# Diablo 3 May 15th! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 15, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860 "2012-03-15T14:13:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/102 "2012-05-15T07:27:43Z")
i now finally understand why Charlie Brown kept trying to kick that damned ball. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/103 "2012-05-15T07:38:07Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > i now finally understand why Charlie Brown kept trying to kick that damned ball. I feel your pain. ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/104 "2012-05-15T07:41:32Z")
What’s going on, are the servers down? The Blizzard forums went down just now so I can’t even pretend I’m at the party anymore. Let me live through you till the mailman comes tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/105 "2012-05-15T07:47:21Z")
yup, yup. Error 300008. Error 3006. judging by past experiences, playing tommorow is the smart thing to do. i never learn. ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/106 "2012-05-15T08:10:27Z")
My son says #error37 is trending on twitter. I quit trying to log in, I guess I’ll just go to bed and wait till tomorrow to log in. Why couldn’t they do a rolling start by time zone or put us in queue like they do in WoW? ---
**Author:** ![Viridiana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Viridiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Viridiana)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/107 "2012-05-15T08:31:06Z")
Oh Blizzard, you little c-tease! ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/108 "2012-05-15T15:16:54Z")
Well, looks like it was a good thing I didn’t try and stay up to play last night. 😛 Not that I’m going to have much of a chance to play today either, since I’m flying out of here at noon. ☹ -XT ---
**Author:** ![martu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@martu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martu)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/109 "2012-05-15T15:22:53Z")
And so it starts, [Game Breaking Bug Discovered in Diablo III](http://kotaku.com/5910360/game-breaking-bug-discovered-in-diablo-iii) ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/110 "2012-05-15T17:06:46Z")
> [@martu](#): > > And so it starts, [Game Breaking Bug Discovered in Diablo III](http://kotaku.com/5910360/game-breaking-bug-discovered-in-diablo-iii) Link blocked for me. Summary? ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/111 "2012-05-15T17:48:24Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Link blocked for me. > > Summary? Meh. > [@](#): > > The bug is triggered when players interact with the Templar follower early in the game, equipping the Templar with a shield. > > Players on Blizzard’s Diablo III forums are reporting the bug; likewise, players on website Eurogamer apparently are, too. The error seems to be specific to the Demon Hunter class. > > Blizzard, the game’s developer, has yet to release a fix. Online, players are recommending that you do not equip the Templar with said shield prior to accepting him as a follower. > > “Don’t trade your equipped shield with the Templar,” wrote Diablo III player Laurelin. “The game boots you out, and you can’t log back until Blizzard notices and fixes this issue.” ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/112 "2012-05-15T18:35:04Z")
You get locked out of the game permanently (until patched)? That’s just a “meh”? 😃 Il’d be furious. Edit: Thanks for the summary, by the way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/113 "2012-05-15T20:24:26Z")
I find it endlessly irritating that I’m locked out of playing a single player game because the multiplayer servers are down. I don’t want to play MP. I want to play single player. I haven’t even gotten to start a character yet. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/114 "2012-05-15T20:27:59Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > You get locked out of the game permanently (until patched)? > > That’s just a “meh”? 😃 > > Il’d be furious. > > Edit: Thanks for the summary, by the way. 🙂 It’s just a "meh’ because it is far less exciting than, say, a huge gold or xp hack. Apparently it’s already been fixed, so “permanently” is not a very long time. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/115 "2012-05-15T21:10:59Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > It’s just a "meh’ because it is far less exciting than, say, a huge gold or xp hack. Apparently it’s already been fixed, so “permanently” is not a very long time. It’s still down. The last update sounded… well, weird. Almsot panicked. 🙂 “Urgent maintenance” is not a term normally associated with a simple big fix. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/116 "2012-05-15T21:27:33Z")
You’d think that Blizzard would be a little more solid on release. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/117 "2012-05-15T21:56:08Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > You’d think that Blizzard would be a little more solid on release. You might think so, but their release history would likely lead one to conclude it wouldn’t go well. I guess you might assume that they should have learned from past mistakes. Or that they would properly stress test their servers before launch. Alas, neither appears to be the case. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/118 "2012-05-16T01:30:50Z")
Ok, can someone tell me how to attack with the weapon I’m holding??? I’ve got a witch doctor and have a sword in my hand. He could attack with it at first but since level 2 he just holds the thing and shoots blow darts. I looked around online and it seems I’m not the only one who can’t figure out how to swing a sword or an axe. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/119 "2012-05-16T01:33:52Z")
Turn on elective mode in the options, drag the ability icon off the mouse button. You don’t really want to do this though. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/120 "2012-05-16T03:52:02Z")
You are attacking with the sword (or more likely, dagger) you’re holding. You’re just doing it at range, with added poison damage, and the sword looks like darts while you’re doing it. All damage you do depends on your weapon, even if it doesn’t look like it. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860/121 "2012-05-16T03:54:40Z")
Aaaand the servers aren’t responding again. ETA: And Blizzard’s websites are down. Er, were they completely unaware that this was going to be a mildly popular game? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diablo-3-may-15th/615860.md?page=7)