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Blizzard said a VERY long time ago that SC2 is one character per account, even when you bought it (probably), and it's been on the login screen since release.
Whenever this namechange hits live, that will still be true, but you'll have the option of changing it if you really want to.
...why is this bad? or who cares?
Everyone who says "microtransactions are evil blabla doomsaying" should just shut up and wait, Blizzard have been doing microtransactions for a long time and they've never sold anything that mattered or made you better ingame.
Sure, they might change that and start selling stuff that matters, but it's just dumb and premature to cry now.
It's like sitting home all day crying FUCK I'M GOING TO DIE WITHIN 100 YEARS FUCK, except that's actually something you know is true.
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Just to tie up that arguement and to everyone still wondering 310% faster speed affects gameplay. Its a gameplay effect.
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On August 17 2010 07:28 Archerofaiur wrote:
Just to tie up that arguement and to everyone still wondering 310% faster speed affects gameplay. Its a gameplay effect.
You don't get 310% if you don't already have a 310% mount learned on that character. Just buying the star horse mount doesn't bestow any benefits.
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On August 17 2010 07:31 Excalibur_Z wrote:Show nested quote +On August 17 2010 07:28 Archerofaiur wrote:
Just to tie up that arguement and to everyone still wondering 310% faster speed affects gameplay. Its a gameplay effect. You don't get 310% if you don't already have a 310% mount learned on that character. Just buying the star horse mount doesn't bestow any benefits.
So, now that I know I'm right in my original post, care to explain how it affects gameplay Arch?
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On August 17 2010 07:33 AxeX1606 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 17 2010 07:31 Excalibur_Z wrote:On August 17 2010 07:28 Archerofaiur wrote:
Just to tie up that arguement and to everyone still wondering 310% faster speed affects gameplay. Its a gameplay effect. You don't get 310% if you don't already have a 310% mount learned on that character. Just buying the star horse mount doesn't bestow any benefits. So, now that I know I'm right in my original post, care to explain how it affects gameplay Arch?
If you dont have a mount how but you have learned 310% speed how fast do you go?
K now how fast do you go if youve learned 310% speed and payed for the horse?
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Ok let me be clear about this
Wow 101.
Mounts : normal flying mount 160ish% increase speed (dunno exact number)
Fast flying mount 280%,the most used one (quite expensive "driving license",cheap price for the mount itself,in ingame currency terms,that's it)
superfast Flying mount 310% (no further driving license required,but very hard to obtain,sometimes linked with ultra rare drops from raid bosses,very hard achievements (ie skill ones,not farming ones) and so forth)
Let's say,only good players(top raiding/pvp season) get a 310% mount,not the typical casual/nerdy/farming-geek like.
The 20bucks mount works like this: If you only have a 280% mount(90% of wow players),it will be 280% no matter what.
But if you were good enough to get yourself a 310%,it will be 310% too.
See how that works? It doesn't give any gameplay advantage.
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On August 16 2010 20:38 opticalza wrote:
They also say that after your free name change, you will have to pay for any future ones.
and so it begins...
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well...doesn't hurt me because I already have a name that I like/keep.
For the people who messed up the first time and THEN like to change their name constantly....well that's your fault.
For pros who swap sponsors and such...they'll figure out a way to get that done for free/no cost to themselves...
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On August 17 2010 07:36 Archerofaiur wrote:Show nested quote +On August 17 2010 07:33 AxeX1606 wrote:On August 17 2010 07:31 Excalibur_Z wrote:On August 17 2010 07:28 Archerofaiur wrote:
Just to tie up that arguement and to everyone still wondering 310% faster speed affects gameplay. Its a gameplay effect. You don't get 310% if you don't already have a 310% mount learned on that character. Just buying the star horse mount doesn't bestow any benefits. So, now that I know I'm right in my original post, care to explain how it affects gameplay Arch? If you dont have a mount how but you have learned 310% speed how fast do you go? K now how fast do you go if youve learned 310% speed and payed for the horse?
Make sense, then I'll consider answering your questions.
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Very lame. I can't understand why a name change and ladder reset should cost more money. This is the ugly side of Blizzard Entertainment.
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On August 17 2010 07:36 Archerofaiur wrote:Show nested quote +On August 17 2010 07:33 AxeX1606 wrote:On August 17 2010 07:31 Excalibur_Z wrote:On August 17 2010 07:28 Archerofaiur wrote:
Just to tie up that arguement and to everyone still wondering 310% faster speed affects gameplay. Its a gameplay effect. You don't get 310% if you don't already have a 310% mount learned on that character. Just buying the star horse mount doesn't bestow any benefits. So, now that I know I'm right in my original post, care to explain how it affects gameplay Arch? If you dont have a mount how but you have learned 310% speed how fast do you go? K now how fast do you go if youve learned 310% speed and payed for the horse?
You obviously don't know a thing about WoW, you're digging your hole deeper every time you post.
Not that this has anything to do with the OP anyway.. 
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If you dont have a mount how but you have learned 310% speed how fast do you go?
K now how fast do you go if youve learned 310% speed and payed for the horse?
There's no such thing like 310% Riding skill,or "driving license".
It stops with the 280% one.
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well... only WoW fanatics and console gamers are stupid enough to pay these "microtransactions" so it doesnt really bother me... but it doesnt mean i have to agree with it and be grateful for a single free name change
what will really piss me off is if they start charging for maps... that will suck
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On August 16 2010 22:53 Pheard wrote:
@futoM4ki
At the end of the day you KNEW these microtransactions were coming, they stated it multiple times up to release and you still bought the game. Vote with your wallet, don't buy something and complain that it is exactly what you expected it to be. The fact is they worked for at the very lesat 4 years on this game, and they have the perogative to charge whatever they see fit for whatever they want.
@ChickenLips
I too hate when people charge for things they create. It's their engine, their game, their concept, you didn't think that you would be able to change your name when you bought the game, now they are letting you do it for free for the first change and you are complaining? You don't NEED to change your name, so why is this an issue? It's O-P-T-I-O-N-A-L
lol.
this is not wholly about the "name change" service
so you find it fine and dandy that Blizzard has taken all the free services they offered in BNet 1 and removed them only to slowly introduce them simply to make a profit in BNet 2?
what about services that are not yet optional - chatrooms, lan etc etc.
even if YOU personally do not want to use the service, you think it is fine that Blizzard is abusing its customer base this way?
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One "free" name change could be one which everyone has to do at a point, and if you decide to just use the name which you had before it leaves you with only having to pay for a name change in the future.
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who cares, people are already working on pvpgnv2.
Then we'll say just goodbye to blizzard servers.
But yes making people to pay for changing value of a single variable is kinda ridiculous idea.
Still i think that such moves just give more motivation to creators of new pvpgn.
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Sounds good to me. One free is the way to go.
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Are they supposed to be resetting the ladder along with this name change option?
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On August 17 2010 08:26 SyN_FiR3 wrote:
Are they supposed to be resetting the ladder along with this name change option?
What gave you that impression?
By the sounds of it, no. It goes against their policy of no smurfing to add that.
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Maybe they'll provide an option to pay for ranking resets. If they charge for other maps, leagues will start using custom maps made from people like MorroW. It'll just turn players off. Plus, once one player buys, he'll upload it on a site and everyone can use it. I don't think they'll charge as badly as some people think. But hey, they have to keep the servers up somehow.
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