Will you start out in town or chat lobby?

[GraphicMD]

I have read an interview a long time ago with one of the development staff from Battle Net who went to work on Guild Wars. They said they originally wanted to have the characters in Diablo 2 start out in a town area similar to Guild Wars instead of a chat room lobby. Due to time and technology restraints at the time they were not able to work this into Diablo 2.

In Diablo 3 when you log in with your character, will you start out in a town area or another chat lobby. I am hoping it won't be a chat room. :)

[Motaro]

Since the multi player will be played through battle.net, i assume you will start in a chat lobby like every other game that has been played on battle.net.

[GraphicMD]

Why would you assume that? Battle Net isn't a chat lobby. That was designed as an easy organized entrance point. All of Diablo was played on Battle Net, even gameplay. It is fully capable of instancing.

[yukisho]

Well technically you don't start out in a chat lobby. You join chat, just like warcraft 3. Most likely it will be the same. First thing I'm doing is gathering a party together to go experience the game.

[Motaro]

Well technically you don't start out in a chat lobby. You join chat, just like warcraft 3. Most likely it will be the same. First thing I'm doing is gathering a party together to go experience the game.

heh, yeah thats what i was trying to say

[GraphicMD]

Well technically you don't start out in a chat lobby. You join chat, just like warcraft 3. Most likely it will be the same. First thing I'm doing is gathering a party together to go experience the game.

That does not make a lot of sense to me. When you "join chat" you are entering into a chat lobby, or an organized chat where you can join multiple channels.

Well, it does not make much since in Warcraft III to start your army in a town area to find a group. It is not an RPG.

Keep in mind when responding, this is not a technical issue. They are building the game now, they can build it however they want. Battle Net is fully capable of hosting instances. Remember Diablo 1 and 2 where instance based. Guild Wars is also instance based, and you start out in a town area.

[PoXeR]

I actually preferred starting out in a chat area. It gave me time to talk to friends and set up things that I wanted to do. Also if I didn't want to jump right into a game I could sit in chat and go do something else. I myself would prefer if they kept it to joining a chat room off the bat.

[yukisho]

That does not make a lot of sense to me. When you "join chat" you are entering into a chat lobby, or an organized chat where you can join multiple channels.
Yeah.. When you login to battle net your not in a chat lobby. You join it if you prefer to do so.

Well, it does not make much since in Warcraft III to start your army in a town area to find a group. It is not an RPG.
You don't start the game in a town looking for a group of players.... Your making no sense here.

Keep in mind when responding, this is not a technical issue. They are building the game now, they can build it however they want. Battle Net is fully capable of hosting instances. Remember Diablo 1 and 2 where instance based. Guild Wars is also instance based, and you start out in a town area.

WoW runs on battle.net too. Same hosting server. It may not hold the battle net name, but it's hosted on the battle net server which are AT&T servers.

[GraphicMD]

yukisho...

Comment 1: Perhaps you are right. If you do not start out in a chat lobby today, you use to. It may have changed, but the interface is still the same. Still not relevant to the topic and not worth arguing about.

Comment 2: I realize you are probably young. I use to frustrate people to no end when I was young too. Please, you need to pay attention to what you read. Things to think about when you go back are re-read my response. I said it would NOT make since in Warcraft III to start out in a town. That was a direct response to your original comment.

Comment3: This is what is called a straw man. It is where you argue as if I had taken a stance on something that I had not taken. I am well aware, as everyone else, Battle Net is a server.

I was hoping to get some real discussion on this. It seems some people just like to argue.