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[fallengorn]

Suppose the beta/stress test didn't help much.

Has any game that went through stress testing ever launch smoothly?

 

[Parallax Scroll]

blizzard fix yo shit

 

[Oppo]

this rankles.

Had a super long work day, only stopped at 11pm, all I thought about today was maybe spending an hour in diablo before bed.

I will never ever buy another game that requires online connectivity for single player. From Blizzard or anyone. I have learned my lesson. Diablo 3 is a cautionary tale.

As far as I'm concerned, the suits who dreamt up this purposeful bug can gobble a mile of cock apiece.

 

[Arksy]

Uh, yes, it's called massive parallel processing.

I'm sure you're right. But Blizzard only hire the brightest and best and to me it doesn't make sense that they aren't handling it in the best manner they know how to.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

I'm stuck at the "Checking for Updates" screen, similar to an error I got during the Beta... fuuuudge. After I played a bit under "playable" conditions with 54% loaded, which was awesome, I went out... came back, STILL 54% loaded, tried to restart client, now I can't get the Launcher to work again. GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER BLIZZARD.

Game was awesome though.

I finally got past that and now it just says connection cannot be made... I guess I'm done then. :/

 

[Boulayman]

What? I was soloing and it gives me an error now saying:

"Please ensure that all party members are not in a game, and no party invites are pending"

No friends are online and I was playing alone... WTF...

I got the EXACT same thing. I really think this launch has been epic fail from them.

 

[zroid]

Well now seems like a good time to check out PixelJunk 4am's visualizer.

I'm done with D3 for today. Will try again tomorrow afternoon...

 

[SuperLurker]

Uhg I had just looted the Skeleton king. Hopefully all of the items got saved.

When we got disconnected after killing SK we lost our items AND we weren't eligible for rares after killing him again.

 

[Aesthet1c]

understood. thank you, sir.

so dps > total damage in some cases?

It depends. Typically for your basic attacks, yes, but if you have a lot of skills with cooldowns, you would want a slower weapon with higher damage since they will benefit from that more than a faster weapon.

 

[TheContact]

well I took the time to install darkd3. I waited because I wanted to get accustomed to the original look, and wow even the loading screen looks infinitely times better. I used the Stronger setting, I think that looks the best.

 

[coopolon]

Millions of players all around the world trying to log in and play an extremely complex game with tons of multiplayer features. Surely nothing could possibly go wrong!

If only they had known people want to play this game and could have run a beta test/stress test to make sure their servers were up to snuff. It's just too bad they're barely making by with commercial failures like WoW and SC2 and therefore couldn't afford to make sure shit works.

 

[Pimpbaa]

Blizzard is doing you guys a favor really. The experience sucks solo anyway.

Ahh hell no. This game is GOTY single or multiplayer.

 

[HenryHSH]

That's why they ain't trying to fix it.

That's why they're okay with having to fix it to barely supply the demand than actually spending the extra money and playing it safe to begin with.

 

[pxleyes]

That's funny, because I looked around and didn't see anyone playing but me and a NPC Templar.

Funny, because a single click and 3 people could join you.

 

[george_us]

Damn people STILL can't play? I haven't touched it since I left work, been playing Max Payne 3 all night.

 

[Paches]

all I want to do is play my 60+ dollar game alone right now.

this will make me think twice for Diablo 4....

You will have forgotten about this and fallen victim to the hype once again in 8 years.

 

[NaturalHigh]

When we got disconnected after killing SK we lost our items AND we weren't eligible for rares after killing him again.

AbortedWalrusFetus' day ruined.

 

[Houston3000]

I wish Witch Doctor didn't have Soul Harvest. It's too good, and I feel to dependent on it.

I kind of agree, I can't imagine taking it off my bar. I can work half a dozen ways to swap around all the other skills but I feel like I always need Soul Harvest right there ready to go.

 

[Empty Space]

It really doesn't. They didn't put in all that lore and all those random NPC conversations and all those other little "single player" details for you to stop and soak up just for the game to only be about charging through with a team as quickly as you can to get shinier loot.

The same could be said for WoW, but well we all know how that goes.

God I just want to finish act 1 and go to sleep.

 

[Lexxon]

Psst....

...hey guys

...hey

.........hey

....hey guys










the servers are down again

:X

 

[trimon]

from now on I will only see diarrhea coming out of Blizzard PR's mouths

 

[Akim]

Just beat normal....AMAZING.

 

[Boulayman]

Damn people STILL can't play? I haven't touched it since I left work, been playing Max Payne 3 all night.

Is it out on pc yet ? I thought it was next week ? If it's out I'll just go buy it steam and **** diablo 3. Spent most of the day navigating errors instead of navigating the game -.-

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

I'm sure you're right. But Blizzard only hire the brightest and best and to me it doesn't make sense that they aren't handling it in the best manner they know how to.

I think we're basically in agreement, yes.

 

[TommyT]

I got the EXACT same thing. I really think this launch has been epic fail from them.

lol no, not even remotely close.

 

[TheContact]

do you lose game progress if servers go out while you play?

 

[NaturalHigh]

Damn people STILL can't play? I haven't touched it since I left work, been playing Max Payne 3 all night.

Fuck..I forgot about Max Payne 3.

 

[IcyRhythms]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83TI1q1scks&feature=youtu.be

 

[Island]

When we got disconnected after killing SK we lost our items AND we weren't eligible for rares after killing him again.

This sucks.... but I am sure we are going to kill SK over and over and over again...

 

[Cipherr]

WoW wasn't even this bad on the first day and it was an MMO.

