EPTWill you purchase Heart of the Swarm?
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Waxangel
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synapse
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BisuDagger
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Quakecomm
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kochanfe
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Bayyne
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ChuCky.Ca
Canada2497 Posts
On February 19 2013 13:26 Bayyne wrote: If it hits a very low sale price of $5, maybe. That's what I value HotS at. :o at least be realistic and say 20$ or something around that lol. preordered day 1! | ||
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iamho
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FrostedMiniWheats
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lokes
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On February 19 2013 13:30 ChuCky.Ca wrote: :o at least be realistic and say 20$ or something around that lol. preordered day 1! lol clearly you don't know shit about how many people and how much effort does it cost to make a game. | ||
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TerranosaurusWrecks
Canada187 Posts
On February 19 2013 13:26 Bayyne wrote: If it hits a very low sale price of $5, maybe. That's what I value HotS at. i'm actually shocked that the pro scene has come so far, the online community is a pretty cheap crowd | ||
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Hrrrrm
United States2081 Posts
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Oiseaux
United States676 Posts
I can appreciate the mental and physical effort that goes into playing an RTS like SC2, hence why I love following the pro scene, but RPGs are my game of choice when it comes to actually playing a game. | ||
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dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
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xuanzue
Colombia1747 Posts
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NotSorry
United States6722 Posts
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HououinKyouma
Australia152 Posts
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Zerg.Zilla
Hungary5029 Posts
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iMrising
United States1099 Posts
but I don't know if I can resist it So yea, Im going to be playing it soon. Probably in the summer or something | ||
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Latham
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CCa1ss1e
Canada3231 Posts
Would if I could though. | ||
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Bosu
United States3247 Posts
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Greenei
Germany1754 Posts
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Cyro
United Kingdom20285 Posts
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iNfeRnaL
Germany1908 Posts
On February 19 2013 17:05 Greenei wrote: ill surely buy it at some point. the price is the only question. Can't agree more! If you have no intention of playing it professionally I don't see any reason as for why to feed Blizzard even more. Because you know, it's not like they tried super hard to make their promises come true in WoL... (talking all the features that were supposed to be added but still aren't / took em forever to do it.), but on the other hand they charge the same prize as the full game? That's what I call customer friendly. | ||
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achan1058
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Zenbrez
Canada5973 Posts
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saltis
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For me as Terran player it doesn't make sense to pay £27 only for one additional unit (spider mine). I surely can wait to play MP + achievements until the price will drop. | ||
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Dirkinity
Germany409 Posts
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greggy
United Kingdom1483 Posts
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ShotgunMike
Sweden241 Posts
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KristofferAG
Norway25712 Posts
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DavoS
United States4605 Posts
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BamBam
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Honestly I was hoping HOTS would of fixed zerg's anti air, gave terran better GtA, gave protoss some area control unit (aside from HT/Collo) and drop overall supply requirements for units - or at least raise the supply cap. Meh, maybe I am just a dreamer... | ||
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Kompicek
Czech Republic245 Posts
On February 19 2013 13:32 iamho wrote: $40 for an expansion is too much for me too. I'll probably grab it on sale if the metagame turns out to be significantly better than WoL. same here | ||
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Zedrewo
Sweden12 Posts
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ZeroSix
England54 Posts
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Inex
Bulgaria443 Posts
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xbertssmiler
Germany14 Posts
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Xythe
United Kingdom5 Posts
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HeeroFX
United States2704 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + I think that everyone who loves sc will end up buying it, it seems silly to sick to WoL when the new expansion is out and everyone will be playing that. | ||
