IowaMan@lemmy.worldM to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDDoS attack on Blizzard leads to more calls for a Diablo 4 offline modewww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1external-linkDDoS attack on Blizzard leads to more calls for a Diablo 4 offline modewww.techspot.comIowaMan@lemmy.worldM to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareRoboticMask@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoWhile I don’t condone DDoS attacks, the only reason for D4 to be online-only is monetization IMO: Blizzard wants to sell cosmetics, so people have to see other people wearing them. There is little gameplay benefit from being an MMO-lite.
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoProbably all sorts of datamining regarding the way people play also. Can’t do that so easily if people are playing offline.
While I don’t condone DDoS attacks, the only reason for D4 to be online-only is monetization IMO: Blizzard wants to sell cosmetics, so people have to see other people wearing them. There is little gameplay benefit from being an MMO-lite.
Probably all sorts of datamining regarding the way people play also. Can’t do that so easily if people are playing offline.