All good demons go to... um... sequel? - Diablo 3 Announced

DeepT · 2012-02-01T09:12:24.000Z

I checked my BNet account, and now I know what Ill be doing when I get home tonight.

I am guessing a release date (announcement) can’t be far away. If the beta is moving into the stress-test part, then they can’t actually be that far from release. Historically, hasn’t it only been 6 to 8 weeks from when they start large stress tests to release?

Scotch_Lufkin · 2012-02-01T09:26:20.000Z

Yeah, I suspect we are getting close, myself. I believe it will be even less than 6-8 weeks with Diablo III, but that sounds right for Star Craft II if memory serves.

MikeJ · 2012-02-01T09:28:06.000Z

Well, if they let me in, they must have opened the flood gates. Of course, for the next couple of days I have no time to play. Screw that, who needs sleep?

Gedd · 2012-02-01T10:27:09.000Z

No invites yet for me or my wife… :(

Jab · 2012-02-01T10:53:12.000Z

Looks like I’m in, happy birthday to me.

rhinohelix · 2012-02-01T11:05:23.000Z

Wow, I haven’t logged into b.net since summer and on a lark, checked. Downloading the beta now.

stusser · 2012-02-01T11:19:53.000Z

I believe you just have to have an opted-in battle.net account with a commercial game registered. An inactive WoW account, warcraft3, or starcraft2 would all work.

Congrats to all the new beta-ers!

mouselock · 2012-02-01T11:22:35.000Z

stusser:

I believe you just have to have an opted-in battle.net account with a commercial game registered. An inactive WoW account, warcraft3, or starcraft2 would all work.

Congrats to all the new beta-ers!

And be lucky. Because apparently I’m not. Or Blizzard is punishing me for not being a loyal WoWizen for more than the nominal 6 years I paid them before I canceled last fall. :(

DKDArtagnan · 2012-02-01T11:24:53.000Z

Not in either :(

Kelan · 2012-02-01T11:27:49.000Z

I am hoping I checked that beta invite flag sometime over the months. I can’t wait to get home and check and the suspense is killing me!

And I just get told I need to stay over because we need to make some tuning adjustments on our boilers. Ugh!

stusser · 2012-02-01T11:35:36.000Z

It is truly excellent, but just be prepared-- the beta is short. Your first runthrough, doing everything, maybe 2-3 hours. After that you can get through it in an hour or so.

Scotch_Lufkin · 2012-02-01T11:39:20.000Z

stusser:

It is truly excellent, but just be prepared-- the beta is short. Your first runthrough, doing everything, maybe 2-3 hours. After that you can get through it in an hour or so.

For the best, I’d rather not be bored of the entire first Act or anything when I finally get the game. 2-3 hours for my first play through sounds pretty good, actually. I might run through it with all 5 characters and then remove it and call it good until release.

stusser · 2012-02-01T11:44:23.000Z

That’s pretty much what I did, except I log in each patch and mess around a bit to see the changes.

Hanacker · 2012-02-01T11:47:07.000Z

BleedTheFreak:

You aren’t supposed to have to have anything active (and I believe them when they say that, since I don’t myself have an active WoW account, though I do own SCII and have not played it in four months).

You just need to have the opt-in box for Diablo products checked (I have all three boxes checked for all three franchises currently). I believe you also have to run the hardware analyzer which should be located on that same page.

You need to have a product key for something tied to your account to be eligible for a beta. Despite playing WoW for half a year or so, I have nothing tied to my account and can’t figure out how to get it to show up.

rhinohelix · 2012-02-01T12:14:24.000Z

BleedTheFreak:

For the best, I’d rather not be bored of the entire first Act or anything when I finally get the game. 2-3 hours for my first play through sounds pretty good, actually. I might run through it with all 5 characters and then remove it and call it good until release.

I agree. I used to love being in betas; now I would rather not spoil the live, mostly-finished retail game experience. A quick look is great.

Shellfishguy · 2012-02-01T12:30:14.000Z

Blargh!, no invite here.

meeper · 2012-02-01T12:48:06.000Z

Nothing here, either.

DeepT · 2012-02-01T12:50:18.000Z

BleedTheFreak:

For the best, I’d rather not be bored of the entire first Act or anything when I finally get the game. 2-3 hours for my first play through sounds pretty good, actually. I might run through it with all 5 characters and then remove it and call it good until release.

I heard it was like the first 25% of the first act. In D2 terms, getting to blood raven or maybe a little farther. This doesn’t seem much of a spoiler to me.

stusser · 2012-02-01T13:04:39.000Z

Don’t worry about being spoiled. Like I said, it’s 3-4 hours of gameplay if you do everything. After that, you get through it in an hour. It’ll take you up to around level 9.

Scotch_Lufkin · 2012-02-01T13:11:32.000Z

stusser:

Don’t worry about being spoiled. Like I said, it’s 3-4 hours of gameplay if you do everything. After that, you get through it in an hour. It’ll take you up to around level 9.

Getting spoiled isn’t really a concern, but playing the opening 9 levels of a character too many times might be. However, if any game makes it okay to play the crap out of the first few hours a bunch of times and still want to come back for more, it would be something like Diablo III, which is the only reason I’d jump into the beta and tool around in it prior to launch.

And of course, report any bugs or issues I come accross. :)