There's no such thing as a free lunch. When you buy one, get one free you're essentially paying for both and the company is absorbing the hit by selling more. In a situation like that if I'm not going to eat the two pizzas I'd rather just pay half and get the one I want.
Nothing ever bothers Juular.
Sounds like a promotion. If that's the case, the 'vanilla servers' would be only temporarily available to the public, but that isn't the case, is it?
You're assuming the sub price would stay the same as it is. If it's rolled into the subscription price, it's much more likely the sub price would increase due to increased staff hiring, training, and hardware/software adaptations.
Nothing ever bothers Juular.
Why? WoW currently costs $15 per month to play in the proposed situation it would still cost $15 per month but you would have the option of playing on a Legacy server. Your argument makes no sense.
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Why does keeping the sub fee the same mean that they would have to split the teams? Plenty of companies reduce their gross profit % to drive sales and by extension the bottom line.
And how would this splitting of the teams lead to slower updates? Outside of the initial development of making Legacy systems compatible with the current system(s) there would be little need for any additional development, as it was done 12 years ago. There might be a need for additional non-development staff, customer service reps, server maintenance, etc, but none of them would slow down the development of retail WoW.
Matter of principle. I don't want to pay for a service I'm not going to use. If I'm playing on Legacy (which I will, likely in bursts, if it is implemented), I won't be playing on Retail. If I'm playing on Retail, I won't be playing on Legacy. The price might still be the same, but there is always a built-in price for any service. Hell, if I wanted to play both at once I'd be glad to pay $18 or something per month. If I'm playing two different games -- which Retail and Legacy would be -- I'd be perfectly fine with paying more for it.
And besides, what's the problem? It seems to me the majority of the Legacy players would just pay $15 to play on the Legacy server and not bother with Retail anyway. They aren't paying for Retail right now, to begin with.
Nothing ever bothers Juular.
It would be difficult to justify Classic realms at no extra sub cost.
That would validate all the complaints about it taking resources away from current retail.
Realistically I would support a separate sub (15) for Classic and maybe a discounted rate (say 25) for both.
F2P: If you don't think it's worth my money, I don't think it's worth my time.
Companies do that when they're going through rough times and sales are at a nearly all-time low. Blizzard is not going through rough times. Blizzard is still a very successful and profitable company, so they have no reason to cut their gross profits to boost sales.
... Seriously? Is this a question that really needs answered? Let's build a house. Do you think having five people working on building the house will go just as fast as having, say, ten people?And how would this splitting of the teams lead to slower updates?
There would need weekly maintenance, new game patches to support the new hardware that will be released, like monitor sizes and video cards.Outside of the initial development of making Legacy systems compatible with the current system(s) there would be little need for any additional development, as it was done 12 years ago.
Do you honestly customer service is such a trivial thing that it wouldn't affect costs?customer service reps
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Dude... Relax.. I have not read alll the 31000 posts in here, so i don't know as much as you appereantly do Okay, then the code is not useable
The reason why they would proberly not implement Legacy into Battle.net is because it would change the experience. Battle.net brings alot of easy acces with it and it would proberly bring some hardcore nost people into an uproar. That is my reasons Also, legacy servers are already gonna be a huge time drainer if they would have to put it up, so i am just pilling on
Now you listen here. This is all from my point of view and when i say "clear", i mean it is fucking clear to me!! Don't be a smartass when you have to put words into my mouth for your bullshit to make sense.
May the lore be great and the stories interesting. A game without a story, is a game without a soul. Value the lore and it will reward you with fun!
Don't let yourself be satisfied with what you expect and what you seem as obvious. Ask for something good, surprising and better. Your own standards ends up being other peoples standard.
Only a small part of it, but since it showed up on my facebook feed, here's some evidence for the t-shirt sale:
Source: https://teespring.com/fr/nostalrius-...0035&sid=front
(Also on the previous campaign: https://teespring.com/fr/legacy-serv...0029&sid=front)
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