You can’t compare a moba to an arpg in terms of availability, the bandwidth requirements are vastly different. Maybe if PoE was just the twilight strand, and there were only 10 zombies and Hillock on the map.

Trade isn’t an issue, why do people keep saying this. I’m able to find find the upgrades I need and the currency/maps within a couple minutes tops. Selling items I can’t remember a notable amount of time where my item was still in the API.

The only reason that issues are more evident is because the user base is larger. Let’s say PoE is actually broken, not just a mild inconvenience, and this is for 1% of the player base. 1% of players now, and 1% 7 years ago are much different numbers.