The exclusion of offline play for Diablo III may hurt some players, especially those who live in areas that might not have high-speed internet on a regular basis.
While this kind of feature has been utilized for authentication purposes, Diablo III will be requiring a constant connection for a whole plethora of Battle.NET features. Have you started groaning over this decision yet? Yes, Blizzard has decided to make Diablo III only playable as long as players have a constant online connection.
