Diablo as an MMO

quopop — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:31:53 GMT

imo, you can't pull as much of the world content type deals out of diablo 3.
Might not necessarily work. I'm content with the way things are going now

Diablo as an MMO

Linera — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:31:52 GMT

I too would totally love to see a Diablo mmo

Diablo as an MMO

deathforu — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:31:51 GMT

oh hell yea i would love to see diablo as a mmo. immagine going into a mad cow level, mooooo

Diablo as an MMO

Oizumi03 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:31:50 GMT

This would be awesome, but with so many people sticking to WoW and AoC, I doubt that this would prosper very well, and they would need to either drop WoW or Diablo MMO. If they don't then they would eventually end up like Nexon (if you play Maple Story you know what I mean) and have advertisements for their items EVERYWHERE in there game Wal-Mart signs saying buy StarCraft here! or something along those lines. And eventually they would end up becoming one giant advertisement and players would lose intrest (like I did with MS) and find a better output.

So it's theoretically possible, but I'm hoping they decide against it.

Diablo as an MMO

JubairSaidi — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:31:49 GMT

I think that with Diablo III they will seek to expand on the story line and open it up for more of an MMO content worthy game line. the idea of having Diablo MMO would be met with great response and a lot of people would play it. but i think that Blizzard will have to understand and be willing to take the risk of losing a lot of WoW players to Diablo MMO... and for this reason I feel like it will be some time before Blizzard releases another MMO... they have to still milk WoW some more, and then Starcraft, and Diablo...

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Toggl3 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:31:48 GMT

Blizzard games are just going to have to follow a particular pattern:
Game I
Game II
Game III
World of Gamecraft

So for Diablo, we're just one step away from World of Diablocraft
Sadly by this line of thinking, we still need to see Starcraft III before we get World of Starcraft ='(

Diablo as an MMO

malcolmluck — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:31:47 GMT

I had thought of this as well. When I'd heard that Blizzard was working on a new MMO, my first thought was "Diablo?" Traditionally fantasy type MMO's are more popular then futuristic/sci-fi ones (from people I've spoken with anyhow, and there are exceptions to the rule). I do love playing WoW, but Diablo would make a much darker, adult oriented MMO

Diablo as an MMO

Lynix — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:31:46 GMT

This isn't a topic to argue about! I think better support in an "Only-Online-Game" would be nice.
But how much money do we have to spend this for? Will Blizzard be satisfied with the income from the bought game as itself? I think no and in this case I am for the classic Diablo-Style with battle.net and Single Player! In my opinion one monthly-cost game reachs the limit for me! If Blizzard just expand from Warcraft to Diablo it reaches my Limit and I simply jump off from Blizzard games!

Diablo as an MMO

Dannytsuddenstrike — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:31:45 GMT

well actualy with warcraft it went

Game i
Game ii
Game iii (sorry i love roman numerals)
then world of Game.
the games werent called war i but warcraft i

Diablo as an MMO

MForys — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:31:44 GMT

Well, as great as it sounds (MMO) the best part of battle.net is that it's FREE .. once you buy the game you're set. I am a current and long-time WoW player and still, every month, no matter how much fun I've had playing WoW, I still as myself "is it worth it?" ... to be honest, if it wasn't for the fact that I cannot back up my WoW character to save for later, I would quit it for a while. But after putting ALL that time and effort into several characters, losing it because I don't pay for a month is a gut-wrenching thought. Sometime I wish I never would have made the commitment in the first place .. and believe me, I've had THIS discussion many many times with hundreds of others who feel the same way. .. but I digress .. I would still love to see it as an MMO .
An Idea: If Blizzard decides to take another game (DIII) the MMO route, then why not ALL their games ... heck, turn battle.net into an all MMO portal with 1 fee allowing access to any.all games ... kinda like what STEAM offer with their Counter Strike / Half Life online setup. It would probably piss off all the free-playin' current Battle.net people, but it would sure be nice to have a variety of games to play after forking over $13+ every month. ...just an idea.

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dimarom — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:31:43 GMT

In my opinion blizzard are not that stupid to create competition for themselves.
Now they have the perfect lineup : PERFECT MMO- WoW
PERFECT RTS - Starcraft II
PERFECT RPG - DIABLO III
they dominate in any area of gaming and not creating competition for themselves like this
its really good plan and good way of thinking.
MMO kinda make all of the things sloppy though I love warcraft and I love WoW I don't want to see diablo MMO because it will ruin all the special feeling that diablo ever had- face the evil alone- one hero vs all the evil in world like huge burden and so on blah blah blah

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Oizumi03 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:31:42 GMT

Actually, you may not have heard this yet, but they're beginning to open Beta testing for StarCraft MMO

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myke66 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:31:41 GMT

If they kept Diablo the way it is, and just made it more of a persistant server, rather than games, maybe throw in an AH or some other MMO friendly features, but kept it free on bnet, i could see that working great.

if just offer a free version, or an upgraded with mmo perks sub.

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Kanelstrejf — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:31:40 GMT

I'm concerned about the RPG elements. Blizzard are like "totally dive in and kill stuff! not none o' that character creation." never played Diablo II. was that an RPG?

Diablo as an MMO

Yutaka — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:31:39 GMT

Oh, man... As one who has done so twice now, let me assure you that you can cancel your payment subscription and pick it up again after any amount of time has passed, and pick up right where you left off. Do yourself a favor and take a break NOW.

If you go into Account Subscription and click Cancel Account for your payment option, it'll beg you to stay, and ask you why you're leaving. (Don't worry, following these steps won't take you to the point where your subscription is actually cancelled) Under "General Reason", select "Payment/Account", and then under "Specific Reason", select "Too expensive", and you'll see the following text:

"We do understand your concern over the cost of the monthly subscription fee for World of Warcraft. If you do enjoy the game but find it to be more than you are willing to pay per month, we do offer special pricing plans that can decrease your payments. More information on how to take advantage of these plans can be found at http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/support/ or by contacting billing@blizzard.com If you find that these pricing plans are still more than you want to spend at this time, but want to come back at a later date, please note that Blizzard Entertainment will still keep your characters on file until you wish to return."