tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post8328079822339126491..comments2023-08-10T09:10:44.843-05:00Comments on The Art of Solo-ing WoW, life and other games: Diablo 3 triple bombshellDarth Solohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110818057322485070noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-85846961890954322922011-08-05T18:48:39.471-05:002011-08-05T18:48:39.471-05:00@Jon but I already have a Bnet account on US serve...@Jon but I already have a Bnet account on US servers, since I played WoW a lot. And besides, if someone else created an account in my name, wouldn't that be against Blizzard's Terms of Service?Darth Solohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110818057322485070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-55233445801357128292011-08-05T08:59:35.608-05:002011-08-05T08:59:35.608-05:00I play WoW on the EU servers while living in the U...I play WoW on the EU servers while living in the USA. I have an EU battle net account that I created while living in the USA. Unless they are doing something different for D3, you could get someone from the EU to buy the game for you and use the EU servers like i did for WoW.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163176906221719456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-21338973163076546172011-08-04T20:08:25.544-05:002011-08-04T20:08:25.544-05:00@Malvius thanks man! It's ok, people have the ...@Malvius thanks man! It's ok, people have the right to their own opinion and I was expecting some backlash anyway, from my abrasive tone.<br /><br />I'm all for not owning the software, on the condition that a) I don't have to pay for it or b) the price is too small to matter.<br /><br />It won't be the case with D3. It seems that these days $60 is the new $50.Darth Solohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110818057322485070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-21594011600838965622011-08-04T16:22:40.787-05:002011-08-04T16:22:40.787-05:00Unfortunately we are a people akin to a frog in a ...Unfortunately we are a people akin to a frog in a slowing boiling pot of water, in time the frog is cooked and served for dinner.<br /><br />Just because a company chooses a certain way to sell their product, doesn't mean it's right. <br /><br />This license option that software companies are going is wrong. Paying for software means it should be owned not rented.<br /><br />I agree with you Darth, wow some roaches came out the woodwork to attack you, I thought the crowd on this blog were pretty civil for the most part.Malviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872902737196452929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-46433447380233807402011-08-03T19:20:49.996-05:002011-08-03T19:20:49.996-05:00@Bobbins Blizzard indeed isn't the company it ...@Bobbins Blizzard indeed isn't the company it once was. If back in the days of the original Diablo, Starcraft and Warcraft it was driven mainly by the passion to make awesome games, these days its main motivation seems to be how to find new ways in which to milk players. There's nothing wrong with making money because that's the whole raison d'etre of any company but I hate it when it impacts the nature of their games.<br /><br />@Adgamorix as I said, I can't control what ads Google shows. Some of them are gold ads but many aren't (some of them in fact are from Blizzard). I make pitifully little money from these ads and it helps to offset a small percentage of my WoW subscription.<br /><br />Here's the deal with WoT. The game is FREE! And its entire concept is based around playing with others, unlike Diablo. Diablo should be a very powerful single player game with the option to play cooperatively with others (preferably over LAN but also over the internet). Nothing more.<br /><br />I would stop bitching instantly if Diablo 3 were free. But it isn't. That, coupled with the online-only mode and regionalization pretty much kills it for me.<br /><br />@Jason thank you for understanding. I am very hurt right now and understandably so (in my opinion) because this is the one and only game I was expecting for years and had high hopes for. No other game compares, in my eyes.<br /><br />I will write in a future post why my particular situation makes me so upset. I'm aware that 99% of potential Diablo 3 buyers won't be in my situation but that's the way things are for me and I stand firm in my opinions.Darth Solohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110818057322485070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-68971733903561721982011-08-03T18:59:07.735-05:002011-08-03T18:59:07.735-05:00Whoah everyone! Darth is entitled to his opinions...Whoah everyone! Darth is entitled to his opinions. I for one am still excited to play and sad to hear that you might not be along to D3, Darth... I've enjoyed your blog a ton (even though I have also given up WoW, but am very excited for D3!!). I am also a solo player, but have taken the approach that maybe with online only, it will keep me tempered with play since I WON'T have access everywhere and I can then budget time. Glass half-full, my friends :)<br /><br />Regards,<br />--JasJasonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-32581270320805869522011-08-03T08:53:25.799-05:002011-08-03T08:53:25.799-05:00If you're against buying gold (which you have ...If you're against buying gold (which you have stated before), then turn off the ads. <br /><br />So do you 'own' the items in WoT? I don't think so. If the servers shut down tomorrow you wouldn't get a disk in the mail with the code for your purchased items. <br /><br />Along those lines, you know what you're getting into with D3 as well. It's not like you bought it, played for 3 months, then suddenly logged on to find that the online portion had been implemented without any forewarning. THAT would be worth getting upset about.Adgamorixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642665863641484225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-39722812594661924832011-08-03T08:28:07.596-05:002011-08-03T08:28:07.596-05:00Hell they owe us! But Blizzard isn't the compa...Hell they owe us! But Blizzard isn't the company it use to be and I miss it! I've supported Blizzard like millions of other customers over the years and I don't like what it is becoming.