This is retarded. As i said in the other thread games with single player option have no need of always on DRM, its bullshit and blizzard is stupid for doing it.
And for all those who are saying its to keep hacking under control you are dreaming, there is still going to be hacking this will barely slow it down.
I disagree with this, and don't think you really thought that through.
There is absolutly zero reason they couldnt have went with a open and closed bnet just like D2. You want to play single player then you use your character stored on your pc, you want to play online then use bnet and there is no interaction between the two. Simple solution thats already been established with open/closed bnet of d2.
Exactly, I don't know why they did this (well I know why, DRM). The open (grouped with single player) and closed battlenet satisfies all the problems of cheating, hacks, and whatnot. None of the reasons for requiring a constant connection that Blizzard has given so far would failed to be satisfied by the old D2 system.
D2 did it fine, why screw it up?
And for those of you saying you always have a internet connection you need to get out of your basement sometime and see what the real world is like. I travel a fair bit and game alot on my laptop when i do, usually i do not have an internet connection at this time as i am out of cell range so no aircard or tethering will work. Sometimes i'll spend days away from home and will play single player games during these times, there is no reason a single player game should require a internet connection. I mean think about it, im playing single player, what are they trying to accomplish stopping me from cheating with myself? thats the most stupid thing i have ever herd in my life.
Stop using the dumb basement line; it's old, tired, and lacks any punch.
I travel all the time. If I was in a situation with no internet (out in the wilderness, or somewhere far from civilization) then I wouldn't be playing D3 anyway. Of course, people are differnet, but for me this makes no difference.
Also CVSiN is totally correct. If you want to cheat in a single player game then who are they to stop you? sure the achievements are online but there is a simple solution to that, when you use cheats then void all achievements. There are tons of single player games that do this already there is no reason blizzard could not do that as well. Once i beat a game i like to go back and replay sometimes with cheats to test out exactly how the ai works or just to have some fun with mods. Why should blizzard care what im doing when it has exactly zero effect on anyone else.
SC2 has cheats built in; going to 3rd party programs just wrecks any sense of legitimacy a player may have as well as risks the safety of the online community.
I will probably still buy D3 but hope they come to there senses and kill the always on DRM, they did with SC2 eventually so there is still hope.
I do too, but I doubt they will.