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[Archon_Wing]

So anyhow, I logged in Diablo 3 and got spammed by spambots (nothing new), and even got spam friend requests, so I left the channel as usual. I figured I might as well join my own as I did in d2... and it doesn't work. You may only join the preset channels! I really don't get why this is so. Starcraft 2 didn't have them, but got them eventually, and this is battle.net 2.0 right? With parties only being 4 people large, it seems that it would be rather cumbersome to talk with a bunch of friends/guild/clan members or whatever.

I think this is a greater issue for the experience than actual game balance. After all, the point of this game was to be played online and interact with others, right?