Only thing that scares me is Blizzard has stated they have yet to announce the plans with Battle.net V2.0. For all we know they might slap on a 4.99 monthly fee to play on battle.net v2.0 to help with customer service and other types of things they do to keep things up and running ultra smooth. :confused:
I can only hope :P, I don't mind if there's a monthly fee or not - I know some people do, $5 a month can put people behind the poverty line I hear.
Don't forget the plebs, the working class - we don't want scrubboes and poor university students playing on our servers. They're so uncouth. My daddy says I shouldn't talk to poor people, I might catch something nasty. Seulement les gens aisés doivent avoir le droit de jouer Diablo 3.
They are not going to charge, Because unlike the person who started the topic they are a people who discriminate. And I'm so glad you would able to the pay the payments but there are people who don't weither or not you believe or not. And I find it to be really mean to make a monthly payment because people can't handle younger people. Thats your problem. Not theres.
They are not going to charge, Because unlike the person who started the topic they are a people who discriminate. And I'm so glad you would able to the pay the payments but there are people who don't weither or not you believe or not. And I find it to be really mean to make a monthly payment because people can't handle younger people. Thats your problem. Not theres.
Plus how the hell did they get their hands on the M rated game? I guess I started playing M rated games when I was 13, so I guess it makes sense. But even then, I was miles more mature than the assholes that play counter-strike.
I will definitely pay a monthly fee for Diablo 3. I know there probably won't be one, because it's on Battle.net afterall, but do you guys seriously want to encounter the same hacks / cheats / bots that was prevalent in Diablo 2? It really ruins gameplay.
And for people who are bitching they can barely afford to buy Diablo 3 to begin with, that's poor planning on your part. If you can't afford to buy a game like this, you have no right to bitch about it because you control your actions, and if your actions, or possibly inaction, causes money to be tight, then you have to set your priorities straight and maybe a goddamn video game isn't the most important thing right now if you have no funds.
I been lurcking around this forum for about a week and finally registered. I just wanted to add my thoughts in about this. Read before you flame please.
There are many reasons I would like there to be a monthly fee, or at least wouldn't mind it.
1. Keep the kiddies out. I am tired of 14 year old punks ruining my gaming experience. With a monthly fee, that is payable by credit card not game card, it would get rid of a lot of immaturity and would result in a better game. The game is rated M for a reason. Go watch your bob the builder and leave the gaming to the adults, thanks.
2. If blizzard plans to regularly update this game like wow, then I don't mind one bit paying for the content. It would give extra money to blizz for new enhancements and whatnot. We were all complaining about how d2 hardly ever got updated. Well, why should they when they have no reason incentive to. Added levels, bosses, items, bug fixes, and world events is way worth the cost to me.
There are many other reason however those are the main two.
Also, something else i thought of. Let say they start out with a fee of 5-10 dollars a month. Thats cheap as hell. However, every time you are caught using a hack, cheat, or exploit they raise that price 5 dollars. It would be a incentive not to cheat because it would start effecting the wallet.
Lastly, to the people who say they they cant afford a monthly payment. Honestly, if you cant afford 15 bucks max a month then you really need to get a better job or something and not play games. Im sorry, but if you are struggling to pay that small ammount of money you have other issues.
Bring your lunch to work 3 days a MONTH and save that money.
Dont spend 19 bucks at the movies and have that money.
Dont buy a case of beer and you can have the money.
If you are responsible with it you can easily find extra money.
Well thats my two cents, flame on.
I'm a new poster as well and I feel compeled to disagree with these sorts of post whenever I see them;
1. The "Kiddies" are a huge source of revenue for Blizzard. They won't be adding costs just to discourage teens from buying the game. Also how many kids do you see running around with cell phones, Ipods, Blackberries etc these days? They (Or their parents) can afford it. Also, 10-15 bucks a month isn't going to discourage poeple with bad attitudes from buying this game...WoW is the perfect example.
2. I don't want this game to be WoW. I don't want to see a game world that is constantly changing. I don't want a million patches that keep "rebalancing" character classes to only, in the end, fail. I want a fairly static world that has a expansion or two then let it wind down and start making diablo 4. The only way I would accept a monthly fee was if it was the one and ONLY way to keep hackers under control. And even then anything over 10 a month would be out of the question.
