I'm not gonna buy Diablo 3....

[LaughingJester]

This is a tough one... ive been waiting ages reading every scrap of rumour and detail as they were announced, TIL they announced online requirement. Now it will have to be ten times the game for me to get it!

 

[Rawne1980]

I wasn't going to get it until I found out I don't actually have to do much to get decent items.

I can just sit in the AH and buy my way to glory with my credit card and laugh at poor people.

Pay to win games are fun.

weeheehee, the first post in ages that made me giggle like a schoolgirl...if you whiners hate this thread so much why did you even bother to respond to it? losers (note spelling) go on, someone call me "sir"

I wasn't whining.....

Between my work hours, my wifes work hours and the kids I don't have unlimited time to grind dungeons in Diablo 3. Chances are I won't be in a position to grind for that shiny new groin protector i've been wanting ... or that tin bra.

So i'm going to sit in the AH and dabble with that. It's a real money AH and I have a bit of extra money so i'm going to have fun with that.

Laughing at the poor is just a bonus.

Joking aside.

I really wasn't all that interested in it. I didn't like Diablo 2 much (never played the first one though). However a few friends are getting it so i'll be able to grind along with them for something to do in my free time.

DRM doesn't bother me. We have 3 PC's in the house and they are all always online anyway. Me for my work, the young uns for their schoolwork and the eldest for her university/social networking/hopefully not looking at naked men. So with PC's being online anyway I saw no reason to complain about that.

The AH I am actually quite grateful for. As I said with my lack of time to grind all day and night for shiny new armour and making ingame money, it makes life a lot easier for us that we can whip out our credit cards and buy those chainmail socks we've been searching for. The added bonus to this is the person that did spend hours grinding for the gear we buy gets a bit of cash. It's not ideal having an almost "pay to win" style AH and I can see why some people are pissed at it but I am interested to see how it will all work.

 

[Nosense]

Depends on how well made the game is for me. Although I don't have a huge amount of faith in Comcast's ability to maintain consistency, I will be for the most part online all the time anyway. So I care not for the online equipment. My 2 cents.

 

[BanicRhys]

Yeah, that always online requirement pissed me off a lot too. I was so mad I cried, punched a hole in the side of my house, stabbed some homeless guy to death and just generally wrecked people's shit.

Then I realised that it's 2011 and I always have an internet connection available.

 

[Wuggy]

Oh! You, random person on the internet, are not buying Diablo! Well good for you, two thumbs up! Hell, let me even give you a pat on the head for a bonus!

Seriously, why should anyone of us care whether you're buying it or not?

 

[Aeshi]

Well I'm still buying it, these days saying a game with always-on DRM should be pirated because it's unfair to people with poor internet connections is like saying games on disks should be pirated because it's unfair to people using floppy disks.

And odds are half the people whining about "pay-to-win" will go back to MannCo. to buy the new Super-Death-Killfrenzy-3000 (which is apparently a sidegrade because it makes you take more damage from backstabs or has some other "weakness" that has no actual negative effect) after posting here.

This the world;
http://www.misconceptionjunction.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/third_world_map.jpg
Tell me now that everyone in those yellow and red areas have stable internet connections and that allowing practices like this to go on unchallenged won't increase the amount of games that use such ridiculous measures. Look at it like this;

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

What happens if they take up a business practice that penalizes you, and no one does anything because it doesn't effect them,
I'm not flaming, nor defending the relevance of this thread, but saying something like that just annoys me a bit.

I wondered how long it would be before somebody dug up that speech and paraded it around under the delusion it was an actual argument. Here's my version:

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I spoke out,
I got shot.
Kinda stupid of me to think that the power of unity would defeat tanks, guns and gas wasn't it?

 

[Poster1234]

I've personally never understood the absolute mayhem this DRM or whatever is causing.

Sure, it'll suck if your internet is down for a day, but once it's back up you're good to go. Might be my general attitude of indifference, but I don't have any sort of problem with always online requirements.

