Game Breaking Bug Already Spotted in Diablo 3
Diablo 3's launch has been a tale of server outages and player woe...
You’d think that after successfully launching a game that’s been hyped for well over a decade, Blizzard’s Diablo III team would be sitting back to relax. Apparently not. Every Diablo III developer I spoke to at the game’s launch party at the Irvine Spectrum Center in Blizzard’s home city said that they’d be right back at work the next day.
Between all the Error 37s I’ve encountered through the 15th and 16th, I can definitely see why. Blizzard’s got their work cut out for them. Diablo III players know what I’m talking about. For most of the first day of the launch, Diablo III servers were overloaded and under maintenance, much to the sorrow (and sometimes wrath) of gamers who had ditched work or school in order to play the game.
Despite those hoops and ladders to jump through in order to play Diablo III, gamers have other concerns to worry about when playing: game breaking bugs. The trigger for the bug is fairly easy to trigger too. After acquiring the Warrior companion, if Diablo III players decide to equip the NPC party member with a shield, they will be kicked off of the server with an Error 3006.
Blizzard’s already been made aware of the issue and actually has compiled an entire list of game breaking bugs on the community forums. It's currently in the process of addressing each of these bugs.
It’s sad to see a game that’s been so highly anticipated be plagued with such launch issues. Then again, at least it’s not Duke Nukem Forever.
Also, this is a game breaking bug. You are bound to try to give your NPC equipment, and when you do you get booted from the game entirely? With all the other problems it's ridiculous.
well....not yet....
On the other hand I miss the DII necro... a lot. And at least at low level the Wizard sucks big time.
I decided it would be best to wait it out and not buy at launch to not have to deal with issues like this and hopefully pick the game up on sale. I waited 12 years, adding a little more time to that isn't going to change anything.
This applies to all forms of systems: Software, Hardware, Automotive, Social, Government, Economic, Academic, Infrastructure, Mechanical, Mathematical, Environmental, etc, etc, etc......
Why does this keep happening?
My crashes have been random and in different locations. No consistency to them.
Very annoying though. I gave up last night after getting disconnected 7-8 times in a row.
Now after 3 espressos and exciting win of SVK over CAN ...I'm pumped!
Having said that... I so far see absolutely zero value to the customer in having a sp/lan mp game require hosted servers to play, Diablo is one of the VERY few titles I'd tolerate it with... other games I just wouldn't buy (until they're $9.00 bargain bin on steam).