Starter Edition

[bokou]

For those of you not willing to drop $50 to see if you like the game or not you can grab the starter edition that lets you level to 13 and go all the way to Skeleton King in Act 1. Not sure if that's a decent example of what you can expect later on in the game, but it's free to try nonetheless.

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/6939568 ... -8_14_2012

http://journeyofbokou.com/2012/08/15/di ... r-edition/

The Diablo III Starter Edition lets you play up to level 13. You can read about all the limitations here. You can play all of Act I up to the Skeleton King, level up to level 13, no access to auction houses (real money AH or the gold AH), and you can only be matched up to other Starter Edition players in the matchmaking system.

While this is a great way to test the game to see if it’s really as good or horrible as either side makes it out to be – it’s not an alternative to dropping $50 on the game and getting to play a gimped version (ah-la free-to-play) as much as it’s like WoW and SC2′s starter trials.

To grab the starter edition, Log in to your existing Battle.net account at www.battle.net, and sign up for the Diablo III Starter Edition through the “Your Game Accounts” section.

[carrier]

You can play all of Act I up to the Skeleton King

LOL! thats not even close to "all of Act I"... thats about an hour, to 2 hours, of play. which would get you to about lvl 8-9 before you'd have to re-run the same content if you wanted to get to lvl 13.

thats basically what the "beta test" was.

[mts]

You can play all of Act I up to the Skeleton King

LOL! thats not even close to "all of Act I"... thats about an hour, to 2 hours, of play. which would get you to about lvl 8-9 before you'd have to re-run the same content if you wanted to get to lvl 13.

thats basically what the "beta test" was.

it didn't say "all of act i". it said "all of act i up to the skeleton king". the meaning of the sentence changes if you clip too much off.

[carrier]

You can play all of Act I up to the Skeleton King

LOL! thats not even close to "all of Act I"... thats about an hour, to 2 hours, of play. which would get you to about lvl 8-9 before you'd have to re-run the same content if you wanted to get to lvl 13.

thats basically what the "beta test" was.

it didn't say "all of act i". it said "all of act i up to the skeleton king". the meaning of the sentence changes if you clip too much off.

which is more accurate?

"You can play all of Act 1 up to the Skeleton King"

or

"You can play Act 1 up to the Skeleton King"

[bokou]

PEDANTICS! I've edited my frontpage post to reflect

[Morgan]

LOL! thats not even close to "all of Act I"... thats about an hour, to 2 hours, of play. which would get you to about lvl 8-9 before you'd have to re-run the same content if you wanted to get to lvl 13.

thats basically what the "beta test" was.

it didn't say "all of act i". it said "all of act i up to the skeleton king". the meaning of the sentence changes if you clip too much off.

which is more accurate?

"You can play all of Act 1 up to the Skeleton King"

or

"You can play Act 1 up to the Skeleton King"

The first one, as the second statement might mean there are parts of act 1 leading up to the skeleton king that are not accessible. "All of" in the context of that sentence means "every part of act 1 up to the skeleton king".

[carrier]

The first one, as the second statement might mean there are parts of act 1 leading up to the skeleton king that are not accessible. "All of" in the context of that sentence means "every part of act 1 up to the skeleton king".

good point! i stand corrected

its such a small part of Act 1 tho... IMO they should just let ppl play ALL of Act 1 for the starter addition.

[bokou]

fml... re-edited. you guys are worse than my wife...

"to the left a little... no wait back to the right... no wait back to the left..."

(hanging pictures.. get your mind out of the gutter, carrier!)

[Morgan]

I'd blame the Mississippi school system if I was you...

[bokou]

no doubt... well that and I quit school in the 5th grade.. school is for pussies and democrats

[hoot80]

no doubt... well that and I quit school in the 5th grade.. school is for pussies and democrats

Shush you! My daughter just started her first day of pre-school. She was so excited last night that she cried when we told her she could not leave at 8 at night to go to school. Well, she was also tired, but she really wanted to go immediately to her school.

Back on topic, I'm not sure I like this starter edition thing. The first 13 levels and the first section of Act 1 does not give you a very good idea of what the game is about. You have no idea how to play a character until you are at least level 40 as the runes on abilities completely change how you play. I don't really see how showing people this itty bitty portion of the game is going to get them hooked.

[mts]

Back on topic, I'm not sure I like this starter edition thing. The first 13 levels and the first section of Act 1 does not give you a very good idea of what the game is about. You have no idea how to play a character until you are at least level 40 as the runes on abilities completely change how you play. I don't really see how showing people this itty bitty portion of the game is going to get them hooked.

i don't know... i'm one of those people playing the starter edition. i'm not sure its enough for me to want to get the game.

[Morgan]

Playing the game to 60 is fun, it gets progressively harder and more challenging along the way and takes about 50 hours. $59.99 for 50 hours of fun is a pretty damned good deal. It's once you get to 60 and get into the gear grind full swing that the fun gets sucked out of the game but at that point you've already gotten your money's worth.