In Diablo III, players take on the role of one of five heroic characters -- barbarian, witch doctor, wizard, monk, or demon hunter -- and engage in pulse-pounding combat with endless legions of evil. As they undertake an epic quest to rid Sanctuary from the corrupting forces of the Burning Hells, players will explore diverse and perilous settings, grow in experience and ability, acquire artifacts of incredible power, and meet key characters who’ll join them in battle or aid them in other ways.
Diablo III was built from the ground up to leverage the full functionality of the Battle.net platform, which delivers powerful matchmaking and communication tools, allowing adventurers to seamlessly join forces for exciting cooperative play. Battle.net also provides a secure infrastructure for the Diablo III auction house, a feature-rich marketplace that Sanctuary’s heroes can use to trade their hard-earned treasures. Players will be able to buy and sell weapons, armor, and other valuable items in the auction house in exchange for in-game gold. Players will also have the option to receive real-world currency for auction house sales, which they can apply to their Battle.net Balance for the purchase of a variety of digital products through Battle.net, including Diablo III auction house items, or cash out through a third-party payment service such as PayPal™ in most regions. Further details related to the auction house will be announced in the coming weeks.
Undocumented Alien wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 20:24:Clearly, I have no clue what I'm talking about. Yet, here is a Blizzard employee stating all the same things myself and others here have stated regarding D3.
From your link -
"We thought about this quite a bit," said executive producer Rob Pardo earlier this week. "One of the things that we felt was really import was that if you did play offline, if we allowed for that experience, you’d start a character, you’d get him all the way to level 20 or level 30 or level 40 or what have you, and then at that point you might decide to want to venture onto Battle.net. But you’d have to start a character from scratch, because there’d be no way for us to guarantee no cheats were involved, if we let you play on the client and then take that character online."
This is about as lame a fucking reason as I ever heard (on top of your incorrect crap) and still DOES NOT indicate a valid reason for dropping a OFFLINE SP Mode that was a staple in D1 and D2. This given "reason" above is an opinion, not a fact. Any dumbass who created a true offline character KNEW they could not xfer it into B.NET. If I remember right, the UI even told you the SP character could not be used on B.NET so you knew right up front.
RollinThundr wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 20:47:
There's 2 reasons it's online only and not because Diablo is a "Online game" as you keep trying to convince people to be the case.
Krovven wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 20:09:That you believe BS PR speak that easily kinda rests my case for me. There's 2 reasons it's online only and not because Diablo is a "Online game" as you keep trying to convince people to be the case.Dades wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 18:20:RollinThundr wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 18:12:
I just enjoy getting fanboys like good ol Krowen here, panties all tied up in a bunch. What cracks me up about it all is the same people who "boycott" Ubisoft or EA for DRM have no qualms with it when it's from their precious overrated Blizzard.
The only person defending this doesn't even have a fucking clue or basic understanding of what's going on, it's pretty damned funny.
Clearly, I have no clue what I'm talking about. Yet, here is a Blizzard employee stating all the same things myself and others here have stated regarding D3.
Blizzard Responds
Don't like my opinion, deal with it. I don't give a fuck if people are unable to play online only games. Don't buy the game. I really don't care.
eRe4s3r wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 20:39:
As long as people bitch about... blizzard will regret this decision. Each and every news post of em has to be forever spoiled, thats the only way they learn, because google results are everything.
ASeven wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 18:30:
I played the D3 beta, I played Path of Exile. I'll stick with PoE, far more fun than the latest D3 beta and while it's online only at least it has the right price for such a scheme, FUCKING FREE.
That PoE was compared to D3 in terms of being online only and not looking into the fact that PoE has the right price for many of us who are opposed to online DRM because it's FUCKING FREE is laughable. Anyone who plays PoE over D3 doesn't have double standards, we do have working brains though because we're able to distinguish FREE from paid.
Fibrocyte wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 20:15:Undocumented Alien wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 20:13:You really have no clue how Diablo 2 worked, do you?
It's pretty clear to me that Kowen does not understand the concept of Diablo's OFFLINE SP Mode at all.
I like his use of /facepalms and swears though, makes it all that much funnier when he just keeps digging that ignorance hole.
Ehhh... it's equally funny to see people complaining about a persistent connection requirement given where we are with technology today.
