SMELTN Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 HAHA I told you guys it was the beginning of the end with the "swap from horde to AC and vise versa". It's only going to get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted July 8, 2009 Veteran Share Posted July 8, 2009 Why not make it all free and have sponsors for items and armor? psh GE Ultra Tuf Metal Back plate.... Pfizer HP Potion... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladmphoto Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 How about they just make it completely free? $15 US for that game is an overkill anyway. $5 seems like a reasonable price now after they've made all their money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Well firstly, Blizzard are company - theres really no such thing as too much money they have made. WoW has had a great run but cant go on forever people. The MMO market isnt as large as say the regular console gamers market, it would be more silly for Blizz to try and compete with itself (ie maintaining WoW and this new IP) than it would be for them to try and cannabilise the current WoW market whilst attracting other MMO players as well. On top of that the costs for having two active MMO teams would also be a negative. So blizz wind up WoW, focus on new IP, their development teams can then focus on WC4 after which they can start working on the next generation of MMO's again, that being WoW2 which with a blizzard timeline would come in at the end of a six to eight year lifecycle on the new IP mmo. The result being, blizz has a new IP, they finally release a WC4 and can enter the next phase of the story there, they then get a next gen WoW2 and the underlying positive is constant MMO revenue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted July 8, 2009 Veteran Share Posted July 8, 2009 There isn't a computer gaming section anymore? Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't notice. Thread Moved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted July 8, 2009 Veteran Share Posted July 8, 2009 As long as some players are willing to use real world money to buy in-game gold then microtransactions will be tempting to game creators. After all, why have that money flow to other users if it could flow directly into their pockets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mounty Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 HAHA I told you guys it was the beginning of the end with the "swap from horde to AC and vise versa".It's only going to get worse. Wooooahhh!! *record scratch noise* Am I assuming corectly that AC = Alliance? and they're going to let players swap faction?? I've been thinking about returning to WoW after a year and a half hiatus.. but not if I end up fighting my fellow dwarf! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Wooooahhh!! *record scratch noise*Am I assuming corectly that AC = Alliance? and they're going to let players swap faction?? I've been thinking about returning to WoW after a year and a half hiatus.. but not if I end up fighting my fellow dwarf! :( yeah its pretty horrible. We wanted to give everyone a very early heads-up that, in response to player requests, we?re developing a new service for World of Warcraft that will allow players to change their faction from Alliance to Horde or Horde to Alliance.b> There?s still much work to do and many details to iron out, but the basic idea is that players will be able to use the service to transform an existing character into a roughly equivalent character of the opposing faction on the same realm. Players who ended up creating and leveling up characters on the opposite factions from their friends have been asking for this type of functionality for some time, and we?re pleased to be getting closer to being able to deliver it.As with all of the features and services we offer, we intend to incorporate the faction-change service in a way that won?t disrupt the gameplay experience on the realms, and there will be some rules involved with when and how the service can be used. The number of variables involved increases the complexity of implementing this service, but we plan to take the time needed to ensure that it lives up to expectations before officially rolling it out. We?ll go into much more detail on all of this here at http://www.WorldofWarcraft.com as development progresses. In the meantime, we wanted to let you know that because this type of functionality requires extensive internal testing well in advance of release, you may be seeing bits and pieces of the service in the test builds we use for the public test realms moving forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comic Book Guy Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 What would be nicer if they let you actually take your character and join the other side. You can see from the game there are evil humans, etc. So, why not let us fully take the char over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 What would be nicer if they let you actually take your character and join the other side. You can see from the game there are evil humans, etc. So, why not let us fully take the char over! haha yeah a gnome running around org high fiving Thrall, that would be the ****.. lmao Problem would be of course with faction only quests, bg's etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mounty Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Oh so they're going to convert a dwarf to an a orc or some such, rather than sticking a dwarf on Horde. Hmm well that's not so bad.. I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosidius Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Microtransactions can be a dirty area for some. The way I view them is this: As long as they wont help give players an advantage in the game(say buying gear, XP Gain, extra bank slots, gold, special skills, etc) then I'm fine with it. If Blizzard wants to allow the option for players to buy certain cosmetic items in game that have no effect on progression then go ahead. But if you let players buy stuff that makes there character better then the