Blizzard May Offer Reaper of Souls Special Edition
Blizzard is quizzing Diablo III players about expansion pricing, contents, and so on. The company has also launched an open beta of its desktop launcher app.
Polygon reports that Blizzard is currently surveying registered Diablo 3 players about the pricing of the upcoming expansion pack, Reaper of Souls, and about a possible Special Edition. The upcoming expansion will add a fourth Act to the campaign, add a new Crusader character class, an increased level cap to 70, a new artisan and more.
"Consider two versions of the expansion: a Standard Edition for $29.99 and a Collector's Edition for $49.99," the survey reads. "The Standard Edition includes the Reaper of Souls expansion; the Collector's Edition includes the expansion, exclusive in-game content, and other bonus items."
The company is also quizzing Diablo III gamers about their knowledge of the expansion pack, and to rank the new features in order of performance. In addition to the ones mentioned above, these include the new loot system, the Nephalem Trials, gear transmogrification, the new Paragon level and point system, and so on.
"Our goal at Blizzard Entertainment is to make the most epic gaming experiences possible, so we want to get your feedback as a registered user of Diablo III," according to the email sent out to gamers. "We invite you to participate in an online survey where your responses will help us determine which areas to focus our attention in the coming months."
Meanwhile, Blizzard has launched the open beta of its new desktop launcher app for Battle.net. This allows gamers to log in once every 30 days and have access to Diablo III, StarCraft II, World of Warcraft and other Blizzard titles without the need to log into each separate game. This app also keeps these games up-to-date by automatically downloading and installing the latest patches, if permitted.
"In the months ahead, the game launchers for World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and Diablo III will be automatically updated to our new desktop app for Battle.net, designed to improve the launcher experience and streamline your ability to play Blizzard games—but if you're interested in upgrading now, you can!" reads the download page.
Blizzard said that players will be auto-updated in waves, so the exact date players will receive the update will vary from person to person. When the time comes, the upgrade will download and install on its own the next time a player starts up the launcher for World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, or Diablo III. As long as the desktop app is installed, players won't be able to use the standard launchers provided in World of Warcraft, StarCraft II and Diablo III.
For more information about the new desktop app, check out the FAQ here. The desktop app can be downloaded here.
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That being said, this being posted as news can now be filed along with other breaking news, along with the sky being blue, and fire being hot.
Advice for Blizzard:
#1 - Have your CEO wear a Darth Vader mask
#2 - Change name from Blizzard, to Greedzard
What still gives me pause is the content being offered. D2 Exp offered 1 new Act and 2 new classes. They are offering 1 Act and 1 Class in the D3 Exp. Now, let me explain why this is such a problem. D3 has a re-playability issue. The skill and attribute system negate the need, or desire, for multiple play-thrus of a class. This diminishes the importance of the new act because current classes may only see Act5 Inferno. Playing classes from scratch will see the most fun from 5-act run-thrus but plenty of players will only have the new class to do that in. This makes new classes more valuable content-wise than acts. They should be adding at least two, maybe three new. I'd pay $40 for that or $60 for CE.
At least you're honest. lol.
That sounds really sad.
That being said, this being posted as news can now be filed along with other breaking news, along with the sky being blue, and fire being hot.
I'm still not buying rather you care or not js
Blizzard made this to serve as a mini-game to give the WOW crowd a small diversion, this was not in the least tailored as a standalone franchise. They have their own phorking game, why did you have to pea all over this one?
Saldy, I'm still going to buy the expansions, I just really do love the cutscene quality of Blizzard games, but I know that it's a totally different team at the helm for that one, so I support the artistry.
Thx for reminding me about POE coming out!0
They sent me a survey about the expansion, but it's just a fking advertisement. It askes you if you know all those GREAT features about the upcoming expansion....
Well, to be honest the game felt like it had 3 acts anyway, so maybe this is not a typo?