This seems like complete baseless assumption. How can this poll have any meaning at all?
Hmmm please didn't you see the verb "think" in the question ? It's about what you think for future references and compare to how it really turned out 3 months after release. So of course it's speculation, duh.
Thinking without any facts is rather difficult. I could pull a number out of my ass....I suppose you consider that thinking!
Oh man, seriously: whatever. Don't vote Sheldon, I'm fine with that.
It's going to change a lot depending on who you're talking about. I'm assuming they made it sorta challenging, hoping that I'm underestimating the difficulty of it. BTW Hardcore = Dedicated people for purposes of this post (not the mode)
For a hardcore group of 4 people dedicated to doing anything to beat the game - Under 2 weeks after getting to Inferno, possibly less.
For a hardcore solo player - Under 4 weeks after getting to Inferno.
A casual group of clan buds - Under 2 monthes after getting to Inferno
A casual soloer - Under 3 monthes after getting to Inferno
Me? - I'll aim for 3 weeks. I'll let you know how I fare.
I'm hoping Blizzard made it harder in Inferno than they did in the hardest WoW raids, but I doubt it.
I find it interesting to see so many cocky players thinking they can do it in two weeks or less when Blizzard keeps talking about how brutally hard it will be.
Oh well, I guess we won't know for another month and a half, but I personally am going to stick closer to Blizzard's portrayal of Inferno and peg myself at 2-3 months. Of course, if it takes any longer than that, I would be okay with that as well.
I love all of the tuff guys saying how they will blow through the game. You guys forget that this game is a gear grind where drops rely on CHANCE. Good luck blowing through D3 in your shit gear.
I just said I would try to do it in under 7 days - not that I would. =)
Honestly a very subjective thing, seeing how someone might have 10 hours to play a day each day and could be done within a week and others only a few every second day which might make them take months.
I think hours spent would give an more accurate picture of thing.
Personally with the time i have I'm thinking a month should do it and i actually hope for more. But ultimately I just don't know.
Hour-wise I'm thinking 70-100 hours spent for the pro gamers and much more for people less experienced.
Week tops. If it takes any longer I need to quit gaming all together.
Also savages, it is very possible to blow through D3 even with shit gear im sure. Could do it in D1 and D2, and from looks of it, monsters and champions give better drops so odds are you will have better gear compared to what you got from running game with Diablo 1-2.
Ferret:
Diablo is not about hard encounters, it is rather difficult to make the game hard aside from extremely poor planning and absolute and I mean absolute shit gear. Also they have the game on auto run so much already from lack of faith in the consumer they won't make it so little johnny couldn't beat the game. Has Diablo ever been hard to PvM? I am sure Inferno will be difficult at first, but just like Ubers and everything else, once a strategy has been figured out it is a cake walk.
I said greater than 3 months. I take the devs at their word that it'll be hard and that Bash thinks it'll literally be weeks before a single person beats Act II Inferno. If that's even close to true, there's no way I'll beat Inferno in less than three months with only about 15 hours of play time per week. If I somehow end up independantly wealthy by launch (so I don't have to work, not to buy items) and can devote 40+ hours per week like I did as a teenager, then I bet I could do it inside two months (and probably no slower than double the time of the world first in any case).
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...and if you disagree with me, you're probably <insert random ad hominem attack here>.
I said greater than 3 months. I take the devs at their word that it'll be hard and that Bash thinks it'll literally be weeks before a single person beats Act II Inferno. If that's even close to true, there's no way I'll beat Inferno in less than three months with only about 15 hours of play time per week. If I somehow end up independantly wealthy by launch (so I don't have to work, not to buy items) and can devote 40+ hours per week like I did as a teenager, then I bet I could do it inside two months (and probably no slower than double the time of the world first in any case).
How could they make it that hard, without making it honestly completely unfair to where people will rage quit and never play the game? People like Bashiok think Demons souls and dark souls is hard...it isn't hard, it is just old school game play. Learn or die, it is simple. Diablo has never been hard, and probably never will be hard to where it takes months to clear content, have mediocre gear...right skills and a decent strategy and you are set to go.
