Cross-Realm Dungeon Feature Coming Soon

Originally Posted by Harmzuay

If I'm denied the service, I can still play the game. I can either use LFD and play with PuG's or play on the server my friend is on. It doesn't change the game at all. I don't think either of us are going to change each other minds on this. I call for a truce. Friends?

Friends Friends Friends. I think thats 10 characters

Originally Posted by Zdrasti

Friends Friends Friends. I think thats 10 characters

Now, what server are you on, I gotta roll there.

Originally Posted by Harmzuay

Now, what server are you on, I gotta roll there.

Zdrasti-Rexxar. I quit one month into Cata.

Originally Posted by Ranor

I've been arguing that it won't impact gameplay. Not that it won't impact the enjoyment of the game. It -doesn't- impact gameplay. It doesn't give anyone an upperhand over anyone. If this service gave another player a distinct advantage over me in game, I would have a problem with it. It doesn't, though.

However, I enjoy the service, so I'm going to pay for it. Fanboied as charged.



Surprisingly enough, the servers I access have plenty of people that I like to play with outside of my RealID circle.

then by your logic you should also pay to group up with said players

Originally Posted by Kaminiri

It could give you an edge, I mean idk about you but I'd rather que up with a good tank from my Real I.D than get some bad in a PUG. Better players=moar lewts=moar raidz.

So pre-formed groups on your server should be banned too. Dont want anyone to have an edge!

I think thats why luck of the draw exists anyway.

Originally Posted by Kragragh

True, but evidently they feel like this doesn't harm their reputation...and I don't think it does, I think a lot of people are blowing hot air before finding out any details.

Blizzard doesn't need to care about trying to maintain their reputation when they have people like yourself who defend and praise Blizzard no matter how badly they continue to bleed you out of cash.

Unleash the fanboys!

Originally Posted by Nyoa

then by your logic you should also pay to group up with said players

lol? theres no logic in that statement at all.

Rerolls are always free if youre cheap and NEED this.

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Originally Posted by Ceridith

Blizzard doesn't need to care about trying to maintain their reputation when they have people like yourself playing the public relations game for them.

Unleash the fanboys!

Thats such a trite and baseless response.

Originally Posted by Brodeo

lol? theres no logic in that statement at all.

Rerolls are always free if youre cheap and NEED this.

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Thats such a trite and baseless response.

nah, this negates the need for reroll. This should be core feature in game. Servers are barriers made by blizzard so they should solve the problem with our money that goes to developing this game and not try to first restrict us, and then make additional profit out of it

I'm on the fence about it.

For one, I already only really play WoW to play with my friends, the game has gotten old to me and I'm anxiously awaiting any MMO that I like more... (Have unfortunately yet to find one.) I feel as though my subscription is still active only for the sake of playing with my guild and friends.

All the people I play with are on the same server so I'm not losing to much.

All that said I think their timing couldn't be worse especially with the 600k lost subs thing. I'm not saying that 600k was a huge dent for them, but the fact that that happened and is being made such a big deal of on top of the timing of this announcement was planed pretty pore.

I have been a Blizz gamer for 15+ years, I own damn near every game they have ever made, I'm anxiously waiting Diablo 3 I have even been to Blizzcon twice, but for some reason this whole thing just really rubs me the wrong way... I hate to take out my tinfoil hat but things seem worse since Activision... Any way don't mean to QQ, just my 2 cents...

I feel as though the $193.00 I pay per year on and the $110 I paid for the game itself are greatly under appreciated. I play several other online games many require you pay for or host your own server. The cost of that hosting at a min is usually $15 for upwards of 5-15 users on a private server. So I don't see how Blizz can say that $16.09 (After Tax) includes your ability to get on the server and THATS IT especially when its not like you can play the game alone... it doesn't even have the option.... these things on top of the $3/month for WoW armory mobile the only part of which I want is the guild chat just kinda irk me.... I'm sure ill either get over and move on and this will all be w/e...

Any way sorry for the QQ rant... needed to get that off my chest.

PS. I also question how hard it really is when the cross server dungeon and friends lists are already active, what would be so difficult about adding that to the system? Why was the necessary ground work not put in place to make this into an easy transition? Where is the foresight?

I don't think it's unreasonable for Blizzard to charge for such an extra service. You can live without it just like you can live without server transfers. I would pay for such a service if it were available when/if I need it, just like my subscription or a server transfer. Most of my friends play on one server, and I am with them, and I am positive MOST of you are as well, therefore you probably aren't really spending a lot of time with these "friends" you have across other realms anyway.

If these "friends" were that important you'd have xferred an alt off some time ago to play with them (I know I have). Since people who value their friends in such a way would pay to xfer to play with these friends, because they really matter and a small cost is irrelevant, it's probably safe to say the same people would be perfectly fine with paying a small cost to play with them without transferring servers.

