this D3 vanilla bad RoS is the savior. Is there actualy any “proof” of this situation.
Cause just looking at what happened it looks pretty opposite direction.
D3 massiv succes huge numbers sold. D3 RoS follow as a massiv succes. then second Addon cancelt.
Given the fact that the “predessecor” has a major influence on the succes of its follower it looks like D3 was pretty solid so RoS was a no brainer. Second addon was not a no brainer anymore.
I think D3 vanilla was better overall even with the AH controversy while RoS didn’t magae to keep the people interested even with all the QoL added and the AH gone.
Frankly D3 RoS is almost identical to D4 right now, and D4 also struggles hard to keep players interested as we have seen on steam numbers dropping faster then ever even with the Addon on top of the season.
I don’t think the mindless boring run pits till the end of days is a valid concept. It’s is cheap to do, thats it.