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Blizzard posted:
When delving into the depths of Azeroth's darkest dungeons, it always helps to have some friends at your side... now you're able to issue a call to arms no matter what realm they play on. We're pleased to announce the new Real ID Party feature is now available for testing! This new feature will allow World of Warcraft players to invite their real-life Real ID friends 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.
To learn more about Real ID, please visit the Real ID web page and read the FAQ.
For more information about how the Real ID Party system works, check out the FAQ below.
Real ID Party Feature ? Test Phase FAQ
Q: What is the Real ID Party feature?
A: Players can now invite Real ID friends of the same faction to a 5-player normal or Heroic dungeon group, regardless of what realm their friends are on. This system is designed to make it easier for real-life friends to play together.
Q: How do I invite Real ID friends to a Real ID party?
A: Inviting a Real ID friend to a Real ID Party is simple. Just open up your Friends list to see which Real ID friends are online. Click on the ?Plus? button to send an invitation to a Real ID friend to join your group. You can continue to add Real ID friends to your party until the group is complete. If you cannot complete the group with Real ID friends, you are free to join the Dungeon Finder to fill in the missing roles.
Q: Does a player need to have Real ID enabled to accept a Real ID group invite?
A: Yes, a player must have Real ID enabled, and both players must be Real ID friends to accept or initiate Real ID party invitations.
Q: Can a party leader invite a mix of Real ID friends, character-level friends, guildmates, or random players to the same party?
A: A party leader can invite any combination of Real ID friends from any realm, guildmates from the same realm, or other characters from the same realm to the same party. If the party leader isn?t able to fill up the entire party, the Dungeon Finder can fill in the missing roles.
Q: Can I invite someone who is not a Real ID friend?
A: You can only invite members to a party if they are on your Real ID friends list or if they are on the same realm as you are.
Q: Can I invite a friend of a Real ID friend?
A: No, you can only invite your own Real ID friends the party.
Q: How long will the testing period last?
A: We haven?t yet determined how long the testing period will last. We'll keep you updated on the status and inform you when the test period is going to end in the future.
Q: Will aspects of the Real ID Party system be premium-based?
A: We'll have information on this toward the end of the testing period.
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Vault_News posted:
Q: Will aspects of the Real ID Party system be premium-based? A: We'll have information on this toward the end of the testing period.
Seriously the hell do they think they are kidding? God, I want to just slap the execs at Activision up side the head, repeatedly.
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Are they trying to turn WoW into a paid social network?
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I wish I could have 5 minutes alone with everyone on the B-team.
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Spookysheep posted:
I wish I could have 5 minutes alone with everyone on the B-team.
There is a gay joke here, I'm just too tired to make it. 
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5 isn't enough to tell them what is wrong with 1 spec of 1 class, much less everything they have screwed up.
I would need (does hasty calculations) at least a 2 weeks, 8 hour days.
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this is an awesome feature tho...especially since depending on play style dungeon running is pretty much the entire game. if they charge extra for it tho it will be ghey
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If they paid ME 10 dollars a month, I still wouldn't enable RealID..
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Tuesday morning meeting, weak coffee fumes and soggy doughnuts: [edit: for typos and apology in advance, just spent the last 4 days with my MIL.]
Dev A: ok gang, we've spent all that time and money developing a feature, promoting it, raising hell with our customers and they still don't use it. What do we do?
Dev B: make it PuG friendly. EVERYBODY loves PuGs!
Dev C: can we do that?
Dev B: sure, see we just assume that since we've had the ability for people to move around servers for years and years that they have lost track of each other because they aren't simultaneously on facebook and vent at the same time really want to connect in a real way to make the game more real and therefore play longer
Dev D: <interrupts> REAL? really?
Dev E: <throws soggy half-eaten doughnut>
Dev D: OW! Hey! Yuck!
Dev A: pay attention, Bob is waiting in the hallway.
Dev E: <yelling through door> SORRY BOSS!
Dev B: ok, here's the list of what we will do: <points at hand-scribbled notes on whiteboard using half-dry marker> real friends only, not friends of real friends, 5-man, $$$$$$$$
Dev C: 5-man?
Dev D: YOU got more than 4 friends?
Dev B: not since working here
Dev A: limited use, lots of money, works for me.
Dev E: $$$$$$$ !!! Premium Service only. <gets up and opens door> BOSS!!!! WE GOT A WINNER!
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Spookysheep posted:
I wish I could have 5 minutes alone with everyone on the B-team.
Nah, just Bobby Kotick.... I dont necessarily blame the people who have to program or create art, just those who chose to screw up implementation. Figure starting at the top is a good thing..
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Quazimortal posted:
Spookysheep posted:
I wish I could have 5 minutes alone with everyone on the B-team.
There is a gay joke here, I'm just too tired to make it.
Its not gay if you do it prison style.
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oh yeah i forgot for a second how i hate revealing that kind of personal info with realid. i might do it anyways tho since i have a large group of friends on another server that i don't want to transfer to since i been on the same server since the start. they all know me by name but still feels kinda weird
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Eternal_Midnight posted:
Are they trying to turn WoW into a paid social network?
That's what it is. Well, that is what Battle.Net will continue to evolve into.
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heiromancerdrackus posted:
Eternal_Midnight posted:
Are they trying to turn WoW into a paid social network?
That's what it is. Well, that is what Battle.Net will continue to evolve into.
Pretty much. I'm expecting a slew of premium service type stuff to get implemented, as soon as they released D3. There is no way they will be satisfied having SC2 and D3 not having some sort of pay-for features forever. (aside from the arsehole money grab that is SC2x3)
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Maybe Blizzard and Facebook should merge. Then instead of playing Farm Town on Facebook, you could play WoW.
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I wouldn't be surprise if they charge for this. They know people who play wow will pay for stupid crap like mounts & pets so why not try this even if its just for a trial basis. Most wow players are suckers who pay real money for gold, etc so why stop now!
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i don't get it.. they announced it and said it would cost money, and now they're saying they'll let us know if it will cost money later?
does this mean people bitched enough about it costing money they might do the right thing and let us all have it for free?
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"does this mean people bitched enough about it costing money they might do the right thing and let us all have it for free?"
Meh...probably just shoddy PR. It's been a while since they have had their act together when dealing with the public. My money would be on they know it will cost money, but the last person to speak didn't realize it was already public knowledge (or forgot).
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What will be interesting is to see if this ends up being implemented on all future Blizzard products. Ya know, sooner or later and assuming it gets more than a few million people participating, RealID will suffer the same hacks as other "social networks." Should be interesting to see how that turns out.
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