Diablo III Interview, No LAN Support Confirmed
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Diablo Source: Will there be an open Battle.net mode and a mode Lan?
Jay Wilson: Currently we plan to allow players, even offline. What we have done, however, the menu a little change. We want to encourage players in Battle.net to play. In Diablo 2 was the first option single player, you click it, playing the game in normal difficulty, and thinks: "Hey, I would now prefer to play with my friends.", But could not, because if you look at the Battle . net connected, one could not take the character.We could not allow that, because we were the safety of characters not guarantee offline. There is still a separation between single player and Battle.net characters. We want all to know that it is better to play Battle.net. You can play with other players and if they want it they can close off their game alone games. If you decide it should, offline to play, then we will also be the player know that he is not in a position to be the character to play online. We currently have no intentions to LAN games, we focus fully on the Battle.net, where we not only have the ability to quickly contact with other players record, but also to Blizzard community and thus also to support , As in the community.
Diablo Source: Will there be new features in Battle.net? Since StarCraft 2 talking Blizzard of new features in Battle.net, but it will never detailed information announced.
Jay Wilson: This is a notice and the Battle.net is the guys from Battle.net deserve. I will not steal their glory. We're working on a new version of Battle.net, and there is a major revision in the areas such as Battle.net works.The goal is simply the best online experience that is nowhere else you can find in games. If you are in a Blizzard game, we want to happen, which is a part of the Blizzard community. We want that one finds his friends quickly and easily communicate with them and with them can play, and we focus on it, but I can not be specific, they are then Ballte.net guys with their big announcement.
Diablo Source: So no (monthly) fees for the Battle.net or the game?
Jay Wilson: I can not as far out of the window and refuse to say that there will be no charges. Our goal is box the product and also according to our financial model.The problem is that we are a multinational company, and the individual markets are very different.The Box Model works in Asia, for example, not at all.If we publish a financial model then we must simultaneously for each region and therefore it is difficult to say how the final financial model will look like.What I can say is that it is our goal, a game box model and not subscription based, but I can not say that we are no fees for whatever will have.It is not our goal and I do not think it is a primary financial model for us.
Thanks, Hellforge.