How could they make it that hard, without making it honestly completely unfair to where people will rage quit and never play the game? People like Bashiok think Demons souls and dark souls is hard...it isn't hard, it is just old school game play. Learn or die, it is simple. Diablo has never been hard, and probably never will be hard to where it takes months to clear content, have mediocre gear...right skills and a decent strategy and you are set to go.
To be fair, I don't think it'll be as hard as they think it'll be. Developers usually overestimate difficulty and/or over-hype it. That being said, why would anyone rage-quit over not being able to beat Inferno? They've already been through the story a minimum of three times. Even if they do quit, does Blizzard really care? Blizzard will already have those folks' money and it isn't like D3 is a subscription game.
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...and if you disagree with me, you're probably <insert random ad hominem attack here>.
lol, blizz predicts 2-3 months for veterans, but some ppl must be really good i guess
Well to be fair I think Blizzard definition of veteran are still "normal" people in terms of play hours (30hours in one week is hardcore but still "normal").
World top will be closer to 100-150 hours in one week (more for shared account) and have often no trouble exploiting mechanics or small glitches and therefore achieve this in 1 or 2 weeks.
I only think for very good players the barrier will be gear, and the only difficulty in that is time invested.
Does it mean from lvl 1 untwink? Or for only Inferno - like not including a lot of time farming Hell before it.
Anyways, i will play on HardCore, so it will probably be 2-3 months after release when i beat Inferno.
Talk about anchoring... yeesh. I doubt if anyone will have beaten Inferno in 3 months.
Blizzard is quite good at balancing combat to be a real challenge, they sound like they're confident that Inferno will be tough, and I really doubt anybody will have a cakewalk there.
I probably won't play enough to finish Hell for a month, but I suspect it will be about 6 months before I beat Inferno. I wouldn't be surprised, though, if it were closer to a year.
Once I'm actually level 60 and just stepping foot in Inferno, if it takes me longer than 2 weeks to finish it I'd be impressed.
Truth be told, I don't expect the entirety of Inferno to take more than a few days at most. Getting to Inferno might take a bit depending on how Blizzard has curved the leveling process, but even that I don't think will take more than a week (probably less) and something tells me the entirety of Inferno could be cleared in less time it took to level a character to 60.
Guess we'll find out soon enough though.
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Perhaps... it is time to die.
One of the things Blizzard learned from WOW is the value of having content to progress toward. They will keep the endgame content out of reach of most players for a few months.
After viewing comments on this topic over the last few months I have a feeling that we are all going to be proven very wrong, on purpose. Fans have been teasing blizzard for long enough asking whther inforno was going to be hard making it seem like you couldn't make a game that we couldn't beat. I get the feeling blizzard is make everyone eat their word by making act IV of inferno virtually unbeatable. Mark these words, only a very small percentage of us will beat inferno after a very long time (or spending a lot of money). You see all of speculation that it is going to be easy will only be looked at as an opportunity for blizzard to make the RMAH all the more appealing, having an impossible to beat end game will drive people crazy and force them to buy an upgrade to their gear.
Once I reach Inferno, I'd guess it'd take less than a day to beat Act I entirely. Then add a day of farming Act I to gear towards Act II.
Upon reaching Act II, allow another day to beat it, then another day to farm it.
Supposedly Act III is when things are supposed to get ridiculous, so I'd say a day and a half to beat it, another day to farm it.
Act IV, 2 days to beat it, then farm at your leisure.
So lets see, about 8 days or just over a week. I will however hope and pray it is MUCH harder than that and it takes me a couple months or more to complete.
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There are a lot of over confident ppl out here... i would be very surprised if anything under 2-3 months actually happens. And i believe those in that bracket will pay LOTS of real monies for their items to race to world firsts.
I think time spend is alot better way to measure things...