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Rokevo
Finland1033 Posts
It's a pretty terrible game(as is wol), but there's nothing else to play, so yeah.. | ||
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Riquiz
Netherlands402 Posts
I already had received a beta-key very early on, and it was and is way more fun then WoL, way less 3base turtlemax bullshit in my experience. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
That said, I have close to $250 in Bnet funds from D3 but my WoW guild disbanded last year. That money was planned to pay for my subscription and it's going nowhere, so why not? I'm only going to play the campaign if I get it, though. | ||
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Leetley
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SkelA
Macedonia13032 Posts
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MutaDoom
Canada1163 Posts
Here's a beat up version, still pretty cool though. Edit: Is this the Brood War one? Or just some image someone created? Looks pretty slick. | ||
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Echo_
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However, I won't be playing it for serious 1v1's. Game is too gimmicky right now... Will probably just mess around with friends on it. | ||
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oneill12
Romania1222 Posts
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mahO
France274 Posts
On February 19 2013 13:33 lokes wrote: lol clearly you don't know shit about how many people and how much effort does it cost to make a game. Well, talking about HotS, no, there is definetly very little effort, most of the upgrades were just easy to make, design? Not really. Graphics? No. UI and random stats? Easy, most of it required good ideas, that were already in Warcraft 3 or suggested by the community. Only thing is the campain, and even then, they never delivered something that required a lot of work in solo player, so no, the price is too high, clearly, you dont realize how easy it was for them to "upgrade" WoL... But hey it's Blizzard, who the fuck would be surprised | ||
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trada
Germany347 Posts
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Noocta
France12578 Posts
On February 19 2013 12:54 synapse wrote: Not sure if it's worth the money... was hoping for a $20-$25 expansion :T That's the price of DLCs these days, not expansions. :/ HotS is a full campaign, with all the CGI cinematics. I think it's already a miracle they didn't find a way to sell it 60 bucks. | ||
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Zeon0
Austria2995 Posts
On February 19 2013 15:14 Latham wrote: No, at least not on release day. 40$ for THAT is so not worth it. But I will be following the tournaments to see the HotS meta. If I like what I see, I might buy it sooner, if it stays like it is on streams I'll get it on discount for Xmas or when prices drop. i would pay like 100$ for it (and i probably will cause i will buy the collectors edition which is like 70€ which are 100$^^). compare it to go to a movie, there you pay like 10$ for 2h, i guess hots will give you more than 8h of entertainment | ||
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Havik_
United States5585 Posts
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BerronDavis
United States12 Posts
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Talin
Montenegro10532 Posts
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sevia
United States954 Posts
If people expect to stick to Wings after HotS is out, it's just not going to happen. However you feel about the new expansion, nobody will even be thinking about vanilla SC2 after it's out. It's like SC and BW. Too many people with the angsty "I'm not buying it until Blizzard fixes it the way I want it!" attitude. They'll cave after a week or two. Would you really consider WoL's original price point to be too extreme for the amount of entertainment it's provided over the years? | ||
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achan1058
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On February 20 2013 03:43 mahO wrote: Well, talking about HotS, no, there is definetly very little effort, most of the upgrades were just easy to make, design? Not really. Graphics? No. UI and random stats? Easy, most of it required good ideas, that were already in Warcraft 3 or suggested by the community. Only thing is the campain, and even then, they never delivered something that required a lot of work in solo player, so no, the price is too high, clearly, you dont realize how easy it was for them to "upgrade" WoL... But hey it's Blizzard, who the fuck would be surprised You underestimate the amount of work needed to create the campaign, by a lot. | ||
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Prime Directive
United States186 Posts
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Sejanus
Lithuania550 Posts
Too many people with the angsty "I'm not buying it until Blizzard fixes it the way I want it!" attitude. I see what you are saying, but it's not too many, to be honest. How many was that, three or four hundreds? Blizzard counts sales in millions. Those 4 hundreds not buying is a totally insignificant amount. And that's assuming they are really not buying. | ||
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CrazyF1r3f0x
United States2120 Posts
