ehhm dunno if its related to d3 release, but .. u right in many points. Too bad the interrests for the game itself wiped out.
no body reading story etc.
- if u talk to warriv for example in a1 (small talk) he ask u for some Weed to smoke (some other plant)
- or the weird windows in a4 spawn sometimes , (@ wp2 area) are the rest leavings of lazarus' church
etc etc
also the fact with fleeing diablo i knew some years ... if u got enought faster run walk u can get stunn him in fleeing

what i wonder,... is why some uniq items disappeard in d2 and some not (like arkaine's valour(elite armor),flesh of the death(lvl 0 armor) exist in d2 and d1. / and some not:
and mostly i wonder why 1 uniq didn't eva been mentioned in forum's (from d1+)= gothic plate (highest def) as uniq
- i know i played it on ps1 and spawnd in catacombs lvl 10. named *götterdämmerung* dawn of the gods /sunset of gods
had attributes ,high ee and some resists (30+) ... u hear right its sounds like tyrael's might (in d2) but had similiar mods.
- and don't tell me it neva exist... there were many unspawnables (relate to ps1) like book of apocalypse, teleport. witch i found.
howeva ty for info this sound awesome
and
HAPPY X-mas