Pro players should take 80 hours or so to beat it. Good players will take around 120... Avarage will take 160~200. Bad players won't do it.
If it takes more time then that, i will be surprised. If it takes less time then that i will be disapointed.
I think i will beat it in 120~140 hours since i'm something between good and ok. It should take me 2 months or so.
I'll be honest and say prolly 3 months +, because I will play a few of the classes before I settle in on one I feel like grinding through on inferno with
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Oh man, seriously: whatever. Don't vote Sheldon, I'm fine with that.
That's why I asked how long for YOU
I just said I would try to do it in under 7 days - not that I would. =)
I think hours spent would give an more accurate picture of thing.
Personally with the time i have I'm thinking a month should do it and i actually hope for more. But ultimately I just don't know.
Hour-wise I'm thinking 70-100 hours spent for the pro gamers and much more for people less experienced.
Also savages, it is very possible to blow through D3 even with shit gear im sure. Could do it in D1 and D2, and from looks of it, monsters and champions give better drops so odds are you will have better gear compared to what you got from running game with Diablo 1-2.
Ferret:
Diablo is not about hard encounters, it is rather difficult to make the game hard aside from extremely poor planning and absolute and I mean absolute shit gear. Also they have the game on auto run so much already from lack of faith in the consumer they won't make it so little johnny couldn't beat the game. Has Diablo ever been hard to PvM? I am sure Inferno will be difficult at first, but just like Ubers and everything else, once a strategy has been figured out it is a cake walk.
I'll give it less than a month.
To be fair, I don't think it'll be as hard as they think it'll be. Developers usually overestimate difficulty and/or over-hype it. That being said, why would anyone rage-quit over not being able to beat Inferno? They've already been through the story a minimum of three times. Even if they do quit, does Blizzard really care? Blizzard will already have those folks' money and it isn't like D3 is a subscription game.
Well to be fair I think Blizzard definition of veteran are still "normal" people in terms of play hours (30hours in one week is hardcore but still "normal").
World top will be closer to 100-150 hours in one week (more for shared account) and have often no trouble exploiting mechanics or small glitches and therefore achieve this in 1 or 2 weeks.
I only think for very good players the barrier will be gear, and the only difficulty in that is time invested.
Anyways, i will play on HardCore, so it will probably be 2-3 months after release when i beat Inferno.
Blizzard is quite good at balancing combat to be a real challenge, they sound like they're confident that Inferno will be tough, and I really doubt anybody will have a cakewalk there.
I probably won't play enough to finish Hell for a month, but I suspect it will be about 6 months before I beat Inferno. I wouldn't be surprised, though, if it were closer to a year.
Truth be told, I don't expect the entirety of Inferno to take more than a few days at most. Getting to Inferno might take a bit depending on how Blizzard has curved the leveling process, but even that I don't think will take more than a week (probably less) and something tells me the entirety of Inferno could be cleared in less time it took to level a character to 60.
Guess we'll find out soon enough though.
Bringing torment and pain to others.
Your damned soul wallowing in your sin.
Perhaps...
it is time to die.
Once I reach Inferno, I'd guess it'd take less than a day to beat Act I entirely. Then add a day of farming Act I to gear towards Act II.
Upon reaching Act II, allow another day to beat it, then another day to farm it.
Supposedly Act III is when things are supposed to get ridiculous, so I'd say a day and a half to beat it, another day to farm it.
Act IV, 2 days to beat it, then farm at your leisure.
So lets see, about 8 days or just over a week. I will however hope and pray it is MUCH harder than that and it takes me a couple months or more to complete.
Bringing torment and pain to others.
Your damned soul wallowing in your sin.
Perhaps...
it is time to die.
Pro players should take 80 hours or so to beat it. Good players will take around 120... Avarage will take 160~200. Bad players won't do it.
If it takes more time then that, i will be surprised. If it takes less time then that i will be disapointed.
I think i will beat it in 120~140 hours since i'm something between good and ok. It should take me 2 months or so.