And to adress your last point, most of us can afford the monthly payment. What you and everyone else who have the same opinions don't seem to understand is that it is the princible of it that bothers most of us. If I pay 60 bucks for the game I want to be able to play what I've just bought...I don't want to have to worry about yet another bill that may put me over the limit. I don't want to have to feel bound to play a game like it's an investment. I don't want to have to keep paying just to keep my characters if I decide to go play some other game for a month or two. There is still a big market of people who don't want to get caught up in pay-for-play games and guess what, a lot of them play diablo 2. If Blizzard decides to make it p4p or, worse yet, if this "New and Improved" battle.net becomes a subscrition service many people are going to leave the Blizzard realm of games for good.
I think the $50+ bucks all of us will spend plus the extra for expansions and whatnot will be plenty for blizzard to smile about. Think about it... even if "only 1,000,000" of us buy the game... that is $50,000,000. Even after all the fees Blizzard has to pay... they are still making a HUGE profit... So im sorry, but don't use Blizzards money as an excuse to make us all pay to play.
I been lurcking around this forum for about a week and finally registered. I just wanted to add my thoughts in about this. Read before you flame please.
There are many reasons I would like there to be a monthly fee, or at least wouldn't mind it.
1. Keep the kiddies out. I am tired of 14 year old punks ruining my gaming experience. With a monthly fee, that is payable by credit card not game card, it would get rid of a lot of immaturity and would result in a better game. The game is rated M for a reason. Go watch your bob the builder and leave the gaming to the adults, thanks.
2. If blizzard plans to regularly update this game like wow, then I don't mind one bit paying for the content. It would give extra money to blizz for new enhancements and whatnot. We were all complaining about how d2 hardly ever got updated. Well, why should they when they have no reason incentive to. Added levels, bosses, items, bug fixes, and world events is way worth the cost to me.
There are many other reason however those are the main two.
Also, something else i thought of. Let say they start out with a fee of 5-10 dollars a month. Thats cheap as hell. However, every time you are caught using a hack, cheat, or exploit they raise that price 5 dollars. It would be a incentive not to cheat because it would start effecting the wallet.
Lastly, to the people who say they they cant afford a monthly payment. Honestly, if you cant afford 15 bucks max a month then you really need to get a better job or something and not play games. Im sorry, but if you are struggling to pay that small ammount of money you have other issues.
Bring your lunch to work 3 days a MONTH and save that money.
Dont spend 19 bucks at the movies and have that money.
Dont buy a case of beer and you can have the money.
If you are responsible with it you can easily find extra money.
Well thats my two cents, flame on.
First, if blizzard makes this game a MMORPG, they will not charge 5-10 dollars a month. Lets get real, they are going to charge us 15 a month. Plus, if you add up that to one year its 180 a month and thats alot of money.
Second, The game has always been based around overwhelming odds and solo hack and slash glory. Turning it into an MMORPG would take away those factors. Team/faction play would be introduced and it would eliminate the “doomed” feeling one gets when playing the Diablo franchise.
Third, if you really dont like those kids, then just ignore them.
haha I don't care either way im not going to ask to pay money, but if I did I wouldn't care cause d2 was that epic.. I wouldn't mind getting updates new monsters new weapons new gear..
but the fool who asked to make it like wow and play with a bunch of players
erase your name off of the forum and go play world of warcraft..
I want 7 players ONLY I don't want to lose the DIABLO 2 vibe, we've already lost a lot.
First, if blizzard makes this game a MMORPG, they will not charge 5-10 dollars a month. Lets get real, they are going to charge us 15 a month. Plus, if you add up that to one year its 180 a month and thats alot of money.
Second, The game has always been based around overwhelming odds and solo hack and slash glory. Turning it into an MMORPG would take away those factors. Team/faction play would be introduced and it would eliminate the “doomed” feeling one gets when playing the Diablo franchise.
