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Targe
United Kingdom14103 Posts
On February 06 2013 21:36 nucLeaRTV wrote: I see to fair options: - Free HotS (+some special portrait? HotS is cheaper than WoL). - Move one WoL licence to another account. How is free HoTS fair? o.0 | ||
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Frosthaze
94 Posts
Edit: I don't expect a Hots copy ofc. | ||
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DusTerr
2520 Posts
On January 28 2013 09:41 Torpedo.Vegas wrote: If this is the case, perhaps they could give an 1 time access code which allows people to move the SC2 account to a new B.net account. You will have multiple b.net accounts but retain the unique game. But at the same time we knew this was coming but people paid extra anyway to play in different regions up to 2.5 years before the guy with one license. I say just give people who have extra copies additional sc2 keys. Best case, this will result in additional HotS purchases (either by the same owner or a new player). Worst case, someone who would have just purchased WoL+HotS gets the free key and decides they don't want to buy HotS either? | ||
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HoLe
Canada183 Posts
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SDream
Brazil896 Posts
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Apolo
Portugal1259 Posts
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Obikai
United Kingdom10 Posts
You need to STOP looking at it as what servers we had access to. People like myself who had friends on BOTH sides of the pond were told CATAGORICALLY BY BLIZZARD that the ONLY way we would be able to enjoy both regions is to buy 2 copies .... now in my case i don't have a free SMURF account and btw its NOT free i bought and paid for 2 copies of the game regardless of region. In my case both keys are on the SAME account just like WOW and anything else i have in that ilk because i do not smurf i just like to enjoy GAMING WITH FRIENDS ( i know shock horror right?). I BOUGHT and PAID for 2 COPIES of the game until recently i showed as having 2 KEYS in my account now i only have 1 it doesn't matter about functionality something i bought and paid for has been taken away and when that is against your will in this country we call that THEFT!. It is my opinion that if Blizzard has any decency they will credit the value of a standard WOL to all affected cases like this. That means they STILL get the cash and we can atleast get something for ours. Anyone who argues this either didn't buy 2 copies and thus didn't make the commitment and is talking in a complete comfort zone OR doesn't understand the simple principles of consumer rights. | ||
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BlackGosu
Canada1046 Posts
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Noobity
United States871 Posts
Think of it this way, you purchase a game, 6 months later they start giving that game away with the system you purchased it for. That doesn't make you entitled to a free copy of the game, or equivalent monetary value. It has nothing to do with decency, it has to do with a change of policy that ends up benefiting those who did not get a valuable service for the first 2+ years. I purchased 4 total copies of WoL, 2 main server (one was for my brother, that prick never ended up playing) and 2 off server. I did this willingly, even after the rumors of global play started floating around (at least 1 copy). While I think it would be dick for them to not give me additional WoL accounts for my money, I don't think that I'm entitled to it as I went into the purchases knowing full-well what they meant. This is no different from games selling copies and then going free to play, I didn't get any credit for the cost of The old Republic, or Aion, or any of the older wow expansions, or city of heroes, or dc universe etc. etc. etc. (I'm sure some of those went free to play after I purchased them). It's a simple change to business model that is nothing but beneficial for the future, it's just not good for the past. | ||
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QuackPocketDuck
410 Posts
You get what you pay for at the time that you get it, you can complain all you want later no one owes you anything. At the same time this does not stop blizzard from doing nice gestures, but don't act like you deserve it  | ||
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Obikai
United Kingdom10 Posts
