Queuing to get on?

[Simulacrum]

People will crack the game if they add offline mode. That's the reason.

That's a bad enough reason that it's probably not the real one.

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And then the online game will become the cheater-infested cesspool that D2 is.

How does this follow?

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That's a bad enough reason that it's probably not the real one.

Always online DRM is indeed a thing, Origin and Steam say high.

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How does this follow?

Once people have access to the game server architecture (which they would if Blizzard were to implement an offline mode), they could eaily find the holes in it. If you don't believe me, check out public games on the console version.