Is this a dead game, player wise? Or is this game forum just a flop?

Downloading the game at the moment. Anything I should know?

The forum is a flop. The game is really old, but because it's tied to such a popular work it has a very loyal playerbase.

I think my comment in this thread still applies: https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=92397249

The only things that have really changed is the level cap is now 150 and I believe free-to-play content goes all the way up to like to level 70-90.