Quote from: eleveneleven on October 27, 2011, 12:31:56 PM
Considering how much I'd play now vs how often I'd be offline after launch (or be able to play when BNet is down)...I'd MUCH rather it be out now.
It's like choosing annual payments when winning the lottery instead of lump sum. Sure the lump sum is less overall (quality) but you get to enjoy it all now. Who picks annual payments when they win the lottery?
Is it really that much more work to rush a version out now and then just work on a better offline emu later? Would it really be that bad to not have the offline feature available for a little while post launch vs no emu beta now and having offline available at launch?
Personally i think you're kinda kidding yourself if you believe that, pretty sure you can play Diablo III offline as it is just like you could with the other 2, basically hosting a private game is.... wait for it, playing offline!!!!
secondly nah you wouldnt... if you have the real thing, which is free btw for people who play WoW now it seems *thankyou blizzard* you dont invest hours into a character to go and play on a private server, while it was a good idea during beta.... saying your gonna work on a better version after release is pointless because anyone who wants to play is going to play on live... simply put it will always be better.
Just like private WoW servers, they never have and never will be as good as blizzard live servers and considering it's free 2 play.. there is no monthly subs which is generally what people who play on private servers want to avoid... having to pay monthly subs.
That being said, i wish the team the best as pointless as i see it being... and if they can get a decent functioning emulator working thats great... but to most of you in here... "See you at launch!"
Edit - OHHH i almost forgot, what do you mean when bnet is down, hell it barley goes down to restart wow servers anymore, i think we've had like 2 tuesday night maintenances in like 3 months or something... i think you'll find for diablo there wont be much bnet downtime. hell in diablo II i never remember wanting to play and being unable due to servers being down