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

DKDArtagnan · 2012-05-14T08:13:53.000Z

Yai, just tried again and it’s working! ;)

feferrel · 2012-05-14T08:15:14.000Z

Vincent_GC:

I can get to the point where it actually starts installing, but then it tells me it cannot stream the data, then crashed

Yep, me too, I guess that’s what I get for being 8 minutes late to the party

DKDArtagnan · 2012-05-14T08:15:17.000Z

Ehm, except I get a streaming error trying to install from the DVD… ARGH!

Telefrog · 2012-05-14T08:16:07.000Z

Haha! That’s what you people get for not being at work instead!

sobs

Vincent_GC · 2012-05-14T08:17:43.000Z

No no, I’m glad I took the week off. Now I have the day to troubleshoot!

First step, re-download the damn thing

charmtrap · 2012-05-14T08:18:36.000Z

I must’ve gotten in before 3million people all installing at once brought Blizzard’s servers to their knees.

DKDArtagnan · 2012-05-14T08:20:24.000Z

It’s installing now… ;)

Joe_M · 2012-05-14T08:20:25.000Z

It seems to be working now, or I just got lucky. Who knows!

Vincent_GC · 2012-05-14T08:22:19.000Z

Mine’s working now too. I’m redownloading it in another folder just in case this screws up, but so far it’s working now.

Ninyu · 2012-05-14T08:23:13.000Z

If you get the streaming error, just keep trying to install. It works eventually.

mjgreeny75 · 2012-05-14T08:23:48.000Z

Well, enjoy people. I’ll be happily sleeping by midnight. Unless one of those spiders happens to be in my room, that is… Luckily they don’t grow that big in Holland, but I do remember a room in Townsville, with a Huntsman just as big, and at least as many little ones swarming around…

Needless to say, I slept outside that night. Probably right between a lot móre spiders then inside, I know, but at least I hadn’t seen them…

Dave_Markell · 2012-05-14T08:24:03.000Z

Yup, downloading myself. Just came here to let everyone know it’s doable, and whaddaya know, I’m nowhere near first.

DKDArtagnan · 2012-05-14T08:24:17.000Z

How big IS that spider?

charmtrap · 2012-05-14T08:26:49.000Z

I’m so glad this thread moved to the next page. That picture was top-drawer nightmare fuel.

Dave_Markell · 2012-05-14T08:28:33.000Z

BleedTheFreak:

That’s the level of hardcore I’d expect from a country where these guys are all over the place…

charmtrap:

I’m so glad this thread moved to the next page. That picture was top-drawer nightmare fuel.

You mean that picture?

Scotch_Lufkin · 2012-05-14T08:29:31.000Z

Rock8man:

I can’t wait to get through the game the first time and finally start the game as a hardcore character. That said, I’m glad Blizzard still forces you to play through as a softcore/Immortal character the first time through. Honestly, if they didn’t have that requirement, I wouldn’t have seen the end of Diablo 2’s story for months after the game’s release.

Another thing that the softcore/Immortal playthrough does is that it takes story out of the picture. The first time you play, you’re kind of fascinated with their awesome cinematics and voice work, and story, and want to see what happens next. Once that first playthrough is over, that whole side of the game gets thrown out. From then on it’s purely about the gameplay and surviving, and doing whatever it takes to not die. The skills you choose, the equipment choices you make, it all boils down to one thing: living. It’s pure like that, since story and everything else is already out of the picture by that point.

Blizzard actually relaxed that requirement, you only need to hit level 10 with any character to unlock the ability to create hardcore characters. I’m still playing it in regular mode myself and saving hardcore for months later when I want to try something new, I suspect.

DKDArtagnan:

How big IS that spider?

Big enough I can’t get out of my head just HOW to handle something like that. Some sort of chemical warfare from 50’ away is my guess. Or a shotgun. A shotgun that can fire rapidly without having to pump inbetween rounds.

DKDArtagnan · 2012-05-14T08:29:35.000Z

I didn’t see that one coming (referring to spidey pic) sigh

Love the installer music…

KevinC · 2012-05-14T08:30:52.000Z

Options are always good, I’m glad they made it so you could start hardcore at Level 10. When I got Diablo 2 I wished that I could do my first playthough as Hardcore, before seeing all the game/monsters/encounters. I don’t think I’ll utilize that option this time around just because Hardcore makes it difficult when you’re playing with friends.

charmtrap · 2012-05-14T08:34:08.000Z

Dave Markell:

You mean that picture?

I hope your computer blows up, right at midnight.

The music is really nice. It sounds exactly the same as the Diablo I music.

DKDArtagnan · 2012-05-14T08:34:11.000Z

BleedTheFreak:

Big enough I can’t get out of my head just HOW to handle something like that. Some sort of chemical warfare from 50’ away is my guess. Or a shotgun. A shotgun that can fire rapidly without having to pump inbetween rounds.

I was thinking about building a supersized vacuum-cleaner and then dumping it in the pacific ocean after the deed is done.