Vi skrev i går at auktionshuset bliver fjernet fra Diablo III, og det har fået mange spillere til at spørge, om Blizzard måske også vil fjerne online-kravet fra Mac- og PC-versionerne i samme omgang. Men det har udvikleren været hurtig til at dementere.
I en samtale med Rock, Paper, Shotgun siger Blizzard, at auktionshuset ikke var den eneste årsag til at man skal være koblet på nettet for at spille.
"We do not have plans to implement an offline mode. While the always-online requirement made the auction house possible, the auction house was never the driving factor in our decision to make the PC version of Diablo 3 require an Internet connection.
The game was built from the ground up to take full advantage of Battle.net, which provides a number of important benefits, including persistent server-side character saves, a seamless PC multiplayer experience, cheat prevention, and Real ID and BattleTag social features."