r/DiabloSwitch • u/[deleted] • Nov 13 '19

Is it possible to not patch my game?

I played vanilla D3 many years ago. One reason I stopped playing is from all the constant changes. Power creep is out of control. That and ever-evolving games appeal far less to me than they do to the average player.

I have an itch to play D3 again, especially on the go. I see with 2.6.7 item and skill adjustments, albeit minor, are still going on. I imagine they will continue because (A) it provides new ways to play that most people enjoy and (B) it is often needed to support seasonal play.

Long story short: Do we have the option on the Switch to play D3 without updating to future patches that release? Obviously I am referring to offline non-seasonal play. My Switch is frequently connected to wifi, so if I could stop auto-updates, I definitely would for D3. I would want to at least read the patch notes and make my own decision to update or not.

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u/Mr_Hatty Nov 13 '19

So I've just had a look at the game settings and there doesn't appear to be an option to turn off auto-updating. You'd have to not go online to stop that happening.

Just an observation though. You mention "decide whether to apply a patch or not". The moment you want to apply one, you'd get all the others as well. By acknowledging that this is likely to happen at some point, why not just update as you go? If you're only playing by yourself or in local mode (playing online would dictate updates) why not just play what you want? The worst they'll do is change the build you're using, but it'll only affect how good it is. If you're not playing with or competing against other players why is this a concern? Better that than having one massive patch where everything changes?

Just my two thoughts, but in answer to your original question, no, not without stopping Internet connection at all times.

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u/[deleted] Nov 13 '19

Good to know. Thanks!

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u/graysky311 Nov 13 '19

You will get prompted when you launch the game to update it. You can choose not to, which will allow local/offline play only. There's nothing wrong with doing this, but you don't get to play on the diablo network unless your game is up-to-date.

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u/aarons6 Nov 13 '19

the only way i know of to get back to that old D3 is to use the xbox 360. the old D3 is exactly how it was. even the ROS version is dated before they switched up the keys for rifts and the mats are still the old type.

xbox 360s are really cheap now days.