Let's talk about how dead this place is. (Off-Topic)

by Simpsons Rule , Wednesday, January 08, 2025, 13:19 (13 days ago) @ Morpheus

I recently purchased The Witch Queen and the 30th Anniversary Pack on sale, and for the most part, I had fun coming back for a while. I'll be honest, all this shaping, formatting and power balance crap is like learning new languages, which is pretty daunting...but for the most part I click 'Max Light' on DIM and adjust to whatever elemental burn is on. I'm well past done trying to strategize a perfect build (funny/sad story is, a few years ago, I actually paid a 'build expert' to look at my gear and create loadouts for me, such an idiot) and just buy empty slots, fill them up with the least confusing perks and spam 'B' to back out of the menu before I get killed.

I recently got back into the game and despite all the negativity I've been having a blast getting caught up - but learning the new mechanics has been daunting for me as well. Clearing out my vault is still my least-favorite part of the game and it was extra irritating when I wasn't sure where to even begin. At least I have a system now.

Another problem that kinda prevents more gatherings is really a shortage of players. Yeah, the site stats say 1400 registered users, but even accounting for lurkers, the active/semi-active forumgoers has to be less than 5% of that. And how many of those people are active D2 players? Especially active enough (with enough free time) to clear out half a day for a raid? A raid that most people have already done?

I've been pretty eager to try and raid with people here but I'm just not sure how to connect with anyone. I think over the years, and through the participation droughts, people have developed their go-to groups and now communicated outside of the forum or clan chat - which makes it difficult for anyone new to participate.

But yeah, I'm on D2 sometimes, and D1 almost all the time. ;-) Hit me up!

Ditto.

-SR