sux to be you then lol

most of us died for unforseen reasons, non of it related to lag

im using 1mb streamyx, still rolling

the thing is, players that nvr tried HC keep assuming they will die to lag etc etc when they nvr try playing it before, i know, coz i used to think like that too, till i try playing, heck i sometimes play when im riding high on 3kms

the question is, you got balls/skills or not to play?

i've died a number of times due to lag in act 3/4 inferno on my tank monk with avg 11k armor 1.1k all resist or lol 12k+ armor 1.5k+ all resist with a barb around.

i'm on unifi 5mbit and my ping is TYPICALLY on 200-300 ms. which is fine *most* of the time, however when blizz/tmnut decides to spike, there isn't much i can do.

hell, ive died more than 10 times with serenity ON ME. a serenitied naked corpse mind you, dead without any fire/poison or anything ugly that one usually get when they get maimed/melted/disintegrated to death

really now, is any of you guys on hardcore in inferno act 3/4 yet? or rather, in inferno if any at all?

i kinda like to play my games to relief stress as the job im working at these days is full of it. if it were me few years ago, during WoW days or earlier, yeah sure, id be hardcore myself doing inferno act 3/4 hardcore mode. these days, naw, i play to relax. not to bust my balls up for a friggin game

my play style funny funny wan, HC mode i donno if can even reach Inferno. hehe.

WZ & DH & WD go melee?
Barb has 100K+ DPS range attack?

HC is doable if you have the determination and will for it, aside from that some procedures and self discipline during engagements, after that it falls to whatever (ISP, powertrip, PC koyak etc) to kill your character.

Well, being able to get some pocket money out of your game is another kind of "Hardcore" to itself.

"assuming" you reach inferno that is on HC, then YES i would say lag spikes are a contributor to deaths, normal to hell? no.

again im not asking EVERY softcore player to jump ship to HC, im just noting this to ppl that keeps saying ill die coz of lag when i know very well most ppl die due to mistakes instead of lag, the journey from normal to end hell is different imo in HC, im not gonna comment on inferno HC mode as i have not been there yet, still working my way there, thats why im suggesting ppl to try HC, just personal experience, but if ppl dont try and keep blaming the lag, i dont think its fair to judge HC mode like that.

pretty much this.
and yeah im kinda way past that "hardcore" ness of it all.

i mean, i earn decent enough (despite the debt ridden life i have lol) to not "need" additional pocket money so i really just game for the sake of gaming/hobby

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Added on July 11, 2012, 5:27 pmi finished normal to hell within 2 days after i got my game that is with me LOLLORE my normal mode ( i think i've mentioned this a couple times across this boards)

i also only have 1 death during normal to hell and that is of my own carelessness during my first encounter with "tree pumpkins" on normal mode - yes i sat in it "afk" while comparing gear/chat and died.

yeah sure that means hardcore fail. but considering if i skip LOLLORE on normal, i could prolly finish normal -> hell within 24 hours
MANY has done it in MUCH LESS time.

i could *PROBABLY* step it in inferno EZ PZ.

but see, the problem is i would not have confidence in progressing, much less FINISHING inferno hardcore with lagging issues in which kripparian also acknowledged.

why would i waste my time on something that i am almost certain i could not accomplished because of issues that are beyond my control?

i blame lag because i have very good justification to it, whether you accept it or not.
i've always blamed lag especially even more so during the time i was "hardcore" with my games. even 200-400ms ping is a huge difference that means either victory or utter defeat in old WoW PVP/arenas. that lag could mean your entire marine wiping without causing equal, if not substantial damage in contrast on how much you spent for your drop on a drop stutter stepping at mineral line and i think you can always look up my sc2 profile that it can easily show you that im no random "casual player" when it was beta/first year of release.

hell i was even placed fairly high during war3 AT ladders. (i've always preferred coop over solo) but yeah because of lag, and how micro intensive war3 is, we dont really get far especially on those bnet war3 online tourneys, at most we got placed into top3 or top 4.

but hey, what did whining and b****ing about lag done after all these years since war3?
i'll tell you what - nothing.
absolutely nothing.

and there's nothing you can do to completely solve it. sure vpn helps, but it does not completely 100% solve your geographical latency limitation. hell, i work in an isp company now, i know DAMN well with our current technology, eliminating geographical latency/limitation is IMPOSSIBLE.

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Jul 11 2012, 05:27 PM

ahahha trust me bro, i know ur standards are way above casual, no doubt bout that just to make it clear im not pointing any fingers here, im just stating my opinion from my own perspective, nothing more nothing less, i just hope ppl dont quicky judge hc due to connectivity issues thats all

to be honest, those "standards" are really a thing of the past.

now i am just a casualfag like everyone else to be very honest. but hey, one can argue that i still have it because i took 1 week off work (that's 5 annual leaves for the slightly mentally challenged or NEETs for a total of 9 days from 2 weekends) for this "worst game ever made"

you are not alone lol, my programmer friend took a weeks leave too lmao

yay, now i can tell them to f***off because there's other people doing the same shit

dear quaza,

soz to hear u lost ur hc monk.

maybe you should try TMNut screamyx, i have no lag less latency compared to people that uses u-ni-fail...

uh, i thought i made it clear im not/and wont play HC? lol

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