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So, Im through act 1, and still havent played coop. If

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So, I'm through act 1, and still haven't played coop. If anyone is ever interest in joining me, my tag is Tungsten#1411

I sit here at work dreaming about Diablo 3. This is the

I sit here at work dreaming about Diablo 3. This is the first time in a very long time that I have agonized over waiting for a game and it doesn't disappoint me. I simply can not wait to go home and play more.

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/16/2012 at 10:35pm

I totally agree as I sit here listening to the soundtrack as I work. Nerd++

Tungsten wrote on 05/17/2012 at 01:35am

By dreaming of Diablo... do you mean your life just pauses some times and when it starts moving again you are mortally wounded? And you talk to people and it takes them 20s to respond?

Sorry, just feeling a little bitter.

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/17/2012 at 01:58am

I think we all are.

Servers down again!

Tungsten wrote on 05/17/2012 at 10:09am

Don't get me wrong, when the game is playable, it's excellent. Hopefully all of these bugs will be gone soon and we can just play and forget this whole mess.

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/17/2012 at 02:09pm

I hope so too. Played last night and all was fine save I got booted when they rebooted the servers and was back in 30m later.

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As I type this I cant get into Diablo 3. I moved from a

As I type this I can't get into Diablo 3. I moved from a state where I was understanding of Blizzard to making the choice to make Diablo 3 a multiplayer game to thinking, maybe they bit off a bit more than they should have with Diablo 3. Perhaps its too much for them to handle because Ive spent more time thinking about outages than playing Diablo 3. Currently at 9.30PDT they are undergoing emergency maintenance:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5149005198#1

I hope they clean these issues up pretty soon. That said, when I was in game it was flawless and smooth. Its just the hours of downtime that is a problem. After all this clears up, expect more detailed posts... Read All

Tungsten wrote on 05/16/2012 at 09:57am

I was able to play for about an hour last night. It was fun, but here and there it was laggy (I think this was because I was still downloading some of the last patch). The most obnoxious point was when the game lagged out... and then I was dead. I can only imagine if it had been a hardcore character that I had worked on for a while, the fury that would be rising through my soul.

Other than that, I was happy.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/16/2012 at 04:54pm

Whats you character?

Ben_Dodson wrote on 05/16/2012 at 08:17pm

I was excited to have the Battle.net integration. Great way to see friends and get groups together. However, I got Diablo3 for its solo playability as well. With the many delays, set backs, beta work and so on this was probably one of the worst launches from Blizzard since The Burning Crusade hit WoW and it took about a week to play the game.

Yes I am pleased with the aspects of the game but making it dependent on Battle.net to play. I don't think so anymore. Let my computer check in with Battle.net. This is not and MMO or anything that NEEDS it.

Oh well. It won't change so lets play.

Tungsten wrote on 05/16/2012 at 09:48pm

I'm playing Monk right now. I'm up to level 5. It's been fun, but I'm really just opening up what the class can do. We'll see what happens when I unlock mantras and start playing cooperatively.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/16/2012 at 10:01pm

Ben: I agree, play indeed! If they sorted out the issues then I am fine. Worked great this morning.

Tungsten: Monk is great. Healing, auras and it kIcks ass? Really started to gel for me in beta around level 10.

Tungsten wrote on 05/17/2012 at 01:38am

I'm agreeing with your statement: they aimed too high. They wanted this game where they could not only control the copies of the game (DRM and so on), but they also want to control things like item drops and level layout. (just speculation) I'm not sure what it is that is supposed to be coming from the battle.net connection, but it is greatly lagging my game and completely driving me crazy.

Tungsten wrote on 05/17/2012 at 01:40am

How are the other classes different from the beta? The monks skills are all upside down right now, and I'm liking most of them (although they moved the dash up to the number keys from the RMB. It was my favorite skill in the beta and I want it easier to use)

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/17/2012 at 02:00am

From what I know about the Barb can't jump into other areas anymore. Barb used to be able to jump over distances or caverns as a skill, that is nerfed.

Beyond that I really dont' know, I am playing Witch Doctor and I didn't play it before in beta.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 03/10/2014 at 09:57pm

Ha! Error 37!

