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On August 12 2011 09:41 Assault_1 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 09:30 magicmUnky wrote:
Sooo.... I'm kinda keen to go back and play diablo 1 or 2... are they worth it? Anything a newb should know in particular for Diablo 1?
I played it when I was a kid and haven't looked at it since... any tips? just play diablo 2/LOD and read diablo 1 story.. d1 has a nice atmosphere but is really slow-paced. It might give you a bad impression.
pfft, no way, the acts in diablo one were way better. Act 3 was quite possibly my favourite diablo act of all time. And the butcher? Don't you remember your friends telling you about their epic fight with the butcher?  classic.
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On August 12 2011 15:36 Assault_1 wrote:
for the people who want to play offline, why not just download a cracked version of it as a second copy?
It is under general assumption that will be impossible, and that if it does somehow become possible it will compromise the safety of the system. My problem is that they went full-on with the RMAH and all its advantages, how they brought the third party to the first. The fact is, they left out a crucial factor of Diablo that will without doubt lead to 3rd parties working on a crack, like you mentioned. Totally turned off, thats all it is. I feel like I am being robbed of all foreplay, regardless of the fact that I just doubled the speed and bandwith of my shitty quebec internet for 11 dollars more.
Edit: To clarify, I feel like blizzard fucked me in the most beautiful way I can think of.
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On August 12 2011 15:56 Greymhain wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 15:36 Assault_1 wrote:
for the people who want to play offline, why not just download a cracked version of it as a second copy? I do not really understand why people want to play a multiplayer game offline, however. Do people really find time to play games while flying? Do people want to play Guild Wars while flying? Seems like an extremely borderline example to me.
Don't understand the flying thing either. The seats in economy seem way to cramped to actually put and play a laptop. And if you are in business you got an internet connection. or the money to have one dialed up through your portable phone.
it would only bother me if I lived in a place that has a bad internet connection or people that play on a laptop with a bad wifi connection. if you drop constantly it's going to be impossible to play.
I'll probably be pissed off like once or twice a year, whenever my internet provider decides to screw up my connection and I'm unable to play. I'll just make sure I have a copy of Torchlight (or Torchlight 2) lying around to play that instead.
I thought that was just their way of saying (hyping) they're going to attend Gamescon after all?
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On August 12 2011 17:37 NeoLearner wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 15:56 Greymhain wrote:On August 12 2011 15:36 Assault_1 wrote:
for the people who want to play offline, why not just download a cracked version of it as a second copy? I do not really understand why people want to play a multiplayer game offline, however. Do people really find time to play games while flying? Do people want to play Guild Wars while flying? Seems like an extremely borderline example to me. Don't understand the flying thing either. The seats in economy seem way to cramped to actually put and play a laptop. And if you are in business you got an internet connection. or the money to have one dialed up through your portable phone. it would only bother me if I lived in a place that has a bad internet connection or people that play on a laptop with a bad wifi connection. if you drop constantly it's going to be impossible to play. I'll probably be pissed off like once or twice a year, whenever my internet provider decides to screw up my connection and I'm unable to play. I'll just make sure I have a copy of Torchlight (or Torchlight 2) lying around to play that instead. I thought that was just their way of saying (hyping) they're going to attend Gamescon after all?
Would increase exposure for their beta if it coincided wouldnt it? :D
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My work is 500m from that place and since I dont visit the Gamescom show this year, I gonna check out their booth at Rudolfplatz. :-)
Giev Diablo 3!
