if we purchase what we actually get?
and which is the cheapest starter package?

since the game can be downloaded so what we purchase is just a serial number right?

if just a serial number curious can we just buy from official website online?

In celebration of a successful beta test, all players who were invited to participate in the Diablo III closed beta will receive the commemorative Feat of Strength, "One of the Chosen." For eligible players, this feat will appear automatically in the Feat of Strength list after logging in for the first time as well as unlock a unique sigil that can be used on character banners.

In order to be eligible for "One of the Chosen," you must have had a Diablo III closed beta license attached to your Battle.net account (it isn't necessary to have downloaded or logged into the beta itself). Please note that players who participated only in the Open Beta Weekend, but were not invited to the closed beta, will not receive this Feat of Strength.

Thank you once again to all of our beta participants. We look forward to seeing you in Sanctuary!

What is it?
Hardcore is the same game as normal. Same monsters, same bosses, same loot.The only difference is that when you die, it’s over. Instead of finding your character resurrected a few feet from your death you will be prompted back to the character screen. You will see a ghostly visage of your character and if over level 10 you can archive it into the halls of the dead.

Why should I play Hardcore? It seems like I’d just be wasting my time if I died.
For myself and countless others it’s about the journey. You will die playing Hardcore, but in the deaths you learn and get better. It can be frustrating, but that frustration leads way to a much greater feeling of success then simply hurling your corpse at a boss until he gives you loot. In looking back at Diablo 2 I don’t recall finding the items I had been looking for, or defeating Diablo for the first time, but each death ( both my fault and out of my control) stand out and remain distinct and clear. Diablo 3 will fade, like all games, but those memories and the feeling of what you did will stay with you for much longer.

What do I lose when I die?
Everything on your character! However anything in your stash(including your gold), and your Artisan’s progress, will remain in place for your future characters( assuming your didn’t rage quit). This is a nice relief from D2. Back then you lost everything on your character and in your stash, and the only hope you had was if someone could loot your corpse.

What about Lag?
There will be lag, I won’t lie on that. However since I’ve played Hardcore on a 56k modem I feel like anything now seems trivial. The best advice is if it’s feeling risky don’t do it. If you don’t trust your connection then maybe Hardcore isn’t for you.

anyone willing to play with me , uk here D:

What is a starter edition bro.... Care to explain?

wait, so actually starter edition = guest pass?

i was thinking starter edition is another liter version of guest pass

well better borrow a pass from friend before getting my copy

anyone got starter edition in their account yet?

wat is ME3?

What's the original price for a CE? Since there's some side in-game contents. If only there would produce more, but impossible as the name explains limited collector edition.

yea, the asia server = pure native languange like korean and chinese.
that's why we sea region landed on us server, as we spik inglish

wow their collector's edition was only 312.90 MYR

要玩暗黑三所需的總花費：
　　暗黑三不是月費線上遊戲，所以掏錢買一次下列幾種擇一的商品就可以無限暢玩。
　　暗黑三產品種類共分：(單位：新台幣NTD)
　　繁體中文數位版(僅繁中介面+中文語音)：１４９９元
　　繁體中文實體版(僅繁中介面+中文語音)：１４９９元
　　多國語言數位版(共9種不同語言的介面+語音，但選甚麼語言介面綁定該系語音，無法混
　　著，例如無法使用中介面＋英語音)：１９５０元
　　典藏版：２９９０元

google translate:

The chinese version is cater for TW pple only as they do not need other language except chinese, that's why is selling cheaper.
Meaning the whole client only contain chinese, it cannot be upgrade to multi-language.

because the chinese only client is cheaper than multi language, meaning the cd-key or product key is diff

Nope this is not the case for TW cd key
http://tw.battle.net/d3/zh/forum/topic/483268466
Question 3: Activating chinese version can only play with the chinese client.

Another thing: retail copies are region free, or have a home region preset?

can someone tell me why and when it is needed to be port forwading?

wish to know this too, what actually does port forward do us good?

Have anyone seen d3 content greater than skely king ?

in short, if i do port forwarding i can get to lower my latency? yes no?

thanks for answering though

hmm, as for my case, when playing beta, sometimes I do experience some lag when the parties using some skills such as blink, roll, and few other (cant remember the name now). But overall still ok as most of the time I notice the orb is green with ping average around 2xxms - 300ms.Only sometime I notice it change to slightly green-yellow sort of color with latency around 700ms.

Do u guys think we would need VPN to play smoothly? since we are connecting to US like wow