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Its 12.29am Tuesday May 15th and Battle.net is down for

Its 12.29am Tuesday May 15th and Battle.net is down for maintenance. Error 37, servers are busy abounds and people are mad complaining right now. One of my friends said his pal connected and tried retrieving the character list and it was so slow.

Apparently the amount of traffic is DDoSing the battle.net servers. But its a good kind of DDoS because they are all paying customers. Going to stay up a little longer to see how bad this get? This feels like people won't be playing for another few hours, but I have absolutely no idea how many people are trying to play? A few million? I guess that would cause some issues but doesn't Blizzard have 10 million WoW players?

Oh a tip... Read All

Here we are on the eve of the Diablo 3 launch. I am not

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Here we are on the eve of the Diablo 3 launch. I am not sure I have anticipated a launch quite as eagerly as this one. I kept hitting the refresh on my Amazon package track and was really excited it moved 30 miles. Yeah, its like that for me.

If all goes well I may head to 12p line at a Best Buy with a friend that wants to pick it up tonight. Ill take pictures and all that, hopefully there is a nerd rush and someone mistakes the event for a Pretty Petz 2 launch. "Wait, you mean this isn't Catz 4 Back in Mittens launch line? OH MAN!" Or maybe thats what I will say.... Hmmmm.

Anyways, as always here is a few Diablo 3 news bits for your consumption. Don't joy puke early,... Read All

Tungsten wrote on 05/15/2012 at 01:23am

I apparently have a corrupted MPQ... again... It seems to be a common problem though.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/15/2012 at 01:36am

Doh! Totally totally sucks.

Tungsten wrote on 05/15/2012 at 01:47am

I have an operating theory on how to get it to work...

I delete the corrupted file and it tries to re-download it. It inevitably tells me that it is corrupted again, but it gets further in the download. Maybe when it finishes the download...

We'll see. I'm also operating anti-virus free (don't worry, it'll be back on before anyone reads this) and I deleted a my Battle.net folder.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/15/2012 at 02:03am

Heres for hoping.

Tungsten wrote on 05/15/2012 at 02:33am

FIXED IT!!! Still can't slay any demons tonight or tomorrow, but here's hoping this weekend is filled with the blood of my enemies.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/15/2012 at 02:34am

For the Horde! Oh wait....

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Gather round children, for I will tell thee a story of

Gather round children, for I will tell thee a story of Angels and Demons of old. Past battles fought between good and ill that shaped the very fabric of our universe! Well, that or you could hit play on the video above this post.

"Long before the creation of Sanctuary, the Eternal Conflict between angels and demons raged on for untold millennia. Blizzard Entertainment teamed up with renowned director Peter Chung and acclaimed animation studio Titmouse to create this unique vision of a fundamental moment in the battle between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells."

A bit of other interesting Diablo 3 tid-bitery comes from a recent Joystiq article about just how many... Read All

Chowda wrote on 05/11/2012 at 03:42pm

Great video thanks for sharing.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/11/2012 at 03:57pm

Yeah, I thought it was awesome too! Apparently Angels can be goaded.

Tungsten wrote on 05/11/2012 at 10:02pm

Video was great. It was done by the same guys who do Metalocalypse. It would have been a step up though if they added a heavy metal soundtrack.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/11/2012 at 10:55pm

Haha yeah, especially when Imperius cleaves Diablo in half.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 05/14/2012 at 04:59am

Honestly, I'm not really interested in Diablo III, so I'm not sure why I clicked on this video...

But CRAP!, that was cool.

Tungsten wrote on 05/14/2012 at 11:58am

Diablo 3 launch day: I have to work until 8pm and be back at work at 6:30am. Great timing.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/14/2012 at 03:25pm

Apparently even with one day shipping amazon says D3 will arrive the 17th... I may never pre-order from Amazon again.

Live learn I guess.

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MWAAHAAHAAHAAHAA!!!!

MWAAHAAHAAHAAHAA!!!!

I have so much Diablo news I am going to break it out into a

I have so much Diablo news I am going to break it out into a few posts over a day or so. The above linked video is a 5 minute recap of the Diablo story till now. If you are interested in a 50 foot view of Sanctuary and the sordid history of Tristram and why you shouldn't build your city right next to the place you imprison one of the main prime evils, check it out!

