**OFFICIAL** Diablo 3 Thread

[thespyder]

I don't think Blizzard could have been prepared for any of this. The sheer amount of fans they have meant the game was going to release borked no matter what just because there are so many players. They can't possibly track with the small base of employees they have dedicated to D3 everything that's going on in game. If they did that, it would eat up a lot of the profits.

This falls under the 80/20 rule. Any (reputable) publishing company is going to anticipate what they can, and plan for what they can't. Unfortunately, not every company has the same capacity for anticipation as the best ones do. And some companies just rush to get it out the door to meet a deadline rather than actually doing anything like 'Finishing coding'. by and large they hope that what they anticipate is 80% and that what they didn't was under 20%.

I read an article a while back that for every dollar they made in WoW subsciption only something like 15 cent came out as profit.

Even at 15 cents on the dollar, that is HUGE profits. consider how many players they are getting a monthly subscription from.

 

[PimpJuice]

just started nm as well.. pretty much my play style. uncover the map. goto next section.

ill have to hit you up.

Joph, hit me up....I also just started NM last night. We stopped after beating SK.

PimpJuice#1870

 

[tedrodai]

Apparently, there's an easy exploit to farm rare/legendary items easily in inferno mode. Some say it's an exploit, others say it's just a clever way to avoid the boring parts of dungeon crawling. In any case, I'm not 60, and I'm not in inferno mode so it doesn't affect me but I get the feeling this will break the game. :\

What, chest runs? Blizz has already said they're gonna fix that ASAP and make sure damage interrupts rez like it was intended too.

 

[tedrodai]

Joph, hit me up....I also just started NM last night. We stopped after beating SK.

PimpJuice#1870

Hey me too =). But I'm not sure if I'm gonna have much time tonight...we'll see.

 

[darkxshade]

What, chest runs? Blizz has already said they're gonna fix that ASAP and make sure damage interrupts rez like it was intended too.

Not those, I'm not up to inferno so I'm not that great at relaying what they did. The general consensus appears to be that they are farming bosses that takes very little time and effort. Something about Witch doctors and +kazillion MF equipped friends joining in at some act 4 inferno mode spot.

This falls under the 80/20 rule. Any (reputable) publishing company is going to anticipate what they can, and plan for what they can't. Unfortunately, not every company has the same capacity for anticipation as the best ones do. And some companies just rush to get it out the door to meet a deadline rather than actually doing anything like 'Finishing coding'. by and large they hope that what they anticipate is 80% and that what they didn't was under 20%.

I truly believe Blizzard is a good company but unfortunately, they now fall under the umbrella of Activision and unlike Blizzard, Activision is a giant game conglomerate that only cares about the bottom line and not about the quality of a game. Blizzard no longer has much say on the amount of resources to allocate to a game that does not pay a subscription. That's just fact.

 

[Anubis]

Apparently, there's an easy exploit to farm rare/legendary items easily in inferno mode. Some say it's an exploit, others say it's just a clever way to avoid the boring parts of dungeon crawling. In any case, I'm not 60, and I'm not in inferno mode so it doesn't affect me but I get the feeling this will break the game. :\

the dupeing the went on in D2 both softcore and hardcore didnt break it, farming/exploiting for stuff in D3 wont break it either

 

[Anubis]

anyone have any numbers as to how the game has sold so far, i think they were predicting a few million sales or something, im curious if they massivily underestimated it.

that being said ive only seen lag once ad ive never been kicked or not been able to log in

 

[darkxshade]

the dupeing the went on in D2 both softcore and hardcore didnt break it, farming/exploiting for stuff in D3 wont break it either

You're right about D2 but I don't thinkt he same will apply to D3. I'm not sure I'll be able to explain why other than to say times are different... D2 was in a day where social media, the internet wasn't such a big deal. Now it's in everyones lives and everyone takes more notice to it. People have less tolerance and expect more of online games. Or maybe I just got old. :\

 

[Ashenor]

My witch doctor is getting tore up in nightmare. Was doing great and now hit a brick wall. I'm certain that I've tried every possible combination of skills and have pretty much all int+ gear. (with much vit+) Every piece of gear I find is worse than what I have.

The dogs last about 15 seconds, then my gollum gets whittled down. I just cant keep enough mana to use mana-draining skills effectively. Mana leaching spiders don't help enough since they do about zero damage. The cooldown on the higher level summoning skills is too long to be very effective.

My witch doctor is level 41 by the way. I guess I'm going to set this character aside and go back to my demon hunter for a while.

My friend is playing one and its 60 now, he solo's great with it he has solo'd every boss up to Diablo on Hell mode and most of the quest line solo. He is now soloing in Inferno some around act 1. I would not give up on it just work on gear or change your abilties around you are using.

 

[Ashenor]

the dupeing the went on in D2 both softcore and hardcore didnt break it, farming/exploiting for stuff in D3 wont break it either

Thats already been fixed btw.

Meant to quote the post above, there is a tread on Diablo fans about it, was fixed around thursday.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Inferno should be for the few who metagame enough to beat it. Nerfing that would destroy the spirit completely.

You do realise this totally goes against the whole skill customization system other than "this build with 45K ranged DPS or die?"