On February 19 2013 13:39 TerranosaurusWrecks wrote: i'm actually shocked that the pro scene has come so far, the online community is a pretty cheap crowd Vocal minority my friend; the poll makes that obvious. I'd say most people have ordered, and simply don't feel the need to justify their decision in this thread. | ||
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The_Darkness
United States910 Posts
If you think you'll play through the campaign and at least 20 to 30 hours of multiplayer and the arcade mode I don't see how you could possibly object to a $40 price tag. | ||
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The_Darkness
United States910 Posts
On February 20 2013 06:16 Sejanus wrote: I see what you are saying, but it's not too many, to be honest. How many was that, three or four hundreds? Blizzard counts sales in millions. Those 4 hundreds not buying is a totally insignificant amount. And that's assuming they are really not buying. I agree. Most of the people posting here who say they won't buy it, I'd guess, will probably end up buying it. Also to the extent they won't, those people represent the most preposterously impossible to please group of people on the planet. (You didn't implement such and such buff to the siege tank -- good job ruining the game Blizzard!) Unless you simply dislike RTS games as a general matter or live in abject poverty, you will buy HoTS. | ||
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GinDo
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Please note this is my OPINION. | ||
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ffadicted
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SeraKuDA
Canada343 Posts
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Ksquared
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Weasel-
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Mambo
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grockey
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midnight999
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KirA_TheGreaT
France204 Posts
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MattyClutch
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LimitSEA
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Riner1212
United States337 Posts
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KrazyTrumpet
United States2520 Posts
Anyway, as the poll indicates, it's just the usual TL vocal minority angst-filled babies that are raising a stink, while everyone actually excited is just patiently waiting for release. I've had my CE pre-ordered for weeks now, and plan on picking it up at midnight. I am a Blizzard veteran, though, and have no illusions about being able to actually play reliably on launch night lololol | ||
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juve641
Russian Federation6 Posts
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pepe08
Germany566 Posts
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GrimZeRo
United States113 Posts
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MildSeven
Canada311 Posts
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pwnageoftheyear
United States64 Posts
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StoRm_res
Switzerland891 Posts
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KrazyTrumpet
United States2520 Posts
On February 20 2013 20:29 pwnageoftheyear wrote: just curious... how many terran players are actually going to buy the expansion Every single one of them should. | ||
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PooLsharK
Germany179 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23576 Posts
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Angra
United States2652 Posts
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Swiv
Germany3674 Posts
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Cygoris
Luxembourg40 Posts
Or not, I already pre-ordered my copy. | ||
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itiswhatitis
United States136 Posts
On February 20 2013 12:30 KirA_TheGreaT wrote: not sure why you guys are buying it 40$, i'm just gonna buy a key on internet for 29€, it's not like i really need the box. So you save like 3 dollars? | ||
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virpi
Germany3598 Posts
sidenote: People are buying a new CoD game every f...ing year for about 60 €. Compare that to HotS. | ||
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FaCE_1
Canada6172 Posts
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paddyz
Ireland628 Posts
I really hope I get to keep my achievements/portraits etc. Didn't get 1k wins with every race in master league just to do it all again in HOTS. | ||
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VGhost
United States3613 Posts
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nymfaw
Norway430 Posts
Dota2 however, im hooked ;O | ||
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Gorlin
United States2753 Posts
On February 19 2013 13:39 Hrrrrm wrote: I'll wait for it to go on sale for ~$20. Never really liked how they chopped the game into 3 campaigns to milk the fan base. It's not "chopping into three parts" if each part is as long as campaign from SC1 | ||
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tili
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number01
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On February 19 2013 13:26 Bayyne wrote: If it hits a very low sale price of $5, maybe. That's what I value HotS at. LOL! this is a funny post. The 1 vs 1 really does not bring anything new to the table. It is the same thing with a couple of new units. I am really waiting for the campaign because i like to play the story mode. I really do not pay attention to clans, achievements or things like that. Anyways that was my 2 cents. I expect the campaign to be worth the money. | ||
