No LAN Confirmed for Diablo 3 + Other News

Another article by diablo3.4Gamers.de has popped up today.

The interview is in German, but a Google Translation of it is available with a link below. The interview deals with the usual questions, but also adds additional information about Battle Net 2, the item drop system, the possible pay options and no more Lan option. (I personally think not having Lan is good as it's not really needed, but the option to have it would always be nice...)

Diablo Source: If there are two characters with different class and there are two objects, then automatically go to the player with the class, these items use?

Jay Wilson: No, everyone gets its objects.We have the opportunity to class to make sure if we generate objects, and sometimes we do too, but ehre as a quest reward or special bosses. The first time you kill a boss, we will probably look to the class and the player something, he can use, or him with a higher probability of something that he can use, but in most situations it is possible that a player gets objects, the other for the good, but both goods and get together receive more items.

Diablo Source: Can I see what the other gets?

Jay Wilson: no. Das ist auch beabsichtigt, denn das ist der Grund für Streit. It is also intended, because this is the reason for dispute.When players see what everyone else will, then irritated them that if they do not, then they are not even true. This goes back to a story from World of Warcraft.There is the possibility of other players to inspect and it is a message, so if I would inspect Register would you get a message with "Jay inspected you."As a result, many players wanted that this feature of the Inspizierens rausgenommen, because they liked it. Es fühlte sich einfach komisch an, diese Nachricht zu kriegen, das man von jemand anderem inspiziert wurde.It felt strange, to get this message, which is inspected by someone else. But instead of simply inspecting to remove remote just the message. Superficially, of course, sounds very negative, because someone receives an item that you need yourself, but it is an interested but only if you really can know.In most cases this is beneficial, because for most players is that, if their backpacks filled, not in the city return, because that would prefer to come forward if they play with other, but their items simply throw on the floor if they do not want more.But once they do that, once an object touches the ground, he vogelfrei and for all. Was also passiert ist, die anderen Mitspieler fangen an, sich um diesen Spieler zu tummeln, um zu sehen, was er fallen lässt, heben etwas auf und merken dabei, dass sie ja auch Gegenstände in ihrem Rucksack haben, die sich nicht brauchen, und lassen diese ebenfalls fallen, was dazu führt, dass wieder mehr zusammen gespielt wird, und darauf legen wir großen Wert. So what happened, the other players are beginning to lose to these players cavort to see what he can fall, pick something up and note the fact that they are also objects in their backpack, which do not need, and this can also fall, which means that once again we will play together, and that we attach great value. Wie bei jedem System gibt es auch hier negative Aspekte, aber wir sind der Meinung, das der Nutzen so groß ist, dass es die negativen Aspekte mit Leichtigkeit überwiegt. As with any system, there are negative aspects, but we are of the opinion that the benefit is so high that the negative aspects outweigh with ease.

Diablo Source: Will there be an open Battle.net mode and a mode Lan?

Jay Wilson: Currently we plan to allow players, even offline. What we have done, however, the menu a little change. We want to encourage players in Battle.net to play. In Diablo 2 was the first option single player, you click it, playing the game in normal difficulty, and thinks: "Hey, I would now prefer to play with my friends.", But could not, because if you look at the Battle . net connected, one could not take the character.We could not allow that, because we were the safety of characters not guarantee offline. There is still a separation between single player and Battle.net characters. We want all to know that it is better to play Battle.net. You can play with other players and if they want it they can close off their game alone games. If you decide it should, offline to play, then we will also be the player know that he is not in a position to be the character to play online. We currently have no intentions to LAN games, we focus fully on the Battle.net, where we not only have the ability to quickly contact with other players record, but also to Blizzard community and thus also to support , As in the community.

Diablo Source: Will there be new features in Battle.net? Since StarCraft 2 talking Blizzard of new features in Battle.net, but it will never detailed information announced.

Jay Wilson: This is a notice and the Battle.net is the guys from Battle.net deserve. I will not steal their glory. We're working on a new version of Battle.net, and there is a major revision in the areas such as Battle.net works.The goal is simply the best online experience that is nowhere else you can find in games. If you are in a Blizzard game, we want to happen, which is a part of the Blizzard community. We want that one finds his friends quickly and easily communicate with them and with them can play, and we focus on it, but I can not be specific, they are then Ballte.net guys with their big announcement.

Diablo Source: So no (monthly) fees for the Battle.net or the game?

Jay Wilson: I can not as far out of the window and refuse to say that there will be no charges. Our goal is box the product and also according to our financial model.The problem is that we are a multinational company, and the individual markets are very different.The Box Model works in Asia, for example, not at all.If we publish a financial model then we must simultaneously for each region and therefore it is difficult to say how the final financial model will look like.What I can say is that it is our goal, a game box model and not subscription based, but I can not say that we are no fees for whatever will have.It is not our goal and I do not think it is a primary financial model for us.

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