Since Diablo3 is "always online" I'd like to know more about which connection requirements will be needed to play the game smoothly.
I don't like much the idea of spending money on a game without knowing if it will run fine, where fine "means" little to no lagging.
If it was playable offline I would check hardware requirements but since it is online I have to check if my connection is good enough.
I can buy new hardware, I cannot reconstruct Italy's data infrastructure.
It would cost a bit too much.
So, what factors are there to consider? Download speed? Upload speed? Delay? others?
If anyboby is willing to ask Bashiok I'd like to know his answer.
Since Diablo3 is "always online" I'd like to know more about which connection requirements will be needed to play the game smoothly.
I don't like much the idea of spending money on a game without knowing if it will run fine, where fine "means" little to no lagging.
If it was playable offline I would check hardware requirements but since it is online I have to check if my connection is good enough.
I can buy new hardware, I cannot reconstruct Italy's data infrastructure.
It would cost a bit too much.
So, what factors are there to consider? Download speed? Upload speed? Delay? others?
If anyboby is willing to ask Bashiok I'd like to know his answer.
Your thoughts?
I have played many mmo games with a very minimal broadband and even dial-up in some ceases with no problem. so i think as long as you have a constant connection you will be fine. pure speculation though.
This might be difficult for me, internet here stops working time to time. And yeah, you guys probably think I should change internetcompany. But I dont have the money for that and I live on a very stupid location. Thinking of moving and chaning stuff for one game isnt my style. But I will play whenever it works until I get frustrated - IF i get frustrated.
I think I like the reason for this. They said that the game client isn't complete, so it needs the server to do some little things even in single-player. This way it makes it MUCH more difficult for hackers to break into the game, since they have no access to some of the game. They can also implement a series of authenticated IDs to guarantee the legitness of items.
And I really don't think it will take much broadband, since Blizzard is aiming at low-developed countries as well since SC2.
This might be difficult for me, internet here stops working time to time. And yeah, you guys probably think I should change internetcompany. But I dont have the money for that and I live on a very stupid location. Thinking of moving and chaning stuff for one game isnt my style. But I will play whenever it works until I get frustrated - IF i get frustrated.
Same here.
I've had 453 disconnects this month alone. Sure, I'd change internet providers in a heartbeat, if I could. Except South Africa only has ONE provider: TELKOM.
If you have a problem with your line, their answer is "The infrastructure in your area can't deal with those high speeds, so we'll solve the problem by slowing you down".
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Low ping and low jitter. As stated, bandwidth has little/nothing to do with it. Anything under 100msec ping should be fine. Typically it's jitter that causes noticeable "lag". That's usually an issue with your ISP. There are ways to measure your connection's jitter, a google search would serve you any number of free tools.
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Low ping and low jitter. As stated, bandwidth has little/nothing to do with it. Anything under 100msec ping should be fine. Typically it's jitter that causes noticeable "lag". That's usually an issue with your ISP. There are ways to measure your connection's jitter, a google search would serve you any number of free tools.
That's my point exactly: Online Only is NOT an option.
Even on a 4Mb/s line, the ping I get between myself and Europe is in the region of 500-600ms. It worse between South Africa and USA, with as much as 1100-1800ms ping.
No way that is good enough for online play...
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Low ping and low jitter. As stated, bandwidth has little/nothing to do with it. Anything under 100msec ping should be fine. Typically it's jitter that causes noticeable "lag". That's usually an issue with your ISP. There are ways to measure your connection's jitter, a google search would serve you any number of free tools.
That's my point exactly: Online Only is NOT an option.
Even on a 4Mb/s line, the ping I get between myself and Europe is in the region of 500-600ms. It worse between South Africa and USA, with as much as 1100-1800ms ping.
No way that is good enough for online play...
I feel your pain there. Definitely your multiplayer/co-op experience is going to suffer. The good news is, in a single-player scenario, you don't need to constantly ping the server. The game client still runs on your machine, so what will happen is, you'll log on and authenticate with the nearest server. Then, you just play. Latency won't affect a single-player situation during play-time, because you don't have to communicate your X-Y coordinates or actions to other players. You will dump data to their servers occasionally to update your character status during playtime, but any latency inherent to that process should have no impact on the actual gameplay.
