Summary: News *Phase 2 of Beta Update released July 7th! Closes July 19th How to get back in. The bazaar fix kyle used.Add a trial account of WoW to your Battle Net account. *Patch 16 Everything reset again. Except for Real ID friends. General - Rally points now behave as a move command, instead of an attack move command. -be aware. - Enabled the ability to manually add a StarCraft II character friend using the player's character code. Character code is a server-assigned numerical code that is displayed within the Add Friend panel. - Battle.net Achievements & Rewards have been updated. - All Quick Match modes are now available: 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, and Free For All. - All A.I. difficulties are now available for play. - Cooperative matchmaking versus A.I. players is now available as a play mode. - Enabled cross-game social features between World of Warcraft and StarCraft II. Balance Changes ZERG Infestor - Frenzy spell removed. - Infested Terran spell added. Overseer - Infested Terran spell removed. Ultralisk - Now immune to stuns and mind control. Undocumented changes: GENERAL All menu sound effects changedMany changes to all races sound effects -Zerg Voice changes.“Beta” removed from title screenNew music addedStarCraft installation directory drops from 10gb to 3.5gb as the patch deletes all previous versionsOnly 2 placement matches are required (down from 5 before and 10 at the start of the beta) A display bug incorrectly shows that only 2 placement matches are required while 5 are needed in effectXel’naga towers now look like eyes on the minimap GAMEPLAY Tabbed browsing through production buildings has been removed. Instead, units are assigned to the most efficient building. Early reports inform about many issues with this. -aka marines in your maurader barraksNeural Parasite is no longer unlimited, lasts about 12 secondsInfested Terrans last 30 seconds (from 20)Infested Terran can be cast while the Infestor is burrowed -HOLY AWESOMERoaches can no longer move under Force Fields while burrowed - :(Stalkers can no longer blink over “unpathable” terrain, meaning no more blinks across islands 30 second timers for custom games Pop up messages that have to be clicked down. More victorious victories New Attachments. *Blizzard put your real names on the forums. On second thought, just kidding! Says Blizzard. On Tuesday July 6th, Blizzard poster Nethaera made an official post in the forums detailing a earth-shattering change to the Blizzard forums. Quote: The official forums have always been a great place to discuss the latest info on our games, offer ideas and suggestions, and share experiences with other players — however, the forums have also earned a reputation as a place where flame wars, trolling, and other unpleasantness run wild. Removing the veil of anonymity typical to online dialogue will contribute to a more positive forum environment, promote constructive conversations, and connect the Blizzard community in ways they haven't been connected before. With this change, you'll see blue posters (i.e. Blizzard employees) posting by their real first and last names on our forums as well. http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25626109041 The forums then erupted into an overwhelming negative response. As of today the plans have changed. Due to the response from players, Blizz is not going forward with the change. Nethaera posted a response from Blizzard CEO and co-founder Mike Morhaime. I'd like to take some time to speak with all of you regarding our desire to make the Blizzard forums a better place for players to discuss our games. We've been constantly monitoring the feedback you've given us, as well as internally discussing your concerns about the use of real names on our forums. As a result of those discussions, we've decided at this time that real names will not be required for posting on official Blizzard forums. http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=25968987278&sid=1 Chat
