Deegan

Open is "hackable" though right? Hackable in the sense that I can download someone elses level 200 character to play instead of having to put in the effort? Pretty lame. Hard code never really appealed to me in D2, and it won't here. Felt like such a waste, especially when you factor in online gaming and its buggyness. I'm a fan of a well balanced death consequence, like gold or experience, rather than a complete restart... all 100+ hours of it... gone... makes me want to punch a baby. lol

I recently downloaded the Gold edition using the links on this site. I realize the game is a couple years old now, but I'm wondering if there's an "active" english speaking community out there somewhere? Should I install the community patch or... when's the best time to play or... is the game just dead? I played D2 for the longest time. Then I switched to WoW and other things. Until recently I've been playing League of Legends but I'm eagerly awaiting Diablo 3 and wanted to get something similar to hold me over until then. This game seems pretty awesome but my initial impression is that the community is either dead, or never really existed in the same capacity that Diablo 2 did. Is this true?