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Manijak
Slovenia112 Posts
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Karis Vas Ryaar
United States4396 Posts
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zeniasvalharik
United States19 Posts
RTS is the genre of champions, whether or not there are let downs with the game so far how can you not be playing the latest blizzard RTS? $40.00 is what you spent on chinese food. | ||
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iViNtaGe
United States254 Posts
But I am addicted  | ||
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JazzNL
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probably not buying it. | ||
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Ljas
Finland725 Posts
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ThunderGod
New Zealand897 Posts
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striderxxx
Canada443 Posts
On February 21 2013 14:01 Ljas wrote: All these "$40 is too expensive"-posts are funny. Blizz is selling it for 40€ here. Since the new game is regionaless, can't you just order it the US version? With shipping, it'll still be cheaper | ||
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PhReNeTik
Spain9 Posts
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Advantageous
China1350 Posts
On February 19 2013 12:54 synapse wrote: Not sure if it's worth the money... was hoping for a $20-$25 expansion :T you must be high. | ||
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TiTanIum_
Brazil1335 Posts
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SuperEight
United States333 Posts
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bK-
United States326 Posts
Furthermore using the guise of security and to protect their game by removing lan/forcing people to be online(The list can go on)* to use their product was just baffling for me. Gave it a shot anyways but I will not be buying HOTS. SC2 is a product that cannot recreate those feelings of playing a well developed RTS like SCBW did. Good luck to Blizzard because they got a lot of work to do with SC2 and D3. If they can address the core issues with the game and fix their mistakes, I will become a consumer once again and buy HOTS. I value HOTS at being $29.99 USD it is not worth a penny more. | ||
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BigRedDog
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I will get it for sure. Some say it isn't worth it or why they pay full game price for a partial game/expansion. I guess that's your call. Our purchasing power (or in this case, by not buying) is our own free choice. SC2 is a good game despite the imbalance. I see a lot of valid points about imbalance and the need to address these issues. But SC1/BW got through so much changes over the years that it is a totally diff game than it first came out. So balance issues will always be evolving. At the end of the day, do I enjoy the campaign and the multi-player? Yes and yes. By far, SC2 is one of the best RTS around. | ||
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thezanursic
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Sjokola
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Monsen
Germany2548 Posts
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AnomalySC2
United States2073 Posts
On February 21 2013 13:42 JazzNL wrote: Starcraft 2 is a failure of a game, doubt HotS will fix it. I'm hoping i'm wrong :-) probably not buying it. I'm of the same opinion/in the same boat. The single player looks fun though, I might get it for that if it ever goes on sale. | ||
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BlackCloud
Canada154 Posts
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niteReloaded
Croatia5281 Posts
- Hots fails terribly - Legacy of Void gets cut - somehow the rights for StarCraft trademark get bought by some other company, peferrably some an open source initiative -> We finally get a Real successor of BW | ||
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Znoz
Latvia127 Posts
Blizzard support of WoL made me from sc2 fanboy to "casual tournament watcher". So i'll continue enjoy sc2 tournaments, but not game itself(playing it). | ||
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monx
Canada1400 Posts
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UnholyRai
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Skiblet
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crappen
Norway1546 Posts
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cerb
Germany215 Posts
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Ryan307 :)
United States1289 Posts
bw4life yo | ||
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vojnik
Macedonia923 Posts
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Manijak
Slovenia112 Posts
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Yurie
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Akaann
Switzerland82 Posts
Can't wait to see how the campaign goes on... | ||
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J1.au
Australia3596 Posts
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Trozz
Canada3454 Posts
I'm too much a starcraft fan. Run it like Raelcun. | ||
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joquinn
Canada14 Posts
