Diablo III requires constant internet connection

[CVSiN]

I don't even know why this is such a big deal and even worthy of a debate. If I don't have internet, the least of my worry is whether I could play Diablo 3. I'd be freaking out and frantically calling my service provider asking WTF I don't have internet, and if my interet is not fixed soon, the orphanage down the street is going to feel my wrath.

And if I live in a shitty country/city/town with shitty internet, I'd be concerning myself with GTFO.

You dont travel much do you?

it must be awful to be stuck at home and never do anything..

I travel for work to areas with NO internet at all..even with tethering and or Aircards.. just flat boonieviile..

not to mention people that are in the Military and have 0 access to the internet for months at a time.. but still have time to play on their off time..

We played ALOT of games when i was deployed.

and us IT folks still have tons of games even on our business travel laptops..

 

[sigurros81]

You dont travel much do you?

it must be awful to be stuck at home and never do anything..

I travel for work to areas with NO internet at all..even with tethering and or Aircards.. just flat boonieviile..

not to mention people that are in the Military and have 0 access to the internet for months at a time.. but still have time to play on their off time..

We played ALOT of games when i was deployed.

and us IT folks still have tons of games even on our business travel laptops..

You don't sound too stupid, I'm sure you figured out other things to do when you don't have internet.

 

[pontifex]

LMAO!!!

Its ok if Blizzard uses always on DRM but if anyone else does it, they are the devil!!! '

BAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA you guys are hilarious hypocrites.

 

[CVSiN]

You don't sound too stupid, I'm sure you figured out other things to do when you don't have internet.

yeh.. some of the plants we visit the towns are so small everything closes at 6pm.. not a whole lot to do without internet or video games for a month at a time..

 

[ImpulsE69]

I travel alot for work too, and guess what, even the cheapest seediest hotels have free interwebs. If I'm where I can't find internet, usually that means I can't play a game anyway. At that point I'll just rent a hooker. Or maybe, gasp..read a book.

If it is really as big a deal to the lot you complaining then complain to Blizzard. Maybe they'll change it. It's happened before.

As for accepting or not accepting it, I would say the fact that it is Blizzard sways a lot of people simply because of the games. Ubisoft didn't fail because of the DRM, they failed because of crappy games with DRM. Who knows, this game could be crappy too in which case, the DRM issue is still moot.

 

[CVSiN]

I travel alot for work too, and guess what, even the cheapest seediest hotels have free interwebs. If I'm where I can't find internet, usually that means I can't play a game anyway. At that point I'll just rent a hooker. Or maybe, gasp..read a book.

If it is really as big a deal to the lot you complaining then complain to Blizzard. Maybe they'll change it. It's happened before.

As for accepting or not accepting it, I would say the fact that it is Blizzard sways a lot of people simply because of the games. Ubisoft didn't fail because of the DRM, they failed because of crappy games with DRM. Who knows, this game could be crappy too in which case, the DRM issue is still moot.

book? what is this book you speak of?



and alot fo these places do not have internet available at all.

just depends on what part of the country and how far out in BFE you are.

no hookers out there either.. damn the luck..

 

[ImpulsE69]

book? what is this book you speak of?



and alot fo these places do not have internet available at all.

just depends on what part of the country and how far out in BFE you are.

no hookers out there either.. damn the luck..

No hookers? WTH you going, the moon? Even Siberia has a few hookers here and there lol

 

[Dumac]

There is no reason for blizzard to not have a single-player only mode.

The caveat would be that this single-player character couldn't go online, use the auction house, or anything like that. This is the SAME WAY D2 did it, so there isn't any reason for it not to exist now other than Blizzard trying to combat piracy to protect sales.

That said, I plan on only playing online (like I did in D2), so this doesn't affect my purchase.

But really, there is zero reason to not have a single-player mode.

 

[gothamhunter]

LMAO!!!

Its ok if Blizzard uses always on DRM but if anyone else does it, they are the devil!!! '

BAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA you guys are hilarious hypocrites.

I've never cared about this type of DRM. I have plenty of other offline games to satisfy my needs, and if not then I'll go do something else. Not having Internet usually means I'm somewhere where I'm not playing games anyways or I'm on hold for 5 hours so I have my chance to yell at my ISP as well.

 

[Anubis]

I don't understand why publishers choose to use a DRM strategy that has already failed. If Blizzard took a second to look at what happened to UbiSoft when they implemented "always on" DRM they would clearly see it's not going to work out in the long run.

