EPTBlizzard announces HoTS Feature List - Page 52
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DoubleDare
Canada48 Posts
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PeZuY
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Still, good to see these added. | ||
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Taku
Canada2036 Posts
On May 08 2012 12:57 althaz wrote: Fantastic news. I am now slavering in anticipation for HotS release (I already slightly was so I can have an easier time meching vs Protoss). For the haters: Blizzard had to build BNet 2.0 up from scratch, it's not an extension of any old products. Sure, it's missing some features that older games had, but resources were obviously allocated somewhere else in development (for example, the widely acclaimed single-player campaign or the brilliant matchmaking service). When you build something new it's going to take time for the feature list to catch up, but at least Blizzard IS catching up (and surpassing) everything previously with this FREE product. Seriously, BNet is FREE, therefore it is fantastic value for money and most complaints really need to keep these things in mind. TL;DR: Constructive criticism is GOOD, because it let's Bliz know what to add first, but mindlessly raging is BAD because it accomplishes nothing! Yes because Blizzard obviously has our best interests at heart, I mean did we really want chat channels? Really? | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
On May 08 2012 13:09 Adreme wrote: Or they simply released the information a few weeks before the beta to test the game and probably a few of these features would start. They arent releasing the information now becuase of a decline they are releasing it to get people hyped up about there game with steady streams of information just like every game developer has done for years. New units are exciting, assuming they don't suck. But I don't get hyped up when I am announced some features that were already present in much older games and should have been there since the beginning. It just makes me think "oh God, at bloody last ! I may play the game a bit longer :-| " | ||
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NekoFlandre
United States497 Posts
Thats kinda cool! Global support?! Woah....thats...like..omfg...b.net 1.0 again finally we get some ability to go wherever we want ROFL..... Took long enough blizzard....took long enough. Considering a MP save game like BW would be good as you coudl resume from that too -.- Anyway happy with all this <3 <3 | ||
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sluggaslamoo
Australia4494 Posts
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DuB phool
United States1003 Posts
Ah well, guess I'l just choose the optimistic route.  Gogo HoTS! | ||
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Dingobloo
Australia1903 Posts
On May 08 2012 13:15 PeZuY wrote: I am not even surprised of this. This was to be expected since the release of WoL. There were not too much features and there would be 2 more expansions, only logical that they keep adding the rest in LotV. The rest features, if needed, will probably come as an normal updates, but it would be so bad business to add everything right away, since Blizzard tends to be more money hungering than any company. Still, good to see these added. In all honesty, they committed to nearly a decade of Starcraft 2 development and support by announcing 3 expansions in advance, there are easier ways in this industry to make money then properly prioritizing features such that they can ship WoL, Diablo 3 and heart of the swarm within 3 years of each other, because make no mistake the technical team is likely shared between those 3 titles at least, even if design and content production is not. | ||
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PhiliBiRD
United States2643 Posts
been wanting unranked match makign and clan support for SOOOO LONG. will def be back to SC2 when this comes | ||
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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
What are the details on this 1.5 arcade thingy? | ||
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Silidons
United States2813 Posts
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Diizzy
United States828 Posts
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freeshooter
United States477 Posts
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Zic
Canada32 Posts
On May 08 2012 13:42 freeshooter wrote: They still didn't mention price? It'll be $40, it's what they sell their expansions for. Also, I think the title of this thread is sort of misleading. The blog doesn't call them 'HotS features', it calls them "features we are planning to release at or around the launch of Heart of the Swarm". It's a small distinction, but it seems like they're for everyone. | ||
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Garnet
Vietnam9013 Posts
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Voltimand
United States29 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Now all it needs is LAN and the UI will be perfect. | ||
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vaderseven
United States2556 Posts
Why not build the hype for the game in general around the time that the 'cool thing to do' in the sc community will be to buy the expansion. Thats just good business. REALLY happy to see these things being added. edit- I hope that the new B.Net team has some similar goals for the near future. I really want good things to come out of them (we need it there the most). | ||
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Dopeyabyss
United States26 Posts
I'm a little concerned about the unranked play though. What's to stop higher-ranked players from tanking their MMR down to the bronze league and then constantly rolling all the legitimate bronzies in the unranked leagues? Currently people who do this will eventually begin to climb back up the ladder as they stomp all the lower-ranked players battle.net throws at them. But in the unranked leagues, it appears as though you would essentially be locked in against opponents of a particular skill until you decide to play on the ranked ladder again. Seems like that might be a problem? I suppose it is too early to tell at this point though. | ||
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FakeDouble
Australia676 Posts
Don't really get the point of 'unranked matchmaking' though. I guess its like official peepmode without spectators? Everything else seems awesome though. Hope Global play doesn't cause cross-server lag | ||
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Vaelone
Finland4400 Posts
None of these really changes my SC2 experience but I guess it was about time. | ||
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