Diablo as an MMO

Diablo MMO??? NO MORE HELLGATE LONDON PLEASE

I have to agree with the starcraft comments. I enjoy wow, and enjoy diablo. However, even though there would be different themes, it would still be another fantasy based mmo, too similar to wow. I'm ready to finally see a sci-fi/futuristic mmo that actually gets the job done. If blizz plans on having this whole separate team work on the next gen mmo, which it looks like they do, then there is no reason they can't continue wow to satisfy fantasy fans out there, and still make world of starcraft.

I just feel like diablo as an mmo would be too similar to wow in terms of how it would play.

What defines a game as a MMO?

The ability to play and adventure with others.

Hence, Battlenet.

Battle.Net is not true MMO environment, since it can not handle the population interaction that WoW has in terms of MMO requirements.

Even Blizzard will not call it MMO game!

anyway so old blizzard developers left blizzard way back when ... they were part of the the original diablo design team ... they made a project called hellgate london... an mmo .. for those who have tried it you cant tell me its not based on diablo

Diablo 3! *Does happy dance* I can't wait for it!

You wanna make a mmorpg like world of warcraft type out of the francises make it outta starcraft would be sick, tons of classes battle based questing independent many planets to go to battles for like neutral planets with pvp also have space battles and buildable guild spaceships and stuff i think it be cool. Diablo mmorpg like world of warcraft in the end would be an insult really just because you in diablo are one character already u get gear you have stats and you pick talents so people would feel like it was just an open exsplore version of diablo and it would get boring real quick i think if you wanna start an mmorpg build it off a franchise that was never originally designed for that setting makes it more interesting. thats why i think if they built it off of the other RTS game starcraft like they did with the old rts warcraft 3 then i think people will get into it quicker and be more into it. Just be how id feel about it.

uh. diablo 2 was an mmo, and this looks to be along the same lines as diablo 2, so therefore it's an mmo as well. everybody here has such a strict cookie-cutter idea of what an mmo is supposed to be but they ignore what the acronym actually stands for. massively multiplayer online. diablo 2 was online, it was multiplayer, and it was pretty massive (both in the number of people playing and the size of the environment, for its time). just because the game was instanced and limited to smaller groups of people, doesn't mean it WASN'T an mmo. guild wars is heavily instanced and it's considered an mmo. stop thinking that the wow platform is the only way to organize an online game and broaden your ideas.

AOC blows, D3 as an MMO would be moronic, a bad move for blizzard financially and bad for the franchise, the game is made to be played with a simple click of the mouse the POINT of the game isnt based upon heavy strategy like wow, or RTS like starcraft and warcraft.

Think of it this way Starcraft1 &2/ Warcraft1-3 are all RTS's that in itself is its own franchise RTS games. Starcraft =seriouse RTS (with a much better story IMO) , Warcraft=goofy RTS

WOW is blizzes ONLY MMO and in its own franchise to make another At this very moment would be REDUNDANT hopefully they come up with a completely new system and once again pioneer the MMO industry.

Diablo is their simplest game to play they don't want to complicate it and make it harder to learn. Think of it as an introduction into the blizzard family. its in a class of its own. It brings back the classic lore of old. Tales of demons and satin and all the bad terrible things that are present in the would fighting against all the good on the planet. This game is not only blizzards story, but a story that's been passed down through legend over and over and over again. my point. Keep it simple, keep it fun, and relive the tails of heros.

and bliz BETTER NOT make another mmo thats even SIMILAR to wow that would be pointless.

(Btw AoC= R E T A R D E D)

I'm totally against D3 becoming an MMO, I think it would deface a huge charm that bnet had, as well as creating runs for certain missions like baal runs used to be and all kinds of different things. If they made it MMO they'd have to create a shared stash or a bank like in wow, something I kinda think they should'a done in the first place. It just sounds sooo unlike the diablo series, as well they've already announced it'll be on bnet and have single player, so thank God that's resolved.

I think diablo III as an mmo would probably be one of the worst things blizz could do. They already have one; and everything is mmo now. Why can't people still play solid titles like diablo without worrying about the usual drivel that surrounds most mmo communities. I'd much rather blizz stuck with something like battlenet for it and left it single player.

