Was looking recently for a topic like this.
I'm disagreeing with some facts, e.g. farming for better gear. Thats the point of Diablo 2, you have to farm in this game to get better, some have more time and get it in a few days and some (like me) didn't even see the end of labs oder samael.
But whats really disappointing is the capitalization of the trade forum. I see a lot of guys from asia or US, that registred a few weeks or days ago and bid on an auction with masses of trade gold. Best example is this guy: memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=49117 which spend almost 10,000 trade gold and registered yesterday on forum. Quick maths: Did he really spend 1000$ to win this auction? This system ruins the market.
What do you guys think about that?