Agreed agreed agreed!
All of those ideas I have promoted at some point, though maybe not in this thread.
I have to wonder if they are mainly reluctant with some of these obvious suggestions because they don’t want to be seen to just copy other ARPGs? Like if they added Sigil Affix Crafting/Customisation, they worry it would look too much like Waystones from POE2 (or POE1 Maps, if those worked similarly).
Which I can understand, but if they are going to limit themselves like that they need to get braver and more creative when adding new systems.
For example, they could keep this simpler while adding agency just by offering players a choice of escalations between NMDs. One that’s similar to what we have now for characters playing it safe or new to that Torment. One that’s equivalent to +5 Pit levels. And one in between.
The affixes could still be different to muddy the waters a bit - do you want that +5 NMD with less desirable rewards affixes or the same difficulty with better rewards affixes?
That’s roughly the minimum degree of agency needed as a starting point, I think - it would mean you could get that 3rd NMD difficulty to something approaching the next Torment. (+10 instead of +15)