Diablo 2 has changed...

kolebuscher5733: Blizzard North was truly the greatest of all time.
Sistik123: I sure dont miss iron maiden in chaos sanctuary though.
lukespowerhouse: In early versions of classic you had a chance to get an SoJ from Akara for rescuing Cain. Also it had no level requirement or item level so you could even get one in normal.
Marine_Dynamite: I got flashback of my paladin casting 20 hit zeal and missing every hit
dmagick914: I remember pre expansion everyone played Whirlwind Barbarian with a rare Lance, Martel de Fer, or Bec-De-Corbin and an Ornate Plate (this was before elite items existed)

The Martel de Fer was especially good because it was 3x2 instead of 4x2, so a rare could be rerolled in the cube with 6 Perfect Skulls (these were currency before runes). Rerolling with this recipe did not decrease the ilvl of the item as it does now (it was nerfed).
Stratocaster42: Sometimes I think back to how bad I was at D2 as a 12 year old kid and how I couldnt beat Hell difficulty, or even Nightmare on most characters. Then I see this and remember how inaccessible a lot of information we now take for granted was at the time, and it makes a lot more sense
SebastianBohn: Valk Wings with FCR, Shae runes, early bugs… that nostalgia, bro.
“I was there Gandalf”

Okay, the MF ritual should have been known earlier. How much fun would this have been…
Methodman27: Making runes in orange text was a very subtle yet great change they did too. And any day now they'll add a full loot filter..
FuzzNutz14: The best D2 Era was the pre 09 rust storm patch when the ITH's and bugged items were everywhere. I honestly loved running dual ITH CB's With 6 sockets 5 4015s 1 eth rune on a frenzy barb. Bugged Arcane Valor with 4 sockets with Havoc Jewels, and the white ring and the occy ring. Yes it was busted, but it was so much fun. Honorable mention to the Bugged Tals and 7015 charms on a es Sorc with nearly 4k life and 7k mana and max DR
ZER0-C00L: Firewall was ridiculously strong back in the day. PvP you could cast it across the exit of town and people couldn’t even leave town. I think it was 30k damage when fully maxed out.
MrFirecam: I liked version 1.00 1.03 where "Greater Mummy" (Unraveller etc..) could speak. Good immersion right there.
asocci100: I was 12 or 13 years old when LoD came out. I remember seeing a bowazon decked out with Vamp gaze, Shaftstop, and Windforce utterly destroying Act 2. I remember being destroyed by Tstorm sorcs in duels with shako, vamp gaze, lidless wall, and wizard spike. No skillers.., no rune words, those cruel swords that paladins use to use. God do I miss the old .7 and .8 versions of old LoD.
Zodiak747: I miss playing the game in times where no one was reading guides and tips how to hit meta asap…
CommanderReplay: Melee might actually be playable without grief with a stash of 40max damage charms.