EPTIncreased Discussions at Blizzard Regarding Skins - Page 7
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SystemXN
China105 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On August 01 2014 11:05 blade55555 wrote: I am surprised they haven't done this yet similar to valve and CS GO (I imagine it's the same way in dota as well). You can buy skins, sell skins and valve gets a % as well as the buy a key and try to get a skin in a lottery type of way. Always surprised me blizzard doesn't do this because it's insane how many people actually pay for that kind of stuff. So much money potential. If Heroes of the Storm is of any indication, it seems that Blizzard is more inclined to copy Riot's business model rather than Valve's. | ||
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.kv
United States2332 Posts
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TelecoM
United States10894 Posts
On July 31 2014 18:09 TheBloodyDwarf wrote: Fuck no. If they add skins/hats, I want button to switch them off so I don't need to see them. I feel the same way, so stupid and distracting when i'm trying to play and focus......THIS IS STARCRAFT , THIS IS WAR.....NOT A BIRTHDAY PARTY !!! I WANT TO KILL MY OPPONENT NOT EAT BIRTHDAY CAKE WITH THEM!!! On August 01 2014 12:45 .kv wrote: i expect team apparel like skt1 pls although this would be cool :p | ||
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HeeroFX
United States2704 Posts
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
Edit: And I don't think skins are specifically the thing that could maintain Starcraft or some shit. Making it F2P and finding another way to monetize it is. You could sell maps or campaign missions or something, that would be equally good or even better. I'd like custom 1-map mini-campaigns or mission maps, Age of Kings Conquerors style. | ||
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EarthwormJim
Canada94 Posts
Just my opinion though. | ||
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TheFish7
United States2824 Posts
Also just wanted to note that the skins make creating mods/custom maps just a little bit harder. | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
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Genome852
United States979 Posts
If they DO add a bunch of skins, I would like for a way to disable them. But such an option would probably never happen, especially if they decide to charge money for skins. After all, the whole point is to show them off to other people. And I also hope the game never goes F2P. 1. More whiny people and children who only play free games. 2. More cheaters because there is no penalty for getting banned. It's a fact. When Battlefield 3 went on humble bundle for $1, suddenly you had a bunch of new players but also a bunch of rage hackers on throwaway accounts. When CS:GO goes on sale at 75% off, suddenly there's a surge of cheating (in fact that community is vehemently against the game going F2P, and they also want discount sales to stop because of this). DOTA2 gets away with this because it is coded in a way that maphacks are impossible (everything in fog is hidden from clients) -- if only SC2 was the same. 3. I don't think something like cosmetic skins is going to draw people to a game or have any lasting impact on player population. | ||
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Advantageous
China1350 Posts
On July 31 2014 18:34 LastManProductions wrote: Why are people against skins/cosmetics? If they are distracting you to much, maybe you should look into some ADD medication... dude obviously you don't play at a high level... skins and hats are distraction to more than the eyes... they create clicking errors and mechanic mistakes. it's not about the conscious decision making, it's all subliminal and if u try to focus on too many things at once your subconscious would actually affect your conscience... | ||
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PanN
United States2828 Posts
On August 01 2014 14:36 Advantageous wrote: dude obviously you don't play at a high level... skins and hats are distraction to more than the eyes... they create clicking errors and mechanic mistakes. it's not about the conscious decision making, it's all subliminal and if u try to focus on too many things at once your subconscious would actually affect your conscience... I don't find it distracting. | ||
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Amui
Canada10567 Posts
1. Disable all cosmetics - default only(Might not happen, option is not available for dota2/league) 2. Self cosmetics for everything (for low end systems who still want customization, possibility given the chance of going into a game with 4+ full sets of cosmetics and the corresponding hit in performance) 3. Self+default. Shows up to 4 sets of cosmetics in a 4 person game(Might not be enough of a performance hit over option 2. to warrant this option). 4. All - For those with the beefiest of systems. Spectator client should probably default to all so you can at least see how the players like it. | ||
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Faust852
Luxembourg4004 Posts
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
If micro transactions are not supported in SC2, Blizzard will cut out all SC2 support a few months after Lots. Making the game with F2P with micro transactions won't rejuvenate the scene. SC2 is quite free to play already, and like others have mentioned, it will attract children the the scene, increase of hackers. At the end, there are no positives to this, besides Blizzard having motivation to keep supporting the game after LotV. But realistically, I dont think there's enough players to make enough money to justify having a development team for skins. And if you can't disable your opponents skims, it'll ruin other people's experiences, and if you do allow people to disable them, not many people would by them. Doomed to fail :/ | ||
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Sajaki
Canada1135 Posts
 Would buy. | ||
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Sapphire.lux
Romania2620 Posts
On August 01 2014 14:01 eviltomahawk wrote: It would be a lot less visually invasive to implement UI skins and voice packs instead of in-game skins. WIN! Yeah, the unit skins really run the risk of making the game more difficult on the eye then it needs to be. The zergling wings for example look terrible IMO. To much detail in a game with so big unit clumping problems can really mess things up. | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10383 Posts
Can't wait to see what Blizzard has in store X) Even if it'll take 10 more years... | ||
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GwubbiL
Finland18 Posts
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Morbidius
Brazil3449 Posts
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