I've actually been thinking about this for quite some time now. The whole idea of the chat system that will be in the game. I have a huge hunch that Blizzard is going to start following models like Steam, and along the same lines Microsoft is going with their Live program.
I have a feeling that Battlenet 2.0 is going to be all inclusive. I think that there's going to be one central login to battlnet that harbors your entire account. You can then link your characters from Blizzard games, and their subscriptions to your Bnet account. So for instance... if you played WoW and SC2, you could manage both from one central login account. Linking to a central profile with your stats and acheivements, rankings, and such from both games. Then when you buy Diablo 3, you just add that cd key to your account and now you can use your Bnet account to log into Diablo 3 and it will link all the characters you make to that.
Now as far as the social system goes. I have a feeling there is going to be a new overlay system that allows you to send and receive messages from buddies playing any blizzard games. So you could say... look at your buddy list while you're raiding, and see that your cousin is playing SC2 in some kind of tournament, and you send him a message you'll be done with your raid in like an hour, so he saves you a spot in the tourney. And then when you're done, you go load up SC2 and play. Meanwhile, you're doing the tourney and you get a message from your 2v2 partner that he's on and wants to play, so when you get knocked out of the tourney, you go back and play 2v2.
Something like that... I'm sure if they had a system similiar to this, there would of course be the ability to have chat channels and all that...
Barring all this, and I'm 100% wrong and Blizzard doesn't use a Steam-like model... I'm sure there will be the chat channels of old that clans, friends, and groups can make\moderate\use alike. I highly doubt they'd take away that element.
There's still a big problem with the new battle.net..
When i add a game and choose a language.. i can't change it.. for example: I choosed "English (US) for diablo 2.. but i want 'English (EU)".. so now i can't change it to EU.. i hope they will add an option to change it soon.. if not.. it's very strange.. i think i'm gonna mail them for that issue..
Just click the 'Communication Preferences' button.
One of the other very useful things about this is that you no longer have any need to keep your CD's. I've had mine going on 8 or so years and they're scratched to hell and back.
With this system you can just download the clients via the game manager. Pretty nifty in my opinion...
I'll wait on this until I get a chance to buy a new Diablo Battlechest.
I lost my LOD cd and all I have is the Case w/ the key but I don't think that really matters. *shrug*
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Watching 240 guys talk trash about cavaliers is like two retards having a slapfight over a sippy cup.
I'll wait on this until I get a chance to buy a new Diablo Battlechest.
I lost my LOD cd and all I have is the Case w/ the key but I don't think that really matters. *shrug*
Umm, once you register the cd key on battlenet you can just download the game.
Im just wondering what happens when I add a game to my account and then someone else trys to add it to their account..
it won't allow the second person to add it; it just tells you the key has already been claimed
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they'll never see me coming.. life is a sequence of tragedies, inconsistent only by fleeting, elusive moments of pleasure,
serving only to ensure absolute vulnerability to the pain of their inevitable absence.
With this system you can just download the clients via the game manager. Pretty nifty in my opinion...
Don't we both wish.. but it won't be anytime soon.
Not nearly soon at all. lol
I lost my LOD cd and all I have is the Case w/ the key but I don't think that really matters. *shrug*
Thanks.
Did someone delete a post between my two?
You don't really do this do you? lol
they'll never see me coming..
life is a sequence of tragedies, inconsistent only by fleeting, elusive moments of pleasure,
serving only to ensure absolute vulnerability to the pain of their inevitable absence.