Edited sentence: Diablo 3 was immediately met with hostility from a vocal section of players.Many felt that instead of gameplay, developer Blizzard was focusing on the Auction House, pointing out the buggy launch, and the functionality of the Auction House before other game features such as Player vs Player combat.Server instability further angered fans due to the game's online-only playability, especially players on the Hardcore realm, where death is permanent.Some fans also thought that the game deviated too much from it's successor, though Diablo 2 had strong multiplayer numbers on the Battle.The official Diablo 3 forums on Battle.net servers years after it's release.net were flooded with complaints, bemoaning the lucklaster story, especially the killing of NPC Deckard Cain, whom appeared in the previous two games of the series, Diablo, and Diablo II