The steady "payback" would be ok if it was worth it...why play the game to get the same weapons and armor over and over?...For example take the value strike from D1....valus had a chance to drop the treads upon stars scout rifle...you play the strike a few times and it drops but it doesn't have the perks you like on it so you play it some more until it drops...that's replayability...in d2 let's say the pyramidian strike has a chance to drop the nameless midnight scout you play the strike few times and it drops...that's it...no need to play it anymore since all the nameless scouts have the same perks...that's the grind that d2 is missing...and what makes it worse is that they give you these great weapons so early in the game...so why play the game? if they gave us something to chase then it would be worth it [spoiler]sorry post was so long[/spoiler]