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myRZeth
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany1047 Posts
September 23 2012 11:49 GMT
#201
On September 23 2012 20:47 Andr3 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 23 2012 20:26 GizmoPT wrote:
you can already play it for free using Starter Edition :p

Only terran, only some maps...no matchmaking I think?



correct
so it s senseless and can t be called f2p
nebula.
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Sweden1431 Posts
September 23 2012 11:51 GMT
#202
hackerz
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JoeAWESOME
Profile Joined February 2011
Sweden1080 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-23 11:54:03
September 23 2012 11:53 GMT
#203
If they can find a way to deal with hackers then I'm on board!
One way could be that you can only play random with the F2P and if you pay a small amount you enable the option to play specific races!
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DrGreen
Profile Joined July 2010
Poland708 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-23 12:01:35
September 23 2012 12:01 GMT
#204
@up good idea
buildings skins, unit skins (but only if the other player can turn it off)

Built in TOURNAMENTS, which would immensely grow SC2 scene = more money for Blizz.
AKomrade
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States582 Posts
September 23 2012 15:49 GMT
#205
Free to play games are traditionally riddled with hackers. Blizzard isn't capable of dealing with the hackers already in the game in a timely manner, how will they handle more? No way to host private servers either, so you'd be stuck laddering with a bunch of maphackers for months at a time.

I wouldn't mind skins or portraits . Built in tournaments would be sick too, sort of like MTG:Online. $1 or .50c entry fees, grand prize is the cash pool. Could go all the way up to $25 or so.
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Ichabod
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1659 Posts
September 23 2012 16:03 GMT
#206
700 wins, 20 losses, 846 disconnects; if there's nothing to play for (and you can make infinite accounts), what's to stop people from just leaving the game whenever something goes wrong and restarting?
Thalandros
Profile Blog Joined July 2012
Netherlands1151 Posts
September 23 2012 16:18 GMT
#207
I'm kind of against this. They could sell skins etc as a way to partially monetize it, but it won't be big enough for that I feel. Other than that, the community level of IQ will sink with atleast 25, let's put it that way. Communities like this will stay the same, but Starcraft in general won't.
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hyshes
Profile Joined December 2010
Belgium428 Posts
September 23 2012 16:21 GMT
#208
non ladder, non single player ftp would be acceptable..
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Steelo_Rivers
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1968 Posts
September 23 2012 16:25 GMT
#209
On September 23 2012 12:58 BongChambers wrote:
How about its free to play but you need to spend real money to buy units and what not.

So like you can do deals right, 100 minerals for like 10 cents or w/e you want and then bundles like 1k minerals for 50 cents and what not.

tt

what the fuck? that doesnt even make sense >.<
ok
mak1rby
Profile Joined August 2012
Indonesia13 Posts
September 23 2012 16:32 GMT
#210
Please no, there will hackers all over the place.
Because the logic is F2P -> More Players -> More hackers
xsnac
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Barbados1365 Posts
September 23 2012 16:33 GMT
#211
guys i find the perfect stuff !!!

they sell skins : for everything you want nexus probes drones everything every single unit and structure . and they add a button in the interface that allows you to choice if you wanna see the game with or without " skins " . so every1 is happy . you pay to see your
Zealots as Chuck Noris . other player still sees them as he wants . blizzard gets money . GAME IS FREE = no1 most played game .
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Gyro_SC2
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada540 Posts
September 23 2012 16:36 GMT
#212
Once they milk everybody for both expansions maybe. But only good business, good idea really. More games should go free-to-play after their prime is over. Its a great way to extend the life of your game
irocksu
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany39 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-23 16:38:41
September 23 2012 16:36 GMT
#213
An easy way to get money is to display ads during load times and/or in the game menus. Something like: Click on "Play" and you get a 10-20 second ad instead of the load screen. If this is considered too much ads it might be set to every nth game (e.g. every 3rd game).

If you do not want that you pay $3 a month.

There might also be certain textures for the maps that can display ads, like the terrain for the 3rd and 4th base.
Premier
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States503 Posts
September 23 2012 16:38 GMT
#214
That.... would be dope.
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R4iD
Profile Joined September 2009
Canada142 Posts
September 23 2012 16:38 GMT
#215
On September 23 2012 12:45 Niriw wrote:
-Buy unlimited access to arcade and unlimited ladder games (maybe limited to 3-5 games a day of both arcade and ladder)


dear god i hope not, would ruin e-sports as a whole...

your either pro or your noob, and thats life
Leetley
Profile Joined October 2010
1796 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-23 16:41:49
September 23 2012 16:41 GMT
#216
Won't happen before release of all the expansions I believe.
Sword of Omens
Profile Joined May 2012
Sweden18 Posts
September 23 2012 16:45 GMT
#217
This is a bad idea
phobyftw
Profile Joined January 2012
Serbia4 Posts
September 23 2012 16:48 GMT
#218
WHen all expansions are out they will start to make War Craft IV so there is no need to make F2P when all expansions are out -_-
sM.Zik
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada2550 Posts
September 23 2012 16:52 GMT
#219
On September 24 2012 01:48 phobyftw wrote:
WHen all expansions are out they will start to make War Craft IV so there is no need to make F2P when all expansions are out -_-


I feel bad for Warcraft fans, that won't happen untill like 10 years.
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Hryul
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Austria2609 Posts
September 23 2012 16:56 GMT
#220
On September 24 2012 01:52 sM.Zik wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 24 2012 01:48 phobyftw wrote:
WHen all expansions are out they will start to make War Craft IV so there is no need to make F2P when all expansions are out -_-


I feel bad for Warcraft fans, that won't happen untill like 10 years.

Sorry for offtopic but I highly doubt this will happen. They will continue to make money off WoW until it is as dead as ST:TOR then move on to Titan. They are riding Warcraft into a big blag hole storywise to milk the WoW players until the very end.
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