On September 24 2012 01:03 Ichabod wrote:
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?

Disconnects count as losses, so...?

50bani

Romania480 Posts

September 23 2012 16:59 GMT

#223

They'll probably just make WoL free to play after a few months of HotS. They'll stop selling the old game and after a longish while make it free so that the people that bought it late don't feel ripped off.

TestSubject893

United States774 Posts

September 23 2012 17:00 GMT

#224

Microtransactions are a great way to monetize any game, but I would definitely be concerned about the implications for behavior that is currently bannable. If there is no monetary loss for being banned, BM and hacking are sure to increase.

Ichabod

United States1659 Posts

September 23 2012 17:02 GMT

#225

On September 24 2012 01:58 AARONHAND wrote:

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Disconnects count as losses, so...?

Well, yea...but there's even less reason to stay in a game you get behind in if it's FP2 since you can remake an account whenever you want.

Discs were recorded in BW, so if someone's discs were really high compared to wins/losses, you he/she was just a sore loser.

kamkerx

United States264 Posts

September 23 2012 17:04 GMT

#226

patches should cost 1 dollar because then blizzard would be obligated to make them good or everyone will not play them and blizz wont get their money

Ksyper

Bulgaria665 Posts

September 23 2012 17:06 GMT

#227

Paid name change, different looking units (like collectors edition thor), games in Arcade that cost a small amount of money to unlock.
I just hope it's not something completely retarded that affects ladder.

nyaru267

United States117 Posts

September 23 2012 17:30 GMT

#228

On September 24 2012 01:59 50bani wrote:
They'll probably just make WoL free to play after a few months of HotS. They'll stop selling the old game and after a longish while make it free so that the people that bought it late don't feel ripped off.

This would be the best option and have hots price increased to 60. I do not want this game to turn into the LoL community which is awful.

QuixoticO

Netherlands810 Posts

September 23 2012 17:45 GMT

#229

They could have made multiplayer F2P ages ago. Just keep campaign and the arcade section off limits for the people that haven't payed for the game.

Virtue

United States318 Posts

September 23 2012 18:09 GMT

#230

The only F2P RTS I know of currently is Age Of Empires Online, and the way they did it is horrible. They basically made is so if you want to use the Imperial Age for any of the sides, you have to pay to use it and pay to have certain leaders which provide special units. So its basically, if you don't play, you can't get close to Tier 3 units or buildings.

They would have to go the way of League of Legends and make cosmetic options available, but it probably wouldn't be as profitable for them because they can't buff units with new skins to boost sales like Riot does with Champions.

RiceAgainst

United States1849 Posts

September 23 2012 18:11 GMT

#231

Custom portraits, custom decals, name changes, clan tag? I don't know, and while I do want more people to play SCII, I'm not sure F2P would be profitable.

Cinquedea

Canada144 Posts

September 23 2012 18:20 GMT

#232

If this does happen then I could easily see a one time only pay -- premium account, where you can play campaign, arcade or whatever. People who have already got sc2 automatically get premium and without you only play unranked 1v1 on so on.

DaPaKMaN911

30 Posts

September 23 2012 18:21 GMT

#233

If they could figure this out it would def. be awesome. I do think that hackers would be a problem for sure, but it might be worth it if they could expand the eSports scene.

Patate

Canada441 Posts

September 23 2012 18:23 GMT

#234

Why not just player-made in-game tournaments, where Blizzard makes a share of the money?

Example: I decide to start a 32 players tournament, inscription fees are 10$. Blizzard gets 10%, I get 10%, and the winner gets 80% (or 80 for 1st, 20 for 2rd, or whatever).

Sparkman

United States60 Posts

September 23 2012 18:37 GMT

#235

I guess WOL will be free to play but HOTS and the last expansion will require you to purchase it.

MaGestic

United States12 Posts

September 23 2012 19:05 GMT

#236

This doesn't seem like a really good idea for SC2, while I agree that if they go this route, they will need to find a balance. But, it be almost impossible to make not Pay-to-win.. Maybe you'd have to buy arcade games? But either way, it seems stupid and not probable.

SilSol

Sweden2744 Posts

September 23 2012 19:09 GMT

#237

Yes i want it to be a free to play game! That'd be positive for the scene for sure.

EnderSword

Canada669 Posts

September 23 2012 19:37 GMT

#238

When we think of Free to Play SC2, You've got to think 'What do they get the money from?' in that case. They've gotta sell something, so will the thing they sell impact the game itself, be purely cosmetic, and will an introduction of way more casuals create any issues?