User blog comment:Ausir/Diablo III requires constant Internet connection/@comment-76.25.249.57-20110809043023

Having played Diablo 2 since my childhood, I can honestly say that if the game is worth the wait, it will also be worth getting online every playing session. But this point of view comes from someone who is blessed with the spare time to get online every day anyways to check mundane crap like FB, Utube, and other pointless online sites (Not to mention hungrily peaking here every few days for information). As long as the ability to get online is ALL that is required, D3 still seems like a dream worth holding onto. Having come from a rather nasty chain of purchases for WoW and its billion expansions, I was irate and insulted that I still had to buy time cards after all that! turning an already expensive bundle purchase into nothing more than the most costly rental plan Ive ever seen! In my opinion games are supposed to be easy to play, one time purchases. The option to buy fake items with real money, or sell them for real money doesn't seem like such a crime since I wont be participating in that aspect to begin with, but the online requirement is getting dangerously borderline. If Blizz attempts anything so cruel as to employ some money draining plan just to play single player, THEN the line shall be permanently crossed. The online auctions are something to be expected after the events of past games, but the mandatory internet is taking things far for those of us who have already had to do stretch our hopes for a sequel worth waiting years for. After playing many blizzard games over the years, I can honestly say that some of the most attractive features that good old D2 are its account free/offline setup, no BS easy to put in and play interface, and the plain and simple fact that once its bought, that is all you ever need to invest into it. If they can manage to keep these features of the new game, It will automatically be worth the price in my book.