I guess its probably the server issue that everyone's having after the game launched on last tuesday.

I did have the flat empty map problem today, because the server is behaving funny. And also 2k ping spikes.

Still, i find Diablo 3's launch is much better than Starcraft 2's stability on the first week. At least it's playable, most of the time. Starcraft 2 was unplayable for the first 2-3 days.

The reason they put 6 skills is because they want you to choose which are the active skills you want to have. Rather than bid all 10 skills on your keyboard and call it a day. I partly think that it is also to allow the game to be ported to consoles. Still, it works for me, as i am actually thinking about what skill to bind to my limited 6 skills, instead of binding everything i have to my keyboard in Torchlight.

The maps randomised a fair bit, especially with the positions of the dungeons, but the main layout is pretty much the same, as i far as i know. Torchlight 2's randomisation is epic, btw, so buy Torchlight 2 if you hate Diablo 3 so much. Torchlight 2 plays a whole lot more like Diablo 2 than Diablo 2 to Diablo 3.