Kjalar, if the character was tossed out immediately upon connection loss (which is elementary programming, as you yourself say), players would simply unplug whenever they get in a hairy situation. You can already see the speed-of-light Alt-F4'ing people do in other ARPGs like Path of Exile. This is what BLizzard wants to avoid, because they feel it cheapens the entire premise of playing a "single-life" character (and I agree with this).
It's a game design decision, not a software oversight. They've been doing this for a couple decades, you know
Of course I agree that it sucks to lose a character due to lag. I lost my main to a DC on launch night!
But that is the risk I accepted when creating a hardcore character. If shit happens, it's gone. The type of shit is irrelevant. That's the thrill of it. And to be fair, Blizz still has the best servers I've seen in online gaming, which is why D3 is the only always-online game I create hardcore characters in.
It DOES fall on you. That's the entire point of playing a hardcore character! Accept the loss and move on, like the rest of us do. And be glad that Blizzard have the most stable servers I've seen in online gaming, so usually when internet causes a hc death, it is the local connection, and not the server. Obviously not the case today, which is why I don't play on my hc toon
A LOT of hc characters die every day. Some because of local connection issues, some because of player foolhardiness, and occasionally Blizzard's servers have a bad day. That is the risk you (are supposed to) accept!
And if you want a perfect game, you might as well unplug your computer now and start doing crosswords.
I don't think it is weighted to appear less often, it's more that it has a lot of competition.
For sake of argument, let's say an item can only roll Dex(1-10), Vit(1-10), Socket and Crit Chance (2-5), and it already has Dex and Crit Chance.
That means your socket is competing against ten other possibilities. And I have seen at least once that the stupid reroll gave me two identical options.
I honestly think the item tooltip should tell us the amount of resources sunk into it. Just to remind us. And to make clicking chat links more rewarding
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It's a game design decision, not a software oversight. They've been doing this for a couple decades, you know
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But that is the risk I accepted when creating a hardcore character. If shit happens, it's gone. The type of shit is irrelevant. That's the thrill of it. And to be fair, Blizz still has the best servers I've seen in online gaming, which is why D3 is the only always-online game I create hardcore characters in.
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And if you want a perfect game, you might as well unplug your computer now and start doing crosswords.
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Personally, I stick to softcore on days where the servers are acting up, rare as they are.
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For sake of argument, let's say an item can only roll Dex(1-10), Vit(1-10), Socket and Crit Chance (2-5), and it already has Dex and Crit Chance.
That means your socket is competing against ten other possibilities. And I have seen at least once that the stupid reroll gave me two identical options.
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