D2 year 1 tried to be a competitive focused game but it wasn't popular with a majority and even the minority who wanted it were getting bored because there were better games if they wanted something slow like d2 year 1. D2 Edge of Fate slowed the game down overall by like 20% and people seem to be hating the new gameplay in combination with the bad content. Though even if we don't look at the gameplay side and how people hated it, if we look at content d2 year 1 only wins on like 1 single thing. The amount of new locations. In terms of actual playable content the portal is far more filled even without looking at anything older dlcs had to offer. "Exotics felt exotic" almost every exotic in d2 year 1 can be described as "Legendary but with an enhanced legendary perk! Wohoo!" Like legend of Acrius was literally just a shotgun with penetration rounds. there was almost nothing to make the guns unique. Suros is probably THE most unique year 1 exotic by far and it's essentially just an rpm swap.