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#26 spacemunk

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Posted 2012-05-17 10:16:11

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#27 FarangFB

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Posted 2012-05-17 14:08:36

I'm playing now in the americas server. The ping is around 300-400 and I've died a few times on harder bosses because of it.

It's ok, I can still play, but no way to have a character on hardcore mode.

#28 Basch

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Posted 2012-05-17 15:23:07

View PostFarangFB, on 2012-05-17 14:08:36, said:

I'm playing now in the americas server. The ping is around 300-400 and I've died a few times on harder bosses because of it.

It's ok, I can still play, but no way to have a character on hardcore mode.

I didn't buy it yet but according to the blizzard forums the asian servers are in Korea or Taiwan(this seems to be not 100% sure though with various rumours).

Also, in-game you can manually choose in which region you wanna play so the best thing would be to try EUR, Asian or US servers separately, compare ping and then start for real.


Also check this

http://us.battle.net...global-play-faq



And here more info about the regional restrictions concerning the real money auction house:
http://sea.battle.ne...regional-access

Would be great to know what latencies you guys get and on which servers it works best.

24 hrs from now I'll probably play it myself anyway though haha, just currently not sure if I wanna use my EU battle.net account and therefore not be able to use the real money auction house in Asia or if I will create a new Asian battle.net account just because of the auction house thingie (which i dun really care about tbh).

I wish Blizzard would have global play like in SW:TOR without any restrictions...

Cheers to MunterHunter and PhuketMan, looks like y'all be playing it also huh? See u in SW:TOR.

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Edited by Basch, 2012-05-17 15:27:57.


#29 MunterHunter

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Posted 2012-05-18 07:26:31

Thanks for the links, i was wondering how to change regions... was having a blonde moment... done now.

Fortunatley i only had a lvl17 mage so i didnt lose much.

When i checked latency on the US server, i was getting around 200-250 which i thought was real good, let me check the Asia latency tonight when i get home and play :)

#30 Ian_B

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Posted 2012-05-18 10:29:10

Wayne,

Will be cancelling my Star Wars sub as I just do not play it much.

Will be getting Guild Wars 2 which has no monthly fees (but you can spend money if you want in-game but it is completley optional)

Diablo 3 is awesome and will problably be getting Torchlight 2 when that comes out.

#31 Basch

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Posted 2012-05-18 20:55:05

I have just bought it. Wow, that was a fast download. Less than 2 hrs for 7+GB in Bangkok is quite good :)

Can't login though, servers full / error 37 so I am beginning to understand the nerdrage.

Ah well, patience.

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Posted 2012-05-18 21:32:37

View PostBasch, on 2012-05-18 20:55:05, said:

I have just bought it. Wow, that was a fast download. Less than 2 hrs for 7+GB in Bangkok is quite good Posted Image

Can't login though, servers full / error 37 so I am beginning to understand the nerdrage.

Ah well, patience.

Basch

Updating myself :)

I couldn't login on Asian servers so far. But the US and EUR servers work. US gives me 350ms latency, EUR 450ms. Pretty lame.

I sure hope Asian servers will be better.

Cheers,

Basch

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Posted 2012-05-18 21:57:31

does anyone have a guest pass going spare for this?  im interested in playing this, but as i've never played any of the diablo games i'd like to try it before i commit to buying it..

i'm currently in the beta for firefall, so i would be happy to trade it for a firefall beta key, (whenever the developers send out the next wave of friend invites).

#34 MunterHunter

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Posted 2012-05-19 09:20:08

I tried the asian servers last night, after getting past the Error 37 (Servers too busy) i rolled my Witch Hunter and then got put in a queue for 20mins, i cant tell you the latency of those servers as i got bored and changed back to the US servers after their "x minutes wait" got to zero and i was still waiting to get in.

Was a bit laggy last night, saw pings going upto 900 occasionally and back down to 200-250. Had a few deaths because of the lag, so that was a bit disappointing. I still dont understand why they dont have an offline option - just make it totaly seperate so you cant port characters between online/offline and let players choose which side they want to go. <sigh>

Blizzard are notorious for troublesome releases, i saw the same with other online games they produced and also they are notorious for releaseing games late, so this is not unexpected :) Give it a week or two and things will settle down :)

I dont appear to have any guest keys on my battle.net account, but as soon as i get some i will post up and offer them out to anyone who is interested.