Edit: fixed typo
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On August 12 2011 18:06 Serpico wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 17:37 NeoLearner wrote:On August 12 2011 15:56 Greymhain wrote:On August 12 2011 15:36 Assault_1 wrote:
for the people who want to play offline, why not just download a cracked version of it as a second copy? I do not really understand why people want to play a multiplayer game offline, however. Do people really find time to play games while flying? Do people want to play Guild Wars while flying? Seems like an extremely borderline example to me. Don't understand the flying thing either. The seats in economy seem way to cramped to actually put and play a laptop. And if you are in business you got an internet connection. or the money to have one dialed up through your portable phone. it would only bother me if I lived in a place that has a bad internet connection or people that play on a laptop with a bad wifi connection. if you drop constantly it's going to be impossible to play. I'll probably be pissed off like once or twice a year, whenever my internet provider decides to screw up my connection and I'm unable to play. I'll just make sure I have a copy of Torchlight (or Torchlight 2) lying around to play that instead. I thought that was just their way of saying (hyping) they're going to attend Gamescon after all? Would increase exposure for their beta if it coincided wouldnt it? :D
One can only hope. There must be something going on though. I mean, they didn't go to E3 (right?) and originally they weren't going to go to Gamescon either.
"Increase exposure for their beta" seems like such a weird thing to say about Diablo3. I mean, it's Blizzard and it's Diablo 3. The thing will hype itself.
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People are reading too much into the usual Blizz hype machine.
There's no way they'll be announcing D3's release at Gamescon with Blizzcon just around the corner.
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On August 12 2011 18:18 NeoLearner wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 18:06 Serpico wrote:On August 12 2011 17:37 NeoLearner wrote:On August 12 2011 15:56 Greymhain wrote:On August 12 2011 15:36 Assault_1 wrote:
for the people who want to play offline, why not just download a cracked version of it as a second copy? I do not really understand why people want to play a multiplayer game offline, however. Do people really find time to play games while flying? Do people want to play Guild Wars while flying? Seems like an extremely borderline example to me. Don't understand the flying thing either. The seats in economy seem way to cramped to actually put and play a laptop. And if you are in business you got an internet connection. or the money to have one dialed up through your portable phone. it would only bother me if I lived in a place that has a bad internet connection or people that play on a laptop with a bad wifi connection. if you drop constantly it's going to be impossible to play. I'll probably be pissed off like once or twice a year, whenever my internet provider decides to screw up my connection and I'm unable to play. I'll just make sure I have a copy of Torchlight (or Torchlight 2) lying around to play that instead. I thought that was just their way of saying (hyping) they're going to attend Gamescon after all? Would increase exposure for their beta if it coincided wouldnt it? :D One can only hope. There must be something going on though. I mean, they didn't go to E3 (right?) and originally they weren't going to go to Gamescon either. "Increase exposure for their beta" seems like such a weird thing to say about Diablo3. I mean, it's Blizzard and it's Diablo 3. The thing will hype itself.
Would make people forget about any controversy about RMAH 
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On August 12 2011 18:20 vlf wrote:
People are reading too much into the usual Blizz hype machine.
There's no way they'll be announcing D3's release at Gamescon with Blizzcon just around the corner.
D3's release is still a long ways off, Beta would be nice already. Remember though, they gave the "Q3 2011" date for Beta quite a lot already. They're going to need to meet it or risk a hit on their stock. And Blizzcon is not in Q3 2011 anymore (It's close though...).
EDIT:
http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/events/gamescom2011-activities.html
Hmmm. Doesn't seem like anything out of the ordinary though. They do have some big names for the introduction and Jay himself is there for the D3 part but I guess those guys are always there when they do something like this?
