Ever since becoming more involved with Aion, and becoming an officer, haven't had much time to play d2.
I'm actually going to be seldom available this week, not at all next; back on the 14th. If people are still playing this I'll rejoin you then!
Bashiok posted a quick update on the status of the long-awaited D2X:v1.13 patch. PTR = Patch Test Realm. We’re going to get to try this one out before it goes live, and yes, they’re planning to introduce respecs (in some unknown form) into D2 with this patch.
PTR = Patch Test Realm. My understanding is it will be an area to connect to instead of USEast/USWest. I could be mistaken but I think that is the way it works. Also it might be tied to the new Battle.net. If you go to their website there is a place to opt in for betas in the different Blizzard titles. I don't know if that will matter or not.