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ChoDing
United States740 Posts
for 40 bucks no...i can buy an eighth ;D | ||
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SeriouR
Spain622 Posts
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quebecman77
Canada133 Posts
blizzard secretely hate the terran race and alway nerf them ultra fast and have never buff them in any way . and you where required to have 2-3x the skill of the other race for win ( was playing mid-high master ) would have buy hots but terran look even worst here , and soon all the new unit terran got will be nerfed into the ground . also im just HATING this game that not even a real RTS , most people ALWAY play the same . everyone sim city build , for exemple zerg make 50-60 drone before ONE unit and if one race got something for attack them before the 15 min mark or force them to stop make drone , it got nerfed right away . the game = big 200-200 army fight who end up in one big battle who last under 30 sec and most game take 15-20 min to reach this point. then i quited , no THX , never again . and most of the time i was angry more that happy playing this stupid game . if the game drop under 10 $ maybe i will buy it for play some custom but in my eye this game dont even worth 10 $.... User was warned for this post | ||
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Radicalness
United States271 Posts
Of course it's not going to be as revolutionizing as SC1 and BW because it's not the first of it's kind so don't expect it to be. I tried to wait for the WoL price to go down before purchasing it but I ended up getting it a year and a half later when it was still $60 XD I will definitely be getting HOTS as soon as it comes out. | ||
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Erlendss
Norway5 Posts
However, I do not understand how 40€ can be too much for an expansion considering the costs involved in the production of the expansion, but more importantly the value of the product. Considering how much content the new expansion will offer, such as hours of campaign, arcade games, custom games, training, multiplayer and more. Personally I am a big fan of the achievements as well, making me want to explore the whole game to unlock as much bling as possible. If these people are not buying the game because they aren't interested in the new content and features, that is your decision. But please don’t rant about a high quality game costing the low price of 40$, it makes you look stupid and cheap. Simply just estimate how much time and effort you will put into the game and weigh it up against the cost. Personally, that is going to be endless hours of entertainment and competition compared to a 50-60€ game I complete in 10-30 hours. If I should compare the cost of SC2 WOL & HOTS against the 7 years subscription and 4 Expansion packs while I played WOW. It is going to look like 100€ Vs 2000€. (And yes I spent more than necessary on pixel swag) | ||
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iEatWoofers
Switzerland108 Posts
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Jakkerr
Netherlands2549 Posts
Only reason I would end up buying it is to play the campaign. | ||
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Spyridon
United States997 Posts
Not to mention the quality of development have went up a lot. Sure theres a couple less missions than BW had, but the missions are much larger, have full CGI and full cutscenes, all sorts of extras like minigames, leveling, achievements, come along with upgrades to the editor and all the extra features modern games have. A lot more development work in to modern expansions. Not to mention BW only came like 7 months after SC1 came out. If they tried something like that nowdays people would go nuts. Hell UMvC3 came out in longer time than that after MvC3 and people went crazy. Guarantee if they announced LotV was coming out 7 months after HotS people would say it's bullshit because we would be paying for fixes that should have been included in HotS for free, they are just milking us, and so on. Yet this was accepted in the 90's? And they charged $40 for it! lol Funny how things change... | ||
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Trilandian
Israel78 Posts
Us Europeans are really getting shafted on the price (again). | ||
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xuanzue
Colombia1747 Posts
there are FULL games in $20 or less, torchlight, CSGO, DOTA2. so yeah, $40 is a lot, the gameplay is not a huge change. and all the social features were expected in 2010, because, you know they existed in battlenet 1.0 | ||
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crazyweasel
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TheStrangerOne
United States12 Posts
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Noobity
United States871 Posts
Say what you want, but Blizzard has given me thousands of hours of entertainment, and they provide quality products (that's right, I believe their products, even diablo 3, were of a good quality). I do not feel that their pricing scheme is bad, and am more than willing to shell out a little more for a company that has done so much for me over the years. I spent $30 on the borderlands 2 season pass, and I don't think that I got nearly as much out of that as I've gotten out of even the beta for HotS. Viva la Blizzard. | ||
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DyEnasTy
United States3714 Posts
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Scrubwave
Poland1786 Posts
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Chronos.