I get it. Some people are poor. Fine. You probably shouldn't be spending your money on video games anyway.
This is about as lame a fucking reason as I ever heard (on top of your incorrect crap) and still DOES NOT indicate a valid reason for dropping a OFFLINE SP Mode that was a staple in D1 and D2.
And there's the rub, Diablo D1 and D2 are not online only games, D3 being a continuation of the story should maintain the franchise standard.
Fibrocyte wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 20:15:
Ehhh... it's equally funny to see people complaining about a persistent connection requirement given where we are with technology today.
I get it. Some people are poor. Fine. You probably shouldn't be spending your money on video games anyway.
Clearly, I have no clue what I'm talking about. Yet, here is a Blizzard employee stating all the same things myself and others here have stated regarding D3.
I don't give a fuck if people are unable to play online only games.
I get it.
Undocumented Alien wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 20:13:You really have no clue how Diablo 2 worked, do you?
It's pretty clear to me that Kowen does not understand the concept of Diablo's OFFLINE SP Mode at all.
I like his use of /facepalms and swears though, makes it all that much funnier when he just keeps digging that ignorance hole.
You really have no clue how Diablo 2 worked, do you?
Dades wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 18:20:RollinThundr wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 18:12:
I just enjoy getting fanboys like good ol Krowen here, panties all tied up in a bunch. What cracks me up about it all is the same people who "boycott" Ubisoft or EA for DRM have no qualms with it when it's from their precious overrated Blizzard.
The only person defending this doesn't even have a fucking clue or basic understanding of what's going on, it's pretty damned funny.
ASeven wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 19:09:Fibrocyte wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 19:08:ASeven wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 18:30:
I played the D3 beta, I played Path of Exile. I'll stick with PoE, far more fun than the latest D3 beta and while it's online only at least it has the right price for such a scheme, FUCKING FREE.
That PoE was compared to D3 in terms of being online only and not looking into the fact that PoE has the right price for many of us who are opposed to online DRM because it's FUCKING FREE is laughable. Anyone who plays PoE over D3 doesn't have double standards, we do have working brains though because we're able to distinguish FREE from paid.
Such passion!
Nah, just plain common sense, something that's sorely lacking to some in this thread.
Endo wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 18:56:Prez wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 17:20:
I'll admit ignorance here because I never played Diablo online. But let's look at Dungeon Defenders, which in some ways is very similar to Diablo. They have an online single-player and an offline single-player. You can mod, cheat, use trainers, etc to your heart's content in the "Open" mode (offline single-player and coop). But if you want to have your stats tracked, and want to play in sanctioned tournaments and events, coop or singleplayer, you need a completely separate set of characters and equipment, and as far as I've seen this works perfectly. I certainly won't accept that a cash-strapped indie with a fraction of the talent and resources of a mega-studio like Blizzard is capable of pulling off what Blizzard can't. Eliminating "They can't do it", which seems logical to do, leaves "They refuse to do it", which I find irksome to say the least.
I know this is a bit of a late reply, but I found it interesting you referenced Dungeon Defenders. Last time I played that game (several months ago) it was just as easy to hack in one mode as the other. All the relevant data was easily found unencrypted in RAM on the local machine.
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Fibrocyte wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 19:08:ASeven wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 18:30:
I played the D3 beta, I played Path of Exile. I'll stick with PoE, far more fun than the latest D3 beta and while it's online only at least it has the right price for such a scheme, FUCKING FREE.
That PoE was compared to D3 in terms of being online only and not looking into the fact that PoE has the right price for many of us who are opposed to online DRM because it's FUCKING FREE is laughable. Anyone who plays PoE over D3 doesn't have double standards, we do have working brains though because we're able to distinguish FREE from paid.
Such passion!
ASeven wrote on Mar 15, 2012, 18:30:
I played the D3 beta, I played Path of Exile. I'll stick with PoE, far more fun than the latest D3 beta and while it's online only at least it has the right price for such a scheme, FUCKING FREE.
That PoE was compared to D3 in terms of being online only and not looking into the fact that PoE has the right price for many of us who are opposed to online DRM because it's FUCKING FREE is laughable. Anyone who plays PoE over D3 doesn't have double standards, we do have working brains though because we're able to distinguish FREE from paid.