Battle.net - Revision history

Flux: /* Social */

2012-01-11T16:07:20Z

‎Social

Grube: No exact date of confirmation.

2011-08-28T19:34:57Z

No exact date of confirmation.

Grube at 19:28, 28 August 2011

2011-08-28T19:28:41Z

Grube at 18:56, 28 August 2011

2011-08-28T18:56:29Z

Grube: Added The recent clarification on the cost of Diablo 3's cost for battle.net service.

2011-08-28T18:52:12Z

Added The recent clarification on the cost of Diablo 3's cost for battle.net service.

Flux: /* Social */

2011-01-21T12:52:02Z

‎Social

Flux: /* Chat Channels */

2010-10-15T04:40:16Z

‎Chat Channels

Flux: /* Real ID */

2010-10-15T00:31:17Z

‎Real ID

Flux: /* Real ID */

2010-10-15T00:26:15Z

‎Real ID

Flux: /* Accounts and Characters */

2010-09-11T00:16:55Z

‎Accounts and Characters

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 [[Diablo III]] players will instead be matched with people they are likely to have fun with, playing in [[co-op]] games.
 ===Social===
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 Players that wish to remain anonymous on Battle.net have the option to do so.
 ===Mod Support===

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 ==Battle.net Costs And Profits==
-Blizzard has always (so far, as of August 9, 2011) maintained that it will be possible for gamers to play StaCraft 2 and Diablo 3 for free over Battle.net.
+Blizzard has always (so far, as of August, 2011) maintained that it will be possible for gamers to play StaCraft 2 and Diablo 3 for free over Battle.net.
 ::"When a player buys the StarCraft II box at retail, they will have the ability to play on the new Battle.net for free."

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 ==Battle.net Costs And Profits==
-Blizzard has always (so far, as of August 9, 2001) maintained that it will be possible for gamers to play StaCraft 2 and Diablo 3 for free over Battle.net.
+Blizzard has always (so far, as of August 9, 2011) maintained that it will be possible for gamers to play StaCraft 2 and Diablo 3 for free over Battle.net.
 ::"When a player buys the StarCraft II box at retail, they will have the ability to play on the new Battle.net for free."

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 ::--Kevyn "Karune" Yu, Starcraft 2 community manager [http://starcraft.incgamers.com/blog/comments/no-monthly-payments-for-starcraft-ii/]
-An interview with Jay Wilson during the 2011 Gamescom conventions provided some details on which features of the Diablo 3 Battle.net service will be free.
+An interview with Jay Wilson during the 2011 Gamescom convention provided some details on which features of the Diablo 3 Battle.net service will be free.
-::"…we've intended form the very beginning that Diablo 3 be an online game, and an online service and that allows us to provide persistence friends lists, cross game chat, persistent characters that we never delete even if you uninstall Diablo 3, we'll store your characters for you so if you ever return. All that for a game you don't pay a subscription fee for is a pretty good value and we feel worth the price of being online."
+::"…we've intended form the very beginning that Diablo 3 be an online game, and an online service and that allows us to provide persistent friends lists, cross game chat, persistent characters that we never delete even if you uninstall Diablo 3, we'll store your characters for you so if you ever return. All that for a game you don't pay a subscription fee for is a pretty good value and we feel worth the price of being online."
 ::--Jay Wilsom, Game Director of Diablo 3 [http://videos.pcgames.de/hdvideo/3981/Diablo-3-Gamescom-2011-VideoInterview]

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 ==Battle.net Costs And Profits==
-Blizzard has always (so far, as of January 2010) maintained that it will be possible for gamers to play StaCraft 2 and Diablo 3 for free over Battle.net.
+Blizzard has always (so far, as of August 9, 2001) maintained that it will be possible for gamers to play StaCraft 2 and Diablo 3 for free over Battle.net.
 ::"When a player buys the StarCraft II box at retail, they will have the ability to play on the new Battle.net for free."
 ::--Kevyn "Karune" Yu, Starcraft 2 community manager [http://starcraft.incgamers.com/blog/comments/no-monthly-payments-for-starcraft-ii/]

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 Logging in will allow access to better friend management and other social gaming components. It's easy to use, and easy to keep in touch with friends that play any Blizzard game.
-There will be both text chat and voice chat for players in [[StarCraft II]]/ and [[World of WarCraft]] (presumably all Blizzard games in the future) to use in any game to talk to each other. It will work like a backbone to the network, and will seamlessly integrate friends lists, matchmaking, messaging, and other features.
+There will be both text chat and voice chat for players in [[StarCraft II]]/ and [[World of WarCraft]] (presumably all Blizzard games in the future) to use in any game to talk to each other. It will work like a backbone to the network, and will seamlessly integrate friends lists, matchmaking, messaging, and other features, as well as connecting to social media such as [[Facebook]].
 Players that wish to remain anonymous on Battle.net have the option to do so.
 ===Mod Support===

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 ==Chat Channels==
-Blizzard intended to phase chat channels out of B.net with their newer games, starting with Starcraft 2. They did not include chat channels in the design, and resisted adding them until continuous player requests wore them down. Chat channels were not supported during the beta or upon launch in July, but by October 2010 they were said to be well under development and due to be added in the future. There's no guarantee they'll be enabled for Diablo III, but if fans demand it they probably will.
+Blizzard intended to phase chat channels out of B.net with their newer games, starting with Starcraft 2. They did not include chat channels in the design, and resisted adding them until continuous player requests wore them down. Chat channels were not supported during the beta or upon launch in July, but by October 2010 they were said to be well under development and due to be added in the future. There's no guarantee they'll be enabled for Diablo III, but if fans demand it they probably will.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/d3-will-have-chat-channels-on-battle.net/]
 ::'''Bashiok:''' Regarding chat channels, they weren't a launch feature but are indeed coming, and the tech will be there and waiting for Diablo III, I'm sure.

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 It's optional, and need not be activated unless the player wishes to.
-Blizzard seems only benefits in the Real ID system. Many players are much less sanguine about it. The [[Real ID]] article recounts what happened in July 2010 when Blizzard announced a real name requirement for posting on the B.net forums and fans reenacted the storming of the Bastille. Causing Blizzard to relent and change the proposed feature.
+Blizzard sees only benefits in the Real ID system. Many players are much less sanguine about it. The [[Real ID]] article recounts what happened in July 2010 when Blizzard announced a real name requirement for posting on the B.net forums and fans reenacted the storming of the Bastille. Causing Blizzard to relent and change the proposed feature.
 ==StarCraft II on Battle.net==

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	It's optional, and need not be activated unless the player wishes to.		It's optional, and need not be activated unless the player wishes to.

		+	Blizzard seems only benefits in the Real ID system. Many players are much less sanguine about it. The [[Real ID]] article recounts what happened in July 2010 when Blizzard announced a real name requirement for posting on the B.net forums and fans reenacted the storming of the Bastille. Causing Blizzard to relent and change the proposed feature.

	==StarCraft II on Battle.net==		==StarCraft II on Battle.net==

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 ===Accounts and Characters===
-No details have yet been released about how characters and accounts will work.
+Blizzard has not yet revealed any details of how Diablo III accounts and characters will be handled over Battle.net. The team has said that they want to cut down on [[muling]] and mule characters. They're allowing each character much more storage space, and all characters on an account will be able to exchange items easily, either through a shared [[stash]] or some other game mechanism.  From this it seems likely that players will not have such a need for multiple accounts used just to store surplus items.
-http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-interview-pcgames.de/
+One of the few remarks yet made about Diablo 3 characters came from Jay Wilson in August 2010. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-interview-pcgames.de/]
 ===Cheating===