United States805 Posts
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ZapRoffo
United States5544 Posts
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Dijego
Netherlands33 Posts
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figq
12519 Posts
i can't imagine missing any official chapter of the starcraft universe, no matter what | ||
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mr.grimm
Sweden63 Posts
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DethAdder
United States164 Posts
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sc14s
United States5052 Posts
so i will buy it.. but not for 40$ | ||
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docvoc
United States5491 Posts
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Moa
United States790 Posts
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dmtran87
United States32 Posts
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Riner1212
United States337 Posts
On February 24 2013 15:03 dmtran87 wrote: I am very shocked that 14% said they will not buy it. Wow. Especially seeing this in a serious SC2 site like TL... Sigh. $40 is not too much for an expansion you will spend 2+ years on... I think majority of the reason why most people dont want to buy the game is cuz of the time that blizzard takes immediate action when it is necessary. Naturally, most people will deviate to other games. | ||
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WetSocks
United States953 Posts
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sCuMBaG
United Kingdom1144 Posts
I might just be too old for competitive gaming. feels like I lost all motivation to spend time on a game | ||
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Greendotz
United Kingdom2053 Posts
On February 22 2013 23:57 xuanzue wrote: there are FULL games in $20 or less, torchlight, CSGO, DOTA2. DOTA2 is supposed to be a F2P game on release, so Steam charging $20 for 'early beta access' as they put it, is actually incredibly sneaky, especially since quite literally hundreds of beta keys are given out everyday if you just know where to look. | ||
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FlukyS
Ireland485 Posts
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SpaNiarD
Spain346 Posts
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How2getMaster
Germany124 Posts
So yeah I already preorderd at amazon. | ||
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emythrel
United Kingdom2599 Posts
On February 22 2013 03:16 pigmanbear wrote: I don't think Blizzard is very serious about this game and I won't be buying it. This is the worst comment in the entire thread. No blizzard doesn't take their games seriously, they just throw it all together willy nilly and hope for the best.... how moronic. | ||
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AnomalySC2
United States2073 Posts
On February 25 2013 01:14 How2getMaster wrote: It's pretty expensive yeah but the amount of patches you get is amazing. No other game gets patched this often and that carefully to remain balanced So yeah I already preorderd at amazon. Remain balanced lol. Implying it's balanced to begin with. WoL started completely broken, and 3 years later it has somehow managed to get even more imbalanced after all the constant patching. | ||
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dsousa
United States1363 Posts
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Mysticesper
United States1183 Posts
On February 24 2013 22:53 Greendotz wrote: DOTA2 is supposed to be a F2P game on release, so Steam charging $20 for 'early beta access' as they put it, is actually incredibly sneaky, especially since quite literally hundreds of beta keys are given out everyday if you just know where to look. It's not so much for the game itself, it's pretty much 20 dollars for the items + the game is included "free" with it. So it is still sneaky, but it's not like it's 20 dollars for the game itself. | ||
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ppshchik
United States862 Posts
On February 23 2013 08:08 Scrubwave wrote: After how they've dealt with WoL and Diablo 3? Fuck no. Seconded, not going to spend another penny on Blizzard after these 2 disappointments. Been a fan of Blizzard games (Played Broodwar, Warcraft 3, and some WoW). I can say that Vanilla WoW is the last decent Blizzard product.. Rest of their products ever since are either dumbed down or lacking character. Just gonna borrow HOTS from my friend for the campaign I guess | ||
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Daveydoh
United States1 Post
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Riner1212
United States337 Posts
On February 25 2013 04:03 ppshchik wrote: Seconded, not going to spend another penny on Blizzard after these 2 disappointments. Been a fan of Blizzard games (Played Broodwar, Warcraft 3, and some WoW). I can say that Vanilla WoW is the last decent Blizzard product.. Rest of their products ever since are either dumbed down or lacking character. Just gonna borrow HOTS from my friend for the campaign I guess that was my intent as well =). | ||
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tuoli9
Finland211 Posts
