Sigilstun: Great to see you again, what have you been doing in the mean time? Can we find you on steam or something when you aren't around here?
In late D2 LoD, Uniques were the best thing, some sets later could be good, but most guides said, get these uniques or runewords. D3 was all about "start with this 6 piece set" then you need certain things, and not too many builds. Also you could just push a button to change over ..
D2 could have used some Quality of life stuff .. i'm sure a lot will happen between now and then.