It just seems like more and more bad news with D3, first their 1.0.3 patch kills fps (hmmm.... sound familiar?), then a large number of people stop receiving XP (bug requires you to change your password), now...
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If You Buy Diablo III Online, You May Have To Wait 72 Hours To Play The Whole Game
In a bizarre decision presumably made to reduce server overload, Blizzard said last night that new Diablo III players may not be able to play the entire game. Here's what Blizzard Support Forum Agent Medearn says:
Another support agent addressed complaints with a follow-up explanation here:As of patch 1.0.3, when purchasing a digital version of Diablo III through the online store or your Battle.net Account, players are restricted to the Starter Edition for the first 72 hours (sometimes less). Players on Starter Editions have the following restrictions:
Act I up to the Skeleton King is available
Level 13 cap
Matchmaking available only with other Starter Edition players
No Auction House access (Real Money or Gold)
Global Play is not available. Players attempting to connect to Diablo III Starter Edition in a region other than their Battle.net Account's home region will receive Error 12. See the Global Play support article for more information.
More information regarding the Starter Edition is available here:
http://us.battle.net/support/en/arti...ion-guest-pass
The delay is no longer than three days, and is often much quicker than that. Hang tight. :)Outside of the issue that we fixed, digital purchases do require a review period before they kick over from Starter to Full editions. We apologize for the inconvenience, but it is a necessary step to combat fraud and other malicious activities that can weaken everyone's play experience.
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Once again we feel the ever expanding nefarious impact of their "Real Money Auction House" money grab...
So now when you buy a blizzard game do you not only NOT own the game, you are not allowed to play it immediately. This is so fucking retarded it is making my brain cry, it takes about 1 hour to reach 13, if that... Sorry blizzard, you had a good run but its now looking like you are going the way of EA/Activision/Sony/Bioware...