Third, if you really dont like those kids, then just ignore them.
that about sums it up
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A monthly fee is going to stop spoiled brats from coming in. The spoiled brats will just ask their mommy and daddy for the game and they'll get it. A monthly fee will only stop the kids who have to earn what they get, kids that usually aren't so bad.
i kinda agree with u. but the $15/month monthly for wow doesnt stop even 11 year olds from playing and just noobin the game up for everybody. but i kinda want there to be a monthly (maybe like $10/month?) just so blizzard will have funds to update and improve the game easily. and monthlies will def control crowds.
but if it doesnt have a monthly, its all good still, just have to buy the game then ur set. i just hope pre-puberty aholes wont ruin the game, know'm sayin?
I'm a new poster as well and I feel compeled to disagree with these sorts of post whenever I see them;
1. The "Kiddies" are a huge source of revenue for Blizzard. They won't be adding costs just to discourage teens from buying the game. Also how many kids do you see running around with cell phones, Ipods, Blackberries etc these days? They (Or their parents) can afford it. Also, 10-15 bucks a month isn't going to discourage poeple with bad attitudes from buying this game...WoW is the perfect example.
2. I don't want this game to be WoW. I don't want to see a game world that is constantly changing. I don't want a million patches that keep "rebalancing" character classes to only, in the end, fail. I want a fairly static world that has a expansion or two then let it wind down and start making diablo 4. The only way I would accept a monthly fee was if it was the one and ONLY way to keep hackers under control. And even then anything over 10 a month would be out of the question.
And to adress your last point, most of us can afford the monthly payment. What you and everyone else who have the same opinions don't seem to understand is that it is the princible of it that bothers most of us. If I pay 60 bucks for the game I want to be able to play what I've just bought...I don't want to have to worry about yet another bill that may put me over the limit. I don't want to have to feel bound to play a game like it's an investment. I don't want to have to keep paying just to keep my characters if I decide to go play some other game for a month or two. There is still a big market of people who don't want to get caught up in pay-for-play games and guess what, a lot of them play diablo 2. If Blizzard decides to make it p4p or, worse yet, if this "New and Improved" battle.net becomes a subscrition service many people are going to leave the Blizzard realm of games for good.
I agree, athlough I don't want Diablo 3 to become Diablo 2 in terms of hacks and bots. How will Blizzard stop that?
All the reasons for having P2P doesn't make sense.
P2P games still have kiddies and idiots and gold farmers and hackers and botters.
D2 didn't have it and WC3 didn't have it, why should they change the whole concept of battlenet just to satisfy some ignorant people who don't have proper concept of money and how hard it is to earn it
i dont play wow just becuase its p2p. for that sole reason. i think its ubsurd. playing video games is awesome. its my favorite pass time. but at the same time i know when i sit at the comp for 12 hours leveling my barb. i just lost 12 hours of life i could have been...curing cancer? i dont know. who would pay for wasted time? not me.
blizzard cant raise the price of a game after its been sent out that would be stealing........ some people are so stupid i mean really why would you want a monthly on it. i hope carmar comes and bits you in the ass lol because it will end up being they put a monthly on it because you posted it and then you loss your job and cant pay to play the game any more hahahahahahahahahahaha think of that befor you say you want to add a monthly on a game..........
perhaps a petition to game come with a USB finger printer ID
so after indentified youself the game launch...
seens only way.
new petition...
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dungeons, but with maybe a bit more of a World of Warcraft exterior experience"
All the reasons for having P2P doesn't make sense.
P2P games still have kiddies and idiots and gold farmers and hackers and botters.
D2 didn't have it and WC3 didn't have it, why should they change the whole concept of battlenet just to satisfy some ignorant people who don't have proper concept of money and how hard it is to earn it
The main reason is to secure Battle.net, thus stopping hacks and bots. Have you ever seen blatant hacking in WoW? No, because the money helps secure everything.
The secondary, although not as important, really, is to have a stream of constant content. However, the replay value of the Diablo series is epic so I'm not really worried about this one, but stopping hackers on Battle.net is a MUST.
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I can only hope :P, I don't mind if there's a monthly fee or not - I know some people do, $5 a month can put people behind the poverty line I hear.
