I wonder how rare a Legendary item will be in D3

I'll refer you to my previous post, where I linked to a Bashiok post where he stated that D2 uniques only dropped once per-game, and that they're called Legendaries now

xXBatmanXx wrote on May 2, 2012, 11:48:

Battlefield 3 producer says blocking used games can be beneficial.

*cough* BULLSHIT *cough*

First of all it is a producer saying this. Only driven by the bottom line. Make better games and people won't sell your game, they will keep it.

AnointedSword wrote on May 1, 2012, 21:21:
Against popular belief (here at blues), a majority of players will use the in game systems.

As for the TV show

Its as though you can say it is your birthday around here, and 5 people will jump on you and argue that it isn't.

Microsoft is really divided internally over it too, especially since that memo went out mandating Windows 8 use for official projects

Given that all Blizzard games have been cracked and emulated so far this one won't be an exception.

To all but the most anal retentive saying "it's not singleplayer" would be shorthand for "it's not really singleplayer because its design is so focused on multiplayer."

Oh, so this is about nit-picking.

Diablo 3 is so designed around multiplayer it has lost me as a singleplayer customer. Is that better?

Rhialto wrote on Apr 25, 2012, 22:09:
Not sure I will have received my Collector's Edition box, thus no code to activate the game at that time.

Would be curious to see if Bettle.net will be able to handle all the load. In fact I would love to be in front of the system showing all the stats and data about incoming traffic and such at the launch time. That must be crazy to watch.

I think they would know if they developed it as a multiplayer game or not

Anyway I never said the comparison was perfect, it was an analogy.

The point is this game was designed as multiplayer, the online requirement is there to enforce that, I don't see how you could say otherwise.

If you want another example perhaps a private FPS match against bots?

And as I originally compared it, you can also solo all the time in WoW and in effect play it as a singleplayer game, but it still isn't that. D3 was designed as multiplayer only, the developers even said so when the internet thing came out. I believe the quote was something like "playing this by yourself is playing it wrong."

Legality and reality couldn't be more opposite. Reality doesn't respect your rights. Reality doesn't care about what you're entitled to. Lock yourself in a cage with an angry bear and see how much he cares about the Constitution

You're neglecting the fact that stores are supposed to distribute products, not use them. That's why stores exist. That's why publishers sell them product in bulk at low prices. Stores are not supposed to use products and then resell them. Well, I think GameStop actually does that with the used games they stock but they aren't supposed to do it with new ones. When a publisher sells a batch of games to a store, they do it with the understanding that those copies will then be sold, unopened, directly to customers. Once all those copies have been sold, retailers are supposed to order more copies from the publisher. If retailers keep reselling the same copies over and over, this doesn't happen.

I'm just saying by always being online, always having that auction house there, always ready for someone to jump in, you're basically soloing a multiplayer game.

Am I missing something? Last I saw, Blizzard was not going to make anything on AH transactions... Are you assuming this or was it stated somewhere?

Interesting, sounds even better then. I assume Hudson is just doing a hit and run troll then because I don't see how anyone could have a problem with this