Thats a lie and you know it, or either you werent there, or you remember it wrong. WoW's launch was the most ridiculously colossally hilariously frustratingly "why have I been stuck in the loot position for the last 30 laggy minute" disaster a game launch has ever seen. This doesn't even scratch the whiskers on the buttcheek of WoW's launch.

 

[zlatko]

Two questions about Monk:

Do any of you equip swords/daggers/etc and not just h2h and 2 hand staffs? I've been rocking w/e weapons are giving me better stats, but I wasn't sure if it's worse to stray away from h2h and 2 hand staff for monks.

Second question, is the hundred fists ability monk obtains better to be spam clicked or just held down? Seems like the only left click I've seen where just holding down left click is better, or am I doin it wrong?

 

[neoism]

Looks like servers went down right about when I decided to take a break.

I have good timing, except I'm ready to dive back in and it's still down

LOL did the same... tried to log in again becasue Im scared my character got wiped. I stopped at a checkpoint in the main town, and left the game. Level 16 monk so for.

 

[arts&crafts]

The same could be said for WoW, but well we all know how that goes.

God I just want to finish act 1 and go to sleep.

WHY would they put fishing in wow IF IT IS A MULTIPLAYER GAME?!

 

[jokkir]

Before the servers go back up:

Give me some Wizard tips! I've been using that purple arrow spell and the tornado thing but my guy is still very weak. I should have chosen Witch Doctor >__>

 

[vaelic]

blizzard saving a buck

 

[Last Hearth]

This is ridiculous. If they can't handle the volume they should have done a staggered launch.

 

[Beerman462]

Man I got booted out of Diablo can't get back in. I'm getting errors 75 and 3003. I'm watching giant bomb play and it's depressing hehe.

 

[CarbonatedFalcon]

Honestly, BC, Wrath and Cat all had pretty solid launches with minimum downtime. I played them all at midnight/3am, and all throughout their day 1's, and week 1's. It was some major patches that had catastrophically bad day 1's. And yet, none of them as bad as this. None of them.

There have been worse patch days in WoW than this launch has been. You are wrong. I know one WoW patch put the servers down period until at least 9 p.m. EST. None of this up and down stuff.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

It's a good thing SK doesn't have reincarnation in this game. Fuck yo aegis of the immortal.

 

[AppleMIX]

I wish Witch Doctor didn't have Soul Harvest. It's too good, and I feel to dependent on it.

Really? what ruin do you use?

 

[Houston3000]

This thread is ridiculous, it's moves too quick with people moaning like babies about the servers. I wish we had one thread for people to cry in and one thread for people who just want to talk about their experiences, trade strategies and builds...

I'd be surprised if anyone even was able to read this post though before it was on the last page :-/

 

[NullPointer]

You asked who cares.

Blizzard cares. And I care. The reason I don't like Torchlight is because it's moddable and hackable, and if you can just hack your way to amazing items, why even play? These games are all about the loot for me. The only reason I'm even remotely into Diablo is because if I got an amazing item, I earned it. Whether it be through money or time.

It'd be great if you could elaborate on this in the other thread. Try as I might I honestly can't grock this point of view.

 

[Einbroch]

WTF? Do you have some kind of OCD thing where you have to hack and cheat just because you can?

Diablo III WILL be hacked. It WILL be pirated. There WILL be spambots and all that other irritating crap. I'll still be $60 poorer for being stupid enough to buy this shite, but at least I'll have the pleasure of laughing at all the idiots who keep regurgitating the bullshit from Blizzard's mouthpieces when it becomes clear as the nose on my face that this whole thing has been about corporate gain.

Multiplayer game my ass.

:lol.

I mean, wow. Heat of the moment much? Wait, nevermind. Five out of the six posts you've made in this thread are about this.

Clearly you've made up your mind. There is no point in discussing this with you.

 

[bill0527]

Now their official website is getting slammed down.

Seriously, Blizzard is like the one company with the most experience with massive online launches...and they've failed every single one of them.

Their last couple of WoW expansions have been very smooth.

 

[SturokBGD]

Is the game shite because you have to be online? or is the game shite because you dont like loot-based arpgs. Serious question because yes launch day hasn't been ideal but really is it THAT big of a deal that the servers have been down on and off a few hours on launch day?

I love loot-based ARPGs. But the few hours of Diablo III that I've played haven't been that much better than the hours I've played other ARPGS (Diablo II included) to make this nonsense worth my time. Had this been any other game by any other company, they'd have been burned to the ground.

 

[Concept17]

If only they had known people want to play this game and could have run a beta test/stress test to make sure their servers were up to snuff. It's just too bad they're barely making by with commercial failures like WoW and SC2 and therefore couldn't afford to make sure shit works.

No manner of preparation is going to ensure they won't run into problems given the sheer number of players and technicalities in the game.

 

[Fixed1979]

Funny, because a single click and 3 people could join you.

Maybe it's because I'm using the free version or whatever it's called but when I hit Esc in my game it paused...I don't think that's possible in the full version, but if it is...

 

[Empty Space]

do you lose game progress if servers go out while you play?

Sometimes, If you do lose progress it normally 5-10mins at most.

 

[codhand]

Two questions about Monk:

Do any of you equip swords/daggers/etc and not just h2h and 2 hand staffs? I've been rocking w/e weapons are giving me better stats, but I wasn't sure if it's worse to stray away from h2h and 2 hand staff for monks.

Second question, is the hundred fists ability monk obtains better to be spam clicked or just held down? Seems like the only left click I've seen where just holding down left click is better, or am I doin it wrong?

I'm wondering this too, also should I use a shield if I'm using dagger, knuckles and other one handed weapons?

 

[LiK]

This is ridiculous. If they can't handle the volume they should have done a staggered launch.

guest passes don't help