It wasnt a unified client either so stop selling this crap it was 2 seperate clients, 2 seperate downloads, 2 seperate keys, 2 seperate purchases ... but since you say "you guys" that tells me you didn't buy 2 keys so like i said it is very easy to sit there in your comfort zone being all smug but you are abolutely out your mind if you think that BUYING something and having it taken away against your will is ok. STOP looking at it as regions and realise 2 products were bought and we have had 1 taken away. and Noobity my purchase dates will show i made MY purchases before Global Play was even a WHISPER. Did you bother to read what i said? Blizzard CATAGORICALLY before the launch of SC2 said you will need to buy 2 copies in order to play both regions. Some of us did it out of necessity. This is pointless you are not actually reading what is being said you are reading as far as you can be arsed and then commenting from POV and situations that have already been made clear are NOT the same. "Think of it this way, you purchase a game, 6 months later they start giving that game away with the system you purchased it for. That doesn't make you entitled to a free copy of the game, or equivalent monetary value." - this ridiculous analogy proves how far you are not grasping what is being said .... you purchase a game and 6 months later they give it away for free its still ONE game .... you purchase 2 games and 6 months later they take one away ... THAT is what is happening is it really that hard to understand? | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
So what if it's worthless when HotS comes out, no need to penny pinch when you've already gotten use out of it. It's like buying a pizza from Domino's and eating 3/4 of it then returning the last 1/4 and saying "I didn't really like it". An extra name change or something would be neat, but I wouldn't say it's expected of them to provide anything as retribution. | ||
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Obikai
United Kingdom10 Posts
You buy 2 cars, one Stock and one Formula for 2 different races ... years later they unify the race its a mix car race they pick a car at random and CRUSH it .... are you seriously going to tell me that you would allow SOMEONE ELSE to DESTROY something YOU bought with the attitude "i had my moneys worth" ...? | ||
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mango_destroyer
Canada3914 Posts
On February 08 2013 13:41 QuackPocketDuck wrote: Lol @ freebie logics You get what you pay for at the time that you get it, you can complain all you want later no one owes you anything. At the same time this does not stop blizzard from doing nice gestures, but don't act like you deserve it Exactly this. I cannot understand the logic that Blizzard has "stolen" something from those who are complaining. They just want extra. I don`t see anything lost. They bought an extra copy to play in a different region....that is it. And with global play, they still have that option (and other regions). All this extra key bullshit is non-sense, since you didn`t buy it in anticipation of global play and bought it on the same account. I can`t imagine a world where customers are given compensation for things they buy in the past, and then goes on sale in the future. I sure as hell was not complaining when TF2 became F2P despite originally buying that game. I got what I wanted at that time and I cannot predict the future. | ||
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Obikai
United Kingdom10 Posts
Please understand it is NOT the same ... by YOUR logic i have bought NA and EU both NA is now Global EU is now Global so i should have 2!!!! Global accounts .... if i did i wouldn't be saying anything here but i DO NOT have 2 i have 1!!!! That is it end of story i bought 2 licences, 2 keys, 2 accounts region is moot they were 2 separate licences and now i am reduced to 1 it doesnt matter what id use the 2nd one for now doesnt matter if it is even OF use the fact is i BOUGHT it i should atleast HAVE IT! END OF STORY! | ||
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Conti
Germany2516 Posts
Person B buys 1 extra WoL copy. He registers it on a new battle.net account. He now has 2 WoL copies. Global play comes along. Person A has paid for 2 WoL copies and now has 1 WoL copy. Person B has paid for 2 WoL copies and now has 2 WoL copies. Get it now? | ||
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Glimred
China888 Posts
They should credit people who had two keys before with an extra WoL account though, like how you can have 2 WoW accounts on your bnet account. I can see where people are coming from on that one, it feels kinda wrong to see one account disappear. | ||
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SwizzY
United States1549 Posts
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eScaper-tsunami
Canada313 Posts
On February 08 2013 15:46 Conti wrote: Person A buys 1 extra WoL copy. He registers it on his original battle.net account. He now has 2 WoL copies. Person B buys 1 extra WoL copy. He registers it on a new battle.net account. He now has 2 WoL copies. Global play comes along. Person A has paid for 2 WoL copies and now has 1 WoL copy. Person B has paid for 2 WoL copies and now has 2 WoL copies. Get it now? Guys read this. Too many people are missing the real issue at hand. | ||
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Wormi
Germany181 Posts
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