Don't forget the plebs, the working class - we don't want scrubboes and poor university students playing on our servers. They're so uncouth. My daddy says I shouldn't talk to poor people, I might catch something nasty. Seulement les gens aisés doivent avoir le droit de jouer Diablo 3.
Plus how the hell did they get their hands on the M rated game? I guess I started playing M rated games when I was 13, so I guess it makes sense. But even then, I was miles more mature than the assholes that play counter-strike.
And for people who are bitching they can barely afford to buy Diablo 3 to begin with, that's poor planning on your part. If you can't afford to buy a game like this, you have no right to bitch about it because you control your actions, and if your actions, or possibly inaction, causes money to be tight, then you have to set your priorities straight and maybe a goddamn video game isn't the most important thing right now if you have no funds.
I'm a new poster as well and I feel compeled to disagree with these sorts of post whenever I see them;
1. The "Kiddies" are a huge source of revenue for Blizzard. They won't be adding costs just to discourage teens from buying the game. Also how many kids do you see running around with cell phones, Ipods, Blackberries etc these days? They (Or their parents) can afford it. Also, 10-15 bucks a month isn't going to discourage poeple with bad attitudes from buying this game...WoW is the perfect example.
2. I don't want this game to be WoW. I don't want to see a game world that is constantly changing. I don't want a million patches that keep "rebalancing" character classes to only, in the end, fail. I want a fairly static world that has a expansion or two then let it wind down and start making diablo 4. The only way I would accept a monthly fee was if it was the one and ONLY way to keep hackers under control. And even then anything over 10 a month would be out of the question.
And to adress your last point, most of us can afford the monthly payment. What you and everyone else who have the same opinions don't seem to understand is that it is the princible of it that bothers most of us. If I pay 60 bucks for the game I want to be able to play what I've just bought...I don't want to have to worry about yet another bill that may put me over the limit. I don't want to have to feel bound to play a game like it's an investment. I don't want to have to keep paying just to keep my characters if I decide to go play some other game for a month or two. There is still a big market of people who don't want to get caught up in pay-for-play games and guess what, a lot of them play diablo 2. If Blizzard decides to make it p4p or, worse yet, if this "New and Improved" battle.net becomes a subscrition service many people are going to leave the Blizzard realm of games for good.
First, if blizzard makes this game a MMORPG, they will not charge 5-10 dollars a month. Lets get real, they are going to charge us 15 a month. Plus, if you add up that to one year its 180 a month and thats alot of money.
Second, The game has always been based around overwhelming odds and solo hack and slash glory. Turning it into an MMORPG would take away those factors. Team/faction play would be introduced and it would eliminate the “doomed” feeling one gets when playing the Diablo franchise.
Third, if you really dont like those kids, then just ignore them.
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but the fool who asked to make it like wow and play with a bunch of players
erase your name off of the forum and go play world of warcraft..
I want 7 players ONLY I don't want to lose the DIABLO 2 vibe, we've already lost a lot.
that about sums it up
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Yes, I would. :thumbsup:
but if it doesnt have a monthly, its all good still, just have to buy the game then ur set. i just hope pre-puberty aholes wont ruin the game, know'm sayin?
I agree, athlough I don't want Diablo 3 to become Diablo 2 in terms of hacks and bots. How will Blizzard stop that?
P2P games still have kiddies and idiots and gold farmers and hackers and botters.
D2 didn't have it and WC3 didn't have it, why should they change the whole concept of battlenet just to satisfy some ignorant people who don't have proper concept of money and how hard it is to earn it
This petition is to KEEP the current art direction
Good Job Blizzard. Stay on Track
so after indentified youself the game launch...
seens only way.
new petition...
...had a nightmare ...Tyrael finally embraced the shadows... damn Wstone.
"So we're trying to that right kind of balance between Diablo I and Diablo II
dungeons, but with maybe a bit more of a World of Warcraft exterior experience"
The main reason is to secure Battle.net, thus stopping hacks and bots. Have you ever seen blatant hacking in WoW? No, because the money helps secure everything.
The secondary, although not as important, really, is to have a stream of constant content. However, the replay value of the Diablo series is epic so I'm not really worried about this one, but stopping hackers on Battle.net is a MUST.