official Diablo III

[firey]

You realise that just suggests *more* people would pay $1000 for D3, not less?

Not necessarily. Less people may like the direction of D3 vs. PoE. The point is people are willing to ditch D3 and pay 1000$ for some no name game.

[spader]

My issue with the 'online al the time' thing is that in NZ we have still got capped internet and the largest plan here at most ISP's for a reasonable price is 80GB. So I dont know how much data Diablo 3 will use but with the game, email, normal web traffic etc 80GB may not be enough.

Also if they are eventually or will straight away start charging for access to the servers to be able to play like the do for WoW, then shouldnt the game be free? I mean they will make a truckload off the monthly subscriptions for access to the servers to play the game, and charging for the game itself seems rude. Yes they need to be compensated for their time and expertise and IP, but surely with potentially hundreds of thousands if not millions of people playing the game the world over, they would make more than enough from the subscriptions.

If I have to pay to play, then I expect to not pay for the game, if I play the game locally and have no need to connect to their servers then I expect to pay for the game. Will be waiting before buying, which sucks as I really liked and still play Diablo 2

[Kirkburn]

Not necessarily. Less people may like the direction of D3 vs. PoE. The point is people are willing to ditch D3 and pay 1000$ for some no name game.

People are quite capable of playing more than one game of a single genre, though. Those who would spend $1000 on PoE probably wouldn't find it difficult to spend $60 on D3, and vice versa.

(Note: I have no issue with PoE, both games are pre-release so I withhold judgement).

[firey]

People are quite capable of playing more than one game of a single genre, though. Those who would spend $1000 on PoE probably wouldn't find it difficult to spend $60 on D3, and vice versa.

(Note: I have no issue with PoE, both games are pre-release so I withhold judgement).

It's possible, but I know for me I stay to 1 game per genre at any given time.

ie) If playing RIFT I don't play WoW, and vice versa. If play CS I don't play BF and vice versa.

[Kirkburn]

MMOs I can totally comprehend (I want to play SWTOR, but am still playing WoW) - they're expensive and time consuming. Most other games generally aren't so much - however, to be fair to you, that is totally down to users.

I remember being hugely into rats maps in CS at one time :)

Anyway, I say good luck to PoE. I am sure there is still room for many games of this style.

[Alladaskill17]

So what exactly are the options (can ya list them or link to a page) to help increase the % on the reveal.diablo3.com page?

Also, randomly noticed on page 1; Release date still says TBA, how dare you with all this excitement ;)

[firey]

So what exactly are the options (can ya list them or link to a page) to help increase the % on the reveal.diablo3.com page?

Also, randomly noticed on page 1; Release date still says TBA, how dare you with all this excitement ;)

According to the site, it says that "liking and sharing" is how to increase the %. So make a banner, share it on FB have everyone like it, and go and start liking other peoples banners.

[Amarok]

Not necessarily. Less people may like the direction of D3 vs. PoE. The point is people are willing to ditch D3 and pay 1000$ for some no name game.

That doesn't mean much. Blizzard has a lot of Anti-Fans. People who keep playing WoW while complaining that it's the worst game ever and talking about how the next competing game will be the one that beats it. People that play SC2 and keep insisting that BW is a better game (it is) and that SC2 sucks and that Blizzard ruined everything. Yet they still play, they still donate to their favorite players, they still watch, they still book trips and attend tournaments and pay for Pay-Per-View tournaments. Complaining the whole time. So when someone tells me "Well I'm not buying this Blizzard game because this free game is better and is what [blizzard Game] should have been." it doesn't mean much.

I've played the D3 beta for a couple months now. Obviously not playing it every day but every time they do a patch and a character wipe I run through the beta once more to see any changes and things like that. I'm really looking forward to it, it's very different from Diablo 2 in a lot of ways, but the overall feel of the game is the same. The atmosphere of the game is the same and as a Diablo 2 player I can jump right into it and know what's going on.

I hadn't heard of PoE until this thread, and after doing some asking around neither had any of my coworkers or any of my gamer friends. Looking at the screenshots it looked like a passable Diablo clone with more of a Titan Quest art style. I looked at screenshots, I watched some videos, it looked kind of fun, so I got beta access and played a bit. It's fun, it's better than I thought it would be, but there isn't really anything that sets it apart from other games in the genre and it's not as fluid and responsive as I'd like. Overall I was pleasantly surprised though. So I personally won't be shunning D3 in favor of it or recommending it to anyone over D3 or Torchlight 2. I think it would make a good alternative though for people who are shy about the $60 price tag of new games from big developers.

[Slane]

Got Beta today, but download taking forever.

The MoP download only took like 2-4 hours for me. While the D3 download taking much longer, even with it being a tad smaller than 1/4th the size. Any idea?

Nevermind. seems the servers were down when I started my DL. So when they came back up it finished as quick as I thought it would.

Edited April 13, 2012 by Slane

[Elliott]

The MoP download only took like 2-4 hours for me. While the D3 download taking much longer, even with it being a tad smaller than 1/4th the size. Any idea?

Lucky. The MoP beta download crawled for me, and I have a fairly quick connection.

[Alladaskill17]

If anyone has an extra beta key please PM me. Would love a chance yo try it out on my min specced 8600m GT since I've pre purchased and downloaded ha

[TheBlueRaja]

Hi, could somebody explain to me what Diablo III actually is? I've never played a Diablo game before and watching the videos all i see is a few cinematics, some character stats and a few things getting chopped up.

