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I wonder how long until an open source Diablo 3 private server is created, and this form of DRM is rendered near-useless.
by Jarred 15y ago
I wonder how long until an open source Diablo 3 private server is created, and this form of DRM is rendered near-useless.
- benologist 15y agoIt's much easier for them to shut down 1 server vs. 20m pirated copies that need no server.
- Jarred 15y agoWell just as with private servers for World of Warcraft, it's more than likely going to be several big private servers. edit: This would also enable for LAN parties to play without anything more than a few cross-over Ethernet cables.
- rawsyntax 15y agothey had private "realm" servers for diablo 2 too. I remember playing ones that ran mods
- anonymoushn 15y agoStarcraft II has thus far survived, and I have never seen a private WoW server in which all of the raid content works correctly (or indeed, even all of the raid content that's at least 2 years old). What's important to Blizzard isn't that nobody ever breaks the security, but that they can delay that for long enough that people in the parts of the world that mostly pirated Warcraft III buy the game before anyone has working private servers. The game itself will be made worse for everyone by this decision. Perhaps if it takes off as an esport we'll get to see BNet go down during tournaments like we have for SC2.
- gte910h 15y agoSC2 has an offline mode.
- anonymoushn 15y agoSC2 has an offline mode as long as you log in once every month and don't want to play any custom maps or play with anyone else. For an RTS, that is a lot like not having an offline mode.