| Shinobi-san said: Wouldn't you say the original dota is stil the leader? According to icefrog theres about 18 million active players (if i did the calculations right). Anyways i agree with you. DOTA 2 can easily become number 1 by getting the majority of the dota players to cross over...and at the same time appeal to the audience who plays LOL and HoN. Im assuming though that a large majority of dota players play it because its practically free (most people pirate war3 to play dota) and i find that not many of them are willing to make the transition to pay to play. A free to play model would be best imo. I think thats one of the main attributing reasons dota became so popular in the first place, it was highly accessible in a LAN set up or online. The only problem i have with the free to play model in MOBA games is deciding what exactly to charge for? I hate the way HoN handles the free to play model. I dont mind them charging for hero skins or things like that...but charging for basic game modes for a limited time and heroes is a bit over the top. If DOTA goes the HoN route it might again find itself alienating the original dota players. Edit: Almost forgot to say this....if they dont charge for basic things like that then what do they charge for? Its like they doomed either way. I think thats why Gabe said they gona leave figuring that out for later. At the end of the day hes goal is to get as much people playing the game as possible, and the best way to do that is to appeal to the existing dota players. |
Just have a system similar to LoL. Their free to play is not annoying by any means. Every single week, there are 10 champions that are free. Each game, you earn points that you can use to buy champions. You can also have skins, however, which will cost a different currency, that you can only get with money. With that currency, you can also purchase champions if you so wish.
I have spent like $45 on LoL for champions (I bought both of the 20 packs). All remaining champions, I have bought using my IP points.
Money can't buy happiness. Just video games, which make me happy.
