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WoL to HotS Ladder Transition? - Page 2
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Quixoticism
United States80 Posts
We'll see when HotS comes out. | ||
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Takkara
United States2503 Posts
On February 09 2011 12:07 Quixoticism wrote: I seem to remember them talking about this a while ago that when expansions come out the multiplayer will be updated for everyone who owns SC2. This makes the most sense to me as there wouldn't be a ladder split dividing up the player base, making a larger community of gamers for the esport, and only one game to balance(considering the extra units, etc) This also makes it so that when LotV comes out there won't be another split, making 3 different ladders. We'll see when HotS comes out. This is what I remember them saying at Blizzcon when they announced the Trilogy, but the Kotaku post says otherwise and it post-dates the Blizzcon discussion. I can't find any transcript of the original Blizzcon conversation where they said they wanted to give people the multiplayer update for free. | ||
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AnodyneSea
Jamaica757 Posts
On February 09 2011 12:07 Quixoticism wrote: I seem to remember them talking about this a while ago that when expansions come out the multiplayer will be updated for everyone who owns SC2. This makes the most sense to me as there wouldn't be a ladder split dividing up the player base, making a larger community of gamers for the esport, and only one game to balance(considering the extra units, etc) This also makes it so that when LotV comes out there won't be another split, making 3 different ladders. We'll see when HotS comes out. Uh... they've already said they're doing what they've always done, separate ladders for each game. | ||
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universalwill
United States654 Posts
i wonder what blizzard is going to do about multiplayer... it cannot be a good idea to make people pay more for the game they already own just to keep up with everything. but that's probably going to end up happening. | ||
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MementoMori
Canada419 Posts
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WyrdWolf
United States17 Posts
Did people still play StarCraft (original) ladder seriously once BW came out and got established? Won't it just be the same situation? | ||
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Duka08
3391 Posts
However I would be completely unsurprised if they just made them segregated | ||
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lofung
Hong Kong298 Posts
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Euronyme
Sweden3804 Posts
That'd be a complete robbery of all the people who bought wol! It's like they'd like knock on your door when sc2 came out, and they'd be all like "give BW back, we've got a new starcraft now!" Edit: On February 09 2011 13:09 lofung wrote: hint: its activision-blizzard, not blizzard. Oh shit, that's true.. Expect a guy looking like the PC guy from the mac commercial knocking on your door at the release date ^^ | ||
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KiF1rE
United States964 Posts
On February 09 2011 12:40 AnodyneSea wrote: Uh... they've already said they're doing what they've always done, separate ladders for each game. yeah that old comment about merging the multiplayer in the trilogy was quite old, and i cant find anything relating to that any more, as it was back way before beta, and there isnt a single easily searchable transcript i can find. The old comment the way i understood it was that each expansion would essentially be a stand alone game with multiplayer between the three of them. But thats been a long time since we heard anything on that front in regards to an alternative system, and a blue on the beta forums said a while ago that it would work just like WC3 and its expansion. Obviously i cant link it since those forums vanished, but i remember it because i was ranting on ventrillo about how they changed their plan on that aspect. | ||
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thehitman
1105 Posts
Do they have 2 different ladders, kill WOL and have just the HOTS ladder or do they make 1 ladder for both games somehow!? Its a really interesting question and I'm not sure if even Blizzard knows what its going to do at this date. | ||
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eLiE
Canada1039 Posts
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Megaliskuu
United States5123 Posts
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TedJustice
Canada1324 Posts
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Stil
United Kingdom206 Posts
Of course, it's quite likely they *would* include extra stuff for multiplayer - but had to go there. Does anyone remember age of empires 3? It had several expansions. I think each had their own different ladders as you couldn't play players with vanilla if you had either of the expansions. If you had one expansion you could play someone with an expansion you didn't however (I think that's right). If any new content and strats are *balanced(TM)* with WOL content then I don't see why they couldnt merge WOL and HOTS games and ladders - In vanilla wow you can play in the same world as those who have the expansions. I think it's more incentive to stay on equal footing with the crowd and might sell more copies *shrugs* As has been mentioned already, I think though we'll see separate ladders for each game. | ||
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Shana
Indonesia1814 Posts
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Smigi
United States328 Posts
On February 09 2011 12:05 red_b wrote: EA shuts off the servers every time a new madden comes out. In days past I would not have thought Blizz would do that, but now, I think they will. I agree, and have also noticed this. I think WoL servers will be up after HotS comes out, but maybe for a couple months until everyone has made the transition. | ||
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Mr. Wiggles
Canada5894 Posts
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War Horse
United States247 Posts
because literally no one will be playing WoL | ||
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RukKus
United States197 Posts
this coming from a guy who just doesn't like change | ||
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