Think he meant Activision/Blizzard. And the fact that Diablo 3 requires you to always be connected to Blizzard's servers even while playing single player, while maybe not pure evil, is the reason I will never buy Diablo 3.
i don't have a problem with DRM requires internet (well actually i do, but ideological purity takes a back seat to "i know how to get a crack for this shit") I refuse to play a single player game that is only partially on your PC and is dependent upon a remote server to function, for not legitimate reason
Can I play the game if the company that is putting up street lights and drills thru my internet connection and takes me off the web for a week when I am at home? If not, then yes, they are evil.
And yes, three blocks over a company did exactly that. I was off the web unless I went to a cafe or was at work. If a company cannot be bothered to let a person play a single player game without being connected to the web, then they do not deserve my money.
And I own d1, d2, sc1, and all the warcrafts that didn't requ
One note... I got a friend together to play online and as I was arranging stuff, I accidently clicked this little green magnifying glass icon just to the bottom right of the health globe... it turns off your "loot bubbles" and no manner of going into options to figure out why there were turned off will help. All the "show items" are checked. It was frustrating until my Google fu turned up a link (which wasn't the easiest to find yet as it's not popular enough of a request).
But seriously, if company's can start pushing $20 games this good, I hope it sends a message to game developers everywhere.
This, one thousand times.
I bought a 4-pack of this for $60 from steam and gifted 3 of them to friends of mine. I haven't gotten this amount of enjoyment (including my friends' enjoyment) from $60 in a very long time, if ever.
I got a 20$ steam copy, then after about an hour and a half, bought a 4 pack and sent them to friends who were on the fence about it after being burned by D3... We're all hooked now.
I think the Alt key is supposed to toggle the loot buttons. Does that work? (Sorry, just kind of a guess, I've only played about an hour so far, haven't pried into interface settings.)
While being passive-aggressive and using lmgtfy.com is fine when you're having a personal conversation with one other person, but it's kind of rude to use it when other people who did nothing wrong might want to click your link. I was curious if the key binding change was done at the console or if it required editing configuration files somewhere. Sadly, all I learned is that people on the internet can be needlessly condescending.
Yes. You can rebind your keys for TL2. I haven't played D3 since getting TL2 and I've been playing D3 since release. I'll probably skip D3 until patch 1.05 is released.
If you have one hand on your mouse for movement and targeting, you have one hand for your keybindings. Using the 1 through 0 keys means that it's not easy to view which key you're going to press without looking unless it's a key that you just used (e.g. if you bind heal potions to the '1' key, then you can press 1 over and over without problems - but if you need to press 8, you'll probably have to take your eyes off the screen to glance at the keys).
It's much easier if you can bind the abilities you wan
My personal preference is fingers on 1-4 for frequently used stuff, less frequently used stuff on QWER, thumb on C and V health/mana pots. Result - 10 actions, all far easier to access than the default 1-0 bindings.
I can do fine in Torchlight (I haven't bought Torchlight 2 yet) with just two hotkeys - 1 for heal and 2 for mana.
But I have more fun when I mix it up - fireballs, ice, shadow armor, summon skeletons, summon animated sword, crippling aura, titan stomp, slash attack, exploding shot, etc... etc... I could have some of the ability names wrong, it's been a few weeks since I played. But anyway, I enjoy seeing all the different animations and switching between them frequently instead of doing just doing one
Can you bind your commands however you want in Torchlight 2? If not, I will stick with D3.
Yes.
You can also use modifiers such as shift, alt, etc. on your key bindings.
TL2, honestly, has the feel and action which I had hoped D3 would. YMMV, but I really think the game as a whole is far superior. The only drawback is that they don't use Steamworks to for multiplayer internet games, they use Runic's own matchmaking network which is very similar to the old Half-Life mm via Won.net.
I pre-ordered Torchlight 2 when Diablo 3 came out and I concluded I wouldn't buy it because of the always-online requirement. However, I never got any notices that Torchlight 2 had become available, so until just a few minutes ago I didn't realize it was out. Apparently Steam doesn't bother sending notices when pre-orders are released, unless a spam filter ate it or something.
I'm looking forward to giving the game a shot, though after about 1.5 playthroughs of the original Torchlight I started to find th
I think it's more like complaining that the alarm clock in the room didn't go off after you unplugged the phone, and them explaining how even though one might think an alarm clock doesn't need a phone connection, automatically updating the time on the clock does require the phone connection, and while sure one could theoretically have designed the alarm to function normally in the absence of a phone connection only minus the features the connection enables rather than disable it completely, but they didn't
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Thursday September 27, 2012 @03:37PM (#41481427)
If you or anybody else wants to buy Torchlight because of their issues with D3, send a message to Activision/Blizzard by emailing or sending them your receipt for your purchase of Torchlight (or whatever else you spent your money on).
Not buying their product is one thing (they might just attribute it as a loss to piracy). Showing them that you had the money *and* inclination to buy something but instead bought a competitors product is a whole other thing.
