Diablo III: D-Day Plus One

@thebigJ_A said:

@gamefreak9 said:

@CptBedlam said:

@gamefreak9 said:

@GnolTac said:

@gamefreak9 said:

@thebigJ_A said:

Why does Patrick keep talking about "the interesting benefits" of being forced to be online? There are none. All of those benefits are for multiplayer, while any negatives affect me even in single player. That's the whole problem. If I'm playing alone, by myself, splitting loot in multiplayer is not an interesting benefit to outweigh the lag I'm experiencing. Because, you know, I'm not playing multiplayer.

Just out of curiosity do you even notice your complete lack of bipartisanship? Or is the kind of thing that goes in your head "online only is stupid, and i'm right!"

You forgot to make some kind of counter argument against his argument. Instead it appears you accidentally started making personal attacks. Stop being silly.

your kidding? I will pretend your not and answer that for you: Obviously my argument was the "interesting benefits" Patrick outlined!

Then how does it benefit my single-player experience?

First of all this is a MP game, so its not about the SP experience, just like LOL there is single player for learning and taking your time.

On that note:

Your character progress never gets lost, your character can't be messed up by hackers, you can seamlessly play with your friends(name another ARPG where you can be be right next to your friend within 20 seconds of log in time without any transition from the one already playing). + the loot stuff Patrick was talking about. Also extra options for buying and selling items via AH. Less pressure on your own internet since things are run on their side. There's a heap of benefits if you only stop for a second and think.

In witcher I leveled my char from 10-12 over 10 times because of the BS crashes.

It's a single player game, with a mp option, like many others, including Diablo II. See, I'd play it alone, on my own pc, single player. It's not at all LOL with a "training mode". That's laughable. I can play through the whole campaign alone, as many times as I'd like, on whatever difficulty I like. Your logic is circular, "it's always online 'cuz it's a multiplayer game, it's a multiplayer game because it's always online".

Everything in your second paragraph is of no interest to single player. Unless 'hackers' break into my house and mess with my pc, they aren't ruining any of my single player games. If I'm playing offline, I have NO pressure on my internet. My character progress never gets lost in a single player offline game, unlike Diablo III, where people are losing progress all the time (hell, just watch Brad's video, where it happened to him).

Kindly pay attention to the arguments people make, and stop bending over backwards to try and justify foolish DRM schemes.

The game even gives you characters that only work in single player that you can hire for free, level up,and pick skills for . Saying this game is multiplayer only and that single player is a "training mode" is ridiculous.

That being said I don't mind the always online that much it does gets annoying if my internet goes down though.

@GenocidalKitten said:

@thebigJ_A said:

@gamefreak9 said:

@CptBedlam said:

@gamefreak9 said:

@GnolTac said:

@gamefreak9 said:

@thebigJ_A said:

Why does Patrick keep talking about "the interesting benefits" of being forced to be online? There are none. All of those benefits are for multiplayer, while any negatives affect me even in single player. That's the whole problem. If I'm playing alone, by myself, splitting loot in multiplayer is not an interesting benefit to outweigh the lag I'm experiencing. Because, you know, I'm not playing multiplayer.

Just out of curiosity do you even notice your complete lack of bipartisanship? Or is the kind of thing that goes in your head "online only is stupid, and i'm right!"

You forgot to make some kind of counter argument against his argument. Instead it appears you accidentally started making personal attacks. Stop being silly.

your kidding? I will pretend your not and answer that for you: Obviously my argument was the "interesting benefits" Patrick outlined!

Then how does it benefit my single-player experience?

First of all this is a MP game, so its not about the SP experience, just like LOL there is single player for learning and taking your time.

On that note:

Your character progress never gets lost, your character can't be messed up by hackers, you can seamlessly play with your friends(name another ARPG where you can be be right next to your friend within 20 seconds of log in time without any transition from the one already playing). + the loot stuff Patrick was talking about. Also extra options for buying and selling items via AH. Less pressure on your own internet since things are run on their side. There's a heap of benefits if you only stop for a second and think.

In witcher I leveled my char from 10-12 over 10 times because of the BS crashes.

It's a single player game, with a mp option, like many others, including Diablo II. See, I'd play it alone, on my own pc, single player. It's not at all LOL with a "training mode". That's laughable. I can play through the whole campaign alone, as many times as I'd like, on whatever difficulty I like. Your logic is circular, "it's always online 'cuz it's a multiplayer game, it's a multiplayer game because it's always online".

Everything in your second paragraph is of no interest to single player. Unless 'hackers' break into my house and mess with my pc, they aren't ruining any of my single player games. If I'm playing offline, I have NO pressure on my internet. My character progress never gets lost in a single player offline game, unlike Diablo III, where people are losing progress all the time (hell, just watch Brad's video, where it happened to him).

Kindly pay attention to the arguments people make, and stop bending over backwards to try and justify foolish DRM schemes.

The game even gives you characters that only work in single player that you can hire for free, level up,and pick skills for . Saying this game is multiplayer only and that single player is a "training mode" is ridiculous.

That being said I don't mind the always online that much it does gets annoying if my internet goes down though.

Or if your account gets hacked. Not that that would ev... oh, wait: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/21/shout-at-the-devil-blizzard-acknowledges-diablo-iii-hacks/

It just did.

A single-player game, and one's account and information are at risk. I'm sorry, there's literally no excuse.

i have to say i have been playing this but haven't felt addicted to it like i became to SWTOR, skyrim, borderlands, fallout 3/NV, the witcher games, or the dragon age games.

@Phoenix87: OH. MY. GOD.