Yeah, they do the same thing with WoW. Actual content like new classes and new areas you can only access with the expansion, but any changes to skills or content existing in pre-expansion areas, that's patched in for people who don't have the expansion.

GhandiEAGLE

United States20754 Posts

May 07 2012 23:30 GMT

#842

wow, this is so very sick. I. Am. Pumped.

Adreme

United States5574 Posts

May 07 2012 23:30 GMT

#843

On May 08 2012 08:27 .Carnage wrote:
Still no LAN, technology forecast says it just won't be there yet!

It will never ever be in starcraft and in 10 years wont be in any game you play.

di3alot

172 Posts

May 07 2012 23:30 GMT

#844

On May 08 2012 08:13 Serpico wrote:

Show nested quote +

Just the attitude pc gaming doesn't need. I don't see the rationale of paying that much for an expansion.

and what exactly is the problem with payn 60$ for a game?
the word expansion has not the same meaning like 5/10 years ago. that what you are referring to its called now dlc. and hots is not an dlc...

Gl!tch

United States573 Posts

May 07 2012 23:33 GMT

#845

We have made it to the promised land my friends <3

CruelZeratul

Germany4588 Posts

May 07 2012 23:34 GMT

#846

It's sounds great but in the every day ladder life you still can't reconnect which is annoying (especially in 2/3/4on2/3/4 where dc's of course happen more often).

IPA

United States3206 Posts

May 07 2012 23:35 GMT

#847

Gives all the ladder cowards a way to play unfortunately. I wish Blizz would have left them out in the cold.

Nubbinz

United States57 Posts

May 07 2012 23:37 GMT

#848

MULTIPLAYER REPLAY VIEWING!!!! YESSS FINALLY!!!!! OMG. I've been waiting so long for this and I'd never understood why it wasn't implemented to begin with like they had in SC1. This is a great step forward. They really are listening! =D

SigmaoctanusIV

United States3313 Posts

May 07 2012 23:38 GMT

#849

Wow Blizzard really listening to the community on this one. I really hope we can set what map/race matchup we want for unranked matchmaking.

Iranon

United States983 Posts

May 07 2012 23:40 GMT

#850

Woo! I'm very interested to see exactly how the unranked matchmaking will work. Clearly there's some sort of MMR behind it, or they couldn't call it "matchmaking", but it makes a big difference whether or not it has anything to do with your normal ladder MMR. My guess is that it will be just like having a second ladder account which doesn't have a profile or stats of any kind, with nothing to do with your normal ladder games. That sounds great to me, but I don't see it making as much of a difference as people seem to think. Sure, it's wonderful on paper for the thousands of players who don't play much or at all due to ladder fear, but it's not like those players are uncomfortable with seeing a league and ranking, those players are uncomfortable with the stress of playing (and losing) a competitive game. If people play unranked games and try just as hard, it will be exactly the same experience.

The problem with unranked matchmaking is that the big reason people want it is somewhat incompatible with "matchmaking". Personally, I want two big buttons, one that says "Find Match" and pits me against someone who's just as good as I am and also wants to win a game, and another one right next to it that says "Fuck Around" and pits me against someone who also wants to do something ridiculous like max out on immortals to watch them one-shot buildings. But the more I click that unranked match button, the more I win unranked games, so my invisible unranked ranking goes up, so my opponents get stronger, and the unranked games start to look more and more like real games...

I guess it would be very useful if you want to switch races, but if it was unranked, how would you know when your off race got as good as your old main race and it was time to start playing ranked again? If enabling race switching was the goal, they should just give you 3 (or 4) different rankings, one for each race.

NexCa

Germany954 Posts

May 07 2012 23:41 GMT

#851

Global play ? Does that mean we can finally rape some korean asses ? xD

Kal_rA

United States2925 Posts

May 07 2012 23:42 GMT

#852

Better late than never... All this should have been ready at WOL launch. Its not a great step forward.. Its a step to where they should have been like two years ago.

Don't get me wrong though.. Glad to see all the changes.

SeinGalton

South Africa387 Posts

May 07 2012 23:42 GMT

#853

Just glad these things are getting added. Blizzard's recently doing a pretty decent job with the game, improving map pools and making mostly sensible changes. SC2 is slowly shaping up and I'm excited about the direction this game is taking!

And I've never regretted spending money on any Blizzard game. Ever. They're a business and their product beats everyone else's. I'm happy to throw down another $60 on this game, I'm having too much fun with it.

Destroyr

Germany299 Posts

May 07 2012 23:43 GMT

#854

Finallly thankkkkk you blizzard!!!

Gl!tch

United States573 Posts

May 07 2012 23:44 GMT

#855

On May 08 2012 07:44 Antimatterz wrote:
FUCKING YES THANK YOU HOLY BALLS

this and some ridiculously easy FRQs for the APChem test just made my day :DDDD

Bro, are all the tests the same? Mine was so much easier than I expected it to be :D

Also YEAUHHH Blizzard

Mentalizor

Denmark1596 Posts

May 07 2012 23:45 GMT

#856

Great news indeed

A lot more userfriendly with a tons of it (especially the grp replay viewer) but being able to continue from replays/saved games will help tournaments a ton aswell.

This is great news for the game, the players and eSports

AirbladeOrange

United States2574 Posts

May 07 2012 23:45 GMT

#857

Overall great news! I do fear that unranked matchmaking might kill the ladder. Everyone will be too concerned with how many points they have. I wonder what the unranked thing would be like anyway? All people doing crazy strategies?

MasterKang

United States1373 Posts

May 07 2012 23:45 GMT

#858

Does anyone know if the unranked matchmaking will have MMR or if it will be just random people? Becuase if it's random people, it's basically the same as joining a custom game on a standard ladder map, which matches you with online people already

Gelenn

United States87 Posts

May 07 2012 23:46 GMT

#859

Oh my god. Can. Not. Wait.

Awesome.

speknek

758 Posts

May 07 2012 23:47 GMT

#860

On May 08 2012 08:45 MasterKang wrote:
Does anyone know if the unranked matchmaking will have MMR or if it will be just random people? Becuase if it's random people, it's basically the same as joining a custom game on a standard ladder map, which matches you with online people already

please read..

We also intend to have our first version of unranked play so you will have the ability to match-make against like-skilled players without having to affect your ladder ranking while you practice off-race or experiment with a new build order.