On August 12 2011 18:20 Serpico wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 18:18 NeoLearner wrote:On August 12 2011 18:06 Serpico wrote:On August 12 2011 17:37 NeoLearner wrote:On August 12 2011 15:56 Greymhain wrote:On August 12 2011 15:36 Assault_1 wrote:
for the people who want to play offline, why not just download a cracked version of it as a second copy? I do not really understand why people want to play a multiplayer game offline, however. Do people really find time to play games while flying? Do people want to play Guild Wars while flying? Seems like an extremely borderline example to me. Don't understand the flying thing either. The seats in economy seem way to cramped to actually put and play a laptop. And if you are in business you got an internet connection. or the money to have one dialed up through your portable phone. it would only bother me if I lived in a place that has a bad internet connection or people that play on a laptop with a bad wifi connection. if you drop constantly it's going to be impossible to play. I'll probably be pissed off like once or twice a year, whenever my internet provider decides to screw up my connection and I'm unable to play. I'll just make sure I have a copy of Torchlight (or Torchlight 2) lying around to play that instead. I thought that was just their way of saying (hyping) they're going to attend Gamescon after all? Would increase exposure for their beta if it coincided wouldnt it? :D One can only hope. There must be something going on though. I mean, they didn't go to E3 (right?) and originally they weren't going to go to Gamescon either. "Increase exposure for their beta" seems like such a weird thing to say about Diablo3. I mean, it's Blizzard and it's Diablo 3. The thing will hype itself. Would make people forget about any controversy about RMAH
Doesn't controversy equal hype. Or at least coverage?
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On August 12 2011 18:18 NeoLearner wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 18:06 Serpico wrote:On August 12 2011 17:37 NeoLearner wrote:On August 12 2011 15:56 Greymhain wrote:On August 12 2011 15:36 Assault_1 wrote:
for the people who want to play offline, why not just download a cracked version of it as a second copy? I do not really understand why people want to play a multiplayer game offline, however. Do people really find time to play games while flying? Do people want to play Guild Wars while flying? Seems like an extremely borderline example to me. Don't understand the flying thing either. The seats in economy seem way to cramped to actually put and play a laptop. And if you are in business you got an internet connection. or the money to have one dialed up through your portable phone. it would only bother me if I lived in a place that has a bad internet connection or people that play on a laptop with a bad wifi connection. if you drop constantly it's going to be impossible to play. I'll probably be pissed off like once or twice a year, whenever my internet provider decides to screw up my connection and I'm unable to play. I'll just make sure I have a copy of Torchlight (or Torchlight 2) lying around to play that instead. I thought that was just their way of saying (hyping) they're going to attend Gamescon after all? Would increase exposure for their beta if it coincided wouldnt it? :D One can only hope. There must be something going on though. I mean, they didn't go to E3 (right?) and originally they weren't going to go to Gamescon either. "Increase exposure for their beta" seems like such a weird thing to say about Diablo3. I mean, it's Blizzard and it's Diablo 3. The thing will hype itself.
what do you mean, they werent going to go to gamescom either?
blizzard has always been at gamescom and afaik there were no news saying they were not planning to go to gamescom
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I hated the D2 storyline and progression. I played it alot, but thinking back going through these acts if you couldnt get a rush was a huge chore. This was my thoughts until I played through the Hell Unleashed mod and private server. Flawless progression through the acts and difficulties, great difficulty shift, and overall how D2 should have been. I'm glad that Diablo 3 will have you reach max level when you finish Hell. And if the 4th difficulty is not a rumor, for max level characters, that will be a great addition and great for some max level content. It's kinda necessary to have max level content if during act progression you make max level and I feel that an additional difficulty would fill that role perfectly, this would be something they could balance and make quite a challenge. I hope thats not a rumor.
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On August 12 2011 18:20 vlf wrote:
People are reading too much into the usual Blizz hype machine.
There's no way they'll be announcing D3's release at Gamescon with Blizzcon just around the corner.
Release? we are talking about launching beta. They wont announce any release, not even at blizzcon. its too early in beta by then.
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On August 12 2011 18:35 NeoLearner wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 18:20 vlf wrote:
People are reading too much into the usual Blizz hype machine.
