Colour me damn well impressed.

Since the last time I played, this game has been very well rebalanced!
It's far easier to get good survivability, which effectively means that I'm less threatened by enemies potential to harm me, which allows me to play more the way I'd like in the early game, and greatly reduces the difficulty curve.

You've added several very impressive changes to multiple parts of the skill tree which has opened up a lot of options.

I -really- like the new skills.

I was especially impressed by the changes to several of the bossfights, merviel especially is a far funner fight to take part in; and I noticed the changes to the butcher as well. I would say that I was rather disappointed to not see similar revamps done to Vaal, and the bandit lords, but I was still more than pleasantly surprised with the new state of the game.

I'm especially pleased with the new crafting system, I've felt perfectly fine spending and saving my orbs to increase the value of my gear.