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Discarder
Profile Joined July 2012
Philippines411 Posts
September 24 2012 09:38 GMT
#341
So, the goal here is to have more players go for starcraft 2 right? If yes, then good marketing should be done. There should be posters, flyers, ads in internet cafes, malls, gameshops and in the internet that there is indeed a f2p sc2. The word should be spread. People may also not care because they are playing something else already. Foreign gamers out there should know that we have this beautiful community known as "starcraft"
You can take the lion out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the lion
elimzkE
Profile Joined May 2011
Australia92 Posts
September 24 2012 09:42 GMT
#342
I don't agree with the idea of F2P as it stands. The number of hackers would simply be too unbearable.
"First there was eLim. Then there was skill."
Space Invader
Profile Joined September 2010
Australia291 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-24 09:58:21
September 24 2012 09:50 GMT
#343
i don't understand. does this mean they'll refund the copy of sc2 that i already bought? how can you turn a game that is already out and sold millions of copies into ftp?
I may be of thome athithtanthe if there ith a thudden crithith!
foodwdrink
Profile Joined September 2012
Peru7 Posts
September 24 2012 09:50 GMT
#344
i thinks this is a bad idea,
lima
Cosmos
Profile Joined March 2010
Belgium1077 Posts
September 24 2012 09:52 GMT
#345
I don't like it, to unlock all the content on LoL, you need to pay way more than 60$, I'd prefer to pay 60$ and get everything at start...
http://www.twitch.tv/becosmos
alphakennybody
Profile Joined September 2011
35 Posts
September 24 2012 09:58 GMT
#346
Name changes.
Stat Reset.
P2P automated Skill grouped tournaments daily.
Really cool emotes for ingame. [example GG button]
Insane portraits.
Only problem I can see is what happens to us who bought the game?
pedduck
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Thailand468 Posts
September 24 2012 10:05 GMT
#347
May be "free to play" for multiplayer game only with limit game per day and last priority queue for ladder?
infoB
Profile Joined September 2012
Spain16 Posts
September 24 2012 10:07 GMT
#348
I didn't find any free re-player or online-viewer of SC; may be free playing was not the best idea, but... what about free "passive" clients to look matchs online, offline or both?
If you want to gain e-Viewers for the e-Sport you may need something like a SC-Reader...
I'm not a player, I'm only a viewer.
FinBenton
Profile Joined March 2011
Finland870 Posts
September 24 2012 10:10 GMT
#349
This would also mean a lot more players and lot bigger tournaments, bigger price pools, more teams, a lot more skilled players, more competition, bigger audience, a lot more jobs in esports etc.. its not so bad some of you think lol.
Defrag
Profile Joined February 2010
Poland414 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-24 10:24:12
September 24 2012 10:22 GMT
#350
On September 24 2012 18:50 Space Invader wrote:
i don't understand. does this mean they'll refund the copy of sc2 that i already bought? how can you turn a game that is already out and sold millions of copies into ftp?


Why would they refund? You bought it almost 2 years ago (probably) and enjoyed it during all this time.

If you buy a t-shirt, wear it for 3 months, and then it goes on a 50% sale in a shop, do you go and demand a refund? Seriously, this is a common sense.

How much did you pay for sc2? Because last weekend it was on sale for 25eu instead of regular price, can you imagine someone e-mailing blizzard and asking for refund because a year ago it was 40eu?

Second thing, remember that people using free 2 play would have limited options in game, so basically you would be paying to enjoy the game in full.
guitarizt
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1492 Posts
September 24 2012 10:22 GMT
#351
I think it's the smart move. The upside is so much bigger than the current model. The risk isn't substantial considering the upside.
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” - Hemingway
zanga
Profile Joined September 2011
659 Posts
September 24 2012 10:32 GMT
#352
First and foremost the quality of the game must be kept, and as little luck based as possible imo.

