If I may request you remove your 'fuck blizzard' caps for a moment and think about this though: ((btw don't even bother replying to me with counter arguments or nasty names, I don't care enough about this to come back and have any real discussion XD Might read them but can't be bothered to reply. Just putting forward how it looks from where I'm sitting))
What they're doing is making it more inconvenient for criminals to make 500 characters all at once and use them for fraud and other activities that can have a serious and drastic real world effect on people.
It may be a little annoying have to wait a day or two for unlimited access, it's not like you're locked out of the game. You still get act one and level 13, unless you're some sort of.... erhm, highly dedicated individual, should that not be enough content to last until the game becomes fully unlocked? serious question there cause I don't have the game.
It also seems like they're making a bit of a 'kiddies pool', where all the new players can test out the waters with other new characters first, before they're then let out into the big bad ocean.
Not altogether a bad idea in essence for creating a more friendly environment for new players, cause there are always those people who'd come around with their high level character and grief new players just for fun.
I'm unfamiliar with exactly how diablo 3 works, but is there any reason why someone would make a new account/buy a new copy of the game(whichever causes this 'start edition' content) if they already have one?
Other than maybe muleing off items, maybe circumventing a ban? or as mentioned above, fraudulent activity. So am I right in thinking that this won't actually effect any of the current players at all? (therefore, only people who don't own it but are wanting to have any real cause for complaint?)
I mean I can understand being a little bothered with having to wait [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9obgyYB1IU], and with the DRM requirements Diablo 3 already has leaving people a little grumpy in general(I feel the same way, I like single player/no lag and not needing internet for everything. It's part of the reason I indeed don't have the game), but this thing here doesn't actually sound to me like it's the massive kick in the balls people are making it out to be.
You'd have to wait and see how effective it is in it's goals, but it's surprising how many people seem to legitimately think 'yeah, blizzard is totally doing this just to annoy people' XD
We get it, you're not too happy with how Blizzard have handled Diablo 3, but now we've run out of cheese to go with all this w(h)ine and you've beaten that dead horse so hard that it broke all the records in town. Maybe next time vote with your wallet if you feel so strongly on the matter? :X