If you or anybody else wants to buy Torchlight because of their issues with D3, send a message to Activision/Blizzard by emailing or sending them your receipt for your purchase of Torchlight (or whatever else you spent your money on).
Not buying their product is one thing (they might just attribute it as a loss to piracy). Showing them that you had the money *and* inclination to buy something but instead bought a competitors product is a whole other thing.
Too bad you posted that anonymously... I will do this when I get home tonight because it will also indicate that not only did I have the money for their game, I got *four* copies of their competitor's game for the same price as their own. Bonus points for "their competitor" being developers that were originally a part of Blizzard [wikipedia.org].
I've just downloaded the pirate version to check it out. Fell in love with it after 5 mins (and i'm not such a fan of ARPG games), but I'll be definitely buying a 4 pack of licences very soon to cover me and the kids, they deserve my money. Great work Runic!
Why would anyone even download the pirate version when there's a demo that simply unlocks to the full version? o_O;
Yeah, it's really odd that someone needs to play the entire full version of a game before deciding if it's any good and then, of course, buying it after they've already got it for free. Really odd indeed.
My guess is so they can claim to be an example of a "good pirate" and support that image in a public place to the publishing companies. I'm not quite sure if it's misguided propaganda or helpful activism - or a bit of both. Still, more examples like this (even if this one doesn't make much sense) can probably only help the cause.
Or just because a) I didn't even consider there may be a demo version, b) that getting licenses would unlock the demo to full, c) getting the pirate version is probably easier than getting the demo version (don't know.... maybe you have to register for the demo?), and d) I can play as much as i want until payday when i can actually pay for the licenses, which is still a couple of weeks away.
And i've done it a few times before, paying for things after downloading the pirate version. I do it because for some
Unsocketed stuff is worth keeping if a single socket is all you need in it to make it worth while. In the second Act one of the NPC's can add a socket to any item if you also give him two gems of equal or higher level. I've got a gem from relatively early on that I found with +129 hp or something like that. Every time I find a new helmet that is better than my existing helm otherwise, I unsocket the gem, socket the new helm and add my gem. The funny thing for me is that I must suck at the game. I started an
I loved D2, and still play it occasionally with my sons (who, incidently was 1 when it was released and the other wasn't even born - I feel so old), so I really was looking forward until D3 until I found out about the always online thing, and that was the deal breaker for me. Trading house, DRM, whatever the reason, always online is just not practical nor even possible, I spend a lot of time on trains (3 hrs + per day) travelling through regional areas with spotty coverage at best. I picked up TL 1 and enjo
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Since Diablo 3 is a DRM'd monstrosity, I'll give this a try, just to help show blizzard why they aren't getting money.
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Torchlight 1 does not allow you to change keybindings.
Diablo 3 does.
I almost *never* find default key bindings to be any good.
Can you bind your commands however you want in Torchlight 2? If not, I will stick with D3.
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Wait, who's evil? And why?
Think he meant Activision/Blizzard. And the fact that Diablo 3 requires you to always be connected to Blizzard's servers even while playing single player, while maybe not pure evil, is the reason I will never buy Diablo 3.
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all i can say is repeating myself
holy crap
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I'm not sure people who carry netbooks should be allowed to raise kids.
How about laptops? Tablets? Smartphones? Liuggable suitcase 286s with 4 inch screens?
I am keen to know the exact level at which portable computing hardware should lead to sterilisation and/or removal to an internment camp.
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Neverwinter nights DLC was what changed my feelings on DRM that phones home from "Philosophically opposed" to "screw that - never again"
And I loved that game (At least after the first, please let me kill myself this is so depressing, campaign - {G}).
Pug
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Can I play the game if the company that is putting up street lights and drills thru my internet connection and takes me off the web for a week when I am at home? If not, then yes, they are evil.
And yes, three blocks over a company did exactly that. I was off the web unless I went to a cafe or was at work. If a company cannot be bothered to let a person play a single player game without being connected to the web, then they do not deserve my money.
And I own d1, d2, sc1, and all the warcrafts that didn't requ
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One note... I got a friend together to play online and as I was arranging stuff, I accidently clicked this little green magnifying glass icon just to the bottom right of the health globe... it turns off your "loot bubbles" and no manner of going into options to figure out why there were turned off will help. All the "show items" are checked. It was frustrating until my Google fu turned up a link (which wasn't the easiest to find yet as it's not popular enough of a request).
Hopefully that helps others.
BTW,
Re:Can you change the keybindings? (Score:5, Informative)
But seriously, if company's can start pushing $20 games this good, I hope it sends a message to game developers everywhere.
This, one thousand times.
I bought a 4-pack of this for $60 from steam and gifted 3 of them to friends of mine. I haven't gotten this amount of enjoyment (including my friends' enjoyment) from $60 in a very long time, if ever.
