Diablo 3 Should Be Pay To Play - Topic

I still actively play D2 and I've never seen these 10 pages of spam, which I just assume is a slight exaggeration. There are many different ways to get around the spam. Avoiding the public channels and setting level restrictions for games generally takes care of the problem. Yes, I have made games with level 1 characters that had no spam bots join at all simply because of level restrictions. Don't ask me why it seems to keep them out when I set it with a level 1 character, it just does. Look at D2, though. Spammers. That's basically it. In WoW you have the spammers, the hackers that aid the spammers by messing with the physics, a 4 - 5 day wait for customer service for simple issues, and uninformative (or just plain dumb) customer service reps that can't actually help you with your problems. For D2, I've never encountered a problem that couldn't be solved simply by taking 5 minutes of my own time to look the answers up on the help site. I'll take "10 pages" of spam over the hundreds of scam attempts any day. Seriously, why would you want to pay to play a game that's already listed is free to play? That's investing in something that has 0 return and a constant threat of being hacked and losing everything you payed so much to obtain, unless you pay even more money for the security that should have been provided in the first place. Yes, D2 accounts still get hacked, but there's no monetary investment in those accounts (which you can make an infinite number of anyway). Besides, there's only going to be 3 - 4 characters per game anyway. Bump it to 40 or 50 at least and you might have a valid point :hug:

Wall o' text ftw!

So if your d2 account was hacked you wouldnt care cause you never payed to play it.

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Nov 17 2010 12:05pm

Quote (josh2234 @ 18 Nov 2010 04:50)

So if your d2 account was hacked you wouldnt care cause you never payed to play it.

I didnt, just started new one

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Nov 17 2010 12:16pm

I concur.
I do not mind P2P.
And this D3 game, which has taken forever to become fully developed, needs to be P2P.
It would enhance the player base (maturity wise hopefully), discourage hackers/modders (so they can rightfully get stomped in PvP).

Obv it shouldn't cost as much as WoW, considering it's not as in-depth. But this game has had a lot of waiting customers, and upkeep is a big plus for us hardcore Diablo fans.
I'm vote in favor of this, granted it'll never make it to the eyes of Blizzard anyway, nor would they take this into consideration this late into development.

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Nov 17 2010 12:23pm

Ok so, how do we get this thread closed? Its not going to be p2p, there is no chance, blizzard does not look at this, so why are you guys still trying to talk about it? Stfu, and deal with having more money I your pocket lol, if need be, feel free to send me a PM to where you can send the money if you really want

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Nov 17 2010 12:28pm

Quote (wikod @ Nov 17 2010 01:23pm)

Nobody said it was going to nor did we say Blizzard would look @ this post, hence my previous post.
You're just looking for something to bitch at, so please gtfo.
You will be one of the kids I'll be looking forward to smashing

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Nov 17 2010 01:20pm

Quote (josh2234 @ Nov 17 2010 10:50am)

So if your d2 account was hacked you wouldnt care cause you never payed to play it.

I would just start another account, yes.
Really, the only people hacked are idiots that buy items from those "legit" sites, so what do I have to worry about?

Fail troll is still fail troll =)

And just to add to this, whenever ladder resets I give away all my gear, delete my characters, and start over again. This comes from the belief that a game is, in fact, a game. :hug: