And hope you dont get interrupted
My niece and nephew where fighting on the stairs while I was fighting the world boss. Needless to say I forgo the world boss to break up the sibling rivalry. One loud roar later I was back in the game.
yeah i was playing d3 farming GGriffs before beta and then i was shocked to see esc didnt pause when the phone rang 
i guess it makes sense since its online and stuff but when im alone in an instanced dungeon i dont see why i cant pause
they better have a solid engine able to take all the action at any point later on in the game too. pausing is the only thing that saves the day when d3 starts chugging under density/area dmg
like this (its timestamped):
Mobs are chained to an area and really don’t follow for very long. Having to possibly run for 4-5 seconds to teleport is not a big issue. Pausing the game for everyone else online because you need to take a phone call is not an acceptable solution. The game is online only, it has never been advertised as anything but that. If you want a single player game you can pause, go play something else I guess.
so is d3 but you can pause if youre alone in an instance. idk
You can, but it is not a true pause really. I am sure you know this, but for anyone else reading.
In D3 while you can pause solo games, the game AFK timer keeps ticking and will punt you out of pause, make you sit in the live game during the logout countdown, then log you out. You can die during that logout countdown which is around 10+ seconds. D3 is only really safe to go AFK if you are in town. They don’t want people using the pause button to avoid death when they get into a tricky situation.
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Yeah but AFK is like 20 min. Plenty of time to deal with children or a phone call or whatever. But those initial few seconds saved by pausing, instead of running and using TP, make a big difference when you’re needed elsewhere.
I’d rather have that “unsafe” pause, than this.
Nevertheless, don’t mind my words, not gonna buy this product anytime soon.