NegaDeath wrote on Jun 12, 2012, 17:20:

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Jun 12, 2012, 16:41:
It's about time. I'll start a large scale map tonight, and fill that bitch with starbases! Slow Advance + Turtle = satisfaction. :o

I also like how a normally slow game like this can still deliver panicked worry.

A massive enemy fleet jumps into your gravity well. Your defenses are overwhelmed, your starbase is giving them hell but it's shields are collapsing under the strain. Your rescue fleet is a couple jumps away, an eternity during a battle. Will they make it in time? Will you lose that expensive starbase? Will they glass the planet?

Tumbler wrote on Jun 12, 2012, 17:09:
Seems odd they didn't reach out to Sins owners and there is no demo. $40 is asking a lot in my opinion and I'm more comfortable waiting at this point.

I'll go watch some Let's Play video's and see if I can't "try" the game that way.

Sins owners got early beta access and $10 off the preorder.

Moog wrote on Jun 6, 2012, 12:45:
Steam says 14th June... http://store.steampowered.com/app/212630/
will be pissed off if this is delayed!

Fletch wrote on Jun 5, 2012, 01:44:
Console port, complete with console interface and gameplay.

Tumbler wrote on Jun 1, 2012, 10:19:
Maybe this will surprise us like prey 2 did...hahah haahhaha...ah no.

Rattlehead wrote on May 29, 2012, 13:09:
first

Muscular Beaver wrote on May 28, 2012, 18:49:
I just unlocked Inferno yesterday and the game instantly went from awesome to pure SUCK!
I have very good gear, lots of HP for a wizard, but there is no chance completing even act 1. People already have adapted. They dont play Inferno much, and if its being played, a few areas are being farmed, by avoiding mobs and running to chests and stuff.

Yeah, better gear will prolly change that, but I wont farm act 1 or Hell act 3 & 4 until I have 20 million to buy proper gear.
I feel like Im going to stop playing soon, because this is not fun.

RollinThundr wrote on May 28, 2012, 16:07:

Alamar wrote on May 28, 2012, 15:45:

Beelzebud wrote on May 28, 2012, 15:39:
I love how everyone is an expert about itemization for legendaries vs. rares based on roughly 2 weeks worth of random drops, and a few forum posts by people with anecdotes.

Surely, the comments from those not even playing the game are amusing...

But in this regard, reality is handy, but perception is king...

The problems (in this area) with perception is that people don't value certain lines (affixes) on a legendary, when they have some real use... Personally, I skip stuff with 'increases health globe pickup range', but then, I die from not being able to reach a health globe, so maybe that's karma heh...

Also, that whole comparing higher level blues with lower lvl legendaries is useful... The 'real' problem is that while it may be one in a billion drops, if there is ever one blue with perfect high rolls that beats one (equal ilvl) orange with perfect low rolls people scream that the system is broken... I half agree, as I think it's pointless to have gear that has such an absurdly low chance of dropping, not be overpowered, but apparently they want orange gear to just be a tad stronger (partially for balance I imagine, and to prevent AH abuse - go figure).

-Alamar

my lvl 51 DH says hello btw. And that's just it, for items that drop as rarely as legendary items do, their stats flat out suck. In 51 levels I've found 2 total. 2! Through a complete play through of normal and Nightmare. One was a lvl 10 Witch Doctor helm with terrible stats, the other a lvl 41 quiver that if it didn't have +104 dex on it, I would have AH'ed in a heart beat since the rest of the stats on it suck.. oooo +3 to disipline! oooo Reduces the cost of Cluster arrow! (a skill I don't even use)

That's the problem in a nut shell, in Diablo II, uniques were exactly that unique and usually the high end one's were powerful. In Diablo III it's oh hope the randomize dice roll plays nice for you.

Creston wrote on May 24, 2012, 16:13:

nin wrote on May 24, 2012, 14:18:
edit: Oh, and have fun with your steam patches for torchlight 2!

So Steam is bad now? Did I blink?

Creston

Verno wrote on May 24, 2012, 14:49:

DrEvil wrote on May 24, 2012, 14:03:
The difference is that here, the changes are even being made "server-side", and you have no choice as to whether you take the patches.

At least with the older games, if they made changes you didn't like, you could at least finish your single-player game before updating.

Now users that take longer to finish are going to finish a never-ending stream of tweaks to difficulty and gameplay before they even finish their first run through of the game.

Sucktastic.

Indeed.

