definitely the totality of the experience defined Diablo for me. The graphics at the time, incredible. The music, both in town and in the dungeons, atmospheric. The scope, personal and yet epic at the same time.
You've returned to Tristram after some time away, now a warrior of sorts only to find your favorite town in shambles compared to its former self. Only a handful of residents remain, some are dead, others fled. And all the while a mournfully creepy ballad is strummed and piped out on guitar and flute.
What was better than that?
But to put it into a single moment, I'm going to go with the first time I was PK'd, revived, PK'd again, then PK'd in town and then BSOD'd.
I would be willing to pay as much as $5 USD per month for constant content updates(like WOW) and reliable lag free server hosting(like wow).
If Blizzard is going to be paying out of their own pocket to host servers that players play on, then we should have to pay.
If the Players will be doing all the hosting by themselves, then we should not have to pay.
Its as simple as that. Player matching isnt a very big overhead to carry, which is why BNET has been free. and D2's closed realms didn't require that much horse power either. forgot about those. mostly integers and binary.
But, if BNET in D3 is different and blizzard is hosting 32-128 player shards then obviously it's costing them money and they should be reimbursed for that. To think that it should be free if that is indeed the case is as dumb as the "I should get L4D2 for free because you promised new content for L4D1" argument.
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You've returned to Tristram after some time away, now a warrior of sorts only to find your favorite town in shambles compared to its former self. Only a handful of residents remain, some are dead, others fled. And all the while a mournfully creepy ballad is strummed and piped out on guitar and flute.
What was better than that?
But to put it into a single moment, I'm going to go with the first time I was PK'd, revived, PK'd again, then PK'd in town and then BSOD'd.
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If Blizzard is going to be paying out of their own pocket to host servers that players play on, then we should have to pay.
If the Players will be doing all the hosting by themselves, then we should not have to pay.
Its as simple as that. Player matching isnt a very big overhead to carry, which is why BNET has been free. and D2's closed realms didn't require that much horse power either. forgot about those. mostly integers and binary.
But, if BNET in D3 is different and blizzard is hosting 32-128 player shards then obviously it's costing them money and they should be reimbursed for that. To think that it should be free if that is indeed the case is as dumb as the "I should get L4D2 for free because you promised new content for L4D1" argument.