've always liked the idea too, but i think it would be kinda hard to pull off for one reason. i come from a background where most of my friends are die hard PVPers and they wont touch an MMO unless it has a hefty pvp system. i see that being problematic outside duels. there's enough lore that something might be able to twisted around and used.

i also like the idea of a starcraft mmo. we need more genres instead of straight up fantasy.

ps. for saying the aion has anything to do with heaven and hell or angels vs demons will get you verbally assaulted over at the aionsource forums, even tho the original concept years ago was much closer to heaven vs. hell ;)

Using number of friends that are hardcore PvP players to say that this would not work, tells me you have HUGE number of friends that could affect the outcome of Dibalo MMO has a new game and hurt blizzard's sales or you have not thought your comments through.

Even if you had 10,000 friends that would be about 0.1% of the total player base Blizzard has now with WoW, so I think Blizzard would not need your friends money to make Dibalo MMO successful..:-)

It's your opinion and we should respect your opinion, I am just showing the flaw in your opinion ok.

Diablo III as an MMO would be a great idea. The whole storyline behind both the previous games allows for a wealth of ideas and quests. Though "going into Hell" to fight a bad guy would be unlikely, seeing "demon bosses" from the Diablo game series would be ideal. The character development is already there, all Blizzard would have to do is touch up the "talent" build system and the game would fly. I honestly dont believe that anyone from WoW would quit it for Diablo III, and all Blizzard would have to do is offer a pass (like Sony's Station Pass) which would allow people to play both games for only a nominal increase in the monthly fees. But unfortunately I doubt Blizzard would make Diablo III an MMO, they dont have the guts. They had the perfect opportunity with Starcraft (which would have dominated the future/sci-fi MMO market) but they didnt, deciding to keep it an RTS. But, all in all, a Diablo MMO would have made a terrific MMO. We all get tired of WoW at one point and decide to take a break (I play AoC), Diablo III MMO would have allowed Blizzard to keep a fan base even when ppl needed a break from WoW.

AOC blows, D3 as an MMO would be moronic, a bad move for blizzard financially and bad for the franchise, the game is made to be played with a simple click of the mouse the POINT of the game isnt based upon heavy strategy like wow, or RTS like starcraft and warcraft.

Think of it this way Starcraft1 &2/ Warcraft1-3 are all RTS's that in itself is its own franchise RTS games. Starcraft =seriouse RTS (with a much better story IMO) , Warcraft=goofy RTS

WOW is blizzes ONLY MMO and in its own franchise to make another At this very moment would be REDUNDANT hopefully they come up with a completely new system and once again pioneer the MMO industry.

Diablo is their simplest game to play they don't want to complicate it and make it harder to learn. Think of it as an introduction into the blizzard family. its in a class of its own. It brings back the classic lore of old. Tales of demons and satin and all the bad terrible things that are present in the would fighting against all the good on the planet. This game is not only blizzards story, but a story that's been passed down through legend over and over and over again. my point. Keep it simple, keep it fun, and relive the tails of heros.

and bliz BETTER NOT make another mmo thats even SIMILAR to wow that would be pointless.

(Btw AoC= R E T A R D E D)

Hi,

As much as I agree with you, there is one thing that Diablo fans would want and that is the continued support of Free playing environment via Battle.net. Majority of us enjoy WoW and do not mind paying for the MMO environment that WoW gives us but with other MMOs coming out, we need to decide which games we will play on a regularly basis, since monthly fees do add up (3 games is $45 per month). I for one will play a game for 30 day during the free online service and then drop it, if it not a great improvement on WoW in terms of enjoyable game play.

Age of Conan was dropped due to the above reason, since ther is not much content at moment and my attention is now on WARHAMMER. since this is going to have massive amount of content from day one and actually addresses a number of issues that makes WOW a pain to play at times. Specifically the recipe/skill grinding and killing mobs to complete quests, which add no value to the quest/game.

Diablo is great game for single player and should remain so and not placed in MMO environment unless it is geared to both the single and multiplayer and meet its loyal fan base core requirements in terms of free access. which i found will be hard to do in gaming environment.

I'm concerned about the RPG elements. Blizzard are like "totally dive in and kill stuff! not none o' that character creation." never played Diablo II. was that an RPG?

If they kept Diablo the way it is, and just made it more of a persistant server, rather than games, maybe throw in an AH or some other MMO friendly features, but kept it free on bnet, i could see that working great.

if just offer a free version, or an upgraded with mmo perks sub.