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I haven't gotten this amount of enjoyment (including my friends' enjoyment) from $60 in a very long time, if ever.
I'm fairly sure that losing my virginity cost less than that in cider, but I may be wrong.
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Torchlight 1 does not allow you to change keybindings.
Actually, it does [lmgtfy.com]. For some reason, there's no UI for doing so though.
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While being passive-aggressive and using lmgtfy.com is fine when you're having a personal conversation with one other person, but it's kind of rude to use it when other people who did nothing wrong might want to click your link. I was curious if the key binding change was done at the console or if it required editing configuration files somewhere. Sadly, all I learned is that people on the internet can be needlessly condescending.
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It's much easier if you can bind the abilities you wan
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My personal preference is fingers on 1-4 for frequently used stuff, less frequently used stuff on QWER, thumb on C and V health/mana pots. Result - 10 actions, all far easier to access than the default 1-0 bindings.
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But I have more fun when I mix it up - fireballs, ice, shadow armor, summon skeletons, summon animated sword, crippling aura, titan stomp, slash attack, exploding shot, etc... etc... I could have some of the ability names wrong, it's been a few weeks since I played. But anyway, I enjoy seeing all the different animations and switching between them frequently instead of doing just doing one
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Yes, yes you can. And you can add modifiers. So MB4,MB5,Shift-MB4,Shift-MB5,Ctl-MB4,CtlMB5 etc... can use the 2 side buttons for all needed spells
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Can you bind your commands however you want in Torchlight 2? If not, I will stick with D3.
Yes.
You can also use modifiers such as shift, alt, etc. on your key bindings.
TL2, honestly, has the feel and action which I had hoped D3 would. YMMV, but I really think the game as a whole is far superior. The only drawback is that they don't use Steamworks to for multiplayer internet games, they use Runic's own matchmaking network which is very similar to the old Half-Life mm via Won.net.
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I'm looking forward to giving the game a shot, though after about 1.5 playthroughs of the original Torchlight I started to find th
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Your complaint is illogical.
It's like complaining to the front desk at a hotel that you didn't get your wake up call...after you unplugged the phone.
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I think it's more like complaining that the alarm clock in the room didn't go off after you unplugged the phone, and them explaining how even though one might think an alarm clock doesn't need a phone connection, automatically updating the time on the clock does require the phone connection, and while sure one could theoretically have designed the alarm to function normally in the absence of a phone connection only minus the features the connection enables rather than disable it completely, but they didn't
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If you or anybody else wants to buy Torchlight because of their issues with D3, send a message to Activision/Blizzard by emailing or sending them your receipt for your purchase of Torchlight (or whatever else you spent your money on).
Not buying their product is one thing (they might just attribute it as a loss to piracy). Showing them that you had the money *and* inclination to buy something but instead bought a competitors product is a whole other thing.
Re:Good (Score:5, Informative)
If you or anybody else wants to buy Torchlight because of their issues with D3, send a message to Activision/Blizzard by emailing or sending them your receipt for your purchase of Torchlight (or whatever else you spent your money on).
Not buying their product is one thing (they might just attribute it as a loss to piracy). Showing them that you had the money *and* inclination to buy something but instead bought a competitors product is a whole other thing.
Too bad you posted that anonymously... I will do this when I get home tonight because it will also indicate that not only did I have the money for their game, I got *four* copies of their competitor's game for the same price as their own. Bonus points for "their competitor" being developers that were originally a part of Blizzard [wikipedia.org].
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That's a good move i think.
I've just downloaded the pirate version to check it out. Fell in love with it after 5 mins (and i'm not such a fan of ARPG games), but I'll be definitely buying a 4 pack of licences very soon to cover me and the kids, they deserve my money. Great work Runic!
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Why would anyone even download the pirate version when there's a demo that simply unlocks to the full version? o_O;
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Why would anyone even download the pirate version when there's a demo that simply unlocks to the full version? o_O;
Yeah, it's really odd that someone needs to play the entire full version of a game before deciding if it's any good and then, of course, buying it after they've already got it for free. Really odd indeed.
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Or just because a) I didn't even consider there may be a demo version, b) that getting licenses would unlock the demo to full, c) getting the pirate version is probably easier than getting the demo version (don't know.... maybe you have to register for the demo?), and d) I can play as much as i want until payday when i can actually pay for the licenses, which is still a couple of weeks away.
And i've done it a few times before, paying for things after downloading the pirate version. I do it because for some
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Your review is a bit breathless... but, yeah. I totally agree.
Torchlight 2 fucking rocks. =)
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Unsocketed stuff is worth keeping if a single socket is all you need in it to make it worth while. In the second Act one of the NPC's can add a socket to any item if you also give him two gems of equal or higher level. I've got a gem from relatively early on that I found with +129 hp or something like that. Every time I find a new helmet that is better than my existing helm otherwise, I unsocket the gem, socket the new helm and add my gem. The funny thing for me is that I must suck at the game. I started an
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