There's no way they'll be announcing D3's release at Gamescon with Blizzcon just around the corner. D3's release is still a long ways off, Beta would be nice already. Remember though, they gave the "Q3 2011" date for Beta quite a lot already. They're going to need to meet it or risk a hit on their stock. And Blizzcon is not in Q3 2011 anymore (It's close though...). EDIT: http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/events/gamescom2011-activities.htmlHmmm. Doesn't seem like anything out of the ordinary though. They do have some big names for the introduction and Jay himself is there for the D3 part but I guess those guys are always there when they do something like this? Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 18:20 Serpico wrote:On August 12 2011 18:18 NeoLearner wrote:On August 12 2011 18:06 Serpico wrote:On August 12 2011 17:37 NeoLearner wrote:On August 12 2011 15:56 Greymhain wrote:On August 12 2011 15:36 Assault_1 wrote:
for the people who want to play offline, why not just download a cracked version of it as a second copy? I do not really understand why people want to play a multiplayer game offline, however. Do people really find time to play games while flying? Do people want to play Guild Wars while flying? Seems like an extremely borderline example to me. Don't understand the flying thing either. The seats in economy seem way to cramped to actually put and play a laptop. And if you are in business you got an internet connection. or the money to have one dialed up through your portable phone. it would only bother me if I lived in a place that has a bad internet connection or people that play on a laptop with a bad wifi connection. if you drop constantly it's going to be impossible to play. I'll probably be pissed off like once or twice a year, whenever my internet provider decides to screw up my connection and I'm unable to play. I'll just make sure I have a copy of Torchlight (or Torchlight 2) lying around to play that instead. I thought that was just their way of saying (hyping) they're going to attend Gamescon after all? Would increase exposure for their beta if it coincided wouldnt it? :D One can only hope. There must be something going on though. I mean, they didn't go to E3 (right?) and originally they weren't going to go to Gamescon either. "Increase exposure for their beta" seems like such a weird thing to say about Diablo3. I mean, it's Blizzard and it's Diablo 3. The thing will hype itself. Would make people forget about any controversy about RMAH Doesn't controversy equal hype. Or at least coverage?
Depends if blizzard thinks it gave off negative vibes I guess.
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On August 12 2011 18:48 Me1234 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 18:18 NeoLearner wrote:On August 12 2011 18:06 Serpico wrote:On August 12 2011 17:37 NeoLearner wrote:On August 12 2011 15:56 Greymhain wrote:On August 12 2011 15:36 Assault_1 wrote:
for the people who want to play offline, why not just download a cracked version of it as a second copy? I do not really understand why people want to play a multiplayer game offline, however. Do people really find time to play games while flying? Do people want to play Guild Wars while flying? Seems like an extremely borderline example to me. Don't understand the flying thing either. The seats in economy seem way to cramped to actually put and play a laptop. And if you are in business you got an internet connection. or the money to have one dialed up through your portable phone. it would only bother me if I lived in a place that has a bad internet connection or people that play on a laptop with a bad wifi connection. if you drop constantly it's going to be impossible to play. I'll probably be pissed off like once or twice a year, whenever my internet provider decides to screw up my connection and I'm unable to play. I'll just make sure I have a copy of Torchlight (or Torchlight 2) lying around to play that instead. I thought that was just their way of saying (hyping) they're going to attend Gamescon after all? Would increase exposure for their beta if it coincided wouldnt it? :D One can only hope. There must be something going on though. I mean, they didn't go to E3 (right?) and originally they weren't going to go to Gamescon either. "Increase exposure for their beta" seems like such a weird thing to say about Diablo3. I mean, it's Blizzard and it's Diablo 3. The thing will hype itself. what do you mean, they werent going to go to gamescom either? blizzard has always been at gamescom and afaik there were no news saying they were not planning to go to gamescom
They have been skipping E3 for a few years so I for one was never certain Blizzard would show up anywhere expect at Blizzcon itself.
As for gamescon:
http://www.d3sanc.com/blizzard/blizzard-will-be-at-gamescom-2011-diablo-3-will-not/
They were going but it wasn't sure if they were bringing a D3 party or not. Especially the fact if D3 would be playable there or not was a bit of a mystery.
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On August 12 2011 15:56 Greymhain wrote:
The reason Diablo 3 requires permanent online connection is that Blizzard wants to make the game impossible to pirate for a long, long amount of time. Everything is stored serverside, like Guild Wars, or, more distantly, WoW. Seeing that WoW does not have any good unofficial servers, I do not expect Diablo 3 to be fun and playable if you do not pay for it.
