This was compounded by an update we implemented
It all sounds like an absolute nightmare, to be honest, and I am sorry for the engineers who are facing the appearance of D2R Ladder Items years of retroactive fixes front of them. There's a school of opinion that says that, well, Blizzard should have seen this coming and planned for it.
But it's also one of the risks that you face when you remaster. These games were made in the days of information and multiplayer didn't have the popularity or ease of access that we have today, and it's...