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#629885 24-May-2012 13:57

networkn: What's frustrating is I know someone who didn't buy their copy and can play offline just fine.

I cannot see how that is even possible. Diablo III runs the entire game world on the server, so the only way to "play offline" as it were would be to run a server emulator, and to do that you'd need to write your own event scripts, AI, etc. Can you actually substantiate that claim?

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#629892 24-May-2012 14:08

Kyanar:
networkn: What's frustrating is I know someone who didn't buy their copy and can play offline just fine.

I cannot see how that is even possible. Diablo III runs the entire game world on the server, so the only way to "play offline" as it were would be to run a server emulator, and to do that you'd need to write your own event scripts, AI, etc. Can you actually substantiate that claim?

actually its mostly client based, with server connection for auction house, saves, and checkpoints etc etc... most else is local pc. It was done during the beta test easily... would just mean you'd not be able to multiplay, and connect to battlenet and all associated "perks" - like - the 3007 errors, lagging, server down, time outs..., all the good things that ppl who bought a copy have inherited.

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#629931 24-May-2012 15:12

a good sum up even after a week of Diablo III being online

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#629934 24-May-2012 15:16

Kyanar:
networkn: What's frustrating is I know someone who didn't buy their copy and can play offline just fine.

I cannot see how that is even possible. Diablo III runs the entire game world on the server, so the only way to "play offline" as it were would be to run a server emulator, and to do that you'd need to write your own event scripts, AI, etc. Can you actually substantiate that claim?

Probably talking about an early-days emulated server. I know there was one during the Diablo III beta that let you spawn monsters and cast your skills.

Bet there will be full-fledged emulated retail servers popping up in a few months. I know some exist for vanilla World of Warcraft...

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#630388 25-May-2012 15:06

Im not having any issues with lag.
Other then the server downtime which I think is to be expected with a new game that needs to supprt so many people, I have had no issues whatsoever. Already have a level 60 wizard.

Maby its your internet connection, i also dont experience lag dependant on the time of day...

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#630869 26-May-2012 21:46

175-200ms and unusable due to lag.

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#630877 26-May-2012 22:26

networkn: 175-200ms and unusable due to lag.

it's 207 right now for me and fine..

it's been a bit better recently.. probably less people playing now.

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#630884 26-May-2012 22:42

mercutio:
networkn: 175-200ms and unusable due to lag.

it's 207 right now for me and fine..

it's been a bit better recently.. probably less people playing now.

Pretty much my average.

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#630886 26-May-2012 22:53

ChevronX:
mercutio:
networkn: 175-200ms and unusable due to lag.

it's 207 right now for me and fine..

it's been a bit better recently.. probably less people playing now.

Pretty much my average.

it's on 185 right now. (i hear my email alerts while i'm playing). earlier today it was more like 250.. it's still ok though.

usually pings go down around 7:30.. but it seemed a bit later today.. prob cos it's friday night in the US?..

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#630901 27-May-2012 06:22

I'm looking at buying Diablo III but was wondering if anyone here had a spare guest pass that I could try it out with first.

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#630940 27-May-2012 11:24

200 ping on counter strike and you won't be able to play. On diablo, at 500 ping it's still playable, but sometimes you will notice your health disappears before you can potion, or hits don't register properly. On 200 ping you can play it fine, otherwise someone else in the house must be making you lag. Personally i get 120-150 ping and no issues at all. However I have experienced higher ping levels due to others in the flat downloading, and server issues.

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#631133 27-May-2012 18:59

b0untypure1: 200 ping on counter strike and you won't be able to play. On diablo, at 500 ping it's still playable, but sometimes you will notice your health disappears before you can potion, or hits don't register properly. On 200 ping you can play it fine, otherwise someone else in the house must be making you lag. Personally i get 120-150 ping and no issues at all. However I have experienced higher ping levels due to others in the flat downloading, and server issues.

so out of curiosity are you lagging right now? atm i'm sitting on 350 msec ping.. it's been a bit better than that some of the time though.

no-one else using the dsl connection. usually around this tiem it's not too bad.. but it'll be saturday night in the US.. and people playing later at night.

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#631139 27-May-2012 19:01

Well it would seem that I have something going on with my PC where if it sleeps (Only happens very occasionally it seems to cause D3 to lag. I haven't had an issue since rebooting, but then my PC only slept for the first time in a month 3 days ago, so earlier lag was likely at Blizzards end.

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#631479 28-May-2012 13:39

I just killed Magda, how far through am I ? Is it just 3 parts?

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#631481 28-May-2012 13:41

networkn: I just killed Magda, how far through am I ? Is it just 3 parts?

4 parts, 4 difficulty levels. the first couple of playthrough / difficulty levels are pretty easy.

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