<br />But like the others say above if you don't like it don't buy it. In fact come to think of it the really poor patch releases in WoW should be a concern to their customers. In fact 400,000 left didn't they!<br /><br />Am I upset! YES. But maybe time to move on. I owe Blizzard nothing and they owe me nothing.Bobbinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-43885112441101874212011-08-02T20:25:44.838-05:002011-08-02T20:25:44.838-05:00@Wintermute you are right. They don't owe me a...@Wintermute you are right. They don't owe me anything. And I don't owe them my money.<br /><br />@Coop copying some bits is not the same as stealing a physical item from a store. But let's not get into that right now. I highly doubt I'll even be bothered to pirate it (it's too much of a hassle and not worth getting an inferior product) but someone WILL crack it, just to get past this online bullshit. You know, Diablo 3 was just about the only hope me and countless others had for a game with an offline component. I'm 100% for Bnet, as long as I don't have to log on to it.<br /><br />As for Steam, I don't mind it because for most games you just need it once, to activate the damn game, after which you can play it to your heart's content, offline, in the jungle, desert or North Pole.<br /><br />@Adgamorix I see you are buying into this "license" bullshit. It's nice that the software industry has managed to drill this into people's heads to the point where they are staunch supporters of this idiotic concept.<br /><br />See, that's why I can't stand online only games that I also have to pay for. Because I'm just buying a "license". I want my offline copy so I can hack it if I wish, mod it or do anything short of making copies to sell.<br /><br />Take World of Tanks. It is online only but it is FREE. I pay for certain stuff only if I want to. And I did. No one forced me. On the other hand, I knew what I was getting into from the beginning and anyway, WoT revolves entirely around online play.<br /><br />As for the gold ads on this blog, you need to learn how Google AdSense works. I have no control over it. WoW blog + mention of gold = gold ads. But like the guy above you said: if you don't like gold ads, you don't have to buy gold. Personally I'm firmly against gold buying (and you would know that if you'd visited this blog before) just for the record.Darth Solohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110818057322485070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-46671196488830473302011-08-02T19:22:10.690-05:002011-08-02T19:22:10.690-05:00I guess I shouldn't have been surprised by you...I guess I shouldn't have been surprised by your stance since you have gold selling ads on your blog.Adgamorixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642665863641484225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-10743778172411426092011-08-02T19:21:18.697-05:002011-08-02T19:21:18.697-05:00Who got 'screwed' by the game being online...Who got 'screwed' by the game being online only? I don't recall Blizzard stating that they were creating the next "AMG AWESOME" sit at home with zero connection to the outside world game. They have stated, more than once, that they want Battle.Net to be their version of Steam. Let me guess, you don't like Steam either, because you have to be online to play?<br /><br />Also, you are missing a key point here that has been upheld over and over again in the courts. You're not buying the game - certainly not for $60. You're buying a license to use the game, under their rules, which can change at any time. The only software you own is software you've developed yourself. Even software licensed under GNU doesn't say you own it.<br /><br />Buy it or don't. Personally, it's in the top 5 games I'm looking forward to in the near future - and I don't care if I have to log in or not.Adgamorixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642665863641484225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-6763195521197348052011-08-02T16:29:10.192-05:002011-08-02T16:29:10.192-05:00Wow.
Don't buy it. You can protest with yo...Wow. <br /><br />Don't buy it. You can protest with your wallet. You do not however get the right to pirate a game because you think the developer does not respect you.<br /><br />As Wintermute says, they don't owe you anything here. You don't have a right to demand that Blizzard or anyone else makes the game you want. You do have the right to not purchase the game or make your opinion known, but somehow justifying pirating because you don't the game is over the line. If you choose not to buy an iPad because you don't like Apple's app store policies, you aren't automatically justified in stealing one.<br /><br />Your attitude is selfish and childish. If you want to make a point, make a point, more power to you, but your stance is very diluted when you refuse to sacrifice anything for it.Coophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16822233639772041946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529183485378908367.post-3606855692845188062011-08-02T10:54:51.421-05:002011-08-02T10:54:51.421-05:00You make it sound as if Blizzard owes you an offli...You make it sound as if Blizzard owes you an offline game, and, by extension, that every other game developer owes you one as well. As if playing Diablo III offline is an unalienable human right. It ain't. They make the game, they make the rules. I don't see how they've "screwed" you, unless they -promised- offline and LAN play and regional non-segregation, then cut those features. Even then, tough cookies. Play something else.<br /><br />On another note, I agree that the cash auction house has the potential for abuse by Blizzard/Activision, but there are plenty of other micro-transaction-based games out there. You're paying for bits no matter what. If you find value in those bits, does it really matter who's profiting?Wintermutehttp://www.memepool.comnoreply@blogger.com