EPTOn November 04 2017 03:33 Charoisaur wrote:
RIP LoL and Dota
RIP LoL and Dota
Made me chuckle
, nice one.StarCraft 2 Going Free-to-Play on November 14 - Page 6
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midou
Bulgaria1168 Posts
Made me chuckle , nice one. | ||
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maddogmcgee
Australia105 Posts
On November 04 2017 17:43 GSTL wrote: How about team games? Do newbs still have to play 10 days to open ranked ladder for team games ? I really hope so. I don't want to play against constant hacks. | ||
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d00p
711 Posts
I just got amnesia: dark decent (which came out approximately back when sc2 did) from the steam halloween sale and it cost 1,50 €.. Or consider fallout new vegas a couple of years ago with every dlc for like 5 €. With 100 h played that makes 0,05 € an hour. Now that's value. Not exactly "fair" to people who dropped 80 bucks to get those but rather just normal market economy. People who still ladder shoud be happy about this since now there is at least a fair shot for a few more years before the inevitable end. | ||
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deacon.frost
Czech Republic12134 Posts
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Musicus
Germany23580 Posts
On November 04 2017 17:51 -Kyo- wrote: wait, so every 10 days i can get a new multiplayer account basically? or even, a buncha accounts and then in 10 days turn them all into real ladder accs? is that right? Yes that's right. | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
Now that just went free. For the amount of money I put into this game, a little kickback would be nice. Regardless of my bitching though, this is nice. I hope to see a fuller player and viewer base. | ||
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Musicus
Germany23580 Posts
On November 04 2017 17:43 GSTL wrote: How about team games? Do newbs still have to play 10 days to open ranked ladder for team games ? Yes, but they can just play unranked team games for 10 days, I don't see a problem there. In general a lot more people will play unranked when sc2 goes f2p I think. On November 04 2017 19:57 Incognoto wrote: I got the game solely for the laddering and nothing else. Now that just went free. For the amount of money I put into this game, a little kickback would be nice. Regardless of my bitching though, this is nice. I hope to see a fuller player and viewer base. We get a ghost skin and some portraits, not much, but something. At least it's exclusive stuff that f2p players won't be able to get afterwards. | ||
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Penev
28536 Posts
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Aquila Magna
Germany38 Posts
On November 04 2017 04:15 jahnesta wrote: Its a cool move from Blizzard. But imho its way too late and i doubt that brings a great amount of new players :/ And about this : "For those of you who have already purchased any of the three campaigns as of October 31, we’ll soon be sending you a small thank-you in the form of an exclusive Ghost skin as well as three new portraits." Is it a joke ? One single skin (for only one race) and three portraits ??!! Guys, i paid 120 euros, your "thank you" is a little bit insulting :/ Yeah, I thought so too. I mean, I like they're going free to play, especially with multiplayer and of course you want to hook people with the first campaign and the lvl5 commanders. So strategically it seems sound to me, wether it's"too late" or not. But to add to your second point: Yes, I think this is a real insult. I bought all campaigns except nova c/o and am also active in the multiplayer. I guess it's occasional players like me that keep/kept the game going aside the small pro scene. I would really expect more than, as you said, a race-specific skin and some portraits. Especially those are laughable. I mean, maybe one of the new ones is cool and I'll use it but it does not really matter since there are already so many to choose from. In my opinion the fair move would really be to offer owner's of all the big expansions at least a free coop commander to choose - something tangible, playable. I would like the gesture (and at least in my case Blizz wouldn't lose income since I'm mainly a ranked player and won't buy commanders anyway). | ||
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Thouhastmail
Korea (North)876 Posts
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Steelo_Rivers
United States1968 Posts
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BigRedDog
461 Posts
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Deleted User 26513
2376 Posts
On November 04 2017 20:58 Aquila Magna wrote: Yeah, I thought so too. I mean, I like they're going free to play, especially with multiplayer and of course you want to hook people with the first campaign and the lvl5 commanders. So strategically it seems sound to me, wether it's"too late" or not. But to add to your second point: Yes, I think this is a real insult. I bought all campaigns except nova c/o and am also active in the multiplayer. I guess it's occasional players like me that keep/kept the game going aside the small pro scene. I would really expect more than, as you said, a race-specific skin and some portraits. Especially those are laughable. I mean, maybe one of the new ones is cool and I'll use it but it does not really matter since there are already so many to choose from. In my opinion the fair move would really be to offer owner's of all the big expansions at least a free coop commander to choose - something tangible, playable. I would like the gesture (and at least in my case Blizz wouldn't lose income since I'm mainly a ranked player and won't buy commanders anyway). So you want Blizzard to give you something that you don't even care about. The logic is solid. People that are upset about game being free from now on, when they spent money on it , should ask themselves - "Did something change for me ?". I did that and the answer is no, so I don't care. Other than that you are just watching in other people's bowl and are uppset/jelous that they are getting something nice... Which is a low passion. | ||
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brickrd
United States4894 Posts
if you pay $400 (or whatever) to have a PS4 on release day do you get upset when someone buys it for $200 two years later? | ||
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Fonze
United States34 Posts
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jpg06051992
United States580 Posts
On November 05 2017 01:14 brickrd wrote: being upset about the game going free after years because you paid makes literally zero sense and shows zero understanding of the monetary value of a product in relation to time. the value of owning and playing SC2 decreases over time as hype and interest decrease and the technology used to make the game becomes less current. i'm actually shocked people need this explained to them if you pay $400 (or whatever) to have a PS4 on release day do you get upset when someone buys it for $200 two years later? 400$ to 200$ is half off, 174$ (49.99 + tax) to 0$ is why those people are upset, me being one of them. I'm not going to curse or moan about it because I understand the game is in dire straits and all I want is SC2 to stay alive, but it does irk me a bit that after shifting out a ton of cash for these games, a few years later they become FREE. Talk about buyers remorse lol | ||
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brickrd
United States4894 Posts
On November 05 2017 01:17 jpg06051992 wrote: 400$ to 200$ is half off, 174$ (49.99 + tax) to 0$ is why those people are upset, me being one of them. I'm not going to curse or moan about it because I understand the game is in dire straits and all I want is SC2 to stay alive, but it does irk me a bit that after shifting out a ton of cash for these games, a few years later they become FREE. Talk about buyers remorse lol money has abstract value, dude. $200 or $0 or $50 - the value of owning something decreases over time. the percentages and ratios are irrelevant. you're just emotionally bothered at the idea of someone else getting something you have for free. it doesn't make sense because they're not getting what you had. you had the game when it was new. they have it now. different valuation. | ||
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MockHamill
Sweden1798 Posts
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watchlulu
Germany475 Posts
The roughly 150$ I spent for all the three expansions combined where shaping my last 7 years of gaming. Why do people always focus on what they don't have rather than being glad of what they have. I don't even care for smurf accounts. If top GM players are looking to have all 200 GM spots covered by their accounts, go ahead. Ladder-based tournament invites were a problem earlier already, if these invites would just stop, nobody would be really hurt about anything. I don't care about my rank, I care about having fun and a (possibly) bigger playerbase will certainly not hurt in this regard. | ||
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KR_4EVR
316 Posts
If anyone is like me - who bought the game, forgot the password to the e-mail I used to register, and got locked out without recourse excepting selling my ID or repurchase - this feels like getting back what's yours. I've played the (downgraded) freeware so long after losing my paid account that ladder nostalgia will probably make me happier to play ladder in the new (more ftp) release than those who do it regularly anyways! | ||
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