Yeah I would have to agree with you there Prom, when I first got D2 everyone else had already tried it and moved on. So I didn't really know anyone playing it. I gave it a shot but it didn't do anything for me. I was a huge huge diablo 1 fan, thats where I met the guys who brought me over to UO originally were from.
Our old guild on Diablo had huge plans but they fell through. So I was quite dissapointed, but now after giving it a 2nd go, the Bnet servers are better than they were during my 1st go at it. You can do more with your hirelings, and keep them from act to act. One of our friends his hireling is a higher level than his actual character.
It is worth it in my opinion.
Fing
ps If I am on I am either in game pgoh/pgoh, or you can msg me on bnet /msg *Fing()n