The way I see it, most of you are just adding your two cents, which mostly can be summed up as "Anything involving paying more is a bad idea to me, *add expletives and emphasis for appeal*", "I pay for the game therefore I should be entitled to all of its features without paying extra", and "I liked the idea originally but when I heard about a cost involved, I got mad and decided to backlash".

It would be nice if this feature was free, but I am pretty sure that Blizzard is not "charging you because they can" or "milking the game while it's still alive". Since this service is secondary and completely optional, it is sensible for them to charge extra for it. As many have said, your monthly subscription fee is not going up, your current gaming experience won't change, and it's something you pay for if you need it.

Too all the people saying Blizzard is greedy and trying to earn as much as they can - have you considered the idea that maybe they are charging for it because the development and implementation of such a system into the World of Warcraft without causing service interruption on a mass scale would be rather (if not extremely) difficult, and that the charges would be completely sensible? Perhaps the greedy ones are you, the players, who have been given too much already, and just want more for free.
You can blame the economy, politics, or Blizzard, but in the end it is your mentality, attitude, and ability to think that should be questioned. Blizzard does not charge people "because they can", "to make the players angry", or "because WoW is dying". These are some of the most absurd comments I have ever heard. Blizzard would not be alive right now, even if you threw money at them, if they made such irrational, foolish, and if I may say, stupid decisions as suggested.

You think the community is dying?
Play with friends.
You wanna play with friends?
Fork it over

Because server/faction transfers aren't a big enough ripoff by themselves.

If you wanted to play with your friends you should have rolled on their server to begin with.

If you really wanted to play with your friends and you already had a character on another server, you'd pay the small one time fee just to be with them.

Fact is, you didn't. You could have changed it all, but chose not to. Instead, you sit here waiting for hand outs, and when you don't get them, you cry.

Yea, blizzard has changed, but the playerbase and their attitude sure has as well.

Originally Posted by ziedesu

I don't think it's unreasonable for Blizzard to charge for such an extra service.

I could agree with you if the "premium" service actually added a value I wanted bad enough to justify the cost, and I could see it as them having to do extra work on a consistent basis such as transfers and things, but I don't see how they can justify it in this case especially when cross realm randoms are already out.

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Originally Posted by ziedesu

If you wanted to play with your friends you should have rolled on their server to begin with.

If you really wanted to play with your friends and you already had a character on another server, you'd pay the small one time fee just to be with them.

Fact is, you didn't. You could have changed it all, but chose not to. Instead, you sit here waiting for hand outs, and when you don't get them, you cry.

Yea, blizzard has changed, but the playerbase and their attitude sure has as well.

A lot of people make friends or find out friends play AFTER they start, there is kinda that phase most everybody goes through where they don't have a clue wtf is going on. The only instance I could use this for is playing with some family members I recently found out play but its not a big enough want for me to pay extra for personally.

Iv personally wondered for a long time why are the servers not handled like easy swappable channels like so many other MMOs do.

Originally Posted by ziedesu

If you wanted to play with your friends you should have rolled on their server to begin with.

If you really wanted to play with your friends and you already had a character on another server, you'd pay the small one time fee just to be with them.

Fact is, you didn't. You could have changed it all, but chose not to. Instead, you sit here waiting for hand outs, and when you don't get them, you cry.

Yea, blizzard has changed, but the playerbase and their attitude sure has as well.

blizzard should still provide us means to do that for free. They themselves restricted us with servers (althought at the time it was necessary) so they should solve it with the money we pay for this game.

I'm a huge fan of Blizzard but all these "paid services" are starting to get on my nerves. I mean, we are already paying monthly to them so I don't understand why we are forced to pay again in order to play with people from other realms.

Then again, I don't really have any friends from other realms so what do I know.

But this is getting bad...sooner or later, other big companies will start to implement this kind of "tactic"...where things are sold for a price when they shouldn't be.

Originally Posted by Nyoa

nah, this negates the need for reroll. This should be core feature in game. Servers are barriers made by blizzard so they should solve the problem with our money that goes to developing this game and not try to first restrict us, and then make additional profit out of it

I'm sure Blizzard invented 'servers' to keep you and your friends apart so that they could later charge you to play together. It couldn't have anything to do with "capacities" or anything like that.

Originally Posted by Ranor

Surprisingly enough, the servers I access have plenty of people that I like to play with outside of my RealID circle.

But do they like to play with you? I doubt it.

Wow.. I haven't seen this level of response since the RealID = Real Name issue before the cata launch.. and we know how that turned out..
But this time.. there is the opportunity for a company to make money.. so I doubt Blizzard will be backtracking on the charge for this service.

Originally Posted by Sammonoske

This is where Activision steps in.
Kotick: "I find World of Warcraft's performance starting to slip. So to gain some lost income. I wanted to implement extra payed services into the game. We implemented RealID, now we are adding premium services with the RealID as the next step."

Seems like a logical step for a business to take. Unless you're trying to say that business' shouldn't make money? Current revenue streams are waning then you come up with new streams or you die off. Simple business, not many revenue streams that go into eternity with little or no change to them.