They're grasping at straws. The new game director has no fresh ideas. His vision of D2 is just to roll back to previous systems that only worked in the past because the game was new enough that people were willing to grind endlessly for good loot, since it felt like we were building a vault full of great stuff we could use for years to come. At this point nobody believes this game is going to continue to be relevant because the playerbase doesn't have confidence that Bungie knows what they're doing at this point because they've been flailing for years. For example, just look at the number system above your character's head in game. It was pointless to begin with because Bungie scaled it in the stupidest way possible... The ladder makes no sense. Premade three man activities shouldn't exist before level 9, and six man activities shouldn't exist before 10. Then they made it where you couldn't even see the requirements until you reach that level. As a result, people don't engage in the system. Personally, I'm ignoring that system and eventually I'll be running around with a big #1 on top of my head even though I have all the best stuff. I've also noticed that "11s" tend to be piss poor players when I see them in playlists. Obviously the majority of them rely on other people to carry them to that level, much like Aztecross. Don't even get me started on a commendation system that destroyed the ability to just stay in matchmaking and go from activity to activity. Instead your faced with an extra couple of minutes between activities staring at a commendation screen that people only interact with for 5 commendations a week. I know some people believe Bungie is full of intelligent people because they write code, but it's obvious that they aren't. Some of the most boring and least capable people I know focused on a career in writing programs merely because they envisioned a life of solitude where they wouldn't be bothered.