I got a guest pass from a friend, so I'm installing as I type. It sounds like the servers are back up too, which means I might get a shot to play it as well.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 20:10 (eleven years ago) link
Sadly, this seems too spot on (not surprised as it's by Tom Chick):
http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2012/05/15/the-beginners-guide-to-diablo-iii/
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
lol, nice
― Nhex, Tuesday, 15 May 2012 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
apparently this has already become a thing:
http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/20438754.jpg
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 06:47 (eleven years ago) link
So, I got a few hours this afternoon with it and... I paid for the full game. Total blast with other people.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 17 May 2012 01:19 (eleven years ago) link
well, i just tried to play and got fifteen minutes into the start (which is the same damn thing as the demo, so gonna have to grind through act 1 again) aaaaaaand servers are now down.wtf
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 May 2012 01:41 (eleven years ago) link
I'm sorry forks. Send me your tag in an email and, assuming the servers ever work, I'll join you for some clicking. That's assuming you're not crazy power gamer because I kinda suck so I take my time.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 17 May 2012 01:47 (eleven years ago) link
that would be neat, didn't even know that was a thing yet!i'm forkster btw
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 May 2012 01:48 (eleven years ago) link
error 33 now. what a mess this is.
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 May 2012 01:49 (eleven years ago) link
do you have some goofy # after your name? I'm EZSnappin#1388
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 17 May 2012 01:55 (eleven years ago) link
I played with two friends this afternoon and it was such a blast. Even though there is no voice chat, just having a complimentary player can make it fun.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 17 May 2012 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
So, um, guys? If you have an authenticator, MAKE GODDAMN SURE you wrote down the restore code somewhere, because if you uninstall it from your phone after, say, realizing that you are terrible at Starcraft 2 and you've wrung all the enjoyment you possibly can out of its single-player campaign, you are now boned.
I'm trying to get Blizzard to reset it- including scanning a government-issued photo ID to prove I'm really me- and after two days, still nothing.
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Thursday, 17 May 2012 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
That's serious bullshit. Totally uncool.
BTW - worst major launch ever?
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 17 May 2012 01:58 (eleven years ago) link
no goofy bullshit. still can't get on though.
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 May 2012 02:12 (eleven years ago) link
can you guys not play the single-player either? i mean obv the multiplayer is the point but did blizzard really release a game that can't get online after making their paranoid money-frantic decision to require games to go online?
― good men like my father, or president truman (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 17 May 2012 02:16 (eleven years ago) link
can't play a thing unless you're logged in. Absolute bollocks.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 17 May 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that sucks
― good men like my father, or president truman (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 17 May 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
this sounds like one of those forced activation DRM nightmare scenarios finally happened. you can't even play single player? that is bullshit
― Nhex, Thursday, 17 May 2012 02:22 (eleven years ago) link
In other news, Max Payne 3 hits pc in two weeks
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Thursday, 17 May 2012 03:00 (eleven years ago) link
urg, so that's an hour and a half gone. still addictive.
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 May 2012 03:47 (eleven years ago) link
crack.
Fun with forks though!
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 17 May 2012 04:38 (eleven years ago) link
what characters are you playing ? i'm still very sad that there are no paladin/amazon in d3
― Jibe, Thursday, 17 May 2012 04:45 (eleven years ago) link
I tried a Barbarian at first because I was super rusty (I hadn't even used a mouse for a few years since I got a trackpad), and now I''m trying the monk. I like the monk more, I have to say.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 17 May 2012 04:49 (eleven years ago) link
monk is the thing to do for me
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 May 2012 05:00 (eleven years ago) link
we were double monking the shit out of stuff
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 17 May 2012 05:01 (eleven years ago) link
shit was straight monk no chaser
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 May 2012 05:04 (eleven years ago) link
ok so monk sounds like a fun char. still havent bought this because no free time at all to play it, but soon i'll get to it. and then go mad because my internet connection sucks and i die all the time due to lags (at least that's what happened a few times during the open beta)
― Jibe, Thursday, 17 May 2012 06:30 (eleven years ago) link
I will look up my tag thingy when I get home. I think I'm almost to the point of dealing w/the King Leoric situation -- just got the crown back.
― mh, Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
I hardly ever play the type, so my character is a WIZARD
― mh, Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
killed the skeleton king and went to bed at 4.30. dammit diablo
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
there's a reason I had to go when I did. Crack.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i should've taken your lead
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
i don't think i've EVER said this but tycho otmhttp://penny-arcade.com/2012/05/16
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
specifically:
Before you can say that you’re unhappy about something you bought not working, you have to make the parenthetical case that you’re above the whole fray, and it can work or not work, it’s all so droll; you can’t imply that any of it matters because that would mean you weren’t concerned with matters of global import. We need to think for a second about the extent to which this supposedly carefree fucking dialectic enables these precise abuses. No, actually; it is not okay that the definitive Game Developer can’t make their shit work.
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reasons-diablo-iii-represents-gamings-annoying-future/
I like the bit where he lined up his download window with the wallpaper.
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Thursday, 17 May 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
tycho's frequently otm, it's when you find yourself thinking "Yeah, Gabe's got it right!" that you need to have a think about your life.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 17 May 2012 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
my tag is RHIZOOME#1679
― mh, Thursday, 17 May 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
i got totally pumped while reading this thread and just bought it on a whim. getting ready to log in (hopefully) for the first time in a sec
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 18 May 2012 00:13 (eleven years ago) link
i am building a new computer this summer. i'm not opening this thread again until then. fuck yall.
― adam, Friday, 18 May 2012 00:20 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder if they made the game scalable enough to run on cheap machines....and, say, work laptops.
SC2 runs at lowered levels, at least.
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Friday, 18 May 2012 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
I will say it makes my computer very hot. But it runs quite well, only one lock up in two days.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 18 May 2012 01:06 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, my computer (a two year old top o the line at the time dell) whines like a racecar but it looks gorgeous
― (Name Withheld to Avoid Hassle) (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 May 2012 03:45 (eleven years ago) link
In early Act IV now. My wizard has become a death machine, what with the Dark Phoenix button and all.
After having played the beta and being very underwhelmed, I'm quite happy with the final game.
― Matt M., Friday, 18 May 2012 03:47 (eleven years ago) link
Can't do anything at the moment until whenever those new MBPs come out. Until then, work proceeds...
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 18 May 2012 07:59 (eleven years ago) link
Stayed up until about midnight, just got into Act 2
― mh, Friday, 18 May 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
Nightmare is *significantly* harder, particularly with certain elites having certain power combinations. Still, nothing is as bad as Rakanishu.
Yet.
Act IV feels suitably epic. But I wanted Stephen O'Malley to have done the soundtrack.
― Matt M., Friday, 18 May 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
damn u jerks are making me think of getting this tonight
― bnw, Friday, 18 May 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
I'm amazed (well, not really) how fast some of you are making it through.
I was playing a game with some guy last night who was into finding every possible thing and exploring entire levels, though. Come on, dude, the entrance to the next dungeon is over here!
― mh, Friday, 18 May 2012 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha, i'm kind of that dude. at least when i play solo. which is probably why i'm still only partly through Act I!
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 18 May 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
The game only drops good shit when you kill totally awesome monsters and bosses which seem to be near the goals even more so in this game. If you want a zillion broke-ass shields, knock yourself out :)
― mh, Friday, 18 May 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link