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Diablo III: No DRM, but Automatically Assigned Attributes

October 16, 2008 in News comments 11

Blizzard considers Battle.net better than any DRM since people will need the original copy to play the game in multiplayer. Also the report explains that attribute points will be assigned automatically, just like they are in WoW.

After so many years of painful anticipation, details about Diablo III start to pop up from everywhere and fans are delighted. However, not all news is good news (at least not for the more hardcore players).
Mcm2008 via unigamesity.com »
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  • 0
    Daigoji_Gai Oct 16, 08
    No DRM = good, auto leveling = bad. Why can't it be an option, allowing for the hardcore or casual gamer to select if they want to have skills automatically assigned, like in Ultimate Alliance, like in the Spider-Man Web of Shadows. I hope this report about auto attributes is the result of only having partial information... ridiculous if true.
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    tekmosis Oct 16, 08
    I actually agree with Blizzard. BNet is far superior to any DRM I've seen in any game. StarCraft and BNet...ah those were the days. It reminds me of MPlayer.

    If Blizzard put enough effort into it BNet could be an industry commonplace like Steam. At least, it had the potential back in the day, not sure about now, though.
    • 1
      Daigoji_Gai Oct 16, 08
      MPlayer, I still long for the days of Kali95 + Netmech 95 (MechWarrior 2 online component)... *sigh* Those were the days...
      • 1
        tekmosis Oct 16, 08
        YES! MechWarrior 2 and MPlayer although, I think I spent more time in their lounge playing poker than I did playing MW2.
        • 1
          Daigoji_Gai Oct 16, 08
          Oh my goodness! The poker lounge! LOL! You are taking me back today!
  • 0
    AznLiquid Oct 16, 08
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    If Blizzard put enough effort into it BNet could be an industry commonplace like Steam. At least, it had the potential back in the day, not sure about now, though.
    Do you mean like, turn Bnet into an online store type thing? I think it's fine the way it is.
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      tekmosis Oct 17, 08
      Not as a store but a service to manage online playing on dedicated servers for even non-Blizzard games.
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        AznLiquid Oct 17, 08
        I'd prefer it staying as a Blizzard-only thing. But if anyone stands a chance at trying to compete with Steam, it'd be Blizzard, if they wanted to.
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    Armed Rebel Oct 17, 08
    Automatically assigning attribute points is beyond *bleep*ing lame. I'm seriously.
    • 0
      Bale Fire* Oct 17, 08
      I'm with Armed Rebel, along with the skill choices the attributes are what made combat online so diverse.
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      Play ISDF Oct 17, 08
      Yep, it's bullshit. Some of the more exotic builds required control over attribute points, like the Enchantress. So much for those ones anymore.

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