How will Blizzard stop piracy on Zerg and Protoss

If the full B-net experience can be had on any one game, how will Blizzard discourage people from buying the Terran game and then downloading Zerg and Protoss for the single playerf campaigns? This the the question I've been thinking about since Blizzcon and I have a rather intteresting possiblity.

Assuming the unannounced MMo is going to be a Starcraft game(which I believe is 95% certainty)

Make Starcraft MMO free for download but you have to use your SC2 CD keys in installing it. If you only have the Terran game then you can only play as Terrans in the MMO. They can release a $5-$10 disc with just the MMO for people not wanting to Download the huge install files, plus they can release a Starcraft Battlechest that has all 3 SC2 games and the MMO for ~$70. Of course there would still have to be monthly fees with the first month free.

anyways that is just my thought, still trying to come up will a good solution that doesn't rely on the MMO

 

The unannounced MMO is not part of any existing franchise. They've confirmed that.

 

"When asked how different the project would be from WoW, Morhaime paused, and replied "It's gonna be different." After being pressed some more about the differences, he reiterated his stance, "…let's just say it's going to be different and it's not going to be a sequel to World of Warcraft. It will be different." " -ign

if you have proof that it is a new IP then please post it. As I have never seen anything saying it is not starcraft

 

You made a whole paragraph on something you believe is going to come out...which as Blizzard has stated already it's not SC related.

Besides what MMO are you even talking about? In the first paragraph it seems your talking about SC2. Then you go to some MMO. How do you even know the MMO is going to be a trilogy? Then you talk about the whole SC2 coming with the MMO for only $70.

Maybe it's just me, but can you explain it better?

 

Blizzard said they learned a lot about stopping piracy in WoW.

I don't play WoW, but I believe they have authenticators that come with the game (I guess you plug those into the key drive port?). There could be one per game. Unless the hackers can replicate a physical product like that, good luck getting onto battle.net. More info: http://play.tm/news/19045/blizzard-confirm-warcraft-authenticator/

Note that this is a new invention, but if it's actually included with the game, it could be required for everyone.

Note that in Warcraft III, the expansion had its own CD key. You might find it possible to play Wings of Liberty online but not Heart of the Swarm or Legacy of the Void online.

I have real doubts you can actually graft a hacked patch onto a legitimate core product, but I'm not a computer programmer.

In any event, I doubt this is a big deal. There wasn't wholesale hacking of Brood War from what I recall.

 

You can't get the full Battle.net experience from the first game, therefore, if the people want this they will have to buy the expansion packs... just like Brood War.

Also, there was a Mike Morhaime interview where he explains that the next MMO will be an entire new IP and why they chose this. I'd venture to guess that both StarCraft: Ghost and a StarCraft MMO would come out eventually but the StarCraft team leader said that would be YEARS AND YEARS into the future (Years after the final StarCraft 2 product is released.) He said that it took 5 years for World Of WarCraft to get to where they wanted to release it. They would have to spend a lot more time than that on a StarCraft MMO if they wanted it to be as successful as WarCraft... He then says something like it's hell to compete with yourself



I believe this is the proof you are talking about ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ka9Cy06N28

-- But as far as your idea.. No .. It's unneccessary and would completely destroy what it's trying to protect even if it was necessary. The expansion packs will be required to get the full experience since they both contain new features, content, and units (All of the things that come with an expansion pack).

 

all about this post is wrong, and we already discussed it.

 

Oh..okay.. I'm sorry

I had an involuntary vacation here for a while

 

I was otherwise in the last BlizzCon event.
I met one developerku that the engineer for the implementation of new products in the Blizzard (I forget the name but remember that the cute).

What I have asked several times .... is whether Blizzard MMO stores such as StarCraft universe, and after long insisting we said that (with a smile on his face).

But what I noticed Blizzard and present Trilogy in StarCraft II called "StarCraft universe"

Would be interesting to Blizzard in the same package released MMO and strategy.

It also is not clear to me why people are so astounding single campaign and less for multiplayer. When miltiplayer what will keep many players years related to StarCraft II and the campaign and never play one more (at least 99% of players to do so).

Also, many times I heard that the next MMO will be completely different. New era in MMO games. I'm interested in whether it intends to Blizzard released MMO strategy between the planet where everyone managed to complete his breed and wide and they are only add new planet ??????

 

From what I could understand, I'll say speak for yourself.

For some (or most) of us, the StarCraft 2 single player is something that you can't get from anywhere else. The need for StarCraft 2's multiplayer can be satisfied with StarCraft: Brood War... Plus, the single player will be just all around awesome

 

From what I understand Blizzard is supposed to be coming out with a specific anti-piracy software on every CD.

 

from what the other guy said in horrible, horrible english.. A lot of people are gonna buy the game only for the single player, plus, no one said the multiplayer will be bad, on the contrary, It'll be complete and good to go, while the expansions will add new features when they come out.
Well, that's what I understand.

 

I think the multiplayer will be just fine as long as they don't have the same server problems that played SC:1 when it originally launched.

 

How are people going to pirate the other campaigns that wouldn't even be accessible until they actually come out?

 

I hope not. Those never last more than a few days against hackers and cracks for them are usually released before you can even buy the game in stores.

 

An online activation fixes this up right good. But also pisses off the people who actually want to buy the game. And people without the internet will be disadvantaged as well.

I think there is a better solution. The old game Prince Of Persia had it for the Mac. You have a serial. And also when you start a campaign you have a random letter to type in to get to play. And the letter is like "Page 32, Line 12, Word 3, letter 4". And you have to read the manual at that exact point to get the letter. And the letter they want is randomly changed each time. Sure then a scan on the entire manual would fix it, But that'd be much more work for the hackers.

 

Online activations do nothing but push people to piracy even if they bought the game. And, also, the manual thing would only hinder those who don't pirate it because that "protection" would be removed before it's in stores and then what's left is thousands and thousands of unhappy customers who didn't pirate it or don't know about cracks. But, even if it stopped hackers it would severely hinder playing the game and would thus result in unhappy customers. Either way, Blizzard and the customers lose. Just let the CD key be the piracy preventor and let the customers be happy.