#35 spacemunk

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Posted 2012-05-20 08:55:41

dont play on asian servers

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Posted 2012-05-20 11:53:55

I've been playing since day 1.  It took me 90 mins before I was able to log in, but after that everything was smooth sailing for me.  I played a good 6 hours that day without any issues.  The next 2 days went quite smoothly as well, but then there was a maintenance, and after that I kept getting disconnected. I thought it was happening to everyone, but after some reading on the forums, I discovered that it was caused by one of the barb skills (whirlwind with heal rune).  So, all in all, it has been a good experience so far.  Do not listen to all those kids complaining in the forums.  The last online game I played was Runes of Magic, and although that was a true Mmorpg, this experience is far superior.  If anyone wants to join me, I am a lvl 54 barb on the American server.  Name is Swordstance.

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#37 MunterHunter

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Posted 2012-05-20 13:01:49

Well completed the game this morning (normal mode) with my mage, ended up at lvl31 when i was done. The last boss/fight of the game was a little tricky, but once i figured out my strategy it was actually very easy - the fight lasted about 10mins in the end, which is a real long fight for this game! I think my character died about a dozen times throughout the entire game/campaign... not bad for a mage/wizard. Unsure if i will run again on Nightmare mode or play another class... but time for a bit of SWTOR for the rest of the day :)

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Posted 2012-05-21 18:11:07

can anyone recommend which server would be the best option in the long run?

i have been playing on the euro servers, got one of each character up to level 10 or thereabouts.  then the euro server went down  yesterday so thought i would test out the other two.  i logged on again this evening, euro is hovering around 380-440, although im pretty sure it was lower than this before they crashed, maybe 300-320.

us servers give me around 260-320, for some reason asian servers never seem to drop below 400.   should i jump to the us server now or wait for them to sort out the euro ones?

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Posted 2012-05-22 00:01:24

I Have played a few different online rpgs and the ping has never really been ak issue.  Battlenet is quite reliable, and even though with US time zones, I find it easier to find people to play with.

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Posted 2012-05-25 11:11:26

View Postlazyj, on 2012-05-21 18:11:07, said:

can anyone recommend which server would be the best option in the long run?

i have been playing on the euro servers, got one of each character up to level 10 or thereabouts.  then the euro server went down  yesterday so thought i would test out the other two.  i logged on again this evening, euro is hovering around 380-440, although im pretty sure it was lower than this before they crashed, maybe 300-320.

us servers give me around 260-320, for some reason asian servers never seem to drop below 400.   should i jump to the us server now or wait for them to sort out the euro ones?

The Asian servers, no doubt for me. 150ms ping every day in the morning (until the Koreans are out of school and it goes up to 300ms but hey in the long run, 150ms is great and that will happen when the hype goes down a bit).

EUR is bad here for me, 500ms up. US pretty bad too, maybe 400ish. But yeah, the US are better than EUR servers but to have real Asian servers is awesome, finally Blizz did it. On WoW it's still a dream only. SW:TOR with Oz servers takes the crown though in terms of overall latency for me, never goes above 150ms no matter how many people play.

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Posted 2012-05-25 11:17:21

I completed the game to with a barbarian (how predictable). I liked the game and i went on with the barbarian on nightmare. Wow that makes it harder. Then after a while i started a demon hunter.. good thing was that the blacksmith and the jeweler are then trained already you don't have to upgrade those. That could save tons of money.

#42 spacemunk

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Posted 2012-05-25 12:49:46

moved onto Inferno with my 60 Monk

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Posted 2012-05-25 22:07:32

View Postspacemunk, on 2012-05-25 12:49:46, said:

moved onto Inferno with my 60 Monk

Wow you must have put a lot of time in it. I am now just playing the easy modus with different chars.. seems i still like the barbarian best.

#44 spacemunk

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Posted Yesterday, 21:07

total time played 81hours 30mins

#45 robblok

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Posted 47 minutes ago

Your definately more hardcore then me. I got too many other things to do like work and working out. Plus i get crazy if i really play to much. Happened when i played WOW. But some of my friends are level 60 already too. I did play last night a bit after my work and workout. I like it for when i have nothing else to do.

The graphics are great and im back with the barbarian going up the levels. The other chars just don't suit me.



 


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