Honestly, that is what I thought! If I can't play the game for a day, who cares! I can do something else. I understand a little if you were at work all day and want to play, but can't when you realize that you chosen a rather crappy ISP and they are down for the day. Also that one day it was down was release day. That would suck, otherwise people just need to get over it. There is more to life than *shock* games!

Now this will be flamed, I know it

Indeed you will : I hereby declare you flamed.

Now, first off, many people don't "choose" a crappy ISP : they live in a place where the network is simply flimsy as fuck/inexistant. And when there is no wires leading to your house, nor any wi-fi tower around, you, my good sir, are screwed.

Secondly, the main difference between, say, Diablo 3 and your average MMO, is that most MMOs are F2P, nowadays (yeah, yeah WOW, Rift : I won't play those). Then, I believe it's ok for these games to require an internet connexion because that is all they do : it's like someone invites you for a free cruise : the least you can do is play by their rules. Then, we have D3, in which you pay top dollar to RENT a game : Blizz thinks you cheat : deactivates your copy. Mods ? Deactivates your copy. And so on and so on. The day Blizz goes under/stops the servers ? No game.

Oh, and third : D3 didn't REQUIRE an internet connexion in the first place in order for it to function properly, so why the hell should we put up with it ? It's not a MMO. And if it is, I'm not interested either.

 

[Simeon Ivanov]

I am seriously against the DRM, but It's Diablo ... and I love Diablo

 

[Cridhe]

You're always online anyway so why does this bother anyone? You can still go ahead and play forever alone if that's what you desire.

I'm not buying it for the fact the guys who made Diablo 1 and 2 aren't even involved in this game and I have a bad feeling about what Blizz may have done with it.

 

[Irriduccibilli]

I'm not going to buy it as well, not because of the always online thingy (never really cared about that anyway), but because I never liked games like Diablo or Torchlight. Click on an enemy till it dies, then take all his items, then click your way back to town to sell the items, then click your way back where you click some other monsters to death until you clicked through the game.

Well if you say it like that of course its gonna sound boring. Not much different than most games if you think about it.

ex. FPS: Shoot an enemy till it dies, then proceed to next checkpoint, then shoot more enemies, then proceed to next checkpoint where you shoot some more enemies until you shot through the entire game.

ex. Action: hate GOW games! you just run around hacking and slashing until everyone dies, until you hacked your way through the game.

ex. Racing: You just drive around in circles over and over again! You just accelerate and brake a bit on turns and accelerate again until you've accelerated through the game.

ex. Rythm: you just hit a button every time a colored "note" passes through a line, then you do it again, and again, until you hit timed corresponding buttons through the game.

Never said it was boring, I just said I didn't like it :/

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

I'm not going to buy it either. Why get Diablo 3 for $100 when I can get Torchlight 2 for $15?

 

[Sprinal]

Cause of the always on-line requirements.

Glad someone agrees with me...

I was thinking of having a rant on here a few weeks back after my internet was down for a week and I couldn't play half my games...

Well I might buy it (if the DRM gets broken) but will NOT connect to their servers.

{unless they change their minds}

 

[Signa]

What gets me is how FUCKING SHITTY the blizzard online community is. I had to stop playing online because there was no reward in dealing with so many griefers and jackasses. I also enjoyed using character editors to boost my level to 30 so I could rush the first playthough instead of wandering forever and worrying about getting slain repeatedly. Nope, Blizzard has decided my opinion of those issues are irrelevant and is forcing me to deal with them regardless of how much they think they may have compensated for them (I've not heard they have).

I'd like to get the OP an internet high-five for not being a sheep and putting your money where you know it will be appreciated. Can I recommend you try Sacred 2 or Titan's Quest if you are looking for a suitable replacement? If I'm not mistaken, both of the companies that made those games are now defunct, but at least they cared about the games they made before they died.

 

[Sean951]

Cause of the always on-line requirements.

I always liked Diablo series, but was never a huge fan. I played the first one, and played the second one quiet a bit, so i was looking forward to Diablo 3.

I have a good computer, stable and fast internet connection, and had all the intention of buying the game (instead of getting a hacked copy, which i can oh so easily do), but i wont.

