Network monitoring of Diablo III’s gaming servers
I've been able to build a better map of one particular subnet of Blizzard systems on AT&T's enterprise hosting network (which is where Blizzard's gaming servers are hosted but on…
Hardcore – Latency Spike
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/8197649754 I didn't have my more extensive map of network monitoring going today when I encountered a sudden spike in latency while taking on an elite pack at the beginning…
Hardcore – Trying to run but going nowhere fast… (lag)
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/8087878875 I previously noted the possibilities of hardcore related death from high latency or disconnects here even though I hadn't personally experienced one yet. My wizard had her feet superglued to…
Offline Mode – Highly Unlikely
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/7923723114#16 Following was my response to the oft-asked question about Diablo III offering an offline mode (with separate offline only characters, no achievements, etc). As much as lot of us…
Inferno was fun once
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/7894649388?page=3#49 Following was my response to a thread about how Inferno used to be "fun"... anyway, i remember them saying they did that because they never intended the difference in…
Diablo III Hardcore Tips for First Timers
Posting on official forum: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/7885048593#11 The following are my own thoughts from playing HC on D3 since around late July. - Best thing first time around is maybe to play a…
Issues with “skipped content”
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/7864606440#8 Just to add more details (which will probably sound confusing now, but will make sense once you've played the game for awhile and cleared an entire difficulty), within any…
Hardcore game “freeze” deaths
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/7811481919#12 The "freeze" you may be encountering might not have anything to do with your computer or graphics setting. The game client has to basically load both graphical textures (off…