hicksy
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Post by hicksy on Mar 28, 2023 6:31:20 GMT
Frustrated that this is always online by design again. I don’t get why if a substantial set of players intentions is only to play in single player why would you not allow offline play to avoid the performance blips created by online play. Oh wait I know why, so you can force feed additional paid for enhancement items to your full customer base even though they paid for your game. Stops me getting this until at least 6 month after release until the first major wave of players burn out, servers become very stable and bugs are patched out… shame…
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Post by dfunked on Mar 28, 2023 6:53:16 GMT
I'd say 6 months is pushing it. Give it a week for the load to even out and it should be fine (famous last words)
Agreed that it's a bit rubbish that they don't do a proper offline mode, as it'd be perfect commute fodder on the steam deck.
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crashV👀d👀
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Mar 28, 2023 9:02:59 GMT
Because we all know a load of cunts with hacked gear will ruin it asap. We can't have nice things.
Always online only hurt it at the beginning but once the parity of players and server availability evened out it was never an issue.
They could potentially add in offline for nonseasonal (but come up with a gear sync fro cross platform) and force seasonal to be online only seeing as once that's release that's all people play anyways.
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crashV👀d👀
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Apr 1, 2023 17:06:34 GMT
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Apr 4, 2023 20:55:41 GMT
The open beta didn't have the full map and you can see from the shot below how more there is to go at..
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Apr 20, 2023 21:44:46 GMT
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MolarAm🔵
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Apr 20, 2023 22:04:33 GMT
I think I'll wait until I can play something for more than a couple of days.
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Post by dfunked on Apr 21, 2023 7:11:54 GMT
Aye, plus you'll probably lose any progress. Just not worth it at this point, I'll just wait a month and a half.
/edit It doesn't even carry over your characters from the previous betas, so double nope for me.
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crashV👀d👀
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on Apr 29, 2023 22:18:14 GMT
Alright PC users here is the shit you need to know
Here are the Minimum Spec Requirements: 1080p native resolution/720p render resolution, low graphics settings, and 30fps.
OS: 64-bit Windows 10 version 1909 or newer Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD FX-8350 Memory: 8GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 280 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: SSD with 90GB available space Internet: Broadband Connection
Medium Spec Requirements: 1080p resolution, medium graphics settings, and 60fps.
OS: 64-bit Windows 10 version 1909 or newer Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K or AMD Ryzen 1300X Memory: 16GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 470 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: SSD with 90GB available space Internet: Broadband Connection
High Spec Requirements: 1080p resolution, high graphics settings, and 60fps.
OS: 64-bit Windows 10 version 1909 or newer Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 2700X Memory: 16GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT DirectX: Version 12 Storage: SSD with 90GB available space Internet: Broadband Connection
Ultra 4K Spec Requirements: 4K resolution, ultra graphics settings, and 60fps.
OS: 64-bit Windows 10 version 1909 or newer Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Memory: 32GB RAM (WOOOOO!) Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series for fully supported DLSS3 or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT DirectX: Version 12 Storage: SSD with 90GB available space Internet: Broadband Connection
Blizzard added Diablo 4 will attempt to run on hardware below minimum specifications, including HDDs, dual-core CPUs and Integrated GPUs. "However, the game experience may be significantly diminished."
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Post by dfunked on Apr 30, 2023 7:05:32 GMT
Yeah, 32GB is fast becoming the new normal. Sounded like people struggled with 16GB even on lower settings in the beta. That's been a safe minimum to recommend for ages, but not any more. Although I'm still hoping they've done a lot of optimisation since the betas, especially with the VRAM usage.
64GB, baby!
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Post by Vandelay on Apr 30, 2023 9:58:09 GMT
Wonder what texture quality that high pre-set uses. If it is high quality and they are saying a 2060 then they must have lowered the VRAM usage. I bet it will only be medium textures though, with the high textures reserved for ultra settings and 12GB and above.
With my 2080 Super, I would probably be set for ultra settings at 1440p, if it weren't for only 8GB VRAM.