game just becomes about who has the most money and not really about skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svnO.o Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Microtransactions can be a dirty area for some. The way I view them is this: As long as they wont help give players an advantage in the game(say buying gear, XP Gain, extra bank slots, gold, special skills, etc) then I'm fine with it. If Blizzard wants to allow the option for players to buy certain cosmetic items in game that have no effect on progression then go ahead. But if you let players buy stuff that makes there character better then the game just becomes about who has the most money and not really about skill. People already buy items and chars off sites like eBay, craigslist, and private forums. With micro-transactions Blizzard would have a lot more control over this and would actually get a chunk of the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusuf M. Veteran Posted July 9, 2009 Veteran Share Posted July 9, 2009 Microtransactions can be a dirty area for some. The way I view them is this: As long as they wont help give players an advantage in the game(say buying gear, XP Gain, extra bank slots, gold, special skills, etc) then I'm fine with it. If Blizzard wants to allow the option for players to buy certain cosmetic items in game that have no effect on progression then go ahead. But if you let players buy stuff that makes there character better then the game just becomes about who has the most money and not really about skill. Unfortunately, it's likely that Blizzard would take the same route as some online FPS games that use microtransactions as a source of payment. In some online FPS games, people can buy better weapons or gear that essentially makes their character better than a non-paying character. As dlegend said, this will give Blizzard more control over the kinds of transactions that take place outside of the game. I don't mean it literally. Obviously, they can't automatically assume control of transactions that take place on eBay or some forums. However, it may prevent users from turning to such "illegal" methods of acquiring items or currency (gold). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted July 9, 2009 Veteran Share Posted July 9, 2009 People already buy items and chars off sites like eBay, craigslist, and private forums. With micro-transactions Blizzard would have a lot more control over this and would actually get a chunk of the money. That is quite different. Even if you buy a character with full epic gear or something, you're still no better than somebody else that also has that gear. Having items that can only be bought is a different situation and makes all the work any raider has done completely worthless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 If Blizzard sold gold I would buy it. I don't like the idea of buying gold from 3rd party sites because of the risks involved and also where they get there gold from (Hacked accounts?) But there are items in the game that I'd like to just be able to buy instead of working for weeks to save up the gold to get like epic flying I'd pay ?10 for that. It sounds stupid paying even more money just to get some virtual items but if your having fun and you have the disposable income then I don't see the harm. I would not want them to make everything a micro transaction though like they introduce new armour sets and the only way to get them is to buy them with real money I believe there should always be an in-game way of obtaining the same items you can purchase with real money if you put the time and effort in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macrosslover Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 wouldn't be smart to do this IMO. if they do this, then what's the point of me raiding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svnO.o Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 That is quite different. Even if you buy a character with full epic gear or something, you're still no better than somebody else that also has that gear. Having items that can only be bought is a different situation and makes all the work any raider has done completely worthless. That's true, but my thought was that they wouldn't have any items that can only be bought -- just items that already exist that people would be too lazy to get on their own (or items that do nothing to give a player an edge). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 wouldn't be smart to do this IMO. if they do this, then what's the point of me raiding. I believe Blizzard would prefer people to play PVP. Battlegrounds, Arenas things like that. And I say this because with PVE they have to keep creating new dungeons new instances new raids its a lot of content. And once a player has the latest gear from these they may stop playing. But with PVP users who play those do so for the fun of fighting another player it is the social bond that keeps people playing PVP it is not a lot of work for Blizzard by comparison. So the way I see it. Make PVP more accessible by giving people more evenly balanced gear (if they are willing to pony up for it) and let the players fight it out. I'm sure blizz will come up with a much better way to keep PVE and PVP players but from what I've seen of them so far they seem to want to integrate the PVE and PVP aspects more and more with players completing dungeons releasing buffs for their factions who play in PVP. In Guild Wars for example they integrated PVE and PVP in the Hall of Legends (I believe that was what it was called) you would fight with other players through a PVE environment right up until the last exchange where 3 other groups who were playing through the PVE content at the same time as you (and made it to the last bit) fight it out for the end loot, favour and PVP points. These sorts of encounters would not be affected by Micro-transactions. Anyway just some ideas. No one really knows what Blizzard is planning except Blizzard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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