you don't value those parts thats fine. but it was something people had to figure out. with it gone it is dumbed down sir. just cuz you didn't like the parts that was removed doesn't change that it was more complex even if all you did was look it up online that still took more work then what we have now. your view is really off because the game has been out for so long. think back to the first 2 years. you didn't look up builds online because they wasn't there. your judging it based on what it is now not what it was. let any game be popular for 10 years an you will find guides for the perfect way to do it. people have mastered how to do things so we should remove all the time wasting crap an just place a big iwin button in the middle of the screen to click

here we go. they removed all the boring an time wasted parts of gaming

http://www.notdoppler.com/superpress...ionrpg2009.php

this is very true sir. they have. games now are all doing this and it is sad. the only difference is that blizzard used to be a different kinda company. now sadly they are turning just like the rest an thats the problem because they used to make games that was about game play an just being great games. now games are all just a faceroll. hell old mario games are harder then what we get now:(

Sounds like dumbed down is another way of saying they did theur best to not alienate a portion of their player base. How about they add in a pitfall during install that if you put in your code wrong it disables the entire game for you so that you just can't play it from the outset instead of doing the long drawn out process of getting pissed off because you did everything wrong builing your character and don't know why.

Sure, there is value in learning how to not make those mistakes, but if they don't add to the game aren't possible frustations like those just taking away from it?

but they do add to it. sadly now people just want things easy without the work. if everyone gets the reward just for showing up it doesn't have much meaning or value. but if people earn a reward by learning from there failures once they finally figure it out it is far more rewarding then for it to be just handed to you.

Or they could make you guess your install code. That's a real man's game!

fyi - apparently Microcenter is going to have Diablo 3 PC on sale for $49.99 starting on the 15th.

yup, that's the path pretty much every game has gone down. Shitty players cry and things get nerfed and eventually the game is easy for everyone. I hate that shit. Like in Call of Duty, just for an example, it's so dumbed down that a person with 1000 hours of playing experience won't be that much better than a person with 12 hours of playing experience.

Opposite with SW:TOR. People cried that end game stuff was too easy and now they made it incredibly difficult.

hmmm. that makes me want to resub and get to max level. Hard raid encounters.

That is my buy, i'll be there at open. Of course it doesn't hurt that I love Microcenter anyways!

is that good or bad?

How can you dumb down "Level up, get a skill point, use the skill point in a skill tree" formula? This is the game I said back in the day that would get me to quit WoW, luckily Blizzard made WoW bad enough that it isn't even a problem anymore. Monday night needs to get the fook here!

I QUIT MY JOB BECAUSE IM GONNA BE A DIABLO 3 MILLIONAIRE ON THE RMAH

If they took after Square-Enix, very bad.

http://www.1up.com/news/boss-final-fantasy-takes-18

well the Chinese love that shit

In case anyone wants to watch the ce video:

http://www.twitch.tv/incgamers_clan/b/317945796

WARNING: SPOILERS!

Depends who you ask, I guess. I personally like the optional more challenging content.

alright, I got the game client downloaded and will be waiting to install. So if I understand correctly I'm gonna have to wait till 2am to install it and play? That's bullshit.

you will be able to install it as soon as the game goes live. meaning as soon as the first country gets to play we are able to install it. we can't play till 12am pst but we should be able to start installing i think around 8am i have been told

well at least I can install it, lol.

I'm pretty excited for this one. Any CP members wanna get together and do this shit? I'm gonna start with a Monk.

AntonChigur #1886

<- Silock

Wait...when is the earliest we can play it? Like Monday morning? or tuesday morning?

Decided I'm gonna pick dis shit up, but won't have any time to play until next weekend. :)

I doubt the game goes live until 24 hours from now.

12 midnight PST

:mad:

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100% installed :) if you guys have issues with your install read the d3 forums there alot of people having issues so you should be able to find a fix

yup me too. Watched the opening scene, nothing special. Now I just have to wait to log in, lol

Yo Laz do you have a link to the Micro Center D3 page? I can't find it and when i called them they knew nothing of it.

STAY AWHILE, AND LISTEN

ROFL

Cain is not really even Cain anymore, freakin' deckard!

it's an AD


http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/...d#/95f7a97d/44


but now i reading that the AD might not be for all Microcenters or something.

