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kahilm
PostPosted: 01 Aug 2011, 19:51 
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Bashiok (Blizzard CSR) responded to a post on the official Diablo 3 forums asking if the game would support a 3-monitor setup:

It's a single-monitor only game, and that's because the game literally only pulls info from the servers for a specific distance away from the character for bandwidth reasons. The game is also built with those limitations in-mind: edges of maps don't extend way out.

Also, being able to see way out to the left or right of your character really wouldn't help that much. Triple monitor is cool for first/third person where you're getting a larger peripheral view, but in a fixed isometric camera it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Here's the link: http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=27822632495&sid=3000

Pretty dissapointing. That, along with the real money auction house, online only play, and other dissapointing announcements pretty much seal the deal for me :(
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BB11
PostPosted: 01 Aug 2011, 21:12 
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What a total disappointment this game has become this last week.
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Haldi
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w00t. I missed the "Online only" thing. I heard about the real money auction house and thought "wtf" but they're right. Might be better they sell it than if you buy it from some chinese guys. might.......

Well, never played Diabolo 2 so far, just wanted to play the 3 because it's hyped, and i liked Sacred and Loki. But seems like i wont come to play Diablo 3.

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evilmatt
 Post subject: Torchlight 2 is looking
PostPosted: 02 Aug 2011, 11:51 
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Torchlight 2 is looking better all the time...
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fatlazyhomer
 Post subject: I hope it can at least
PostPosted: 02 Aug 2011, 19:28 
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I hope it can at least support 3x1 portrait for the extra resolution.
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-Sn1PeR-
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Torchlight 2 is looking better all the time...


This. I enjoy both eyefinity and mods.
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Whaaa a game like D3 with no eyefinity when it should be a super easy thing to do???

This may just be the nail in the coffin, I was going to have to decide between D3 and Guild Wars 2... Guess somebody made the decision for me.

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fatlazyhomer
 Post subject: Quote:I mean the game
PostPosted: 03 Aug 2011, 12:10 
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I mean the game doesn't even pull enemy data that is X distance from the character. So if you could actually see that far to the sides you'd see enemies popping in out of thin air as they're randomly generated. I don't know though, maybe it'll just work out of the box and all the weirdness that would go with being able to see far beyond the play area that the game is designed to show.


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Magic Man
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Seems like they are going out of their way to turn potential buyers away...
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Whaaa a game like D3 with no eyefinity when it should be a super easy thing to do???

This may just be the nail in the coffin, I was going to have to decide between D3 and Guild Wars 2... Guess somebody made the decision for me.

I'd really like to get a GW2 Guild going. We tried with GW1, but it never took off. No monthly fees, and International servers seemed to make it a perfect fit for the WSGF.
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