Yeah I feel ya haha, I’m still hoping they implement charms or a Diablo clone so we can actually see Diablo in the game Diablo. Adding Anni’s would be fun . Maybe even torches at some point.

They gradually implement old diablo stuff to lure people in but the actual realization is a let down yes.
Runes just seem like Gems on crack but they don't add anything meaningful to the game if you ask me.
Like runewords in d2 created a whole new category of items whereas in D4 you basically slam them on godly items to make them even more godly.

I'm not familiar with poe socketables, but here runes don't add stats directly, they only add conditional effect when you get special resource form special action defined by first rune in "runeword".

Again, why this is tied to items, and not somewhere in skill tree, I have no idea.

Diablo will be in an expansion. I’d bet money on it.

no its bad
also mix of old rune names and new rune names

shoulda just been all old names + actual runewords not this mix a thing with a diff thing

So recycle the same old stuff?

idk yet so far im lvl 60 paragon 65 and ive really yet to use any

its pickledick

actually that would be a really nice way of implementing diablo in the game like, hes not always there but can be summoned! except now it wouldnt be soj that needs to be sold, but shakos !

I like the idea of runes giving access to other class abilities similarly to how runewords gave us some in d2.

I don't like that the gear is basically copy pasted infrastructure/code from Diablo 3 so we are locked in that shitty 2 socket setup.

I don't like the rune "energy" system either.

Overall i think adding runes and the abilitiy to use other classes skills is great, but yet again crap implementation due to diablo 3 engine infrastructure/constrains or just pure lazyness not willing to change.