I think the main issue is that "as long as the servers work" bit. That shouldn't even be a factor in enjoying the game alone on single-player.tony2077 said:well i suppose i should put this out as long as the servers work and i can play the game I'll never join the people who are attacking it. there is the truth it may not be the best but its worked for me so far.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-internet-access-in-america-disaster/Ranorak said:Most of our phones, tables and laptops are connected to the internet.
We criticize Nintendo for it's shitty on-line support, with friend-codes and whatnot.
I can chat with my friend on my xbox while I'm playing Skyrim and he's busy playing Halo.
We also criticized the music industry for not adapting to on-line distribution, fast enough.
News papers are becoming a media of old, because we get our news on-line.
Yet, why is it a problem when a game like Diablo 3, requires you to be on-line all the time?
Diablo 3 is build to be more then just a single player. Yes, you can play solo, you can finish the game without ever playing with someone else. But, like Battlefield games, it's strength and replay value are in multiplayer.
The always on-line feature is not just DRM. I'm not denying that is serves as DRM, but it's not JUST there as DRM, such as Assassins Creed (A true single player game, by the way).
Diablo 2 was plagues with hacks, dubbing of items and a worthless economy due to gold buying.
Always On-line tries to reduce this. Will it work 100%, of course not. But it won't fail either.
But I don't see why people are so mad about this.
If you are just going to play Diablo 3 for it's single player, you might have a reason to complain, but then again, this game was clearly not made for just single player.
If you have an unstable internet connection, I get your frustration, but the internet is the future, and I'm really sorry if your government doesn't support stable 24/7 connections, but the rest of us shouldn't have to suffer for it.
Maybe it's because I play on-line a lot, and see it as nothing new. But when my internet drops out, I just play something else for a moment.
And yes, I am aware of the log in problems due to the release, but those problems were both expected, and they will be gone tomorrow.
So, what are your thoughts about this, I for one wouldn't mind if more multiplayer focused games were always on-line, if it makes it easier to play with my friends, or make new ones.
So you know what you do? You change the system to encourage people to do the right thing. Yes, there will always be the bad apples who steal and crack everything because they just don't give a fuck, but the people sitting on the fence between piracy and purchase can be swayed. Know who does this extremely well? Valve. Reasonable prices, amazing sales, integrated social networking, very fast download speeds, great convenience of library management, and (more or less) guaranteed offline mode for everything that isn't completely multiplayer.Aeshi said:Playing Diablo singleplayer is like playing Chess singleplayer in that you can do it but it won't be much fun.
Under that "logic" we may as well not do anything. Why make new Anti-Virus software? Hackers will just make new Viruses! Why cure diseases? Resistant versions will just show up! Let's just all lie down and die because if the Universe doesn't hand it to you forever on a silver platter on the first try it's doomed to eternal failure and isn't worth trying!Qitz said:Here is the #1 problem with ANY DRM. Legit consumers are the only ones punished by it. Pirates won't give a shit, they'll work their way around it in a matter of hours.thatonedude11 said:And Yet people who pirate the game don't have this problem
I thought so too. Here's there stupid thing about the offline button. You have to sign online first to go offline. That's right. To make it so you don't need an internet connection to play, you have to sign on (I guess to show steam that all the games in your library are actually yours), then click the offline mode. If you aren't able to connect to the internet, you aren't able to connect with steam.w00tage said:/agree completely, but I just wanted to point out you can manually set Steam to "offline" mode. It's possible it won't work (Valve's web programming works like early Microsoft web technology, meaning not well nor very often), but at least there's a button to push.