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<blockquote data-quote="Croesus" data-source="post: 5691058" data-attributes="member: 35019"><p>What I've read to date suggests that D3 will be online only (meaning a player has to be online the entire time, not that they cannot play a game with only their own character), no exceptions - at least, no legal exceptions.</p><p></p><p>While Blizzard spokespersons have given a number of reasons why this is a "feature, not a bug" (to quote old MS-speak), they appear to have two specific reasons for doing this: 1) to limit the potential for cheating in the marketplace, and 2) to limit piracy of the game.</p><p></p><p>I applaud any reasonable efforts they make in keeping the marketplace fair, but I can't help but see their efforts to combat piracy as another case of causing honest customers hassles, while having limited impact on actual piracy. Time will tell, but I expect someone will crack their protection fairly soon after release, and at least some of their patches will be designed to crack the crackers, who will crack that...ad nauseum. And since I don't use game cracks, if I buy the game, I'll just be caught in the middle, when all I'd want is to enjoy the game.</p><p></p><p>Given this feature, I'll hold off on purchasing it until I see how things fall out. I expect Blizzard will stick to their guns and that, therefore, I'll never purchase the game. A pity, as I'm a huge fan of the first two games.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Croesus, post: 5691058, member: 35019"] What I've read to date suggests that D3 will be online only (meaning a player has to be online the entire time, not that they cannot play a game with only their own character), no exceptions - at least, no legal exceptions. While Blizzard spokespersons have given a number of reasons why this is a "feature, not a bug" (to quote old MS-speak), they appear to have two specific reasons for doing this: 1) to limit the potential for cheating in the marketplace, and 2) to limit piracy of the game. I applaud any reasonable efforts they make in keeping the marketplace fair, but I can't help but see their efforts to combat piracy as another case of causing honest customers hassles, while having limited impact on actual piracy. Time will tell, but I expect someone will crack their protection fairly soon after release, and at least some of their patches will be designed to crack the crackers, who will crack that...ad nauseum. And since I don't use game cracks, if I buy the game, I'll just be caught in the middle, when all I'd want is to enjoy the game. Given this feature, I'll hold off on purchasing it until I see how things fall out. I expect Blizzard will stick to their guns and that, therefore, I'll never purchase the game. A pity, as I'm a huge fan of the first two games. [/QUOTE]
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