theyve already done an item overhaul, but theres still lots of shit legends and bad itemization. the next patch is basically going to be an expansion almost haha. theyre doing a change not only to legends, but adding in new ones and sets to encourage more diversity. on top of that, theyre also getting rid of all the clutter (white and blue items) and making rares more meaningful, less drops but better ones overall. theyve also hinted at adding in new gems and runewords.
theres also been lots of talk about them getting rid of peoples reliance on the auction house and making the game totally playable solo, self found, whatever you want to call it (possibly a self found mode where legends would apply directly to your class)
and yeah, at my peak i was #11 in north america
, alive that is, counting dead characters i was around 25. widely regarded as one of the best docs on the server. hardcore of course, so no real money auction house access.
1600 hours since release i think is roughly 4 hours a day haha. ive had maybe 20 days not playing total since release