I didnt have a horse in this race. dont play PVP. this latest decision to keep artifact level out of IB and Trials just guarentees i will continue NOT PLAYING PVP. for about a microsecond there was a tiny bit of attraction to me in that at last what I do in D2 would actually affect my gameplay experience. then pooof it's gone. I just might have played some pvp. oh well. hope you can get the PVP community to foot the bill for the rest of the game because this PVE player is not going to pay for it any longer.