I'm a zerg player, and at the very least I would want to buy 5+ skins for my favorite units, I already bought Collectors Edition of HotS just for the bad-ass ultralisks

Cricketer12

United States14000 Posts

December 16 2014 16:23 GMT

Meh, if it was in game collectible for free, sure

ThomasjServo

15244 Posts

December 16 2014 17:40 GMT

If it doesn't cost money, I am not seeing how paying for model development benefits Blizzard. I'm not really sure that it is a great fit for SC2 either, it feels like this would be forcing a square peg into a round hole in a way. Moba heroes kind of have a quality that you bond to, not to mention they are your piece for the whole game, it just seems to fit more for that genre.

I am sure people would pay for them, at least some percentage, but I don't think the time/cash investment would be worth it.

Amestir

Netherlands2126 Posts

December 16 2014 19:56 GMT

I think this is a bit ill difined poll. Are we talking only real money, in game currency or both? Personaly I never pay real money for skins etc but I would play more SC2 if I could farm gold and buy skins etc.

ProMeTheus112

France2027 Posts

December 16 2014 20:16 GMT

money milking is pretty ridiculous already with this game,
it's not even getting much better than it ever was over 3 "expansions" with weak story being told very slowly in holywood avatar-style - all looks little depth - and lesser gameplay complexity than Starcraft
after attempts to destroy Starcraft's pro competitive scene and taking over the rights of broadcasting for this iteration, there will be no more feeding the blizzard cadaver from me (I stopped buying anything after Diablo 3)

not that I'm against the idea of having custom unit skins for a competitive RTS game, that might not be a bad idea as long as it doesn't interfere with legibility of gameplay and with artistic coherence of units & races

ZiNKO

23 Posts

December 16 2014 20:45 GMT

mabe it depends on the skin but unless it is realy good i will not by so probably no, but if they whant to add skins to sc2 and if peopel are willing to by it i have no problem whit them adding it

Patate

Canada441 Posts

December 16 2014 22:18 GMT

I buy LoL skins because the game is a F2P which is well supported so it is my way of encouraging Riot.

I've already bought SC2, I will not pay anymore. Fix the game for free, Blizzard....

Frankenberry

Denmark302 Posts

December 17 2014 00:17 GMT

I would pay, to able to switch off all skins :D

WightyCity

Canada887 Posts

December 17 2014 01:44 GMT

Yes. It would be fun. I would buy anything in game for starcraft.

Mistakes

United States1102 Posts

December 17 2014 02:29 GMT

#10

Again this question is being asked to the population that still plays/follows the scene. This question is really for the casual gamers and viewers that arent already involved with SC2.

The3rdCatalyst

United States4 Posts

December 17 2014 04:56 GMT

#11

I've heard the number tossed around but it seems to vary.
LoL seems to get somewhere between 2% to 10% of their active player base buying skins.
Now, if this poll is 100% accurate (though it isn't) it would mean that 20-49% of the active player base of SCII would be willing to buy microtransactions. I'm not sure anyone could deny the SCII honey pot and not reason to not go forward with the new payment method.

kochanfe

Micronesia1338 Posts

December 17 2014 05:24 GMT

#12

Nope.

Vindicare605

United States16122 Posts

December 17 2014 16:23 GMT

#13

I don't know why people care about skins. I'd rather have things like different advisers or something.

TerranHwaiting

Korea (North)179 Posts

December 17 2014 20:47 GMT

#14

This is the wrong site for a poll about that, because people here are mostly hardcore fans and all these micro-transactions like skins are made for Casuals.

Millet

Sweden143 Posts

December 17 2014 21:48 GMT

#15

No, I would however definitely buy a voice pack that changed (maybe among other things) the announcer of Z into either the Overmind or Abathur.

willoc

Canada1530 Posts

December 17 2014 22:32 GMT

#16

Original SC sound packs like Overmind would be awesome for sure!

I wouldn't pay for anything if LoTV cost upfront money though. I doubt the game's player--base would change at all if they did that.

ninazerg

United States7291 Posts

December 18 2014 03:24 GMT

#17

I picked "Yes", because I knew nobody in their right mind would pick that one.

Well, 27% so far have, but I'm assuming they misread the question or clicked the wrong button.

ChrisGardner

United States18 Posts

December 18 2014 04:46 GMT

#18

sound packs are good but I can't see myself wanting to buy skins

monkh

United Kingdom568 Posts

December 18 2014 16:49 GMT

#19

I bought CS:GO when it was you had to buy it to pick it up, and i;ve bought some of the super cheap skins for it, if blizzard did do it I think people that bought the game should get a large discount on skins and they shouldnt be anywhere near as dear as heros skins they are ridiculous