 

[Dominato3r]

m0viestar#1379 - HybridSquirrel
MattOfWar#1881 - Nemesis13
Cuda#1366 - Cuda1447
pantlegz#1355 - Pantlegz
GothamHunter#1610 - gothamhunter
Merad#1742 - Merad
Fenixgoon#1961 - Fenixgoon
Evro#1739 - badb0y
Tweeter#1656 - GoStumpy
Dano44#1944 - CraKaJaX
Niz#1586 - Nizology
bucknut#1595 - KentState
bucwylde23#1265 - bucwylde23
StealthLSU#1658 - MikeyLSU
Laithan#1194 - Laithan
RobertMunch#1257 - Robert Munch
evident#1281 - evident
boobless#1549 - M0oG0oGaiPan
Killd1#1113 - crownjules
Clawhammer#1841 - thestrangebrew1
QuantumPion#1959 - QuantumPion
Joph#1882 - Joph
Homus#1914 - JulesMaximus
Maleko#1278 - tedroda
Melbufrahma#1499 - Anubis
Bromance#1724 - Dominato3r

Just beat the game on normal. Bromance#1724 level 32 barbarian, up for NM

 

[-Slacker-]

Here's jim sterling from the escapistmagazine expressing his dissatisfaction with the game's issues far better than I did a few pages back:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vid...hould-Be-Mad-at-Diablo-IIIs-Always-Online-DRM

Carry on then.

 

[nyker96]

m0viestar#1379 - HybridSquirrel
MattOfWar#1881 - Nemesis13
Cuda#1366 - Cuda1447
pantlegz#1355 - Pantlegz
GothamHunter#1610 - gothamhunter
Merad#1742 - Merad
Fenixgoon#1961 - Fenixgoon
Evro#1739 - badb0y
Tweeter#1656 - GoStumpy
Dano44#1944 - CraKaJaX
Niz#1586 - Nizology
bucknut#1595 - KentState
bucwylde23#1265 - bucwylde23
StealthLSU#1658 - MikeyLSU
Laithan#1194 - Laithan
RobertMunch#1257 - Robert Munch
evident#1281 - evident
boobless#1549 - M0oG0oGaiPan
Killd1#1113 - crownjules
Clawhammer#1841 - thestrangebrew1
QuantumPion#1959 - QuantumPion
Joph#1882 - Joph
Homus#1914 - JulesMaximus
Maleko#1278 - tedroda
Melbufrahma#1499 - Anubis
Bromance#1724 - Dominato3r
nyker#1277 - nyker96

added many of you already to my friends list.

 

[Ashenor]

Here's jim sterling from the escapistmagazine expressing his dissatisfaction with the game's issues far better than I did a few pages back:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vid...hould-Be-Mad-at-Diablo-IIIs-Always-Online-DRM

Carry on then.

Not sure why i could care what he says, never heard of and its popular to have a negative view to get traffic to your site.

Game is great, thats all i care about from someone that is actually lvl 60 and played it longer then 2 hours.

 

[flexy]

anyone else just had the game crashing, and now there's an error and you cannot login?

Edit: Why is it when i join or make a public game, it's only me and another one, never a full party of 4?

 

[GrantMeThePower]

Anyone have a guest pass they would like to give away? I posted this in the general guest pass thread but I have a feeling that will be much more viewed by those looking to get the passes than give them away

thanks!

 

[Ashenor]

anyone else just had the game crashing, and now there's an error and you cannot login?

Edit: Why is it when i join or make a public game, it's only me and another one, never a full party of 4?

Ya i mostly get one player and they are standing in town. I just join a few until i get a decent game.

Suprisingly i have found some decent players and have freinded them for when my other friends are not on to play with, so on my way to 60 i normally always had a few people to play with. I expected the pugs for hell mode to be bad but i was in a few great ones.

 

[Mem]

anyone else just had the game crashing, and now there's an error and you cannot login?

Edit: Why is it when i join or make a public game, it's only me and another one, never a full party of 4?

Maybe a lot of players are playing it solo,I know I'm.

I'm playing both Mass Effect3 MP and single play in D3 at the moment.

 

[KaOTiK]

I keep getting awesome Wiz rares lol. Oh well at least I can sell them to buy awesome DH ones

 

[flexy]

It's logging me in, but my toon is GONE...WTF? I doesnt pull the hero list, instead asks me to create a new character.

I am in panicking right now...i have a lvl 30 wiz..where is it?

Edit: NVM, had to switch server back to America

 

[Riverhound777]

Just got hit by hacker, and looks like tons of others too. All my gold is gone. Recent player list has the name leiyong on top.

Flexy, you might have as well. You might check your region, could jsut be under the wrong one and your lvl 30 wiz is still there.

I opened a case, this sucks

 

[Ashenor]

Friend got hit yesterday by a hacker, if you have a android or iPhone download the authenicator since its free and you only have to enter the code once a week or so now.

 

[tedrodai]

Just got hit by hacker, and looks like tons of others too. All my gold is gone. Recent player list has the name leiyong on top.

Flexy, you might have as well. You might check your region, could jsut be under the wrong one and your lvl 30 wiz is still there.

I opened a case, this sucks

Not trying to look down on ya either way, but seriously...did you have a good strong password?

 

[Ashenor]

Not trying to look down on ya either way, but seriously...did you have a good strong password?

PW does not matter to keyloggers.