Whos with me?


P.S. this isnt about the latest Jimquisition episode. I decided not to buy Diablo 3 a long time ago, Jim just reminded me

This basically shows how much NOT of a fan you are, how quickly you would discard the quality of the game and hours of good entertainment. Because of a simple 'difficulty' which you would rather boycot like a little whiner than ignore and actually try it.

Nobody cares if you don't buy the game, there are 11 million people out there who will.

Guess who will bite their lip in jelousy if they see someone play it.

You.

Well, thats what Blizzard is counting on. That people like you don't care whatsoever. They just buy anything anyway.
Personally i am not a 'fan' of Diablo. Its a good game but since Starcraft 2 came out i wonder how many installments i would have to buy to enjoy the full game.

But, if someone has a concern about it it is his right to voice it. A lot of people don't seem to be tollerant these days. Sad.

Yes, SCII was an incomplete game, even though it had roughly 28 missions and large tweaks to each of the races. Blizzard decided to make 3 games of much longer campaigns instead of 2 games with only 10 missions per race. I approve of this decision since it meant that they could more easily implement the upgrade systems and make some really fun missions that actively affect future missions. God help you if you choose to take out the Nydus Worms on Char...

That said, I'm not going to get Diablo since I would rather play an MMO like WoW (played for 3 years). I don't mind the DRM since they have decided to make everything run with battle.net and I already dealt with it when I played WoW. If you don't have a stable internet connection then I guess it sucks to be you. But the game is likely to see the vast majority of it's sales come from western nations.

 

[MoeTheMonk]

I'm definitely not buying it. For the same reason everyone else has said, always online. My internet has a tendency to suddenly shut off for a minute or two every hour or so. Not that annoying when surfing the internet, but with Diablo it'd be obnoxious as hell. Not to mention that I never liked the idea of verifying a game every time just to play it, much less this always online crap.
I wasn't a diehard Diablo fan anyways, but this whole thing has completely sunk it for me.

 

[The-Epicly-Named-Man]

This the world;
http://www.misconceptionjunction.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/third_world_map.jpg
Tell me now that everyone in those yellow and red areas have stable internet connections and that allowing practices like this to go on unchallenged won't increase the amount of games that use such ridiculous measures. Look at it like this;

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

What happens if they take up a business practice that penalizes you, and no one does anything because it doesn't effect them,
I'm not flaming, nor defending the relevance of this thread, but saying something like that just annoys me a bit.

I wondered how long it would be before somebody dug up that speech and paraded it around under the delusion it was an actual argument. Here's my version:

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I spoke out,
I got shot.
Kinda stupid of me to think that the power of unity would defeat tanks, guns and gas wasn't it?

I'm sorry, but you've lost me there. The sentiment of the poem was that ignoring an issue because it doesn't effect you will only lead to you getting screwed over as well. I also fail to see how your version of the poem has anything to do with DRM. My argument still stands.

 

[The Human Torch]

I am not buying it because it looks like crap and it's a dungeon crawler, i.e: repetitive and nothing but a gear grind.
I see where you are coming from though, that always online part is nothing but a way of forcing people to use Battle.net all the time.

 

[Vault101]

Your loss, I mean I'm not even interested in the series but unless you can't get internet access I see no reason why you wouldn't buy any game for that reason. Comes across as a needlessly childish thing to do.

its the princilple of the thing, its somthing I feel we should not have to put up with because some people have very valid reasons

I dont care if I get criticized, not that I was very interested to begin with but I dont like blizzards attitude to the whole thing, so Ill vote with my wallet

 

[Vault101]

You're always online anyway so why does this bother anyone? You can still go ahead and play forever alone if that's what you desire.

I'm not buying it for the fact the guys who made Diablo 1 and 2 aren't even involved in this game and I have a bad feeling about what Blizz may have done with it.

I dont want to have to explain it but I would apreciate it if people didnt just sit. shrug and say "whats the probelm?"

some of us DO have a problem,you dont have to care or do anything but dont patronize us