Diablo 3

[Pabz0r545]

Originally Posted by muse108dc

Bah, debate is done I think, cant justify the midnight fight for a collectors even though it would be worth the 100$. I will have a quick look in the morning to see if there are any left over, 30 bucks more for the CE would be worth it.

There will always be extras on ebay for just slightly more then the MSRP. I think you should be able to get your hands on it. The extra money is definitely worth it. Hardcover books are expensive. let alone all the other extra goodies. I was on the fence until today but I'm totally going to shoot for the CE.

[sswilson]

not sure if it's already been covered, but we just finished setting up the electronic download and I'm wondering if we were supposed to get an activation code to identify the game or does it just know that it's a legit copy?

[Pabz0r545]

You won't get any kind of activation code for the digital download as it is simply tied to your battle.net account. Just type in your email and password in the d3 load screen and you're good to go!

I'm starting to get so excited. My legs are no longer still.

[Sagath]

Originally Posted by sswilson

not sure if it's already been covered, but we just finished setting up the electronic download and I'm wondering if we were supposed to get an activation code to identify the game or does it just know that it's a legit copy?

Since its online only, you must log in with your battle.net ID, which has a link to your D3 account

[Damnyoutaco]

Originally Posted by Sagath

Since its online only, you must log in with your battle.net ID, which has a link to your D3 account

Thats the beauty of battlenet, you can take your account anywhere and play!

[sswilson]

Well... I bit the bullet and bought my own copy this evening as well... not sure if it's the fact that nobody but me goes in to turn off P2P (it doesn't ask, you have to know to look) while downloading, but hell it's coming down sweet!! I'm getting 2.7 - 3.5 MB/s down.... :)

[muse108dc]

Originally Posted by Sagath

Since its online only, you must log in with your battle.net ID, which has a link to your D3 account

I'm hoping for a fix for this actually. As much as I want to play this with friends there is a good chance I am leaving town and going to into an internet free zone later this week. One of my biggest problems with games today is that they all make the assumption that you are always connected to the internet and I'm not which causes no end of problems for me.

As for the CE I'll hope I find one, maybe maybe buy 1 from a 3rd party but if not I dont think I'll be missing out on much. Worth the price but not too much hassel from me.
----On that note if anyone wants to sell me 1 I might be willing to pay 120 for a sealed


And be glad noone here has preordered from Game Austraillia theres a good chance you wont be getting the game or your money returned. Makes me wonder if buying physical is safe anymore?

[sswilson]

What happened in Australia?

As far as being able to play without being hooked up to the `net... I doubt very much that you'll see a "fix" as that's an integral part of the security features. The requirement to be hooked up caused quite a stir when it was first announced, but Blizzard wasn't going to back down. I suppose there's a chance that there might be an offline "hack" somewhere down the line, but I sure as hell wouldn't be risking my blizzard account by using one.

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And on another note... am I the only one here who's getting tired of being "carded" every second page I visit on the DIII website?????

[muse108dc]

and here is proof that even if you have internet you really want to be able to play offline anyways.

I dont care if I cant use the auction house, I dont care if I cant transfer that character online. I bought the game, I want to be able to play it without the risk of an interruption from a server I have no control of and exist god knows where. Games use to be simple. I dont expect a "fix" soon and I know it will be unethical to use when there is one but I just want to be able to play the game I bought.


from Rock Paper Shotgun's first 3 hour review Hack Slashes: Three Hours With Diablo III | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Blizzard have argued that Diablo III’s requirement of a connection is not about DRM, but about improving the player’s experience. If people could play offline, there’d be no way to prove they hadn’t used cheats, and thus it would be unfair if they could then transfer those characters online. Oh, and their profit-generating auction houses would be inaccessible to such players. That’s all true, but none of it is a reason to prevent people from playing offline anyway. Sure, you’d not be able to transfer your character into an online game, and perhaps someone might want to change their mind after a long time building a roll, and be frustrated by their being kept out. But with that made clear from the start, it’s a person’s choice. A person who’s paid their £40+ for the game could choose how they want to play it, accepting that caveat. It’s simply disingenuous to suggest that enforcing an always-on connection is necessary for the players’ benefit. And that’s ignoring the vast numbers of people who just can’t play at all because of the lack of a permanent connection.

And the server drops tonight have shown exactly why it’s a bloody stupid thing in the first place. An error message pops up, and then you’re back at login. And worse, progress is actually lost. It only happened to me the once in my first two hours (others have reported more), but a series of small dungeons I’d cleared out in a graveyard were instantly unmapped, as well as a huge stretch of above ground location I’d fully explored. Blank maps aren’t quite the apology you’d be looking for after your game had stopped working for no good reason whatsoever.
And even without those delightful moments, there’s the frequent presence of lag. It’s not the end of the world to have to run the same few steps a second time, but it’s bloody idiotic to be experiencing it when playing solo.

[sswilson]

In fairness... I initially played DII as a single player, but ended up playing single player (my own personal games w/ password) on battlenet for the convenience of both being able to mule, and for trading with other players. I don't particularily enjoy playing with other people, but the interaction of trading became integral to my enjoyment of DII. I for one, don't mind the requirement to be hooked up now that I've looked at my previous style of DII usage.