I get the MP vs SP argument, but if you're game has an SP element don't require an internet connection to play it. Really.. what's the point? It's not like it's going to stop piracy for very long. Again, look at UbiSoft as a very recent example of this.

has SC2 been hacked and pirated yet? i ask because i dont know and it uses a similar "always on" DRM

however SC2 offers an offline mode as well for single player. and then simply synce your acheivements and all that crap with your Bnet accnt when you go online. Really is no reason D3 could not do the same

on the topic of SP vs MP. D2 came out in 2K and LOD in 2k1, i never played it online untill 2005, the game is a single player based game. for the most part the MP was just grouping with others to get better drops. or if you were an ass hacking it and PKing people

TBH they could simply have reused the seperate chars for online and offline modes in D2. I actually really liked that, i hacked the crap out of the SP and used the item editior to test out specs and item sets and then worked for and traded for those online. kinda sucks you wont be able to do that

 

[sigurros81]

You can always find a hooker. Just have to look hard enough, if they're not showing up, start thinking that it's you, not them.

 

[CVSiN]

has SC2 been hacked and pirated yet? i ask because i dont know and it uses a similar "always on" DRM

however SC2 offers an offline mode as well for single player. and then simply synce your acheivements and all that crap with your Bnet accnt when you go online. Really is no reason D3 could not do the same

on the topic of SP vs MP. D2 came out in 2K and LOD in 2k1, i never played it online untill 2005, the game is a single player based game. for the most part the MP was just grouping with others to get better drops. or if you were an ass hacking it and PKing people

TBH they could simply have reused the seperate chars for online and offline modes in D2. I actually really liked that, i hacked the crap out of the SP and used the item editior to test out specs and item sets and then worked for and traded for those online. kinda sucks you wont be able to do that

I lost interest in SC2 very quickly. the bnet thing was just part of it..
just wasn't that great for me..

I agree with everything else you said.. I loved to mod single player and play 100% alone.
really sucks they are cutting that all out.

 

[CVSiN]

You can always find a hooker. Just have to look hard enough, if they're not showing up, start thinking that it's you, not them.

we are talking about towns with a population of under 200 people total.. with nothing but farmland in every direction.

unless you like cows ( as in MOO! not fat chicks) or something not gonna find much.. usually the plants we are supporting are not even near those small towns at all last few have been 30+ miles from anything.

 

[Ross Ridge]

I don't know if I agree with that. I'm pretty sure the majority of players were online, due to the ladders, being able to trade, and the baal runs.

Now most Diablo II players are online, and that's been true for a number of years, but remember this game came out in 2000. Back then there would've been a big chunk of people who bought the game and didn't have an Internet connection. Very few would've had the always-on broadband we all have now. In the early years of Diablo II, when it would've had the majority of its sales, multiplayer just didn't seem to be that big of a deal.

 

[Zargon]

I travel alot for work too, and guess what, even the cheapest seediest hotels have free interwebs. If I'm where I can't find internet, usually that means I can't play a game anyway. At that point I'll just rent a hooker. Or maybe, gasp..read a book.

If it is really as big a deal to the lot you complaining then complain to Blizzard. Maybe they'll change it. It's happened before.

As for accepting or not accepting it, I would say the fact that it is Blizzard sways a lot of people simply because of the games. Ubisoft didn't fail because of the DRM, they failed because of crappy games with DRM. Who knows, this game could be crappy too in which case, the DRM issue is still moot.

I have been at hotels that want 10 bucks a day for the wifi access(Marriot). I am not paying 10 bucks to play diablo 3 for a few hours when I already BOUGHT IT. Thats fine that you would just do something else and not care. My point is that you shouldnt have to. Its a flawed way of doing business and shitty to a percentage of their customers

I've never cared about this type of DRM. I have plenty of other offline games to satisfy my needs, and if not then I'll go do something else. Not having Internet usually means I'm somewhere where I'm not playing games anyways or I'm on hold for 5 hours so I have my chance to yell at my ISP as well.

good for you

OH NO! THIS SINGLEPLAYER GAME WON'T LET ME PLAY WHEN I HAVE NO INTERNETS!

Because, you know, we all remember the countless hours we stuck into single player Diablo 2...

