Its the question on how blizzard going to implement the 'constant internet connection required'.

i guess i was the labrat for Ubi DRM settlers7 and the experience on the first few months was horrendous. Ubi DRM servers constantly deny me from connecting either because by server overloaded or shitmix. Sometimes, the game just kick you out in a middle of a 2 hrs game due connection lost . And i have to start from the last autosave thats 30mins ago. FU ubi. Current patch still requires internet to login, but doesnt require internet connection ingame.

seeing how blizzard have designed 'auction house, ingame economy, constant internet connection required', its pretty much 1 step towards MMORPG and less RPG as what Diablo roots were.

How can you make sure, it's not up to you

First they require you to go online. Once you have a profile with all your save games in their servers, they start with offering microtransaction to do the most simplest of managing ur account and content ala wow. (download your saved games to yourlocal machine). Bottom line is, with this, were surrendering control to Blizzard and are at their whim and fancy. THey will eventually control everything and require us to pay for every tom d*** and harry thing. Look at the auction house for example. Its the beginning of the end.

Coz D3 backend is the same backend as WOW. Battlenet. One system to rule them all. You think if that was the case, Blizzard would have the Auction House? Blizzard anticipates that soon after finishing it, ppl will come back for more. Especially so when new contents are introduced. If D2 is any indication, ppl will be back for more looong after finishing it the first time. Yes auction house can trade in gold or cash. But dont you think that if a particular item is being featured in an only cash option, that ppl would not be tempted to spend moola? Worse of all, Blizzard gets a cut from whateve cash transaction. So yes it is a side option but BLizzard intention is to reverse psyche you in believing that. SO once you in, u have no choice coz by the time u realised it, u have invested in it too much.

Now im not against this if this was more the exception than the rule but seeing how all this is being set up, you cant help but wonder the intentions of this companies...especially so when Activision is involved...and u kno from history how they're like.

Im an avid Diablo fan, but having such a "be all and end all" system just ostracise the existing fans. Even more insulting is the guise that we actually have a choice when actually we dont. Yes, we have a choice to buy the game or not. But really is that what its come to now?

Now if you feel that you need to spend your hard earn cash on those additional stuff that by tradition is free, then by all means. But, i'd prefer to have a little bit of control and not having to pay for it. You may not see it now, but im willing to bet that things are just going to get worst from here on. If anyone things otherwise, do enlighten. Though  'You no moolah you don't use it' is hardly an argument. so weak.

3. For god sake... even if we have constant internet connection doesn't mean you your connection isn't BLOCKED on certain ports.. maybe for some people who u know joined a wifi hotspot or something... they might only open PORT 80 for you to browse web. That means... those internet connection can't let u play D3. YOU NEED A NICE CLEAN OPENED Internet connection like personal streamyx or unify line to play D3. So in another words. you are only restricted to play D3 just like how u would play MMORG right at home. Even though.. with D2 or SC2 i could play it anywhere in a game capable laptop hardware.

Well, bashers (you know who m i talking about) can shut up now.

But still they will come out with something else to counter this statement.

They ALREADY making a profit from the AH, dont you forget who are they ? they can have "promotion" , selling ANYTHING that want.

P.S Go and look at the US WOW, they SELL ingame item.

internet connection isn't a problem, CONSTANT internet connection is a problem....

But what if you line has a short mess up and it drops for a few seconds, byebye current Diablo3 game, you were about to kill the boss? Sucks to be you

People advocating for constant connection are living in world full of optical lines or living on the servers themselves.

If you ever played a MMO from Msia, you would know how shitty it can be some days and getting kicked out of the game every few minutes for hours.

Diablo 3 servers won't be located in KL lar...

blizzard's singapore servers (IAHGames) sarks big time btw.

People has been complaining about this a lot.

But do we know how it actually gonna work? Will the game stops you from continuing your boss fight when you get disconnected? Or will it let you continue your game like SC2 and Dragon Age?

we debate bcos game no out yet.
once game out then no more debate bcos everyone busy grinding for loot to sell in auction house.

like dat cannot play la.. just make self iriitate

worse when come many many such kind

i sneakily view the vid during werking hour and my mind went

'f**k, when will judgement set appear on D3?? oh well, betta get the transmogrified in WoW next patch...'