[ValentinPearce]

A big part of Diablo (or at least of Diablo 3) once the story is finished is to go as far as possible in the post game features.

Most people I know who have played Diablo would tell me their rift tier, paragon level (might be a different term in English but they play in french so that's the term I know).

So for new players, it might not be that big of a deal, but for players wanting to play more Diablo the game is telling them to cough up as much as they can

[gambiting]

Well yes, the question is, when is a hardcore player going to run into this limit? After 20 hours? 50? 200? The further it is along the line, the fewer people it's going to affect. If you can have a great experience for the first 100 hours, that's still pretty good in my book.