Thank you for offline mode

[Zabu]

I just wanted to drop a thank you to EHG for including an offline mode.

Like many, I was annoyed by the launch problems, so I went on their discord for news and updates.
I witnessed the 2 weird kind of people over there, the "omg I can't play my life is ruined, I hope you all get fired" and the "I will shield you with my body EHG devs! you're all my queens".

So I thought "do I even want to play online with these people?" and it dawned on me.

I intend to play SSF, so I don't care about trading.
No one of my friends plays this game, and I usually don't play aRPG's in coop anyway.
I'm not nearly good enough / sweaty enough for any leaderboard.
The few mins I could enter the game I just disabled the chat for all the refer spam.

Why the hell am I dealing with server problems?
I just started an offline character and I'm enjoying the game like I did for 400+ hours in beta before the online patch.

So... if anyone from EHG is even reading this cesspool, thank you and please keep supporting offline mode!

[Axium]

exactly my toughts. i can't deal with this drama just started offline, never looking back !!

[Dailao]

I know right, just play offline in peace, just like it used to be with Diablo 1. You buy a game and can enjoy it without any live service or online requirements.. a rare concept these days.

[Sl@da^]

If i can transfer my offline character to online server after they fix it i am happy.

[dr0nzer]

offline is great if you got no friends and are a loner... but many are not in the same boat as you or want to be, and want to play with friends.

so, look on both sides of the fences...

[Dyer1981]

Originally posted by Dailao:

I know right, just play offline in peace, just like it used to be with Diablo 1. You buy a game and can enjoy it without any live service or online requirements.. a rare concept these days.

I really only played D2 offline or with a friend at a LAN party. The desire to trade is... baffling to me. I want to play a game where I am akin to god and where I find the toys a god needs to satiate their fury.

I dont want to play to look at a drop and think "Oh wow! I can get 4 butterfly cubes for that and then transmog those into a lizard wizard scooter to trade for that sword I actually want!"

[Zabu]

Originally posted by RPG Sl@da^:

If i can transfer my offline character to online server after they fix it i am happy.

I wonder if they can figure out a way to validate offline characters and transfer them as a one time-deal.
I remember during early access they just gave up and some very funky stuff was going on with people editing their characters and save files.

[Zabu]

Originally posted by dr0nzer:

offline is great if you got no friends and are a loner... but many are not in the same boat as you or want to be, and want to play with friends.

so, look on both sides of the fences...

oh ye, for sure. I didn't mean to say "why do you guys even want to play online" I just appreciate having an offline mode even if they plan to make money in a live service game with cosmetic mtx. Clearly not many incentives for them to support offline mode.

But ye... i feel for everyone that wanted to play with their friends on launch.

[JustaGamer]

They are addicts suffering from withdrawals. This is what happen when they didn't get their fix. Is amazing online had brew so many zombies, their world ends when the internet is gone. lol

[Aicus]

Originally posted by dr0nzer:

offline is great if you got no friends and are a loner... but many are not in the same boat as you or want to be, and want to play with friends.

so, look on both sides of the fences...

This is so much a "create a problem then offer the solution" case.

People have been playing offline and online with friends for the longest time with the same set of characters with no limitations and still continue to do so.

Developer just have to make sure players can't take these characters into seasons and ladders instead of separating offline and online all together.

[Bladeslayer]

I wanted to play onliine but anytime I try more than a few hours the game starts hanging going into zones. Instead I am playing offline again like I did last year.

[JustaGamer]

Originally posted by Dyer1981:

Originally posted by Dailao:

I know right, just play offline in peace, just like it used to be with Diablo 1. You buy a game and can enjoy it without any live service or online requirements.. a rare concept these days.

I really only played D2 offline or with a friend at a LAN party. The desire to trade is... baffling to me. I want to play a game where I am akin to god and where I find the toys a god needs to satiate their fury.

I dont want to play to look at a drop and think "Oh wow! I can get 4 butterfly cubes for that and then transmog those into a lizard wizard scooter to trade for that sword I actually want!"

I love D2 offline and play LAN with other people. Whatever happen to LAN , i guess companies wants to get their piece of pie taking away LAN altogether.

[Hostel]

Wait till OP will need some rare ♥♥♥♥, like Ravenous Void or something else crazy rare. He'll be bagging on this forum about why he cant use offline characters in online mode and why he cant trade in offline mode.

[JustaGamer]

Originally posted by Hostel:

Wait till OP will need some rare ♥♥♥♥, like Ravenous Void or something else crazy rare. He'll be bagging on this forum about why he cant use offline characters in online mode and why he cant trade in offline mode.

You mean online is different from offline mode? Even you are not in merchants guild?

[Zabu]

Originally posted by Hostel:

Wait till OP will need some rare ♥♥♥♥, like Ravenous Void or something else crazy rare. He'll be bagging on this forum about why he cant use offline characters in online mode and why he cant trade in offline mode.

Hehe... nope. Just like I never get headhunter or mageblood even when I play trade league.
And just like I didn't get the ravenous gloves in my previous 400h.

If they're that rare they will still require some insane amount of currency anyway. And, as I said, I'm not good enough and sweaty enough for that.
Crappy SSF characters are good enough.

[JustaGamer]

Originally posted by Zabu:

Originally posted by Hostel:

Wait till OP will need some rare ♥♥♥♥, like Ravenous Void or something else crazy rare. He'll be bagging on this forum about why he cant use offline characters in online mode and why he cant trade in offline mode.

Hehe... nope. Just like I never get headhunter or mageblood even when I play trade league.
And just like I didn't get the ravenous gloves in my previous 400h.

If they're that rare they will still require some insane amount of currency anyway. And, as I said, I'm not good enough and sweaty enough for that.
Crappy SSF characters are good enough.

I think some people play online just want to brag about their items but when you play offline you don't really care about that as long whatever you got allow you to complete whatever in the game.