I want to experiment with new builds, not be stuck in trade

You have a game that offers alot in terms of build diversity. But forcing me to progress thrugh trade have put a very negative twist on the game expirience. Gamble crafting, lack of high xp map options banded together with the 10% xp loss, and you have a recipy for failure imo. It it kinda sad, because you can be the best out there, if you have the guts to see what is a massive turnoff for players like me.

Trade holds the game back. It also greatly prevents developers from making the game fun to play because this would imbalance trade.

yeah, trade is the tail that wags the dog. If anything it should be complementary to the game, but as it stands it's front and center when it comes to balancing drop rates, crafting, etc.
Their stubborn refusal to see how trade makes this game a terrible experience and their refusal to provide an option with SSF that feels good to play without trade is what makes this game have 30k players instead of 300k

They do love their D2 dearly and think back with rose-tinted glasses on the great feeling that it was to obtain an item there with trade. What they seem to miss tho is that D2 never was designed around trade being the core mechanic of item aquisition.