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Post by gray on Apr 30, 2023 10:10:19 GMT
Shame no MacOS version. World of Warcraft ran 3x faster on my M1 compared to my Ryzen7/3080 PC, so I had high hopes for this.
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Post by gamecat on May 12, 2023 19:36:52 GMT
Server Slam thing on for next couple days as of now.
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Post by Warrender on May 13, 2023 9:38:46 GMT
Canceled my Xbox pre-order.
Because I finally got a new gaming PC to replace my ancient system. I figured since the PC version will have controller support this time, there's no reason not to play it on PC.
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Post by dfunked on May 13, 2023 12:58:23 GMT
Sounds like they properly fucked up the necro with nerfs to minions since the last beta. They just die instantly to trash mobs, so you're constantly spamming skills and rarely have a full party now.
That's the really shit thing about live service games for me. If enough people complain about a certain class being powerful (in a PvE game FFS!), they always reach for the nerf button instead of buffing weaker classes.
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Post by Phattso on May 13, 2023 15:01:50 GMT
It could also be a bait and switch. Big nerf now to appease the whiners, then move it back the other way on launch to get necro fans back onside.
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crashV👀d👀
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Post by crashV👀d👀 on May 14, 2023 13:22:45 GMT
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Post by malek86 on May 14, 2023 13:38:05 GMT
Gave the new beta a quick go on the laptop. I think they must have optimized it a bit, because it runs better than the old one, there's less UI loading delays, and I can even enable medium textures now - which apparently required 8GB of VRAM before, who knows what for, since they looked and still look like shit.
Barbarian is still underpowered tho.
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Post by rajin on May 17, 2023 23:35:28 GMT
Am I right that this full crossplay? Intend to play on PS5 with my brother on PC.
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Post by SpiralScratch on May 18, 2023 5:52:45 GMT
Am I right that this full crossplay? Intend to play on PS5 with my brother on PC. I wanted to know that too, yes looks like it will have full crossplay at launch. Expecting you'll be able to invite from a battle.net friends list in game I gather that the in-game voice chat should also work cross platform though i expect that may be a bit basic and Discord's a better option if you need it,
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Post by Binky on May 18, 2023 8:12:57 GMT
Tried the Slam on Xbox S/X and it ran nicely but my OLED telly didn't like it one bit. It very quickly started dimming the whole screen on a boss fight which was very distracting. I really should get around to disabling that in the service menu.
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Post by uiruki on May 18, 2023 8:16:02 GMT
If I remember right the “base” brightness is quite high, something like 250 nits. If you go into the HDR settings and reduce that then you’ll have the same HDR effect but without having to reduce ABL and turning your TV into a space heater.
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Post by Binky on May 18, 2023 8:36:26 GMT
Nice, thanks.
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Post by Warrender on May 18, 2023 10:33:58 GMT
Am I right that this full crossplay? Intend to play on PS5 with my brother on PC. Yes, it does have full crossplay. I teamed up with a PC player on my Xbox Series X and it worked flawlessly.
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Post by gamecat on May 30, 2023 10:33:35 GMT
A week to go and still not sure what format to get this on. Did anyone play the console betas much? I think the problem I have with Diablo on console previously is the massive faff inventory management is, if that's OK in D4 I might go for it on the xbox instead of my aging PC. Also, to pre-order sell your soul for that extra day?
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Post by Derblington on May 30, 2023 10:35:20 GMT
4 days.
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Post by gamecat on May 30, 2023 10:50:24 GMT
oh 4 days early access? damn, I was trying not to pre-order stuff anymore
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 30, 2023 10:52:11 GMT
Lord. Paying extra to play a game just a bit earlier than everyone else...how did this gouging practice become a thing?!
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Post by dfunked on May 30, 2023 11:01:51 GMT
I'm part of the problem! You also get the first season, which I would've inevitably bought. Seemed like a no-brainer at the time so that I got to play it over the weekend, but in hindsight I could've waited and just played some Zelda.
Reviews drop at 5 today btw.
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Post by Jambowayoh on May 30, 2023 11:05:35 GMT
PART. OF. THE. PROBLEM!
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