FTFY

Then don't buy it I guess. The rest of us will enjoy it for the MP, the only real reason to play it

Then you never really played Diablo 2

Next lameass argument? .

because on a pub with 12 year olds calling everyone faggots is the only way to truly enjoy a MP game......

lol really?

You make an argument about the business decision of the company (and other companies who have similar restrictions in place) based off a certain personal scenario that you came up with, except that your argument is flawed based on the actions proceeding your reasoning. If anyone is being judgemental, it's you being so against these companies.

thats what you are doing, and you are bagging on anyone that sugguest the way you want to play D3 is inferior and that the person is stupid....

has SC2 been hacked and pirated yet? i ask because i dont know and it uses a similar "always on" DRM

however SC2 offers an offline mode as well for single player. and then simply synce your acheivements and all that crap with your Bnet accnt when you go online. Really is no reason D3 could not do the same

on the topic of SP vs MP. D2 came out in 2K and LOD in 2k1, i never played it online untill 2005, the game is a single player based game. for the most part the MP was just grouping with others to get better drops. or if you were an ass hacking it and PKing people

TBH they could simply have reused the seperate chars for online and offline modes in D2. I actually really liked that, i hacked the crap out of the SP and used the item editior to test out specs and item sets and then worked for and traded for those online. kinda sucks you wont be able to do that

exactly, the saddest part is they have been down this road already, and here they are trying again, when they already have a better system


the saddest thing in this thread is yet another illustration of the US is falling apart around us, posters blasting other posters, not because their concern on right/wrong is invalid, but because they dont care and deem the others stupid for caring about it.

does anyone think people that want to play SP only give a ratass about the auction shit? *IF* I buy it, which I probably wont if this DRM is included, I will play MP to do coop runs just like I did D2, with friends, over the net. I will be very unlikely to do much of anything in the auction house or anything else

but if this policy stands I will vote with my wallet against it just like I did with SC2.

 

[sactoking]

Why? Will it really affect you that much?

I'm sure the 20 April -14 May PSN outage didn't affect SOCOM4 or Mortal Kombat players at all.

 

[-Slacker-]

I don't understand why so many of you guys are so resistant to the concern of getting dropped out of the game and loosing gameplay progress because of short internet disconnects. How is this not legitimate criticism?

But, like the guy who posted earlier said, I guess it's fine when blizzard does it.

I'm surprised people haven't started spamming the thread with "my body is ready" and "bye bye social life" type posts. Unless I somehow skimmed over them.

 

[mindcycle]

has SC2 been hacked and pirated yet? i ask because i dont know and it uses a similar "always on" DRM

I just checked one of those warez release sites and apparently it was cracked a day after the official release.

however SC2 offers an offline mode as well for single player. and then simply synce your acheivements and all that crap with your Bnet accnt when you go online. Really is no reason D3 could not do the same

I agree.

 

[Bateluer]

Guess I'll pass on D3 then. Until its cracked.

 

[Angelo Cameo]

It's 2011, there are very few situations where you won't have access to an internet connection. I don't see what the big deal is.

 

[ikachu]

I don't understand why so many of you guys are so resistant to the concern of getting dropped out of the game and loosing gameplay progress because of short internet disconnects. How is this not legitimate criticism?

But, like the guy who posted earlier said, I guess it's fine when blizzard does it.

I'm surprised people haven't started spamming the thread with "my body is ready" and "bye bye social life" type posts. Unless I somehow skimmed over them.

It's a legitimate criticism; I just think that most people are focused on D3 multiplayer and aren't interested in an offline single player mode. If not having to create and support single player means that Blizzard has more resources to throw at making a better online experience, then it's a tradeoff I'm willing to accept.

 

[xXFaNtAsMaXx]

All I have to say is this:

Anyone that wants to boycott the game because it requires an internet connection, go right ahead. Your pissing and moaning about every little problem will not be missed by the rest of the people that purchase it.

 

[Anubis]

It's 2011, there are very few situations where you won't have access to an internet connection. I don't see what the big deal is.

actually yes there are

 

[apoppin]

It's 2011, there are very few situations where you won't have access to an internet connection. I don't see what the big deal is.

i do; there are literally tens of thousands of US and other military stationed all around the world who are PC gamers - and they have no Internet connection in the field.

 

[Aikouka]

I'll still buy it. The only thing that annoys me about StarCraft II is that I have to enter my authenticator code whenever I want to log in, but they removed the need to do this from WoW about a month ago. :\