:shrug:

other microcenter ADs have it for 59.99

http://img.tapatalk.com/42577e6b-eaba-1c20.jpg

Installing right now. lol Cant wait til it goes live tonight.

Ugh I want to go get it tonight, but I know I'll probably end up calling into work all week if I do.

Installed. Now we wait...

That sucks, I normally will want the box with it but i'm not sure it would even matter since it's probably just a box and a disc...still better than a digital copy for the same price. I'll just drop by Micro Center tomorrow morning and see what happens.

My buddy is picking up my pre-order at midnight. I'll download it and be ready to go tomorrow.


We'll have to update the OP with everyone's account names.

I'll be picking it up tomorrow after work and then I'll be on Wednesday at lunch.

I'm sure Sofa will already be a level 50 by then.

LMAO


Doubt it. I won't have much time to play for awhile.

I will be

SLow and Steady wins the race = no ladder so doesn't matter.

I wanna get to the top first. When the RMAH is up, I want all of the best stuff ready to sell and take advantage of idiots who will over pay for stuff at first until the market fizzles out.

with an *

* = You gib me your extra badass items 1st. :p

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/kymbos-gold

haha kimbo has made it into d3. kimbo always has the fist hanging from his chain this has some kinda claw hanging from it. kinda funny they put him in there

i am not sure i will sell anything but i will be racing to 60 also. the sooner i beat the game the sooner i can start on a hardcore. i just want to beat it on softcore first

sofa king you owe me an add - Falx#1253

asia players have already made it to act3 nm in under 8 hours. at this rate they will be level 60 in under 24 hours

doesn't mean much, the replayability is what this game is all about

Does anyone have a link to a stream? I think Asia already has the game, right?

Pick one

http://www.twitch.tv/directory/Diablo%20III

but it gives us a fair idea on how long it should take us before we get to 60. the game doesn't really start till 60. then the farming begins haha

Deva # 1231

I'm somewhat ashamed i broke down and bought it straight from bliz to preload it......(hides in corner)

It's about half downloaded :)

i did the same. i wanted the box but i wanted to play at launch without waiting all night in front of some store. i wish to play was greater then my principles of hating digital download

My wish and hate were about equal....I caved in to Peer pressure. Nothing like having a couple of friends(40+ years of age) hanging out at Best Buy at midnight....They will NOT one up me!

My battletag is SLAYFARER#1450

****. i went to canirunit and it says my cpu isnt good enough. I AM SO ****ING PISSED. i dunno maybe it would run on the lowest of low settings, because to be honest that really doesnt bother me in the least.

suckstobeu

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. I know for a fact it runs Wow nicely. Im not sure if Diablo with run smooth though. Its worth a shot, if not I could just take the game back.

you got an old ass pc if you can't run a blizzard game on the lowest settings

its brand new lol. my old one shit out and i had to find a cheap replacement. its an hp g7

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TWO AND A HALF HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!@@@@@@$$$$$$$ OMG

yeah gl with that

Bedtime dude, i'll play in the morning.

15 mins till play time

ya, it doesn't look like the game is gonna work tonight. error 37

Servers are getting hammered harder than Sasha Grey right now.

I'm just shocked.

Not really.

12 years of awkward nerd fury is being pounded on those servers right now

yeah, I guess they anticipated a few thousands players trying to play, instead they got a few million

I'm sure they anticipated it, there just wasn't a whole ****in' lot they could logically do about it.

then they should announce not to bother waiting up for it then.

I will say, deciding to turn the servers on for everyone at once was a stupid ****ing idea.

there is really no excuse for this failure. they know it will happen. they should of had more servers set up to handle it. they done this how many times now?

So, for a game that can be played with one player, i cant even log into? a game i paid 59 bucks for, i cant even play by myself? This is some bullshit, and i dont ever get mad at shit like this. Im upset.

haah there forums are dead now too. haha we crashed all there servers

Nap time. I'll try again later.

That sucks, should have went to bed a long time ago but no, I wanted to play this ****ing game. Now I'm gonna be too pissed to sleep. Need moar weed.

I can't remember the last time Blizz didn't **** up a launch, even for content patches in WoW.