Blizzard recently blogged a Diablo 3 launch day preparation guide:

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/5338015

They are missing some off my Diablo 3 prep list:

1. Come up with a good fake illness to call in to work with.
2. Stock up on dollar store 5 hour energy(the real ones are expensive yo!) for the 16 hour blitz... Read All

Chowda wrote on 05/09/2012 at 07:56pm

Level all the classes to 60? I'm going to need to forge a doctors note...

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/09/2012 at 08:37pm

:) I NEED TO LEVEL THEM ALL IN 48 HOURS!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/09/2012 at 08:37pm

I wonder if that's possible. Like how many hours to max level? Power leveling wasn't allowed in the beta so it's normal grind. Hmmmm.

Chowda wrote on 05/09/2012 at 09:49pm

I just hope it takes about as long to complete as Diablo 2 in a normal run-through. Without power leveling or giving uber gear it was a decent amount of time to finish, especially on 3 separate difficulties. I would be fine with it taking a little longer as well.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/09/2012 at 09:50pm

I agree, long games that don't drag are fun.

hardeyez wrote on 05/09/2012 at 11:59pm

don't forget perma-death hardcore... or did they remove that in d3?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/10/2012 at 01:30am

Hardcore characters are included :)

Chowda wrote on 05/11/2012 at 03:43pm

It's too bad you have to unlock hardcore. I'd rather play HC from the beginning.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/13/2012 at 03:51am

Wikipedia says you unlock hardcore after level 10. Hopefully that's how it goes!

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Well, Ive got to bitch for a second. The stupid

Well, I've got to bitch for a second. The stupid pre-downloader for this game is driving me nuts. I run it for like 5 minutes, and it just closes: no error, no exception, no sign that anything went wrong except that it just gone.

You can pick up where you left off, but I've been downloading it as much as I've been able to (I don't have the best bandwidth), and I'm just over 60% done. That is after over a week.

I've tried Admin mode, Safe mode, no anti-virus. I've got a ticket in with Blizzard, but... eh... not really sure what to expect there.

Okay. A little bit of seething and I feel better... okay that's not true: I'm pissed.

Blizzard! Diablo or GTFO!

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/05/2012 at 04:33pm

Have you had problems with this game or others too? What version of Windows? Vista? Frustrating either direction. Recently installed 7 and it works really well. Old hardware?

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 05/05/2012 at 08:56pm

windows 7, newer hardware, never had a problem before with anything, let alone a downloader. If it was the game itself, it would be a little easier to swallow... but the downloader? I've downloaded millions of things, but Blizzard has to make it complicated.

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/05/2012 at 08:57pm

Yeah, sounds like you are doing everything right then. Totally sucks, hope it all works by the 15th.

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 05/06/2012 at 03:33pm

Up to 4.78GB. Just 2.82GB to go before the 15th.

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/06/2012 at 07:43pm

Awesome, upgrade from your 28.8 soon! :)

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 05/06/2012 at 08:09pm

I'm still running through AOL Online. I've got to reinstall though... where's that floppy disk...

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/08/2012 at 12:56am

Hmmm sort of formatted over all mine.

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 05/08/2012 at 01:25am

Oh man, I used to use to use those for everything. I had cases full of AOL diskettes reappropriated to hold 1/40th of a rar file for some game that I *borrowed* from a friend.

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/08/2012 at 02:13am

Totally. As you were talking about AOL the first thing I was reminded of was the disks I formatted and put Wolf 3D and Doom on. I had more disks than HD back then and the best way to get them was AOL. Well certainly the cheapest.

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Here are a few Diablo 3 news bits I had to share. So stay a

Here are a few Diablo 3 news bits I had to share. So stay a while and read:

The above video is the new reveal for the Wizard class. It seems from this video she is an epic Nuke class. After playing the beta I didn't get a good sense for how the Wizard would fit into a party but after seeing her later in the game in this video it makes sense to me. Calling down meteors on demons seems very satisfying!

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/5203654

Bizzard has released more information about the in-game auction house. This is a feature that has been getting a lot of negative attention and I don't really understand it. Isn't it a good thing to allow you as a user to make money by... Read All