Diablo 3, probably sticking to US servers for sure.

Blizzard responds to complaints over Diablo 3 connection requirement





Source: Joystiq

blizzard never go travelling to countries without internet problems
they dont understand the pain

dont you know they r making the game based on what they(blizz) like/dislike, not what we(gamers) want?



blizz make it sound promising like if they enforce DRM there will be no hack, dupe, bot...
come on, look at the current D2 bnet, dominated by bots farming elites & runes. even in the realm lobby is flooded by spambots selling items for cash.
also not to forget infamous SOJ duping glitch?
Always-online DRM will ensure no hacks, dupes, bots huh? LOL

and they did admit, the purpose of DRM is not because of piracy, but to provide a fair gameplay among the players?
so whats the point for forcing the single player mode to go DRM? to provide a fair gameplay comparing to who? myself?

yes, in mmo it is best to enforce such rules to protect the other players, no botting, duping etc.
in single player? what makes te different if i have a lvl10 char with 2 soj? (soj is min lvl29) how unfair would it be?? to the 1st boss blood raven in bloodmoor?


now, they are so concerned making it always-online to protect DRM (DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT), ensuring no hacking.
yet, they would care less about piracy, copy protect. since when piracy isnt one of the the biggest threat against DRM (not only to pc games, also DVD, music album, softwares, the whole digital media industry) if they can live with piracy while talking about DRM, what makes duping an ingame item a DRM concern? damn, what a bullshit.

This post has been edited by yamato: Aug 6 2011, 03:42 AM

woot new thread, forget all the squabbles over at the old treads, start some constructive discussion that actually pertain to the game mechanics, so what you guys think of the new Rune System

http://www.diablofans.com/topic/26476-runi...post__p__624097



I am not particularly happy about the random stats thingy, like when you get some rank 7 runes, after u socket it, turns out to have some crappy stats...which is no use to you or anybody else...kinda wasted the time spent of farming the rune..

This post has been edited by SoLiD: Aug 6 2011, 02:31 AM

hey man lol

trivia: did you guys know that all three heroes in the first Diablo died and met very depressing ends? After the defeat of Diablo, the Sorcerer went mad in his search of the Summoner, and finally became the Summoner himself only to be killed by the heroes in Diablo 2. The Rogue returned to home, only to be corrupted by Andariel and became Bloodraven who was also killed by the heroes in Diablo 2. And the Warrior, as we all know, placed Diablo's soul stone on his forehead, and consequently became possessed and slowly transforming into Diablo himself, who was also killed by the heroes in Diablo 2.

More or less hinted in the second game to be honest.

Post that in the first page as well.

Recap of Diablo 1 and Diablo 2 story.

Don't you think the lack of DRM is percisely why the current d2 bnet is constantly camped by bots ? We don't know the exact methods of their DRM but perhaps by limiting the content of the game to be stored locally, the hackers will have a harder to time to figure out how to mess up the online experience for everyone else. I understand the grief of having to be online to play offline but let's be realistic, Diablo is no longer a single player first, multi second kind of game. In fact that change took place in D2 and that was 10 years ago. It's the multiplayer aspect of the game that has prolonged its shelf life and it's popularity amongst gamers. Thus, it's only logical that they are doing their utmost to protect the multiplayer content of the game.

D2 also had the option to play offline. Even in the US there are still people who are having internet/ISP issues. Is blizzard going to "you have internet problems. your fault not mine. Trollololol"

If there are people in the US still having problems with internet, what about other countries?
What about people who travel cause of business or leisure? You can argue that since they are on business/leisure they should be serious/go out more but then it is their time and they are free to do whatever they want to do.

D2 has the option to be able to play the game offline. That is also a selling point.

we all agreed DRM on multi.
but what good is forcing single to DRM? it will not hurt the hackers, but only hurting the gamers(customers) that enjoyed single mode, who dont always have a good connection.

and why it wouldnt hurt the hackers? because blizz declared they care less about piracy and pirated copy.
in other word, blizz put their guard down on the 1st layer of the most crucial DRM defence, ignoring the piracy. then why need a legit serial keys to login to bnet?

if they really care about the single mode gamers feeling, they should know the very fundamental reason for solo is that: WE DO NOT WISH TO GO ONLINE AND JOIN THE MASS PLAYER COMMUNITY (sry for caps ). If i can always-on, why would i still need to play in single mode? i can just cr8 a game in bnet & passworded it so no one can join!

that is why i feel that blizz has become a cold blooded ignorant developer. they listen to their customers no more.
yup auction house for cash thingy is far more important than the merely existence single players population

This year please

yup really hope Blizzard can keep to their word releasing this year.... cant wait to grab my hands on it.

Everyone knows DRM by default is about combating piracy. But they are just saying that it wasn't piracy that drove them to implement DRM, rather the issue of hackers breaking the online content. Personally, if you can look past all this mumbo jumbo, D3 is pretty much designed to be like an mmo i.e Guild Wars. You can play it solo or coop or competetively but you have to be online. Perhaps they should have just gone out and say that, but we all know they have other cash cow to protect.

as u said, protecting their cash cow, by killing the single player offline minority group. small price to pay. how could i not love blizz!

diablo3 designed to be like mmo? no way. it should capped max 8players in a game, or there will be over thousand of players doing the same mephisto run. lmfao

Well Guild Wars is a mmo but it's also as restricted as Diablo, it's heavily instanced so only a handful of people can quest/level together at any given time. The only time people can en masse together is when they are in central hubs which is a lot like a game lobby like in Diablo. And now Diablo has a pvp arena which we've seen in Guild Wars. If you've played GW, you'll know what i'm talking about.

no i wouldnt care about GW in the D3 thread. afaik D3 is still an action rpg in single & multiplayer mode, just like old times, not an mmo as you
claimed

source


This post has been edited by yamato: Aug 6 2011, 08:52 PM

You may not care about GW but clearly it's something Blizzard is looking at to re-emulate - or is Guild Wars taking the idea from D2 /shrug. Not sure of what to make out of that random personal quote of yours. All it proved is that the definition of mmo differs from one person to another. Guild Wars may not be a mmo in a traditional sense but it's still one regardless - albeit a sort of hybrid or niche. You need to get past the old times and start looking at the bigger picture. Games and genres will evolve, and so will titles like Diablo.

This post has been edited by hfi: Aug 6 2011, 10:16 PM

matey, you said d3 are made to be mmo just like gw, but in fact none of them are. and u still refuse to believe that.
stop defending for the sake of defense, face the facts.

"GW is something Blizzard is looking at to re-emulate"....
blizz has their in-house engine, they have experience dev team with genuine ideas. from the history, they have never copy or re-emulate anything from anyone.

i really dont know should i listen to someone that dont even know what hes saying

well unless there are more teasers or news release by blizz, i will stfu before ruin everyones interest this thread.

enuf said.
GLHF

This post has been edited by yamato: Aug 6 2011, 10:55 PM