On October 22 2011 22:35 kedarking wrote:
I can see why they don't add LAN: Lan = ability to play the game without having to buy the game. Just install the game with a disc from a friend and then play LAN allday everyday.

Edit: Also, why the fuck is everyone so angry at Blizzard? They have to work on Starcraft 2, WoW: Mists of Pandaria and Dota 2 and you all whine about them not working on whatever little thing you want fixed?? If you don't like the game then just don't play it and stop your goddamn whining?

QQ moar.

Whoa calm down son. The amount of people who will pirate SC2 will be pretty insignificant. There's like 3 million accounts. A couple thousand pirating the game is more important than a very large part of your customers?

DeepElemBlues

United States5079 Posts

October 22 2011 16:35 GMT

#244

Group Replays
Its on "the list". They realize the game needs it and in general they want a more meaningful way to distribute replays across battle.net.

It's on "the list"? Well great, it wasn't like it was that damn hard to do it for BW, honestly when you're raking in almost a billion a year gross (or is it more now?) it should take like a weekend to make a patch to implement it.

theinfamousone

United States103 Posts

October 22 2011 16:40 GMT

#245

It seems like group replays functionality would take a few skilled software engineers like 5 hours of programming. The game is already set up to have multiple spectators. They had it in Brood War 12 years ago. Just give the host control of the replay and everyone else spectating has no control bar. The game is already set up to have replays. Just combine those. A little work of course, but that vs an entire market place?

The reconnect a la LoL better not force you to sit there until the game is finished before you can start a new one. It would basically make lagging out a non issue in high level tournaments. How many high level games have we seen where one player is slightly winning but then lags out and it's awkward trying to decide the winner? With this, you'd just pause and allow the player to restart the computer and log back in or something.

The spectating high level games would be SICK.

SoniC_eu

Denmark1008 Posts

October 22 2011 16:47 GMT

#246

I gotta say the LAN upgrade would be a great addition to Sc2 HotS. Its so frustrating when major tourneys are being played and players get dropped. That looks so bad for Blizz and is kinda lol for us Esports fans. So plz Blizz

This xmas I want u to work on servers for MLG/GSL etc!

papaz

Sweden4149 Posts

October 22 2011 16:50 GMT

#247

didnt know the Dota2 viewing capabilities. That would be awesome to spectate say GM league within SC2 client. I would even pay specially for that feature.

Probe1

United States17920 Posts

October 22 2011 16:51 GMT

#248

They will have some ranking/rating features and will have a system to make sure only good user-submitted content is being charged for.

This scares me. When I read it I think the free content will be terrible and the only good UMS maps will cost.. I'm hoping I'm wrong.

Asked David about how he "balances" (sorry LOL)

Kennigit you made me grin

caradoc

Canada3022 Posts

October 22 2011 16:52 GMT

#249

On October 23 2011 00:47 flanksteak wrote:
I really hope a more detailed transcript is provided, so we could maybe see some of the nuances of their explanations.

As it stands now, it basically says they won't add LAN, and the game is "pretty balanced." This is endlessly annoying and frustrating for fans to hear without a good explanation.

But it's encouraging to see them say they want to add offline options for tournaments - it doesn't necessarily need to be LAN, there just needs to be a way to provide a lagless/perfect game between players. There has to be a way to utilize battle.net server such that you've logged on, and then rely on a local connection thereafter, if that's really the issue (and a way for blizzard to monetize, of course).

heres a vid:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=278125

CHOMPMannER

Canada175 Posts

October 22 2011 16:54 GMT

#250

cool nice read thanks.

Dubzex

United States6994 Posts

October 22 2011 16:55 GMT

#251

No LAN again is very disappointing.

aimaimaim

Philippines2167 Posts

October 22 2011 17:05 GMT

#252

I just don't see this NO LAN policy help them against piracy. It's hurting E-Sports and there is already a cracked SC2 WoL w/ LAN and it's the one reason why people doesn't want it. And people actually believe this NO LAN policy helps against piracy, it's all about money and it would be better if Blizzard would just tell it outright instead of hiding under its oh so protected IP title.

The Final Boss

United States1839 Posts

October 22 2011 17:18 GMT

#253

I think that at the very least Blizzard should sell a LAN version of the game, but reserve it for only tournaments. Obviously I'd love to have LAN, but if people are playing the game professionally, I think the very least Blizzard could do is add in a LAN feature. Even if it was a variant of the game that was reserved for GSL, MLG, IEM, and other Premier tournaments, it would still be better than not having it at all.

Also, (and I honestly can't imagine that this would be horribly difficult for them to do) Blizzard should scale their map pool with the skill level of the players on ladder. So if you're in Bronze League, then you play on maps that are easier to understand, even if they might have some imbalances (such as Xel'Naga Caverns). Then, the higher and higher you get, they should start implementing MLG variants of maps and adding in maps that have special features such as gasless or rich gas expansions or fixed starting locations and also making the maps more aimed for the later stages of the game. Obviously this hasn't been something that they talked about, but I can't imagine it would be horribly difficult for Blizzard to do and it would make ladder "fun" for lower league players and also make it a tool to practice for higher level players.

Diversify

Canada30 Posts

October 22 2011 17:19 GMT

#254

Its sad that features that were in SC:BW and that have been in other games for quite some time now, is just being realized by blizzard and wont be implemented for quite some time.

tuho12345

4482 Posts

October 22 2011 17:24 GMT

#255

offline server for events like MLG is really cool, why can't they have this man

slytown

Korea (South)1411 Posts

October 22 2011 17:32 GMT

#256

What I expected. Press conferences are never positive. They are just a way of appeasing us when in retrospect we don't get any real answers. It amazes me how much Blizzard is against LAN, considering the money they make regardless of how they give in to the community's desires.

Moa

United States790 Posts

October 22 2011 17:35 GMT

#257

I seriously am starting to wonder what they actually do at blizzard. Seems like they have a huge list of things to do that they have acknowledged, a huge list of things they need to do but won't and nobody working on any of them.

Noro

Canada991 Posts

October 22 2011 17:56 GMT

#258

Its about time for replay sharing!

aka_star

United Kingdom1546 Posts

October 22 2011 18:41 GMT

#259

Heard this a million times.... hopefully sometime they'll get off their asses and do something about it

NeWeNiyaLord

Norway2474 Posts

October 22 2011 18:53 GMT

#260

That was pretty lame answers, Its like. Yeah, we're working on that. It will get here "soon" But no lan tho. You need alot more Dc's then that for us to do anything about it.