Why is the game evolving in an opposite direction it was marketed

I understand what you meant and i’ll reiterate, it isn’t like this in the expansion. I’d also like to say that there are only 4 actual difficulties and eventually most players will likely get to Torment 4.

Everything before T1 is going to be hand-holdy for new players and super casuals. This is no different than having “normal, nightmare, hell, torment” it’s just a different name: T1, T2, T3, T4.