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I wonder if they are using the same backend servers as old client or if that got a rewrite as well and players will be in separate environments. I played a cou

by cwkoss 6y ago

I wonder if they are using the same backend servers as old client or if that got a rewrite as well and players will be in separate environments. I played a couple months of evenings of D2 during the pandemic: the online experience was quite a mess. Got temp bans several times for switching characters soon after login. Rampant botting to the point that people made bot services that would give you waypoints upon request as they spam their d2itemz4sale.biz or whatever URL. Seems like there is no moderation budget so they just have a bunch of blunt automated rules. Lots of quality of life issues remain in the game, like potion management after death, managing projectile consumables in the inventory, friend system is a bolt on through the chat system. I wonder if they made any changes to address un-fun parts of the game or if this is functionally identical. Still had quite a bit of fun. Was able to tank Uber Diablo with a Zeal paladin to drop annihilus.

Lammy 6y ago
> I wonder if they are using the same backend servers as old client To me it seems like the entire point of these remakes has been to kill off the classic Battle.net and get everyone on to the new Blizzard Launcher. The WarcraftⅢ remake made this especially apparent due to how much was promised but then cut before release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sURZZkQxru8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sURZZkQxru8
phone8675309 6y ago
The original Diablo 2 could be played offline or with friends without using Battle.net, so those can be worked around. I'm guessing with the "cross progression" system (whatever that means) that games will have to be on Blizzard's servers at all times to allow syncing and avoid cheating, hacks, and piracy.
rubyskills 6y ago
I remember towards the end of my time playing d2, bots were everywhere. At some point, I will admit I started to do it too. I actually really enjoyed the scripting behind it (in Lua) and the technical challenges behind it. Funny, it looks like d2jsp is still a thing.
- kevans91 6y ago
  Oh man, this brings me back to writing Redvex plugins long ago... looks like it's gone far, far away.
rvba 6y ago
Temp bans are there to stop bots. But only legit players suffer, bots just wait a few seconds.

by cwkoss 6y ago

Lammy 6y ago

> I wonder if they are using the same backend servers as old client To me it seems like the entire point of these remakes has been to kill off the classic Battle.net and get everyone on to the new Blizzard Launcher. The WarcraftⅢ remake made this especially apparent due to how much was promised but then cut before release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sURZZkQxru8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sURZZkQxru8

phone8675309 6y ago

The original Diablo 2 could be played offline or with friends without using Battle.net, so those can be worked around. I'm guessing with the "cross progression" system (whatever that means) that games will have to be on Blizzard's servers at all times to allow syncing and avoid cheating, hacks, and piracy.

rubyskills 6y ago

I remember towards the end of my time playing d2, bots were everywhere. At some point, I will admit I started to do it too. I actually really enjoyed the scripting behind it (in Lua) and the technical challenges behind it. Funny, it looks like d2jsp is still a thing.

kevans91 6y ago
Oh man, this brings me back to writing Redvex plugins long ago... looks like it's gone far, far away.

rvba 6y ago

Temp bans are there to stop bots. But only legit players suffer, bots just wait a few seconds.