Diablo 3 emulation already well under way.

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Necuno

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Seems that as predicted, it's only a matter of time before we have a "lan patch" for d3. Current status of the Mooege project seems that one are able to walk around, might not be long before a more complete version appears on the internet.

look at your own peril

Wonder what Blizz is going to do to stop this seeing how they've dealt with private servers.
 
The only way I see myself buying Diablo 3 is once one of these cracked versions release. I don't pirate any more, but I think it's justified if I already own an original copy.
 
Out of pure developer boredom I'm going to play around with the "d3 c# sandbox". Not too sure I'm yet in the mood for the required setup, lazyness has struck seeing what needs to be done. I want my one-click-setup :p

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lol latency 0ms. I can't see why people bemoaned over the colouring of the game it looks quite well enough to me.
 
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I haven't seen any feedback from the d3 beta players lately though.. how is the lag on bnet anyways?

Don't see the big deal with LAN mode these days, even at LANs there's always internet :P people gotta facebook n stuff!
 
The emulator started the week the beta started already, I kind of thought the posts about it would've hit here much earlier. It'll be interesting to see how well it works, if you can have a set of offline characters, or if you can only play with online characters and just not save progress.. Definitely something to keep an eye on, although, with all that said, I'll be rocking it online :D
 
Clearly the emulation is no match for the real deal, but no harm in playing around with the "sandbox". It's just quite funny to see how quickly an emulation is out of the woodwork, even if it's just run around at the moment VS Hellgate which never had its IP emulated.

Obviously blizz is a lot more popular, their their decision to exclude lan or offline mode to lan-play has played into this. I'd wonder how long it would be before this emulation is on par or close to the real thing, I know that some who ply holy here and I will not use it, will be the first to use it at home/lan/friend to play co-op; it's the nature of the beast.

We might very well see a RSA action rpg under the guise of being totally new, but built on existing ip ;)
 
How has Blizzard treated private servers? I seem to remember that they were fine with the WoW private servers before.
 
anton123 said:
How has Blizzard treated private servers? I seem to remember that they were fine with the WoW private servers before.
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They've gifted a few of the bigger ones with cease and desist letter, IIRC. What is the maximum number of players that can play together on D3, though?
 
My concern regarding Diablo emulation is how it will change your game client. Blizzard have already banned sc2 players accounts because they modded their game for single player.
 
CyniKill said:
Why would you say that?
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There are many reasons, here are 3 good ones

Reason 1:

Blizzard makes rock solid, long supported games. Why just LAST WEEK, a patch for Diablo 2 was released - 1.13d. Blizzard are so awesome, they patch games 10 years on, fixing bugs and tweaking the game. If Diablo 2 is anything to go by, then re-cracking and re-configuring your cracked version of Diablo 3 10 years later is gonna be a tricky and annoying task. Why go through the hassle?

Reason 2:

A cracked version of the game = no auction house. You can't make real life $$$ from the loot you find and you can't buy awesome loot.

Reason 3:

A cracked version of Diablo 3 is going to be a lonely solitary experience when it shouldn't. No proper friends list, leaderboards, achievements or option to compare stats and achievements with friends is gonna suck. Anyone who has played Diablo 1 or 2 knows deep down that is would've been such a damn awesome feature to have in the original titles. It's now in Diablo 3 and you're gonna squander it by not having access to it just because you think a cracked copy of Diablo 3 is a good idea.

That's just my 2cents. Use it dont use it. If you've decided to pirate Diablo 3, I'm probably not going to be able to change your mind. But hopefully those 3 reasons above will help you see the light.
 
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@lordspaceman
You bring out excellent points but not everyone wants to pay for the game despite how awesome it is,
Some people also don't support blizzard, and finally Some people just want a quick game (with or without lan) without the hassle of using internet.

Don't get me wrong here, I totally support blizzard and think anyone who loves gaming and does not buy the game is shooting themselves in the foot.
But alas there will be people who pirate it.
 
Please don't confuse emulation and piracy. Wanting to play a game you bought in offline mode is not the same add pirating.
 
lordspaceman said:
There are many reasons, here are 3 good ones

Reason 1:

Blizzard makes rock solid, long supported games. Why just LAST WEEK, a patch for Diablo 2 was released - 1.13d. Blizzard are so awesome, they patch games 10 years on, fixing bugs and tweaking the game. If Diablo 2 is anything to go by, then re-cracking and re-configuring your cracked version of Diablo 3 10 years later is gonna be a tricky and annoying task. Why go through the hassle?
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I have no idea what you're trying to say here?

lordspaceman said:
Reason 2:

A cracked version of the game = no auction house. You can't make real life $$$ from the loot you find and you can't buy awesome loot.
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This isn't something that doesn't appeal to me. I don't see myself ever using a system like this.

lordspaceman said:
Reason 3:

A cracked version of Diablo 3 is going to be a lonely solitary experience when it shouldn't. No proper friends list, leaderboards, achievements or option to compare stats and achievements with friends is gonna suck. Anyone who has played Diablo 1 or 2 knows deep down that is would've been such a damn awesome feature to have in the original titles. It's now in Diablo 3 and you're gonna squander it by not having access to it just because you think a cracked copy of Diablo 3 is a good idea.

That's just my 2cents. Use it dont use it. If you've decided to pirate Diablo 3, I'm probably not going to be able to change your mind. But hopefully those 3 reasons above will help you see the light.
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Once again, features that aren't important to me. And if you look at my original post, you'd notice I said I'll buy the game before playing a pirated version. From this week I'll be gaming on a laptop and I won't always have internet connectivity. It would suck not being able to play because of that.
 
lordspaceman said:
You would have to be slightly retarded to pirate Diablo 3.
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Why? Interesting remark. I mean sure the co-op and online stuffs are kewl, but I played D2 on my own about 20 times and loved it everytime. I mean I'm not saying pirate it, but I'm really hoping that there isnt too much lag on the online play...otherwise I may just have to grab this LAN patch so that I can enjoy it with my mates.
 
What this emulator is doing is, its basically allowing you to run the client without needing connection to the server. However, since the client isn't getting data, there are no mobs and no loot etc etc. All that logic sits on the blizzard servers, which means that you still wont be able to play the game (and I quote from the creator) "Please note: This is a sandbox meaning there will be no real content but an ability to look around places and view the game mechanics".

Now, granted some clever guys will probably figure out what data is required for Diablo 3 to show monsters and loot, but ultimately it will probably not be anywhere near the quality of the real-deal. Wow emu server took years before it got close, but they are still riddled with bugs. It kind of like the difference of getting a unqualified plumber on the side of the road to fix your leaks vs getting a qualified one.
 
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