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blackone
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany1314 Posts
September 23 2012 20:47 GMT
#241
On September 24 2012 05:07 EnderSword wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 24 2012 04:56 SupLilSon wrote:
I'd probably stop playing if it went F2P


Any reasoning behind that?

Like what would you be concerned about?

More hackers, more assholes, more cheaters, more spammers. Advertisements, having to pay for bazillions of little things, having the full game cost thousands of dollars instead of ~120. Maybe. At least that's why I'd stop playing if it happened.
xuanzue
Profile Joined October 2010
Colombia1747 Posts
September 23 2012 21:55 GMT
#242
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?



they can bind 2 Starter Edition accounts to 1 fullversion and give em more features. do remember anyone when you needed 2 licenses to play 3v3 in RTS?
Dominions 4: "Thrones of Ascension".
Greenei
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany1754 Posts
September 23 2012 21:56 GMT
#243
plz no. first i pay much money to get the game and then you'll destroy it with hackers and idiots? no thanks.
IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA IMBA
TC_Beynbio
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Norway81 Posts
September 23 2012 21:59 GMT
#244
Sc2 as F2P? idk paying for expansions while the original one is free so more people can play the game? hmmm
y'all got more of them....pylons?
mrRoflpwn
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States2618 Posts
September 23 2012 22:00 GMT
#245
On September 23 2012 12:45 Niriw wrote:
-Buy Clan tags
-Buy Name Changes
-Buy unlimited access to arcade and unlimited ladder games (maybe limited to 3-5 games a day of both arcade and ladder)
-Priority on the match queu (VIP [aka players who pay] have a 1/3 of the waiting time in queu for a match)
-All options and customizations unlocked (Options menu: graphics, hotkeys, sound, etc)

And I could go on forever

Edit: just for typos


Exactly, why can't teh blizzard employees think of stuff like this!- I mean we give them plenty of FREE ideas!!
Long live the Boss Toss!
FeUerFlieGe
Profile Joined April 2011
United States1193 Posts
September 23 2012 22:00 GMT
#246
I despise the idea of different unit skins.... I absolutely despise it and will not stand for it. Also, I despise portraits you have to buy. It suddenly makes the portrait not as cool as it could have been if it was earned through the game (although I really don't care weather or not blizzard adds this, I just won't buy any).
To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. - Shakespeare
Ettick
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States2434 Posts
September 23 2012 22:00 GMT
#247
I mean I guess this could work if they made it so people who didn't pay wouldn't be able to play campaign and you could buy aesthetic stuff, but it's a stretch really
SHOOG
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States1639 Posts
September 23 2012 22:01 GMT
#248
I don't really want to see them go down the F2P path.
But if they did, I would like to see a lot of the custom banners and logos such as used in DOTA.
I however, don't want them to have a limited F2P version that makes you pay for certain parts of the game(different modes, unlimited ladder,ect as I saw someone earlier post).
ZweiGaming
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada348 Posts
September 23 2012 22:02 GMT
#249
If hackers could remake illimited amount of accounts without having to pay for them, I believe we'd see the number of those grow exponentially. F2P is a bad idea imo...
5ukkub
Profile Joined September 2009
Poland507 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-23 22:06:42
September 23 2012 22:04 GMT
#250
f2p Multiplayer is the way to go.
Singleplayer + "trendy" skins, sounds, characters or whatever are things that would be paid for and Blizzard would earn a lot of money this way.
Best thing is - free multiplayer means shit tons of people playing (like in LoL), equals more viewers, equals more sponsors equals stronger SC2!
Rationalism - Don't take evereything what you hear as a fact! Thinking process makes us human.
darkscream
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada2310 Posts
September 23 2012 22:08 GMT
#251
They should:

F2P multiplayer (f2p can't use chat/friends list maybe)

paid name changes

portraits/decals/ladder colours (let me pay $2 to play purple or even a pattern)

special models (collectors edition thor, etc, nothing too distracting)

Let community mappers sell their maps, take a cut, just like d3's auction house
-> Sell filler campaign missions between expansions. I'm willing to bet people would play $5 for a small map pack that leads the story from WoL to HotS, and without cinematics it can't be that expensive to make

Built in tournaments/private ladders, Allowing people to pay to use b-net as a tournament hosting service (and giving big LAN tourneys a better framework to organize so many people)

that's my wishlist, basically. Things i'd pay extra for. They did great with WoW - there are all sorts of small cosmetic things you can buy with real money.
FeyFey
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany10114 Posts
September 23 2012 22:11 GMT
#252
mmm one positive point does the f2p system have though, ladder will become unplayable so we will end up with indie ladders. But I would really miss being matched against pros I know.
iDrone
Profile Joined December 2010
United States176 Posts
September 23 2012 22:14 GMT
#253
Not sure why Sc2 Stats is so terrible. Only have W/L and meaningless "accomplishments".... Even HON has more stats than that.
Drezbie
Profile Joined June 2012
Germany21 Posts
September 23 2012 22:18 GMT
#254
I hope they ll go free 2 play so more people can check the game out and maybe they ll like it.
I think maybe blizzard should give them like only 2on2 and 4on4 and arcade so if they like the game they can upgrade it for like 15 $ and get the full version.
dragonblade369
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada464 Posts
September 23 2012 22:19 GMT
#255
Just wondering, are there a lot of hackers in LoL? I never played that game so I'm wondering how the LoL community responds to hackers
LeoA
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada108 Posts
September 23 2012 22:21 GMT
#256
F2P would be insanely hard to monetize, but would probably be the best thing for e-sports.

Its probably not going to happen for a while though, if it happens at all.
Before you say anything, remember...I bite.
SupLilSon
Profile Joined October 2011
Malaysia4123 Posts
September 23 2012 22:21 GMT
#257
On September 24 2012 05:07 EnderSword wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 24 2012 04:56 SupLilSon wrote:
I'd probably stop playing if it went F2P


Any reasoning behind that?

Like what would you be concerned about?


Because then the game development becomes, "how much new shiny bobbles can we design that people will buy?".
wcr.4fun
Profile Joined April 2012
Belgium686 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-23 22:25:15
September 23 2012 22:22 GMT
#258
Sc2's bnet experience is pretty terrible in general. and I certainly hope it won't come to free to play. jesus the ultimate casualfest.

I mean brood war had better features 10 years ago than sc2 has now. Wc3, heroes of newerth have better features. Dota2 is infititely better when it comes to the online experience. In brood war you could watch replays with multiple people, warcraft 3 had life games via bnet (waaaaggh tv) and automated tournaments. In wc3 you could also edit your profile, describe it, add some funny text, advert your clan, etc which isn't possible in sc2.

Imagine if you could check out the recent news regarding tournaments via bnet and then start downloading replays via bnet of the tournament finals etc, watch them with multiple people or even watch the games life via bnet? Sc2 in an alternate reality has all of these stuff, I guess we're stuck with the shitty one or have to wait on it for another 10 years. Or imagine just being able to check out a players profile, check his recent matches, and start downloading replays of them. It was all possible in heroes of newerth. Now if a player wanted his replays private, he could check an option for it.
Jaaaaasper
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States10225 Posts
September 23 2012 22:24 GMT
#259
As long as it doesn't go pay to win.
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Tao367
Profile Joined June 2012
United Kingdom324 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-23 22:28:18
September 23 2012 22:27 GMT
#260
Make wings of liberty free to play, then charge for hots which is the new best thing that everyone will want.

Wings being free won't affect most of the people who are serious about the game as they'll all be buying hots and the people who play f2p wings will look at hots and think "wow I want me some of that".

Done.
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