I do not really understand why people want to play a multiplayer game offline, however.
It took 3 days after release for people to provide a cracked copy of SC2 (so you could at least play the campaign if you wanted to). And I don't know about others but for me Diablo is primarily a single-player game with multi-player being just a bonus I use very rarely.
On August 12 2011 15:29 hoby2000 wrote:
This reminds me of Starcraft 2 before it came out. All of these people were complaining about this and that, claiming that SC2 was going to be terrible, and that there's no way it will ever be as strategic as BW. That ALWAYS BEING CONNECTED TO BATTLE.NET WITH NO LAN will NEVER WORK AND PEOPLE WON'T BUY THE GAME.
Now we're here, having the same discussion about Diablo 3. Huh......
Before SC2 was released I used to be one of the few people defending it (3D, multiple-building selection blahblah). After Beta was released I started to have my doubts. When retail hit the shelves I didn't bother with the game any more and didn't buy it. There's one case for you.
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On August 12 2011 18:20 vlf wrote:
There's no way they'll be announcing D3's release at Gamescon with Blizzcon just around the corner.
Blizzcon is in two months, dude. Beta will have started by then for sure.
edit -- Neo, that link is two months old.
here: http://www.diablofans.com/news/870-gamescom-event/
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On August 12 2011 18:35 NeoLearner wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 18:20 vlf wrote:
People are reading too much into the usual Blizz hype machine.
There's no way they'll be announcing D3's release at Gamescon with Blizzcon just around the corner. D3's release is still a long ways off, Beta would be nice already. Remember though, they gave the "Q3 2011" date for Beta quite a lot already. They're going to need to meet it or risk a hit on their stock. And Blizzcon is not in Q3 2011 anymore (It's close though...). EDIT: http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/events/gamescom2011-activities.htmlHmmm. Doesn't seem like anything out of the ordinary though. They do have some big names for the introduction and Jay himself is there for the D3 part but I guess those guys are always there when they do something like this? Show nested quote +On August 12 2011 18:20 Serpico wrote:On August 12 2011 18:18 NeoLearner wrote:On August 12 2011 18:06 Serpico wrote:On August 12 2011 17:37 NeoLearner wrote:On August 12 2011 15:56 Greymhain wrote:On August 12 2011 15:36 Assault_1 wrote:
for the people who want to play offline, why not just download a cracked version of it as a second copy? I do not really understand why people want to play a multiplayer game offline, however. Do people really find time to play games while flying? Do people want to play Guild Wars while flying? Seems like an extremely borderline example to me. Don't understand the flying thing either. The seats in economy seem way to cramped to actually put and play a laptop. And if you are in business you got an internet connection. or the money to have one dialed up through your portable phone. it would only bother me if I lived in a place that has a bad internet connection or people that play on a laptop with a bad wifi connection. if you drop constantly it's going to be impossible to play. I'll probably be pissed off like once or twice a year, whenever my internet provider decides to screw up my connection and I'm unable to play. I'll just make sure I have a copy of Torchlight (or Torchlight 2) lying around to play that instead. I thought that was just their way of saying (hyping) they're going to attend Gamescon after all? Would increase exposure for their beta if it coincided wouldnt it? :D One can only hope. There must be something going on though. I mean, they didn't go to E3 (right?) and originally they weren't going to go to Gamescon either. "Increase exposure for their beta" seems like such a weird thing to say about Diablo3. I mean, it's Blizzard and it's Diablo 3. The thing will hype itself. Would make people forget about any controversy about RMAH Doesn't controversy equal hype. Or at least coverage? losing stock value because of delays doesnt matter. what matters is the sales. they are the ultimate source of company value, those are what must be the highest priority.
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Blizzard really needs to provide me with a way to play the game while I'm on the toilet, or I won't be purchasing their game.
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A laptop with wireless is the choice for you!
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