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tomastaz
United States976 Posts
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tomastaz
United States976 Posts
On February 22 2013 19:21 Jakkerr wrote: Cancelled my pre-order. Dota and LoL are more fun to play. Only reason I would end up buying it is to play the campaign. Are MOBA games really that fun? | ||
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Riner1212
United States337 Posts
yeh. try it lol.. alot cheaper too | ||
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Strike_
Netherlands704 Posts
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cLAN.Anax
United States2847 Posts
On February 25 2013 11:43 Strike_ wrote: Costs €40 which is the equivalent of ~$52 while america gets it for $40 so no I won't buy it until it goes on sale for 20 or something Huh?! Really?? :-o Is this actually the case? Surely Blizz isn't ripping off the Europeans? | ||
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Strike_
Netherlands704 Posts
On February 25 2013 11:44 cLAN.Anax wrote: Likely going to wait for a sale, but I'll get it eventually. I'm too busy with other junk at the moment to play this anyway. Huh?! Really?? :-o Is this actually the case? Surely Blizz isn't ripping off the Europeans? Australia probably has it even worse like they always have with games | ||
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Abacus1
Australia45 Posts
I'm from Australia, bought the game when the release date was announced. Collector's Edition is costing me $80. So thats probably about $85 US I guess. I actually thought for a Collector's Edition of a game I was getting an alright deal. There may be some bias in that as I'm a pretty die hard fan of the franchise and watch entirely too much Esports each day, but I'm not convinced you could sell a product of this quality any less. Its not just the game itself (which imo is worth the price absolutely), its everything that goes with it. The customer support which I've found to be really good. The new battle.net. Single player campaign as big as Frozen Throne, cinematics throughout, the voice acting quality, the orchestral scores. I'm a filmmaker and I'm not sure if that gives me a little more insight into some of these costs, but its extraordinary and what separates these games from the lower tier. TLDR: Bought it day one, Collector's Edition, for $80 Australian and would be willing to pay a lot more. | ||
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Skyling
United States76 Posts
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schaf
Germany1326 Posts
1. They added resume from replay, the new UI and all the good things of HOTS to WoL. Of course the new units are not included and i doubt there will be much more support from Blizzard for WoL, but... 2. No new patches. Yeah, right the game is imbalanced. So what, im playing at Platinum level, do you even consider that I will ever lose a game because of imbalance? No, I lose games because I am too stupid/too slow/too distracted. Imbalance is just an excuse for my own disabilty to play the game properly.Also, the game will not change. Ever. This means that I can play it until I am either a) fed up with it or b) reached the maximum of my potential in this game (which I have not). 3. No new meta game! I will not have to adapt to crazy new styles and learn the counter. This can of course be very interesting and you learn a lot about the game and strategy in general but why should I try and learn this new game when I still have not beaten the old one? 4. Considering this threat there will always be people like me who won't buy HOTS, so there will (hopefully) be enough players on my level left. So, there are still a few reasons that could lead me to buy HOTS in some time, like 1. Drop in Price. Look at my reasons above for staying at WoL, why would i spend 40 Euros to have basically the same game with a few new units that I dont need? 2. The new campaign. Not really interested in it but might be fun. 3. No players left to play against. Yeah well there is nothing I can do except going back to BW (which would be awesome btw) Also, if someones gifts this game to me I'll still be playing it I think. This is one of the times where 'I don't need it, but I also don't mind having it' applies. stay safe, guys | ||
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jnd
Czech Republic915 Posts
If there was cheaper multiplayer only version I'd be completely happy with that. | ||
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Warpish
834 Posts
On February 25 2013 11:44 cLAN.Anax wrote: Likely going to wait for a sale, but I'll get it eventually. I'm too busy with other junk at the moment to play this anyway. Huh?! Really?? :-o Is this actually the case? Surely Blizz isn't ripping off the Europeans? Clearly you are not European (or Australian). Ripping off Europeans and Australians is not only common; it's the industry standard. | ||
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anatem
Romania1369 Posts
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KiddoKanin
11 Posts
