EPTExpansion packs should expand upon a game, not make it irrelevant.
The clue is in the word "expansion pack" not "new game"
Heart of the Swarm will have a Separate Ladder - Page 6
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ProtossGirl
England123 Posts
Expansion packs should expand upon a game, not make it irrelevant. The clue is in the word "expansion pack" not "new game" | ||
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Ghad
Norway2551 Posts
Edit: Separate point: Are people actually bitching about the fucking price of the game? I have already played hundreds of games, for a one time price of 700 NOK for the collectors edition. That means that I have payed the price of a chewing gum for each hour of gametime, and the price keeps decreasing. God this entitlement culture is killing me. | ||
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Panicc
Germany163 Posts
On February 18 2011 15:16 ProtossGirl wrote: To me, obvious would be allowing everyone full access to Starcraft 2's multiplayer,and those who want to spend time on additional singleplayer can buy the expansions. With this method, anyone who wants to stay relevant is forced to pay out. Not sure why this is so hard for you to see. How stupid can someone be? Bizzard wants money which is normal for a company. Why should you get a new multiplayer withput paying? You are nothing more than a slacker who wants everything for free... now leave me alone. | ||
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FarbrorAbavna
Sweden4856 Posts
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Eviltoast
Australia166 Posts
So for blizzard to get the pros to move over they are probably going to switch all of their major tournaments over to HotS. | ||
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Trang
Australia324 Posts
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CooDu
Australia899 Posts
This decision makes the most sense. | ||
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NotSupporting
Sweden1998 Posts
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pandaminion
United States270 Posts
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LittLeD
Sweden7973 Posts
On February 18 2011 14:56 Seam wrote: Did normal Starcraft have a competitive scene post BW? No, but the RoC (Warcraft 3) scene continued to grow and stayed competitive after the release of TFT. So, I wouldn't be too suprised to see the same happen here. Basically you will end up with split communities. | ||
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Shrewmy
Australia199 Posts
The multiplayer ladders for each game are SEPARATE because expansion packs add new things, why people are complaining this leads me to believe that they're wearing the nostalgia goggles on a little too tightly, and are just simply jumping onto the Blizzard-hate bandwagon because that makes them cool. I don't recall ever seeing Lurkers when I played vanilla SC after BW was released. | ||
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Jutranjo
Slovenia140 Posts
On February 18 2011 17:13 ProtossGirl wrote: To sum up my thoughts/feelings as best as i can: Expansion packs should expand upon a game, not make it irrelevant. The clue is in the word "expansion pack" not "new game" Have you ever played an online RTS that had expansion packs? This isn't magic the gathering. | ||
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ZergOwaR
Norway280 Posts
On February 18 2011 17:51 Panicc wrote: How stupid can someone be? Bizzard wants money which is normal for a company. Why should you get a new multiplayer withput paying? You are nothing more than a slacker who wants everything for free... now leave me alone. hey here's an idea.. let them have a choice.. for those who dont buy expansions.. let them either choose to go ladder with only their expansion.. or let them face off against those with the expansions aswell... but ofc.. since you dont own the new expansion... you dont have the new units... have fun  | ||
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Assirra
Belgium4169 Posts
On February 18 2011 15:33 Xapti wrote: I am stating a fact that blizzard said the expansions would be standalone. I am not saying that they didn't change their minds. Like I said, the way the FAQ is written, it seems like they may have changed their minds. Aside from the FAQ, which is not clear, and is not even too reliable, where has it been said that they will not be standalone? Where does it stated it IS standalone? you still get your own WOL multiplayer with everything and other ppl move on. they don't remove anything you know, they just add an extra portion wich you don't get if you don't buy the expansions. could you play brood war without starcraft? could you play the frozen throne without warcraft 3? | ||
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Shockk
Germany2269 Posts
Also, lol @ at the sheer amount of pointless discussion going on in a mere 6 pages. | ||
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RogerShah
Netherlands131 Posts
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raga4ka
Bulgaria5679 Posts
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raga4ka
Bulgaria5679 Posts
On February 18 2011 20:55 RogerShah wrote: I think a lot of casual players will stick to WoL because they don't want to spend $$$ for a campaign of race they don't like (most of the casual players don't like zerg as much as terran or toss) and some new lousy units. Two seperate sc2 ladders will hurt the online community. No it will not ... .The casual players will play WoL . The competitive players will play HotS . If casual players want to become competitive they will just buy HotS . Maybe the custom games shouldn't be on a 2 diffrent ladders , but in 1 . | ||
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anilusion
Sweden247 Posts
On February 18 2011 12:57 chonkyfire wrote: why wouldn't there be? unless they don't plan on adding any new units... "Although there will be a separate ladder for HotS, players will still be able to play the Wings of Liberty ladder without having, 'to deal with new units or balance problems or anything like that,' said Browder." | ||
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Eury
Sweden1126 Posts
On February 18 2011 20:28 LittLeD wrote: No, but the RoC (Warcraft 3) scene continued to grow and stayed competitive after the release of TFT. So, I wouldn't be too suprised to see the same happen here. Basically you will end up with split communities. Split community tend to indicate something split in the middle and not 99.9% vs 0.01%. A bunch of Russians, playing RoC and massing huntresses, isn't exactly a large part of the community. | ||
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