DatH responded there will be a digital download option soon to buy Diablo II and its Lord of Destruction expansion.
The recent Diablo II patch 1.12a seems to imply a minor patch is already in the works. This has not been confirmed yet. It is not common to name a recently released patch such as 1.12a with the 'a' at the end, unless there are plans to release 1.12b. Stay tuned.
They might be planning on taking it off store shelves... possibly for a bigger and better release? wanananaaaaa
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Off topic: Hey MD, I got the word that diablo3.com isn't working for some people in europe, do you have any idea of if Blizz has finally took the domain?
On topic: Great news, if only I didn't already have a virtual copy of D2 LOD.
Anyways I wonder what else they're going to include in the patch, new monster? new runewords? or simply fixing some bugs.
Well this is good.. now that i know about this i will keep my diablo II and LOD BOX packages Saved like if it was a treasure nobody has. it's wonna be worth a million dollar by the time im 40 years old.
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By making the game Digital download, if you lost your CD now that the no-CD patch was implemented you can purchase Diablo II via digital download instead of buying a CD off ebay or from a store.
Also newcomers to the Diablo franchise are now able to download. I am a heavy collector of Warcraft novels, and all its previous games, and on 2004, I purchased Diablo II and LOD.
Naturally there is a portion of Blizzard fans who have never played Diablo, and if they wished to purchase it they can do so now straight from Blizzard via digital download.
This benefits many types of fans' technical needs and issues.
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Off topic: Hey MD, I got the word that diablo3.com isn't working for some people in europe, do you have any idea of if Blizz has finally took the domain?
On topic: Great news, if only I didn't already have a copy of D2 LOD.
Anyways I wonder what else they're going to include in the patch, new monster? new runewords? or simply fixing some bugs.
This is already in discussion at another thread. I said in said thread that this looks like a typical DNS domain name transfer behavior. I haven't confirmed Mockery has done this yet. I haven't interacted with Mockery in like 2-3 weeks.
Usually during a domain name transfer the people living in the immediate area will notice the DNS change right away. While those who live further continue to see the domain name working as normal. Around noon, I could still see diablo3.com pointing to diablofans.com (I live on US East Coast). It is past 6pm and now Diablo3.com went to limbo with a blank page and errors. Sometimes even get a google search page.
If there is any domain name transfer updates, you will read them on the Diablofans.com News Section. I contacted Mockery and Jetrall on this matter in case it is a technical problem.
By making the game Digital download, if you lost your CD now that the no-CD patch was implemented you can purchase Diablo II via digital download instead of buying a CD off ebay or from a store.
Also newcomers to the Diablo franchise are now able to download. I am a heavy collector of Warcraft novels, and all its previous games, and on 2004, I purchased Diablo II and LOD.
Naturally there is a portion of Blizzard fans who have never played Diablo, and if they wished to purchase it they can do so now straight from Blizzard via digital download.
This benefits many types of fans' technical needs and issues.
I hope that Blizzard will do the same thing with their future titles, but as soon as it gets out. That way I won't have to lift my fat @$$ off my chair and go to store to buy a copy.
Where does it say that this is patch 1.12a? all i can see is its patch 1.12 at the bottom left of the main menu.
It's great that the digital downloads are coming out now, because i recently descovered that my dog likes the taste of diablo... and i have no way of getting the MPQ files
i can get diablo 2 and lod with a box and save 20$ that's kinda of expensive.
The "1.12a" version was posted in the forums posted by a moderator ,at bnet i think.Though ingame it only appears as 1.12 , there must be something to this, or maybe not.
Does it matter? Since I'm assuming you already have the game lol =P
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The 1.12a concept mentioned in the news article comes from the title the Blizzard Tech Support representative used in that forum thread.
He titled it as:
Diablo II Patch v1.12a Released!
Unless that was a typo, this can be interpreted as there are plans for 1.12b -- because It is not usual to call recently released patches with letters "a".
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The recent Diablo II patch 1.12a seems to imply a minor patch is already in the works. This has not been confirmed yet. It is not common to name a recently released patch such as 1.12a with the 'a' at the end, unless there are plans to release 1.12b. Stay tuned.
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On topic: Great news, if only I didn't already have a virtual copy of D2 LOD.
Anyways I wonder what else they're going to include in the patch, new monster? new runewords? or simply fixing some bugs.
Also newcomers to the Diablo franchise are now able to download. I am a heavy collector of Warcraft novels, and all its previous games, and on 2004, I purchased Diablo II and LOD.
Naturally there is a portion of Blizzard fans who have never played Diablo, and if they wished to purchase it they can do so now straight from Blizzard via digital download.
This benefits many types of fans' technical needs and issues.
This is already in discussion at another thread. I said in said thread that this looks like a typical DNS domain name transfer behavior. I haven't confirmed Mockery has done this yet. I haven't interacted with Mockery in like 2-3 weeks.
Usually during a domain name transfer the people living in the immediate area will notice the DNS change right away. While those who live further continue to see the domain name working as normal. Around noon, I could still see diablo3.com pointing to diablofans.com (I live on US East Coast). It is past 6pm and now Diablo3.com went to limbo with a blank page and errors. Sometimes even get a google search page.
If there is any domain name transfer updates, you will read them on the Diablofans.com News Section. I contacted Mockery and Jetrall on this matter in case it is a technical problem.
http://www.blizzplanet.com
I hope that Blizzard will do the same thing with their future titles, but as soon as it gets out. That way I won't have to lift my fat @$$ off my chair and go to store to buy a copy.
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Diablo 2 - $19.99
Lord of Destruction - $ 19.99
Diablo 2 BattleChest - $39.99
http://www.blizzard.com/store/browse.xml?f=f:2
When they become available for Digital Download you will see this green ribbon at the bottom
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It's great that the digital downloads are coming out now, because i recently descovered that my dog likes the taste of diablo... and i have no way of getting the MPQ files
Does it matter? Since I'm assuming you already have the game lol =P
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He titled it as:
Diablo II Patch v1.12a Released!
Unless that was a typo, this can be interpreted as there are plans for 1.12b -- because It is not usual to call recently released patches with letters "a".
http://www.blizzplanet.com
If you want to arrange it
This world you can change it
If we could somehow make this
Christmas thing last
By helping a neighbor
Or even a stranger
And to know who needs help
You need only just ask
its not supposed to be a nice game
autostats are rediclous
lack of pots is not welcome
if it aint broke dont fix it! (diablo2)
diablo3.com is ALSO down for Australia
:):)
Digital Ditribution is BS!!!