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FLeK0
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Sixen
United States126 Posts
On January 22 2013 20:11 FLeK0 wrote: Eurogamer has a new article about the game, no actual details just coming soon talk. Cool, thanks for sharing that!  . | ||
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LiamTheZerg
United States523 Posts
Dota2's free on release, and keys are abundant enough that the game is virtually free. I have 9 keys left after giving some to my friends, and I haven't gotten half as many keys as some people. | ||
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GolemMadness
Canada11044 Posts
On January 23 2013 13:50 LiamTheZerg wrote: Dota2's free on release, and keys are abundant enough that the game is virtually free. I have 9 keys left after giving some to my friends, and I haven't gotten half as many keys as some people. I don't understand this. If there are so many keys available, why not just make it available to eveyone for download on the site? | ||
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Alryk
United States2718 Posts
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DeltaX
United States287 Posts
On January 23 2013 14:11 GolemMadness wrote: I don't understand this. If there are so many keys available, why not just make it available to eveyone for download on the site? I think mostly because the game is not done. They still want to add things like guides, China as a region is not really in yet, and they are missing ~15 heroes still. I think once all the heroes are ported they will release it. The second reason is that it puts a cap on how many people they know will join their servers at any one time. There are still a few bugs and some downtime. Consider if they released tomorrow and over a million people tried to log on. The servers might die like some other hot releases last year. If they can slowly ramp up that makes it a lot easier to get the servers in place. | ||
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DusTerr
2520 Posts
Thanks for the video updates Sixen! | ||
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Sixen
United States126 Posts
On January 23 2013 14:53 Alryk wrote: I really want to watch all of this... it would interest me greatly. I love blizzard lore, and if they're adding it in to the game that would be crazy. Does anybody want to sum up what is known or should I just take 1.5 hours to watch the movie? Either way I just glanced at one of the videos and thank you very much sixen! Sorry it's so long in total, ;(. I figured giving each episode 10 minutes or so would make them easy enough for people to catch up on if that were the case. Could watch one or two episodes a day for a week and catch up! :D. On January 23 2013 16:09 DusTerr wrote: Personally, I hope this isn't a stand alone title... Mainly because I don't see myself buying many titles (does depend a lot on pricing). I like the idea of having it as a sc2 mod (arcade map) to play when I'm not doing WoL/HotS ladder. Thanks for the video updates Sixen! As per the Eurogamer interview linked above, Sigaty confirmed the game will be both free to play (with microtransactions), in addition to being a stand-alone client (without requiring SC2). | ||
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LiamTheZerg
United States523 Posts
On January 23 2013 14:11 GolemMadness wrote: I don't understand this. If there are so many keys available, why not just make it available to eveyone for download on the site? Because technically, the games still beta. You're buying early access, much like what happened with Tribes; Ascend. In addition to that early access comes with the game, you get several sets of aesthetics, which can be traded at any time. Also, with the early access comes more time to practice and be good, before it goes live. Myself, I don't really understand why they're charging (apart from the aesthetics and early access), but it's up to them and going to be free later on. In my opinion, the games easily worth 100$. Obviously no one would charge that much, but I never played a DOTA style game before League 2 summers ago, and since the International 1 i've tried HoN, but got bored and since getting a key that November, haven't looked back. Oh, also, as delta said, they don't have all the servers out too, so it helps with the costs of setting those up. | ||
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antilyon
Brazil2546 Posts
On January 24 2013 11:41 LiamTheZerg wrote: Because technically, the games still beta. You're buying early access, much like what happened with Tribes; Ascend. In addition to that early access comes with the game, you get several sets of aesthetics, which can be traded at any time. Also, with the early access comes more time to practice and be good, before it goes live. Myself, I don't really understand why they're charging (apart from the aesthetics and early access), but it's up to them and going to be free later on. In my opinion, the games easily worth 100$. Obviously no one would charge that much, but I never played a DOTA style game before League 2 summers ago, and since the International 1 i've tried HoN, but got bored and since getting a key that November, haven't looked back. Oh, also, as delta said, they don't have all the servers out too, so it helps with the costs of setting those up. They charge so the ammount of players with no idea of what they are getting into leave with a bad first impression. They're making the tutorials and nailing the game modes/populating the store/fixing the bugs with a player base already loyal to DOTA. | ||
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Sixen
United States126 Posts
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Solarsail
United Kingdom538 Posts
On January 23 2013 14:11 GolemMadness wrote: I don't understand this. If there are so many keys available, why not just make it available to eveyone for download on the site? The percieved exclusivity makes it attractive and makes keys seem valuable. It's pure marketing. | ||
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fuzzy_panda
New Zealand1681 Posts
On January 26 2013 07:57 Solarsail wrote: The percieved exclusivity makes it attractive and makes keys seem valuable. It's pure marketing. Not really. Sure, marketing plays a part, but they do this for several reasons: 1. They want to make a full-fledged tutorial/training mode for new players. Dota has a huge learning curve and if everyone can play now, a lot of noobs are gonna have a negative experience and not come back. So at the moment what they're doing is quite clever. They let in people who are already fans of Dota or who are genuinely curious enough to get keys for it. 2. They also have to have time to set up all the servers. For example, Australian servers just went up in the past month. 3. They don't have all the heroes and content they want to put in the game yet. I believe once all these things have been done to Valve's satisfaction the game will be released. The thing that probably takes the most time is porting the heroes and tutorial, since valve handing out so many keys probably mean they have the server capacity. | ||
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Sixen
United States126 Posts
On January 26 2013 08:35 fuzzy_panda wrote: Not really. Sure, marketing plays a part, but they do this for several reasons: 1. They want to make a full-fledged tutorial/training mode for new players. Dota has a huge learning curve and if everyone can play now, a lot of noobs are gonna have a negative experience and not come back. So at the moment what they're doing is quite clever. They let in people who are already fans of Dota or who are genuinely curious enough to get keys for it. 2. They also have to have time to set up all the servers. For example, Australian servers just went up in the past month. 3. They don't have all the heroes and content they want to put in the game yet. I believe once all these things have been done to Valve's satisfaction the game will be released. The thing that probably takes the most time is porting the heroes and tutorial, since valve handing out so many keys probably mean they have the server capacity. It does have a bit to do with perception though, hence why they aren't calling it "Beta" anymore. Now it's "early access." | ||
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Kakaru2
198 Posts
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Sixen
United States126 Posts
On March 03 2013 20:28 Kakaru2 wrote: Any news linking it to whatever Blizzard will announce at PAX? I don't believe it'll be BAS at PAXEast; Blizzard sent the teaser image to WoW fansites only, SC/Diablo fansites did not receive them. This in mind, it leads me to believe it'll have to do with WC. | ||
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Xapti
Canada2473 Posts
On March 04 2013 03:22 Sixen wrote: lameI don't believe it'll be BAS at PAXEast; Blizzard sent the teaser image to WoW fansites only, SC/Diablo fansites did not receive them. This in mind, it leads me to believe it'll have to do with WC. | ||
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Nimion
Germany2 Posts
love the enthusiasm you put into this btw! Gratitude from Germany | ||
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Sixen
United States126 Posts
On March 04 2013 19:50 Nimion wrote: do you plan a channel or something like this for people who can play the close beta? love the enthusiasm you put into this btw! Gratitude from Germany Definitely, as soon as I can get my hands on the game (and share this publicly), I'll be posting videos, commentaries, etc, up on my channel, . | ||
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FLeK0
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