Seems a lot of people missed "Here's a list of some of the features we are planning to release at or around the launch of Heart of the Swarm:".

You will not need HotS to access the features. HotS will be for the new campaign, new multiplayer units, HotS ladder.

Now if they forced people to buy HotS for these B.Net 2.5 features...Does around mean after HotS? Good questions to ask Blizzard...off to the forums!

Aunvilgod

2653 Posts

May 07 2012 16:59 GMT

#282

unranked match-making?

holy fuck. Number of players + 9001%

Pixel.

Netherlands287 Posts

May 07 2012 17:00 GMT

#283

Fucking awesome \o/

Ireniicus

United Kingdom374 Posts

May 07 2012 17:00 GMT

#284

its a very good list.. I sincerely hope they let people play n different servers without having to keep forking out on extra copies of the game.

I think it would not cost them that much in lost revenue (as its a small % that would buy extras) and it would increase the amount of people playing...as long as their bandwidth can handle it of course.

Govou

Canada1072 Posts

May 07 2012 17:00 GMT

#285

a nice news. I would just add a count down when resuming from replay

JOJOsc2news

3000 Posts

May 07 2012 17:01 GMT

#286

Are the numbers that bad that we are suddenly getting almost everything we want?

I'll have a bottle of champagne for every top 8 ladder placement with that please.

Tommylew

Wales2717 Posts

May 07 2012 17:01 GMT

#287

global play? cannot wait... havent the money to buy a korean account and want to see how much delay I get

Ace1123

Philippines1187 Posts

May 07 2012 17:01 GMT

#288

Finally! No Region Difference! Now we can play at kr, eu !

koslain

United States70 Posts

May 07 2012 17:01 GMT

#289

fist pumping like a madman even though we will prolly see 1 or 2 of these with HotS release( at or around comment)

Superouman

France2195 Posts

May 07 2012 17:01 GMT

#290

On May 08 2012 01:55 robih wrote:
"around the release of HotS"
i bet on more than half of the features not being out when HotS is out

I bet "Global Play" won't be done at the release so they can milk more money from the customers

nonsequitur

384 Posts

May 07 2012 17:02 GMT

#291

Too little too late.

roffelito

Sweden9 Posts

May 07 2012 17:02 GMT

#292

all of that, plus the warhound is gone.

with or without carriers, HotS will bring back AWESOME to Starcraft!!!

Stress

United States980 Posts

May 07 2012 17:03 GMT

#293

Global Play... gonna have some raging nerds if that is released after so many of us have bought multiple accounts.

Intricate

Canada127 Posts

May 07 2012 17:03 GMT

#294

wow amazing features!! can't wait for HotS to release!!

ilimor

Sweden47 Posts

May 07 2012 17:03 GMT

#295

This is just awesome

Tachion

Canada8573 Posts

May 07 2012 17:04 GMT

#296

abso-fucking-lutely amazing.

Integra

Sweden5626 Posts

May 07 2012 17:04 GMT

#297

On May 08 2012 02:03 Stress wrote:
Global Play... gonna have some raging nerds if that is released after so many of us have bought multiple accounts.

Sitting here with 2 copies, I'm happy about it still since it means I don't have to buy two expansions.

Linwelin

Ireland7554 Posts

May 07 2012 17:04 GMT

#298

Pretty nice stuff!

grobo

Japan6199 Posts

May 07 2012 17:04 GMT

#299

Wow, seems to good to be true. I wasn't too keen on HotS but these news sure made me look forward to it again.

Bijan

United States286 Posts

May 07 2012 17:05 GMT

#300

On May 08 2012 01:05 bmml wrote:
Classic, shit we shouldve got for free but have to pay for.

Good nonetheless I guess.

Right, like you weren't going to get the expansion anyway.

On May 08 2012 01:06 LingBlingMuta wrote:
This just kind of makes me wonder what they plan on sitting on until Legacy of the Void comes out.

Nevertheless, exciting stuff

They probably weren't sitting on it, but why would they bother doing all this stuff for WoL when the expansion is already in the works?