Community Manager
|
Edited by Nethaera on 5/17/11 12:37 PM (PDT)
With the continued popularity of the Dungeon Finder, many players have been asking for a way to group up with real-life friends who play on other realms to take on instances together. Today, we wanted to give you a heads up about a new feature currently in development that will allow players to invite Real ID friends ( http://us.battle.net/en/realid/ ) of the same faction to a party regardless of the realm they play on, and then queue up for a 5-player regular or Heroic dungeon.
As this is a fairly complex service to develop, we don’t have a release date to share quite yet. It’s important to note that as with some of the other convenience- and connectivity-oriented features we offer, certain elements of the cross-realm Real ID party system will be premium-based, though only the player sending the invitations will need to have access to the premium service. We'll have more details to share with you as development progresses -- in the meantime, you may begin to see elements of the feature appear on the World of Warcraft PTR. |
#1
5/17/2011
|
|
First, I was like :)
And then:
I was :( |
|
You guys want more money for a game thats subscription based and requires you to pay for everything? Hell, server transfers, race changes, character re-customization and gender changes should all be services that can be performed free of charge every few months or so.
|
|
First, I was like :) my thoughts exactly... |
|
Sweet, although it kind of sucks to pay, I'll pay. Met some really great people from different realms along the way, and it will be great to group wtih them.
|
|
Edited by Kongol on 5/17/11 12:13 PM (PDT)
So wait, what does "premium" mean?
|
|
First, I was like :) That about covers it for me as well. Nice try, but I won't be paying more money for this feature. :/ |
|
|
Going based on the mobile armoury guild chat stuff, and AH, I'm going to guess it means you have to pay for it on top of your sub. |
|
Edited by Bip on 5/17/11 12:17 PM (PDT)
I was extremely excited and happy with Blizzard.
And then Activision informed me I would be paying for the pleasures. No thank you. You have actually just made me very sad on this side of the keyboard. A prospect I was excited to participate in since RID's inception aaaaaaand the realization that I will not pay for it. Poor form. And after all those premium services I paid for to server transfer in the past to do just this. Sorta seems like a slap in the face, really. |
|
Paying for another service? No thanks. Not doing it.
|
First, I was like :) You read my mind... -_- sigh |
|
Seeing how we already pay extensively for this game, this should just be a feature for free.. Because, I will not pay money. No sir. And where as some will, this just reflects a little on your business as a tad "Money Grabby" over "Fun."
|
