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On November 17 2012 12:40 fuzzy_panda wrote:
I'm slightly confused about the fuss over the pricing. Aren't PC expansions usually priced around $40? and full games $60? I was under the assumption it's always been that way. What was the pricing of BW when that first came out compared to Starcraft vanilla?
Edit: Also I'm pretty sure almost two years ago when Blizzard announced Heart of the the Swarm and Legacy of the Void they said that they are 2 expansion packs and will be priced accordingly to expansion packs. So Blizzard's been saying the same thing for 2 years, but now it's announced and half the people on here are all "OMG $40 WTF"
no, PC games weren't 60 bucks, COD fucked everything up and put MW 2 at 60 dollars and everyone followed suit. Expansions used to be 30 dollars.
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On November 18 2012 10:05 Serpico wrote:Show nested quote +On November 17 2012 12:40 fuzzy_panda wrote:
I'm slightly confused about the fuss over the pricing. Aren't PC expansions usually priced around $40? and full games $60? I was under the assumption it's always been that way. What was the pricing of BW when that first came out compared to Starcraft vanilla?
Edit: Also I'm pretty sure almost two years ago when Blizzard announced Heart of the the Swarm and Legacy of the Void they said that they are 2 expansion packs and will be priced accordingly to expansion packs. So Blizzard's been saying the same thing for 2 years, but now it's announced and half the people on here are all "OMG $40 WTF" no, PC games weren't 60 bucks, COD fucked everything up and put MW 2 at 60 dollars and everyone followed suit. Expansions used to be 30 dollars.
Every expansion blizzard ever released was 40.
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On November 18 2012 10:07 Assirra wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2012 10:05 Serpico wrote:On November 17 2012 12:40 fuzzy_panda wrote:
I'm slightly confused about the fuss over the pricing. Aren't PC expansions usually priced around $40? and full games $60? I was under the assumption it's always been that way. What was the pricing of BW when that first came out compared to Starcraft vanilla?
Edit: Also I'm pretty sure almost two years ago when Blizzard announced Heart of the the Swarm and Legacy of the Void they said that they are 2 expansion packs and will be priced accordingly to expansion packs. So Blizzard's been saying the same thing for 2 years, but now it's announced and half the people on here are all "OMG $40 WTF" no, PC games weren't 60 bucks, COD fucked everything up and put MW 2 at 60 dollars and everyone followed suit. Expansions used to be 30 dollars. Every expansion blizzard ever released was 40.
and most PC expansions weren't 40 dollars...blizzard is not the average dev.
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just curious, does anyone cancel their preorder once they get the beta keys?
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On November 18 2012 10:44 keNn) wrote:
just curious, does anyone cancel their preorder once they get the beta keys?
Don't you have to pay before you get betakey? Atleast that's how it's in finnish shops :o
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So buying through liquid store, js it a digital copy when released or boxed? Noticed get charged for shipping.
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Is amazon still giving out beta keys? I noticed that they advertised that on the page before but no longer do.
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On November 18 2012 10:44 keNn) wrote:
just curious, does anyone cancel their preorder once they get the beta keys?
I think a lot of people have, I did and it works fine. If they revoke your beta profile then sure, but you can't be punished for canceling an order surely.
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On November 18 2012 09:47 Ogww wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2012 07:28 Hairy wrote:On November 18 2012 06:49 Ogww wrote:
Played 7 games on ladder as Terran, haven't yet seen any new units :d Why don't you go make some widow mines then?  Nah, marines and tanks are awesome(only good units in the game). Ladder feels too laggy to play tho, servers are in NA afaik so just playing WoL
The best is when you go a normal composition as Terran and splash in Widow Mines Midgame. Totally catches the opponent offguard. Especially when you are retreatingand and they chase you. BAM BAM. LOL.
EDIT: Widow Mines I've noticed are really good for Timing Attacks. For example you can attack with a small force of Marine Tank vs. Zerg and add WM to cover your rear will you retreat. They also really help reinforce small groups of Tanks.
WM aren't really good in maxed out situations. I feel that Mech TvP will be Hyper-Aggresive Mech contains with WM support. Containing Protoss and harassing their economy. Thus allowing you to acquire a stronger economy. The only issues I've experienced with Mech is that in 200/200 situations you either have to much Air or to much ground. I really hope that they make Ground Vikings better so that when Protoss switches out of Collosi your not stuck with a pile of crap.
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Fawwkkkk can't pay with Paypal on amazon QQ
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Finally got my key.
For anyone still waiting, contact Amazon Customer Service. Apparently they all went out on Nov 16th, but CS just sent mine after I inquired.
GL HF!