Secondly, I hope it will not turn into "World of warcraft" -_______-.
(:
DougJDempsey
Profile Joined April 2010
747 Posts
September 24 2012 10:34 GMT
#353
On September 24 2012 18:42 elimzkE wrote:
I don't agree with the idea of F2P as it stands. The number of hackers would simply be too unbearable.


yeah, there would be no penalty at all for hacking. and considering blizzard's track record for hack prevention.... yeah. not gonna be good.
gTank
Profile Joined January 2011
Austria2577 Posts
September 24 2012 10:44 GMT
#354
There is no way I can see that work in SC2, for other games as LoL or Action RPG/MMORPG this model suits perfectly fine.
F2P didn't even work that well in quakelive. There is a big risk in ruining the game if they don't do that well.
One crossed wire, one wayward pinch of potassium chlorate, one errant twitch...and kablooie!
Hamsterdam
Profile Joined September 2010
New Zealand59 Posts
September 24 2012 10:45 GMT
#355
The initial cost as a barrier to entry is only part of the reason that SC2 isn't far and away the most payed competitive game. More than the initial cost, SC is takes a significant time investment in order to get good at, is more difficult, and often less social than other games. That being said, I am all for making SC2 free-to-play, provided it doesn't become pay to win.
Grummler
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany743 Posts
September 24 2012 10:48 GMT
#356
On September 24 2012 18:50 Space Invader wrote:
i don't understand. does this mean they'll refund the copy of sc2 that i already bought? how can you turn a game that is already out and sold millions of copies into ftp?

That's a very weird logic. I paid 45€ for sc2 on release day, now you can get it for around 20€. Does blizzard now have to give me my 25€ back?

Of course they shouldn't remove content you paid for and make you pay again. But they certainly can change their payment system and give out content for free even though you paid for it a while ago.

My idea how a sc2 f2p might work:
  • Increase the content of the starter edition. Every race is playable, all current laddermaps for 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4 anf FFA are available.
  • for 10-20€ or whatever you get one of the three campaign episodes, called WoL, HotS and LotV.
  • for 10€ each you can activate WoL/HotS/LotV ladder
  • for 10-20€ you can activate the arcade
  • for 1-5€ you get small stand alone campaigns in the sc2 universe
  • don't call the starter edition starter edition but simply "starcraft 2".
  • everyone who bought WoL old style already has WoL campaign, WoL ladder and arcade

And that's pretty much it. So f2p is probably the wrong name for it, because it has nothing to do with the common micro transactions, but i guess you could call it a "modular" payment system. You don't have to pay for everything at once but you can get it in small pieces.
workers, supply, money, workers, supply, money, workers, ...
ceaRshaf
Profile Joined August 2009
Romania4926 Posts
September 24 2012 11:13 GMT
#357
FREE
- multiplayer
- one name change
- news and streams to competitve play ingame client
- first mission of the campaign


PAID
- campaign
- clan status
- one bad ass skin per unit ( you don't want the game to be a circus with many skins)
- name change
- Sponsored area on the buildings (profesional teams only)
- blizzard avatars
- custom avatars
- gsl map pack on ladder

Etc....

F2p is a great idea only if done right and wih moderation.
Mess with the best, die like the rest.
BamBam
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
745 Posts
September 24 2012 11:15 GMT
#358
On September 24 2012 18:50 Space Invader wrote:
i don't understand. does this mean they'll refund the copy of sc2 that i already bought? how can you turn a game that is already out and sold millions of copies into ftp?


The same way they turned tf2 into a f2p game.... it has been done before.
"two is way better than twice as one" - artosis
KillingVector
Profile Joined June 2012
United States96 Posts
September 24 2012 12:41 GMT
#359
I'm okay with F2P multiplayer in team games. Some people really like 2v2, so maybe it should only be F2P for 3v3 and 4v4. These team games appeal to the most casual of players.

Please, keep the riffraff out of my 1v1.
"In mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them." - John Von Neumann
Fragile51
Profile Joined October 2011
Netherlands15767 Posts
September 24 2012 12:43 GMT
#360
On September 24 2012 18:50 Space Invader wrote:
i don't understand. does this mean they'll refund the copy of sc2 that i already bought? how can you turn a game that is already out and sold millions of copies into ftp?


It's been done before. Many, many times. Usually it's done by giving the people that paid for it additional benefits like free items or unique skins and stuff like that.
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