yeah np i foresee alot of poeple getting their butts owned in inferno due to how they have it setup. as compared to d2's hell difficulty once you were top lvl only ubber tristram and or ubber diablo was anything worth a challenge. but with d3 inferno mode makes sure u wont out lvl any monsters as they will always be higher lvl then the max player lvl. ive been playing the open beta and makes me want more... i mean theres still stuff even in open beta not turned on till the full game is released so even in beta your not gettign access to everything the game has to offer even from low lvl. anycase looks like its going to be fun times again with diablo. i for one cant wait.

Three of my IRL friends I play with are getting it so I'm very likely to do so as well.

Besides, playing with friends is the best thing since the bread toaster so it can't go wrong <--- Yes I KNOW that things tend to go to all hell once someone says that but this isn't scary movie

I want to be excited about this, but I am having trouble. That said, I haven't played the beta. There's just so much D3 hate out there! Blah blah Paths of Exile, blah blah Torchlight 2. I doubt I would really use the Auction House so that's a non-issue for me. Also don't care about always being online all the time. Isn't everyone? I was a huge fan of Diablo 1, 2, so why not 3? Help me out fans!

Edit: Pacov, I found this which says that the installer will unlock at 8:01am Pacific Time on May 14th and the servers should launch at 12:01am May 15

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/5338015/Launch_Day_Preparation_Guide-5_7_2012

Thanks, fellas.  It looks like you can install the game on May 14th after 11AM est, so there's at least that minor thing going for us.  The launch time is utter rot, though.  3AM est = I certainly won't be playing at that point.  Suppose I could take the day off work and start at 8AM or something to that effect.  Just kinda lame it's not midnight EST.  Methinks you could get around the time zone crap with VPN tunneling if other regions go live earlier, but you'd be stuck on that region.  Not going to bother with that rubbish at any rate.

@aragorn - I'm not like batshite crazy excited or anything myself.  I just know I'll enjoy the game and am looking forward to it.  Could be all I do is play the game for a few weeks, but I'm confident it will be fun - not sure how it could really be all that bad if you liked diablo 2 or torchlight.  You are still clicking on stuff and still getting item drops and still having multiple classes to play with and try out.  So, even if there are gripes about the leveling system, etc, the core elements are there... the story continues... I'd wager any cgi videos will be excellent (as we've come to expect).  And you can go at it with a pal if you like as well.  So, even if the conclusion is that you don't like diablo 3 as much as you hoped you would, pretty damn sure you'll have fun along the way.  Hopefully enough to cover the cost of admission.  And last, even if you don't give that much of a rip, if you came across some great loot, you could try to sell it at the auction house.  I really have little idea how all that works, but I'm sure I'll check it out at some point.

Barb forever and ever and ever! I just don't have as much time as I use to. Now if they add the necro back in the expansion hell YA! 

well - that works too.  Can always pick it up later if change your mind.  + you can wait for reviews, etc. 

It's a big-name game that Blizzard has been developing for the past 10 years. I'd be surprised if it deserved anything less than 9/10.

Hey relax.  Blizzard is just a small time company with little experience with such big launches, let alone having the capability for that much server capacity.

OH WAIT

Game is pretty sweet tho despite server issues and in-between that internet dropped nearly citywide for 7 hours  Almost finished normal tho oh boy 

Pretty good game if you don't count the fact that Diablo is ERROR 37. I also thought it was a bit of a cliche plot point when ERROR 3003 and ERROR 3007 led to the battle.net servers will be down for one hour every hour.

Thanks to companies like Stardock and their good consumer practices, it's easy for me to pretend that D3 just doesn't exist.

I play on NA and haven't had any problems.

I will certainly do my part. I won't even CONSIDER the purchase of a single player game that requires permanent connection. I don't want to depend on their server, not today, not tomorrow thanx.

If it becomes a trend, I'll read more books (I have TONS on my to-read list) or visit some museums. To hell with them. 

considering all the DUPING AND BOTTING in diablo 2 im so glad that they have that internet connection required to ensure that those spam bots dont enter the games.