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On November 20 2012 01:41 Calm wrote:
Finally got my key.
For anyone still waiting, contact Amazon Customer Service. Apparently they all went out on Nov 16th, but CS just sent mine after I inquired.
GL HF!
Thanks for the tip been waiting since the 15th for my beta key to be delivered.  Just e-mailed customer service, hopefully I get mine soon ^_^
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Yeah are they out of beta keys on Amazon US? I just pre-ordered but if they're out then I'll cancel T_T.
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do you get a beta key if you buy it on blizzard website? I won't buy it on amazon since there is 20 $ charge since im in canada sorry tl
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On November 18 2012 10:35 Serpico wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2012 10:07 Assirra wrote:On November 18 2012 10:05 Serpico wrote:On November 17 2012 12:40 fuzzy_panda wrote:
I'm slightly confused about the fuss over the pricing. Aren't PC expansions usually priced around $40? and full games $60? I was under the assumption it's always been that way. What was the pricing of BW when that first came out compared to Starcraft vanilla?
Edit: Also I'm pretty sure almost two years ago when Blizzard announced Heart of the the Swarm and Legacy of the Void they said that they are 2 expansion packs and will be priced accordingly to expansion packs. So Blizzard's been saying the same thing for 2 years, but now it's announced and half the people on here are all "OMG $40 WTF" no, PC games weren't 60 bucks, COD fucked everything up and put MW 2 at 60 dollars and everyone followed suit. Expansions used to be 30 dollars. Every expansion blizzard ever released was 40. and most PC expansions weren't 40 dollars...blizzard is not the average dev.
But we are talking about a Blizzard expansion and not "your average dev".
What do you want next? Them pricing it 15 dollar/euro cause indie games do it?
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On November 18 2012 10:07 Assirra wrote:Show nested quote +On November 18 2012 10:05 Serpico wrote:On November 17 2012 12:40 fuzzy_panda wrote:
I'm slightly confused about the fuss over the pricing. Aren't PC expansions usually priced around $40? and full games $60? I was under the assumption it's always been that way. What was the pricing of BW when that first came out compared to Starcraft vanilla?
Edit: Also I'm pretty sure almost two years ago when Blizzard announced Heart of the the Swarm and Legacy of the Void they said that they are 2 expansion packs and will be priced accordingly to expansion packs. So Blizzard's been saying the same thing for 2 years, but now it's announced and half the people on here are all "OMG $40 WTF" no, PC games weren't 60 bucks, COD fucked everything up and put MW 2 at 60 dollars and everyone followed suit. Expansions used to be 30 dollars. Every expansion blizzard ever released was 40. I bought Broodwar and Starcraft at the time of broodwars release for under 30...
Pc games use to be like 25-40$ affair, expansions were cheap additionals. The games have gotten more expensive, probably due to inflation and piracy. Not to mention the [needless] graphical arms race.
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On November 18 2012 10:05 Serpico wrote:Show nested quote +On November 17 2012 12:40 fuzzy_panda wrote:
I'm slightly confused about the fuss over the pricing. Aren't PC expansions usually priced around $40? and full games $60? I was under the assumption it's always been that way. What was the pricing of BW when that first came out compared to Starcraft vanilla?
Edit: Also I'm pretty sure almost two years ago when Blizzard announced Heart of the the Swarm and Legacy of the Void they said that they are 2 expansion packs and will be priced accordingly to expansion packs. So Blizzard's been saying the same thing for 2 years, but now it's announced and half the people on here are all "OMG $40 WTF" no, PC games weren't 60 bucks, COD fucked everything up and put MW 2 at 60 dollars and everyone followed suit. Expansions used to be 30 dollars.
Nah. The issue is inflation (value of dollar decreases, back in the 1990s I remember cheeseburgers for 39 cents and hamburgers for 29 cents at Mcdonalds, and regularly I remember seeing $1 Big Macs), the cost of game development increases (back in the day, games only required maybe 1 year of development but now 3-5 years for AAA games), and competition with free to play games (thus if you have a large number of customers, despite the F2P game, better get the most you can out of them).
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ATTENTION!
I just want to report in and say that I pre-ordered the beta from Amazon US, and received a beta key 2 days later in the mail (last night at approximately 12AM PST). So for those of you who are wondering if you can still get a beta key through Amazon, my advice would be to go ahead and give the pre-order a try, because it worked for me.
I did not have to act through customer service or anything like that. The key was just sent to junkmail last night.
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One question that came to my mind
it looks like the bonus dvd of the CE won't feature the cinematics
is that true?
In the WoLs CE they were featured in the description but not in the on of HotS
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lol okay won't buy CE then
digital stuff for wow, diablo doesn't interest me c:
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