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Don't know if it has been said, but if you can play a game like WoW you shouldn't have a problem with Diablo. Really that would be a high benchmark since there will likely be less information to send and gather then WoW. My guess DSL and up.
Choose a test in California and post your results. http://speedtest.net/ http://pingtest.net/
As long as you have decent bandwidth and your connection is stable you should be fine. One thing you cannot account for is uptime.. and how often your internet cuts off.
They should look like this: If not you won't be able to play D3.
Its a monopoly in South Florida. I have no problems with them, just make sure you own your own router and modem. There aren't any faster providers in 200mi radius. You only option for faster is Comcast business class or a dedicated t1 line that you can't get in residential neighborhoods.
Its a monopoly in South Florida. I have no problems with them, just make sure you own your own router and modem. There aren't any faster providers in 200mi radius. You only option for faster is Comcast business class or a dedicated t1 line that you can't get in residential neighborhoods.
PS my last post was sarcasm.
Fiber isn't that hard to come by in metro areas these days, i'm suprised it's not like that in miami.
Didn't catch your sarcasm, but i'm glad to hear of it.
Choose a test in California and post your results. http://speedtest.net/ http://pingtest.net/
As long as you have decent bandwidth and your connection is stable you should be fine. One thing you cannot account for is uptime.. and how often your internet cuts off.
They should look like this: If not you won't be able to play D3.
There you go. My SpeedTest and PingTest between South Africa and Los Angeles. I must be having a good day to get a ping less than 500ms!
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I don't like much the idea of spending money on a game without knowing if it will run fine, where fine "means" little to no lagging.
If it was playable offline I would check hardware requirements but since it is online I have to check if my connection is good enough.
I can buy new hardware, I cannot reconstruct Italy's data infrastructure.
It would cost a bit too much.
So, what factors are there to consider? Download speed? Upload speed? Delay? others?
If anyboby is willing to ask Bashiok I'd like to know his answer.
Your thoughts?
I have played many mmo games with a very minimal broadband and even dial-up in some ceases with no problem. so i think as long as you have a constant connection you will be fine. pure speculation though.
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And I really don't think it will take much broadband, since Blizzard is aiming at low-developed countries as well since SC2.
Same here.
I've had 453 disconnects this month alone. Sure, I'd change internet providers in a heartbeat, if I could. Except South Africa only has ONE provider: TELKOM.
If you have a problem with your line, their answer is "The infrastructure in your area can't deal with those high speeds, so we'll solve the problem by slowing you down".
-Thomas Jefferson
That's my point exactly: Online Only is NOT an option.
Even on a 4Mb/s line, the ping I get between myself and Europe is in the region of 500-600ms. It worse between South Africa and USA, with as much as 1100-1800ms ping.
No way that is good enough for online play...
I feel your pain there. Definitely your multiplayer/co-op experience is going to suffer. The good news is, in a single-player scenario, you don't need to constantly ping the server. The game client still runs on your machine, so what will happen is, you'll log on and authenticate with the nearest server. Then, you just play. Latency won't affect a single-player situation during play-time, because you don't have to communicate your X-Y coordinates or actions to other players. You will dump data to their servers occasionally to update your character status during playtime, but any latency inherent to that process should have no impact on the actual gameplay.
-Thomas Jefferson
http://speedtest.net/
http://pingtest.net/
As long as you have decent bandwidth and your connection is stable you should be fine. One thing you cannot account for is uptime.. and how often your internet cuts off.
They should look like this: If not you won't be able to play D3.
...Comcast.
Ew.
Its a monopoly in South Florida. I have no problems with them, just make sure you own your own router and modem. There aren't any faster providers in 200mi radius. You only option for faster is Comcast business class or a dedicated t1 line that you can't get in residential neighborhoods.
PS my last post was sarcasm.
Fiber isn't that hard to come by in metro areas these days, i'm suprised it's not like that in miami.
Didn't catch your sarcasm, but i'm glad to hear of it.
There you go. My SpeedTest and PingTest between South Africa and Los Angeles. I must be having a good day to get a ping less than 500ms!