[CVG] Diablo 3 user review average plumits to 3.6 on Metacritic - Page 6  

Originally Posted by Crazy9000 

What would getting rid of the auction house solve? There's hundreds of item sites, people will always be able to buy items.
Anyone who thinks the auction house is the reason there is no offline play doesn't seem to understand the online realms would be separate in that case, and the auction house would not be available for offline characters. SP chars can't join online games ever, thus no hacked items on marketplace.

Originally Posted by UnrulyCactus 

To all the people out there giving terrible reviews over server issues and always having an internet connection being necessary...... it's completely idiotic.
We have known that it was going to require always-on-internet access for a VERY long time now. This is not new information. I personally don't mind that being a requirement, because frankly, how freakin' hard is it to maintain an internet connection all the time? I honestly can't see the big deal. My rigs are always folding, seeding, downloading, etc. Those things require internet access and people manage to handle that quite easily.
When I see people have these nerd rages and FREAK OUT over launch day server issues or having the always-on-DRM it just makes me shake my head in shame. To think a game with an incredible amount of hype and launch day activity won't have some sort of server issues is just plain ignorant. The complexity of what they have to deal with is huge on a mind boggling level.
I feel this is just another result of our culture drifting further and further into a narcissistic selfish way of looking at things. Because of the anonymity of the internet, we complain horrendously, even though if we were to meet the developers in person, we would say "Oh, great job guys, thanks!" Because of our focus on nothing but our instant gratification we moan and complain like a toddler not getting the toy that they want at the store. It's honestly embarrassing. People have unrealistic expectations but feel so entitled that they freak out when things don't go exactly how they want.
To all those people: Grow up. Please. You're embarrassing me and yourselves. You have waited a DECADE for this game, but now because there are a few hiccups on launch and the game has the same exact requirements that you've been expecting for quite some time now, you complain and whine. It's like spitting in the face of all those man and women that worked their asses off for this game for years. Most of which have never contributed to making anything creative or technical yet can easily jump to criticize. Have some patience and stop embarrassing yourself.

Originally Posted by Riou 

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It's no biggie, we're streaming game data from their servers anyway

I don't mind. How would we be able to use the ("essential") micro transaction system if they didn't do it this way?

I dont even play single player anyway so it doesn't matter if they basically remove offline gameplay