Diablo III - Official Discussion Thread - Who will beat Inferno first?

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IllegalPaladin said:

True, but what I meant was that in Diablo 2, you had to go through certain quests and what not to progress and even if you joined your friend's game, you were still limited to what act you were on (not counting normal, nightmare and hell obviously).

In Diablo 3, I joined a friend's game and it let me into Act 4, showed me the cutscene and I could teleport to them in the action even though my character's progress was only still in Act 1.

It was that way in Diablo 2 at the beginning also. I think until version 1.09 (8 versions after initial release), you could go to any act just by beating the act boss. So high levels would just tele to boss, tp in the level 1, kill the boss and be in act 5 in no time.

Sure, it's easier in D3 for now, but I'm sure that will change soon. People will boost regardless.