Is it an MMO or single player (seems both from what i read but are the environments seperate or can you SP charcters be used in MP)? Is the idea to progress through the game like Witcher 2 but with a more top down perspective with elements of WOW (quests, character classes, specific skills etc) or is it more like a final Fantasy thing.

Im not looking for War an peace, just a primer for somebody who has never played a Diablo game before.

[episode]

Hi, could somebody explain to me what Diablo III actually is? I've never played a Diablo game before and watching the videos all i see is a few cinematics, some character stats and a few things getting chopped up.

Is it an MMO or single player (seems both from what i read but are the environments seperate or can you SP charcters be used in MP)? Is the idea to progress through the game like Witcher 2 but with a more top down perspective with elements of WOW (quests, character classes, specific skills etc) or is it more like a final Fantasy thing.

Im not looking for War an peace, just a primer for somebody who has never played a Diablo game before.

There is no 'offline' mode in D3. You can play single player online, in a closed game, by yourself. Most people play online in a group. It isn't an MMO, really, because its not massively multiplayer in the same 'game'. You are limited to 4 players per game in D3.

Basically the point of the game is to get better loot. Always. And to progress your level. If you're looking for similar games - Torchlight, Dungeon Siege, Titan Quest are a few.

[TheBlueRaja]

There is no 'offline' mode in D3. You can play single player online, in a closed game, by yourself. Most people play online in a group. It isn't an MMO, really, because its not massively multiplayer in the same 'game'. You are limited to 4 players per game in D3.

Basically the point of the game is to get better loot. Always. And to progress your level. If you're looking for similar games - Torchlight, Dungeon Siege, Titan Quest are a few.

Thanks,

Sooo does it mean hours of raiding to get the best loot like WOW, or would i be able to jump in and out withough screwing up somebody elses game?

[Elliott]

Thanks,

Sooo does it mean hours of raiding to get the best loot like WOW, or would i be able to jump in and out withough screwing up somebody elses game?

You can pretty much jump in and out.

[_neutrino Veteran]

Think of it like a Single player game that if you like you can have your friends jump in and help, there is no need to ever play with other folks if you do not want to.

[freedonX]

Really think of it as a Single Player. (ignore the fact of Online Game for a moment). You can complete the whole game solo. Diablo isn't anything like WoW [per multiplayer experiene]. There are no '5 man; 10/25 raids in Diablo'. You can do everything with 2,3 or up to 4 people. Just because there are 'bosses' don't think there are dungeons involved (like WoW). It is a lot more action game. You are going to find mobs every 100 yards. Or nor like WoW where you have to travel by a Flight Point, or mount or even a teleport to get to a place and there is downtime.

just check youtube for Patch 16 videos, you'll get the idea pretty quick.

[LOC Veteran]

Ugh, my friend had a beta key for me but for some reason my email was bouncing for a couple of days and I never got his email about it and he wound up giving it to his cousin (which is fine of course). Man, so close!

[Tech085]

is the XFX Radeon 6870 fine to play Diablo III on max settings, Just curious?, I have good cpu, and memory 16GB Ram.

Nevermind, I look at the Blizzard website for Diablo III my card saids High Performance so I should be available to use max settings for the game more then likely.

[Muhammad Farrukh]

Diablo III adding 275,000 beta testers

Blizzard inviting more than a quarter of a million additional prerelease testers into role-playing game ahead of full release next month.

Blizzard is inviting more than a quarter of a million additional testers to try out Diablo III ahead of the game's release next month, the company announced on its forums last night.

Blizzard is presently dispatching 275,000 Diablo III beta keys to opt-in testers, and gamers can check their Battle.net account to see if they've received a license. If selected, players can download the beta client and hop into the game in front of its May 15 release date.

Blizzard warned that Diablo III beta testers may experience a series of issues related to the "large amount of invites" it is sending.

"Keep in mind that with such a large amount of invites for our test hardware we fully expect a strong possibility of stress test issues, such as an inability to log in, disconnections, and potential lag/latency," reads a line from the statement. "We'll also be testing our queuing system, which you may see when attempting to enter a game."

Diablo III will launch next month without its multiplayer player-versus-player arena component. That part of the game will be delivered digitally to gamers at a later date via a patch.

Diablo III is the first title in the series since 2001's Diablo II: Lord of Destruction expansion and will add a variety of new features, character classes, and a new auction house system designed as "a new way for the company to pull revenues from the game."

[Jeston Veteran]

Lol if I hadn't given up on getting into the beta a couple months ago, I'd be starting to get REALLY sad that I still didn't get in :p

[LOC Veteran]

lol I'm sure I won't get in still. Oh well, not much longer to wait either way.

[firey]

haha, well I haven't gotten in either, and am not expecting too. May 15th is a month away, I've already waited 4 months I can wait 1 more.

[Minifig]

Just going to post this..

It may be an error, but those who couldn't get in because of the closed beta, now can. Anyone can sign in...

[LOC Veteran]

Just going to post this..

It may be an error, but those who couldn't get in because of the closed beta, now can. Anyone can sign in...

That would be awesome, but I doubt it'll last. Unless Blizz is literally going to just open the flood gates until the end of the beta period. In which case, sweet.

Also, we who are not in the beta would need a client to download to test this error out :)