08-27-2003, 07:17 AM
>Would you pay a monthly fee for Diablo 2 (and LoD) Realms if :
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>...cheaters/scammers/etc got banned the second their behaviour was confirmed?
I don't consider such a thing enough incentive to be paying the prices current such online games have per month currently. My experience (although admitadly old) is that such games have its share of cheating/scamming and such as well. Doesn't seem to help paying monthly fees.
>...you had access to a hotline when some issue came up?
Nope, same again. I think forums and such are adequate in most cases.
>...the game got regular updates, both fixing bugs and adding new content?
Bug fixes I expect to be done! Of course there should be no costs for the consumer when errors or faulty products get fixed. Adding content? I prefer to get new games if I need more content. I really hate the current trend in making a game where it seems the maker create a game, cut away 25% of the game, sell it and then turn those 25% into an add-on or "expansion". Doesn't change with providing it all in small chunks. I probably end up paying more that way too as well. I find that for just a few months fee, I can get completely new games with far more new content (and that is without factoring in that I usually buy slightly older games at bargin prices.
>...if blizzard held semi-regular server-wide events (3 or more each year)?
Could you give examples? By the way, wouldn't it be better to pay specifically for those events then? What if I am on a bussiness trip, holliday or otherwise can't attend those 3 events? Money lost for nothing.
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>...cheaters/scammers/etc got banned the second their behaviour was confirmed?
I don't consider such a thing enough incentive to be paying the prices current such online games have per month currently. My experience (although admitadly old) is that such games have its share of cheating/scamming and such as well. Doesn't seem to help paying monthly fees.
>...you had access to a hotline when some issue came up?
Nope, same again. I think forums and such are adequate in most cases.
>...the game got regular updates, both fixing bugs and adding new content?
Bug fixes I expect to be done! Of course there should be no costs for the consumer when errors or faulty products get fixed. Adding content? I prefer to get new games if I need more content. I really hate the current trend in making a game where it seems the maker create a game, cut away 25% of the game, sell it and then turn those 25% into an add-on or "expansion". Doesn't change with providing it all in small chunks. I probably end up paying more that way too as well. I find that for just a few months fee, I can get completely new games with far more new content (and that is without factoring in that I usually buy slightly older games at bargin prices.
>...if blizzard held semi-regular server-wide events (3 or more each year)?
Could you give examples? By the way, wouldn't it be better to pay specifically for those events then? What if I am on a bussiness trip, holliday or otherwise can't attend those 3 events? Money lost for nothing.
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