grief pb is pvm zerks are pvp but still does more damage pvm then ebotd with very high ias high min damage
tombreaver eth + 40/15 x 2 + zod
wont be slow it depends on your playstyle, how many d2 instances you can run and your experience as a player using different leveling methods
i like to enchant level a char using a support enchant sorc + bo barb + char im on for MANUAL play at low level because low levels suck as its slow as hell for 1-30 if you do crap damage so enchant + death gloves/belt + raven claw + raven claw on act 1 merc is just instant kills in full game for just about anything in norm @ 6.5k damage with 3 yard aoe
d2r came out, and the d2lod community shattered the realms over the years slowly lost players but when d2r came out we lost 95% of players on all realms. people went to d2r in droves to sell items they knew how to get from playing d2 to sell to new younger players at high cost. d2r is very easy compared to d2 and its really meant for a newer generation of players they
even have gcs that lower monster res that drop a lot but also weaken your chars res to that element. in d2 you had to be strategic and understand treasure class for the areas you want to farm and those areas need to be suited to your class and build - a cold sorc hits up mausoleum, crypt, ancient tunnels and can do most of chaos + baal ez with crap gear.
d2r tried to make builds in d2 that were not used and increased skill damage, changed a lot of the synergies for a build and even increased the damage output of some builds (bone nec is an example) they also fixed a lot of bugs that existed in d2 that are not in d2r that made d2 what it is.
they also increased the number of areas in d2r that are tc85 making the game much easier to play as you have more areas to clear, and wont have to worry so much about immunity, you can play like you got a infinity even when you cant for the life of you find a ber rune (easy for us vet players)
https://forums.d2jsp.org/forum.php?f=271 the player count for the forums was 500-1000+ players average, when the game came out we had the highest number of players on the forums since ever. player count for d2r has fallen because d4 has been released:
https://forums.d2jsp.org/forum.php?f=142 but the numbers are not strong.
i did find a number of other d2 item trading websites for d2r, i cant post any links but the player count is just huge and higher then here so i guess d2r is strong and people might think jsp is just for old people lol?