So you were playing SOLO in a game with 7 other players playing SOLO, you were not rewarded for grouping up at all, you were actually punished for it in d2.
And if you wanted to do ubers you only got ONE item, meaning all 4-8 players would need uber mats for everyone to get a torch.
You literally picked a game that is the complete opposite of how this game rewards group play, yet are still somehow trying to defend it. bizarre.