I’ve played since early D2 as a stand alone game, now I have to socialize, why? I’m not just talking about the new expansion party dungeon, but also about the advantage players have when partying to farm bosses. I don’t even know how to party in this game, the chat is always dead, I asked just before for someone to do torment grigoire an the game chat remained silent. Most people, I bet, play solo. So why Blizzard? Why on 
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D2 had an offline mode D4 does not. D2 you got more drops and xp in groups. Yes you could solo online but you were significantly penalized for it.
Sure there is 1 opinional game mode designed for coop but they are also adding the tools for users without friends to participate if they wish.
D2 had multiplayer. I played it with multiple players to level up in those random lobby Baal runs (or whatever that map/zone was called back then). I didn’t have a party nor do I know the folks I played with. It’s all random.
I mostly did PvP in D2 and definitely fought against real players. I socialized to know what items they use and builds they make, vice versa. I can’t imagine doing PvP with just myself outside town.
In S5, my personal experience is quite different. Running solo to get those Ubers was pretty great. I was able to equip 6 of my alts with full Uber set for their build. My RnG is good. I know a bunch of folks who partied to farm bosses but didn’t get much. So it’s all RnG.
I agree chat is dead in softcore but in hardcore, it’s alive.
In my observation, most people play in groups. But probably that’s just my observation.
Fairly certain this is just a rant post. They aren’t looking for answers, they just want to vent.
local chat? always type in “Trade” chat. I’ve always got a response like that.
Your forced to “socialize” “share” because it makes them more money.
Like how you “personal pc” is just a data mining system for them.
In one word, Greed.
I know… and they could have joinned the many posts of ppl complaining they dont have friends and believe the opinional coop dungeon isnt opinional.
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Forced Coop dungeon is concerning because the trend it sets not just because of the loot or rewards. This could easily be a trial run of things to come in future. Remember the more they can incentivize coop play the more cosmetics they might think they can sell so you can show them off to your coop party.
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Hard Agree. one must be careful what one wishes for.