Diablo 3 released on May 15th...

[Pikminister]

...wait, wasn't the whole fucking point of having it permanently online so people couldn't pull stunts like this?

Its the future... get used to it.

[Wrathborne]

http://kotaku.com/5912744/how-diablo-iiis-always+on-internet-requirement-makes-it-a-better-game

Here ya go Darkmoon..come..conform...just like...the rest of us.*zombie walks towards ye*

[Darkmoon]

As far as I can tell, that guy's basically saying, 'It's better to be online because then you only have one save slot.'

If this is the future of gaming, it'll mean me buying even fewer games new. Although someone told me I can't buy Diablo III second hand? That each copy gets registered to a battlenet account and cannot be used again or something? Still, nothing stopping me from waiting until it's dropped in price and buying it then...when the servers actually work.

[TheSelfishGene]

I was able to log in fine first try; about 2 hours after the servers went live. I didn't experience anything like what I read in the media.
Australians play on the US servers, so it's been a bit laggy for me - I've lost a couple of hardcore characters to lag already. Will start HC again when the servers are more settled, and bugs and imbalances have been patched

[Dracarys]