1. WOL in digital form when the game was released was too high, I assumed it would be slightly cheaper then buying the physical CD/DVD so I refused to buy it. 1,5 years later I bought the game at sale, played it for a few weeks. (Even after waiting so many years for SC2). 2. Too many kids and crying morons in this game. Because I was new and the game wassnt, because I had played some SC1 before I got some basic macro and an idea how to rush. Every damn game on the ladder (40 games in diamond) people where crying out loud that I was rushing and using cheese. People seem to be extreamly unfriendly in general, claiming that id never become good at the game ever. So, instead of wasting my time with total retards like the majority of SC2 players seem to be I decided to spend my time on watching the streamers I like and playing other games. 3. Dont like the game lobby, the D1/SC1 lobby was the best, after that it only got worse and worse. 4. Not playing any more, just watching streams. Thats my story for not buying HOTS. Kind regards to Blizzard /A former loyal and dedicated gamer | ||
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Grumbels
Netherlands7031 Posts
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Faust852
Luxembourg4004 Posts
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shineq
United Kingdom1453 Posts
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bartus88
Netherlands491 Posts
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Bjarne
Germany192 Posts
On February 25 2013 23:59 KiddoKanin wrote: Will not buy HOTS, the reasons are. 2. Too many kids and crying morons in this game. Because I was new and the game wassnt, because I had played some SC1 before I got some basic macro and an idea how to rush. Every damn game on the ladder (40 games in diamond) people where crying out loud that I was rushing and using cheese. People seem to be extreamly unfriendly in general, claiming that id never become good at the game ever. So, instead of wasting my time with total retards like the majority of SC2 players seem to be I decided to spend my time on watching the streamers I like and playing other games. Your damn right. Its so sad. If you cheese, eben on 2Base all ins, there will be an idiot flaming like hell. Sadly this is a bigger problem on EU servers. Unfriendly is an euphemism... Korea and NA are better mannerd. | ||
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Bjarne
Germany192 Posts
On February 26 2013 04:44 Bjarne wrote: Your damn right. Its so sad. If you cheese, even on 2base all ins, there will be an idiot flaming like hell. Sadly this is a bigger problem on EU servers. Unfriendly is an euphemism... Korea and NA are better mannerd. | ||
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RobinVervuren
Netherlands10 Posts
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Silentness
United States2821 Posts
I'd buy it in a heartbeat if they sold a version that allows you to play the multiplayer version of HoTS. I have no desire to pay the extra for the campaign. I have never played any Starcraft campaigns, only multiplayer version. Call me cheap! | ||
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DwD
Sweden8621 Posts
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mofoo
Sweden96 Posts
Easy purchase. I like the model where I pay for the game once and allowed to play as much as I want. | ||
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NervO
Netherlands511 Posts
Just because the scene is kinda switching over from what it looks like! | ||
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BigPanda
Sweden7 Posts
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iiN.Glockl0
Jamaica24 Posts
this heart of the bs.,. wont even touc hit.. BW > ALL FOREVER as PGTour > ALL in the past, now iCC > ALL soo.. wish ya have fun with your 3-key keyboards on sc2 protoss .. which only has '' CTRL, 1 , A " keys... lol | ||
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Trasko
Sweden983 Posts
Can't wait to play it! | ||
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itraveltime
6 Posts
Spider mines? Wonder where they got that idea from | ||
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GDI
United States69 Posts
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bartus88
Netherlands491 Posts
On February 26 2013 04:44 Bjarne wrote: Your damn right. Its so sad. If you cheese, eben on 2Base all ins, there will be an idiot flaming like hell. Sadly this is a bigger problem on EU servers. Unfriendly is an euphemism... Korea and NA are better mannerd. You can't really say if a server is better or worse mannered simply based on your own experiences. For example, in my experience, NA is a lot worse than EU. I was surprised by the amount of ragers on that server when I started laddering there after global play was implemented. Also, if you are really bothered by it, you can mute your opponent at the start of the game. Problem solved. | ||
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xuanzue
Colombia1747 Posts
since the online competition gets patched if you play WoL too right? it doesn't | ||
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whereismymind
United Kingdom717 Posts
Why would you buy HOTS on EU for 40€, instead on US acc for 40$? I mean since you can play on EU realms with US account, why not? Any problems? | ||
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