I think they have a bit of egg on the face about how Inferno is basically being beta tested by the public. They made a lot of claims about how it was never beaten internally because it was so hard and etc etc but I think it was simply due to them never actually bothering. Some ability balance is expected but they can't really get upset about people finding the optimal builds because most variations simply do not work on Inferno.

deqer wrote on May 23, 2012, 14:11:

Darks wrote on May 23, 2012, 13:59:
the game is now a MP game whether you like it or not so deal with it and stop bitchin about it.

I guess they should've said that on the box, or in their ads. "Multiplayer Only" and "Online Only"

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on May 23, 2012, 13:58:
So let me see.

We have people bitching and whining when games aren't released for the PC by companies that used to be PC centric. And now we have people bitching and whining that PC games are being released by a PC centric company.

*my head is full of wtf.jpg*

deqer wrote on May 23, 2012, 13:42:

Darks wrote on May 23, 2012, 13:36:
If you haven’t figured it out by now, Tuesdays have always been reserved by Blizz as Maint

Yup, guess he hasn't figured it out yet because it certainly doesn't say that on the box, or in the ads, and it's just common sense to expect to play a game anytime, anyday, without interruptions.

No one wants maintenance. They want a game they can play, and have the OPTION to patch if they want to.

But noooo, you are all locked in. You play when Blizzard says so, and you patch when they say so. Have fun being owned/controlled, and leasing a singleplayer game, fools.

Next thing you'll know, a patch will be released and guess what? you're going to have to patch your game, whether you like the patch notes or not. Haha. too bad, so sad.

Dev wrote on May 23, 2012, 13:26:

Highlander wrote on May 23, 2012, 11:31:

Wildone wrote on May 23, 2012, 11:18:
ERROR 37

That error is meaningless now. Sure, it happened to people trying to connect on launch day, myself included but I have not had that error since.

Guess you weren't playing when they did maintenance yesterday.

xXBatmanXx wrote on May 23, 2012, 12:46:

Verno wrote on May 23, 2012, 12:25:

The Half Elf wrote on May 23, 2012, 11:57:
2) Randomization of the maps?

Yeah this one really bugged me too, the map randomization is very poor and underused in D3. It's almost like they wanted random events to replace it or something.

That is actually my only complaint as well....

Bhruic wrote on May 23, 2012, 11:19:

Verno wrote on May 23, 2012, 11:14:
Regardless of how anyone feels about DRM and whatnot it's great to see a PC game selling huge.

Can't agree there. Everyone is going to look at those sales numbers as a validation of the always on connection. I'd have much rather seen the game completely tank than pulling record sales like this.

Bhruic wrote on May 21, 2012, 12:59:

As for those who are getting hacked. I’m willing to bet you right now that those are the same clowns that visit the Chinese gold farming sites. You log in and most of the time those idiots are using their same email addy and password. Not hard to figure out your pass for the game then. And some are saying that they have a security token. But I’m betting again, many people don’t have one which is how and why they are getting hacked.

And not only that, but they were wearing slutty clothing!

Blaming the victim is fun and all, but this is hardly the first situation like this. Rift had a similar problem - people were getting their accounts hacked, even with a validator. People like you popped up claiming it had to be the individual people's fault. Turns out, surprise, surprise, that there was a security hole that hackers had found that completely bypassed the password as well as the validator.

Very likely they'll find some similar security hole here.

ASeven wrote on May 21, 2012, 11:58:
Well, now that the lame excuse of hacking is thrown out of the window we now see why really the DRM is used for: Control over players so Blizzard can make as much cash from the AH.

Anyone who bought this game under the premise this wouldn't be hacked:

WE FUCKING TOLD YOU SO

InBlack wrote on May 18, 2012, 10:51:

Darks wrote on May 18, 2012, 10:46:

InBlack wrote on May 18, 2012, 10:31:
I really, really hope they iron out the bugs in the Diablo3 engine. Im having a lot of fun with the game but jesus christ their engine SUCKS MAJOR BALLS....Its playable....sort of....but I cant imagine anyone making a hardcore character for D3 at this moment.

What the hell are you talking about? What issues? Other then the launch issues that have been fixed, there have been no other problems. In fact we spent the last two days playing the game 3 or more hours at a time and not once did the game crash out or boot anyone out with a problem. I think some needs to take his meds.

You are either A) a Liar B) a Blizzard fanboy C) One of the few people who can play the game without the INFAMOUS STUTTERING, ASSET LOADING ISSUE.