>>45985794the thousands of runs to pindle/meph/baal come after the initial playthrough, retard
getting through your first run of d2 is a slow, but neat experience. you start farming those guys when you're trying to get through nightmare/hell and actually need to start minmaxing
meanwhile the entire point of d3 is to rush through everything as fast as possible not giving a shit about the story because greater rifts are the only shit worth caring about even on your first run
look at it this way: in diablo 2 your character is at normal throughout normal difficulty while diablo 3 actively encourages you to increase difficulty because the game gets too easy before you even finish it