I know it just came out on SEA and we are all trying to get use to it, but my first view on this is.

1- It looks uglier than before.

2- When i played a 1v1 the map looked weird and when i was playing everything just felt different.

I like the quick match section they have really sorted that out well but for everything else it feels weird and sort of like they have done a downgrade to the entire game. I know "it just came out give it time" but this is just my opinion FOR NOW.

Please leave a comment to tell us what you think about it

MrMcIntosh

Australia91 Posts

July 31 2012 12:27 GMT

I really liked it, I thought it was sleeker and way more organised than before. It just feels right to me.

Inex

Bulgaria443 Posts

July 31 2012 12:30 GMT

Is there an option to create 1x1 custom games with spectators like Wacraft 3?

chocopan

Japan986 Posts

July 31 2012 12:31 GMT

The interface is more desktop and less console which is nice. The layout of the GUI is strange initially but actually mostly makes sense at least for my usage. Some of the ideas like the customisable menu shortcuts and bookmarking I'll probably never use but I can imagine someone might.

Don't really like how it seems to have messed with my mouse and video settings, I still have glimmery creep for some reason and the minimap is darker than it used to be. Presumably I need to play with the settings but it would have been nice if it was just left alone.

But they are quibbles. Overall it's no worse, minimally; and probably actually somewhat better. imo

Also, I note the OSX version seems to use more CPU and it definitely runs hotter. May be an issue for laptop play.

Melty Butter

Ireland52 Posts

July 31 2012 12:39 GMT

Did anyone else notice that it now takes 3 clicks to start queuing for a ladder 1v1, as opposed to 2 clicks before? Maybe it's a minor quibble, but- No, it's not, it's dumb and I don't like it.

chocopan

Japan986 Posts

July 31 2012 12:41 GMT

Re clicks I think you can just use the F2 (from memory?) shortcut to go to quick match? Haven't played enough with it yet.

Champloo

Germany1850 Posts

July 31 2012 12:41 GMT

On July 31 2012 21:30 Inex wrote:
Is there an option to create 1x1 custom games with spectators like Wacraft 3?

I don't think so. I don't even know why they didn't implement that right from the beginning. That was one of the most played thing in Warcraft 3... let's remove it! Blizzard logic.

thrawn2112

United States6918 Posts

July 31 2012 12:42 GMT

hard to say as i am unable to log in

bearhug

United States999 Posts

July 31 2012 12:43 GMT

just get used to it.

Neurosis

United States893 Posts

July 31 2012 12:44 GMT

#10

On July 31 2012 21:39 Melty Butter wrote:
Did anyone else notice that it now takes 3 clicks to start queuing for a ladder 1v1, as opposed to 2 clicks before? Maybe it's a minor quibble, but- No, it's not, it's dumb and I don't like it.

Awww shit the patch is a fail, can't believe this. You should sue Blizzard and ask them to buy you another mouse as this is clearly broken.

GizmoPT

Portugal3040 Posts

July 31 2012 12:45 GMT

#11

i think you can allways add spectators no ? O.o

EdenPLusDucky

571 Posts

July 31 2012 12:47 GMT

#12

I don't really care about what the game UI looks like but the new improvement with the graphics helps with seeing cloaked units on lowest settings better than it did last time which is good.

LimitSEA

Australia9580 Posts

July 31 2012 12:47 GMT

#13

I actually really like the new look. The creep on the map is the only real difference I've noticed when playing, and none of it's really affected my play at all. Used that arcade, too, and it's hard for me to say whether it's a positive or negative difference just yet. Guess I'll give it more time.

nShade

Bulgaria296 Posts

July 31 2012 12:51 GMT

#14

A huge improvement overall.

tomwizz

524 Posts

July 31 2012 12:52 GMT

#15

You can just press F2 and it will direct to QM mode.

Lorch

Germany3711 Posts

July 31 2012 12:53 GMT

#16

On July 31 2012 21:52 tomwizz wrote:

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You can just press F2 and it will direct to QM mode.

You can also customize these quiet quickly, to get like your ladder, quick match, replays etc. on hotkeys, really sick feature.

I haven't played on 1.5 yet as it comes out tomorrow in eu, but I played a lot of the beta and imo it feels soooo much better.

Mahavishnu

Canada396 Posts

July 31 2012 12:54 GMT

#17

Kind of seems totally useless.

vol_

Australia1608 Posts

July 31 2012 12:56 GMT

#18

This update is fuckin annoying, taken me 2 hours so far still don't have it.

E: Closing the downloader and trying to reopen it from a shortcut on my desktop, start menu or taskbar would not work. If anyone has the same problem I had to reopen it from the exe in the install folder.

TiberiusAk

United States122 Posts

July 31 2012 12:56 GMT

#19

On July 31 2012 21:30 Inex wrote:
Is there an option to create 1x1 custom games with spectators like Wacraft 3?

I tried in beta, and it looks like things are still like they were pre-patch. You can do it, but you have to host, invite the players, and then right click on them and make them spectators by hand. I'm not sure if the patch made it any easier to host a "public" spectator game or not. If they did, that would be cool.

SaroVati

Canada280 Posts

July 31 2012 12:57 GMT

#20

On July 31 2012 21:41 Champloo wrote:

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I don't think so. I don't even know why they didn't implement that right from the beginning. That was one of the most played thing in Warcraft 3... let's remove it! Blizzard logic.

You just add someone from your friends list and they can spectate. Always could lol. Just cause it isn't spoonfed in front of you doesn't mean it isn't there