@IowaMan@lemmy.worldM to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoDDoS attack on Blizzard leads to more calls for a Diablo 4 offline modewww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkDDoS attack on Blizzard leads to more calls for a Diablo 4 offline modewww.techspot.com@IowaMan@lemmy.worldM to PC Master Race@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-square@RoboticMask@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years 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-squareteftlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-22 years 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.