Diablo III: no single player mode, real money Auction House: thoughts?

>Diablo 2
>>16 active skills, any passive
>Diablo 3
>>6 active skills, 3 passive

k.

that's what kotaku reported after playing the beta for 4 hours on blizzard HQ, they said on the beta, you can only have 3 active skills and 2 passive, but it will change in the live. D3 will be all about rune modification.

EDIT:
http://kotaku.com/5826453/diablo-iii-mod...ot-allowed

Q: Will Diablo III include support for bots and/or mods?

A: No, for a variety of gameplay and security reasons, we will not be supporting bots or mods in Diablo III, and they'll be expressly prohibited by our terms of use for the game.

http://kotaku.com/5825582/diablo-iii

Blizzard has done away with the talent trees and skill points of games past, giving players new active and passive skills every level or so. Players may only employ a set number of skills at a time, up to a maximum of six active skills and up to three passive skills. They can be swapped in and out at any time, opening up the option for experimentation and flexibility. In the beta version I played, I had the option to use just two active skills at once. After reaching level 10, I had unlocked one more active skill and the ability to use a passive skill.

Those skills can be complemented with Runes, special stones that can be socketed into a skill to boost or alter its abilities. Blizzard illustrated this by designing a "Melee Wizard," changing the fragile Wizard class—which typically keeps enemies at arm's length—into a deadly close-range build. Into the Wizard's Spectral Blade skill was socketed a rune that added a healing attribute to each hand-to-hand attack. The Diamond Skin defense skill was boosted by reflecting damage back at the Wizard's attacker. Frost Nova, a freezing area of effect skill, was runed to create a chilling cloud that damaged enemies over time. Explosive Blast, also socketed with a rune, turned a fiery explosion spell into an instant killer. Arcane Orb, normally a projectile attack, was altered by a rune that caused those projectiles to orbit the Wizard, making it even deadlier up close.