SurfinTaxt said:
GeorgW said:
Wait, it's gonna cost 60 bucks? And it has always on DRM? And a real money auction house? Holy shit they have big balls. I guess they assume we're all so eager to get Diablo 3 that we'll ignore all their BS, but I really hope we're not. It's time to stand together, people!
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i fail to see how a 60 dollar price tag is a negative
I'm not necessarily saying it's negative, I'm saying it's ballsy as hell. The DRM crap is a huge negative though, and the combination of all 3 is money-grubbing BS. I realise it's a company and they have to make money, but they know how many people are longing to play this, and the way they're handling this is akin to extortion. They're forcing their fans to jump through hoops for the "privilege" to play the game they payed for, at a premium cost no less. And with the new focus on the PvP, you can now pay for power with real money, given that you pay off Blizzard of course. They want to get payed not once, not twice, but three times for every piece of loot people want to sell, in a game with a massive emphasis on loot. That's not business, that's consumer-hating greed.
artanis_neravar said:
GeorgW said:
Wait, it's gonna cost 60 bucks? And it has always on DRM? And a real money auction house? Holy shit they have big balls. I guess they assume we're all so eager to get Diablo 3 that we'll ignore all their BS, but I really hope we're not. It's time to stand together, people!
With Diablo III? HAhahahahahahaha good luck with that
See, that's the problem. Just cuz we're all salivating for it doesn't mean they're allowed to screw us over. There is a competitor out there with Torchlight 2, so why the hell should I award Blizzard my money when they've done everything they could to make me realise that I and every single one of you are nothing but a pile of money in their eyes.
Carnagath said:
GeorgW said:
Wait, it's gonna cost 60 bucks?
I'll allow it. It's a Blizzard game, not Cod25 with a 2 hour campaign and copy paste multiplayer.
GeorgW said:
And it has always on DRM?
That is some bullshit indeed, but I do want to play this with friends anyway, so it doesn't affect me.
GeorgW said:
And a real money auction house?
Don't care, never gonna use it. Might even prove useful later when I have an MF character all set up (if MF still exists, don't know).
I can agree that for a lot of people it's worth 60 bucks, it's just the combination of the three that pisses me off. Though, to be fair, I wasn't gonna buy it regardless as soon as I heard about the DRM. This however is just overkill, and has driven me to resent Blizzard.
Draech said:
Carnagath said:
GeorgW said:
Wait, it's gonna cost 60 bucks?
I'll allow it. It's a Blizzard game, not Cod25 with a 2 hour campaign and copy paste multiplayer.
GeorgW said:
And it has always on DRM?
That is some bullshit indeed, but I do want to play this with friends anyway, so it doesn't affect me.
GeorgW said:
And a real money auction house?
Don't care, never gonna use it. Might even prove useful later when I have an MF character all set up (if MF still exists, don't know).
Thank you for making the responce I was going to do.
Although I would have used the "I am always online anyway" rather than the friends, but they both work.
But what if your internet breaks down for a short while? I don't know about you, but that's a big problem for me. If I'm gonna pay 60$ for a PC game, I sure as hell want to play it at my leisure. Also, I liked to play D2 on the road, given how much of a time sink it is it's a great use of the travel time. This completely kills that. I realise this is a personal problem, but it's one I know I share with a lot of Diablo fans, and it pisses me off that Blizzard are just going to disregard us.
AC10 said:
GeorgW said:
Wait, it's gonna cost 60 bucks? And it has always on DRM? And a real money auction house? Holy shit they have big balls. I guess they assume we're all so eager to get Diablo 3 that we'll ignore all their BS, but I really hope we're not. It's time to stand together, people!
I played the Beta. I had my trepidations at first about the always on stuff and auction house. But the beta changed those trepidations into confirmation that I was absolutely NOT going to buy this game.
It wasn't even fun. It was also laggy. Maybe my roommate was downloading something, I don't know,. What I do know is my single player game should not have fucking latency issues no matter who is downloading what. I mean these were BAD. Like, fire a spell, watch the animation, wait 1 second and then the projectile releases and enemies teleport everywhere as the game syncs, BAD.
I'm no fan of Blizzard at the moment, but do keep in mind that it's a beta. You really shouldn't judge it until you've seen the final product. No, what worries me more is the way they've simplified it.
