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We are pleased to announce that Starcraft 2 can now be bought from stores, and of course, installed. You are able to install it, just by inserting the DVD on your DVD drive, or, install it from your download, and wait until tomorow for the Digital Release to be allowed.
To prevent confusion, YES. YOU CAN PLAY.
Also, if you wish to purchase or add your game on Bnet, you can do it here.
The beta of the upcoming Blizzard Entertainment game Starcraft II - Wings of Liberty came to an end on Monday night when blizzard shut of the beta servers for the last time. Patches will no longer be supplied and it is now impossible to activate the phase 2 client due to the beta severs being offline. The Beta should also get removed from your battlenet account shortly in preparation for the game's release.
It has been a pretty memorable game beta, having the usual mix of bugs and issues one expects but also having numerous controversial issues and irritating issues like poor support for people outside America. Ranging from major changes like facebook support or real ID to minor ones like balance changes people seemed to never get enough of discussing them. However despite all this, most people agree that the end product of the beta is a game worthy to become game of the year.
So what is next? Starcraft II - Wings of Liberty will be released in most countries on the 27 of July 2010 for PC and MAC. This will bring many features the beta did not have like a epic single player campaign and new art content for use in custom maps. Additionally it is hoped that all servers worldwide will be functioning fully allowing people outside America to play custom maps. Anything more only time can tell.
Blizzard has released yet another patch for the beta of their up comming game Starcraft II - Wings of Liberty. A number of bugs have been fixed as well as some additional ballence changes. The patch is available world wide, so remember to update as soon as possible.
Patch Notes - Beta Patch 17
Bug Fixes
•Many of the following bug fixes were intended for internal testing only, and are now being reverted.
•250mm Strike Cannons can no longer deal damage to hidden targets.
•Barracks build time decreased from 65 to 60 seconds.
•Bunker build time decreased from 40 to 30 seconds.
•Canceling morphing Banelings now returns 75% of the cost like other morphing Zerg units.
•Hellion range reverted from 6 to 5.
•Reaper build time decreased from 45 to 40 seconds.
•Zealot build time decreased from 38 to 33 seconds.
* Rally points now behave as a move command, instead of an attack move command.
* 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.
This is not all people! We have a new UI for the launcher, AND perhaps a Single Player beta testing!
I'll make sure to update this thread to keep you informed!
Small Updates
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Other Changes
Other Changes
{MAJOR} New icons, models and portraits
{MAJOR} New Achievements and Achievement Icons
{MAJOR} Custom made achievements can be created.(?) - Requires feedback.
{MINOR} Login Screen
Create Account button
New Sounds
!Offline Play still disabled!
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Developer Updates
Galaxy Editor
WARNING - To use the editor, you must now log in on your account. (Requires Internet Connection)
New icons
New UI icons
Starcraft II
The game now moves custom resources properly on the UI.
I have recently archived all threads older than 7 days that were in the Admin Contact area. I plan to possibly delete these threads sometime in the future. If you had an issue that has not been resolved, but was sitting in that forum for over a week, please go post there about it again (you can reference the existing thread instead of explaining everything over) and we can hopefully get that taken care of. Thanks for your cooperation.
Just a quick post because we keep noticing something in resource threads.
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Just hit this handy link:
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Improved the system that handles initial placement and promotion/relegation between Leagues & Ladders.
Balance Changes
TERRAN
Hellion
Weapon upgrade bonus decreased from 1 (+1 Light) to 1.
Reaper
Nitro Packs research cost decreased from 100/100 to 50/50.
Siege Tank
Siege Mode damage decreased from 60 to 50.
Thor
Anti-air weapon upgrade bonus decreased from 1 (+1 Light) to 1.
ZERG
Brood Lord
Weapon upgrade bonus decreased from 3 to 2.
Also, it appears that the Database had yet another wipe!
Click here to see what Zarhym said
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Originally Posted by Zarhym
In the near future, we will be doing another full reset of the beta database in order to test new changes. This reset will wipe the following information for all players:
Character and identifier
Friends list
Profile
League placement
Ladder rank
Due to the amount of people currently participating in the beta, this database reset will allow us to monitor and test conditions similar to a game release (albeit smaller). We want to thank everyone for their patience and continued help and support in testing StarCraft II.
A new Starcraft II patch has been released. For more information, click the "Show" button:
Patch Info
Patch Notes
Balance Changes
PROTOSS
Archon
Build time decreased from 17 to 12.
TERRAN
Viking
Ground damage decreased from 14 to 12.
ZERG
Corruptor
Corruption energy cost decreased from 100 to 75.
Infestor
Burrowed move speed increased from 1 to 2.
Peristalsis upgrade removed.
Overlord/Overseer
Pneumatized Carapace cost increased from 50/50 to 100/100.
Overseer
Infested Terran energy cost decreased from 125 to 100.
Roach
Organic Carapace upgrade removed.
Tunneling Claws now also increases burrowed regeneration rate from 5 to 10.
Ultralisk
Anabolic Synthesis upgrade removed.
Health increased from 450 to 500.
Speed increased from 2.25 to 2.9531.
Bug Fixes
Map Publishing: the default Battle.net host now points to the correct server.
Time Expiration notices that were added for testing of the Guest Pass functionality have been removed.
Fixed a crash when trying to open an old replay by double-clicking it in Explorer.
Situation Report
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StarCraft II Situation Report: Patch 14
We would like to thank everyone for taking part in the StarCraft II beta. Your contributions to the beta process have been enormous. Each game and every player who has been actively participating has made an impact on the ongoing balance of the game and every game played has brought to light any possible strengths and weaknesses of the various units and races.
While we are getting to the end of this phase of the beta, we still need your participation and feedback for our latest balance changes in patch 14. As we have in previous reports, we have taken the time to explain a bit more about the changes that have been made and our thoughts on them.
Viking - Ground damage decreased from 14 to 12.
The Viking’s damage has been reduced to make them a little less effective on the ground. Massed Vikings were a little too powerful in a few late game scenarios. Vikings have also become very dominant in terran vs. terran matches and we are testing to see if a small damage reduction will make some other units more viable.
Archon - Build time decreased from 17 to 12.
Archons can now merge a little faster so “mid battle merges” will be a little bit more practical.
Ultralisk - Anabolic Synthesis upgrade removed. - Health increased from 450 to 500.- Speed increased from 2.25 to 2.9531.
Ultralisks have been buffed to include their speed upgrade as by default and to give them a little more endurance in big fights. This may or may not be enough to get the Ultralisk ultimately where we want him to be. We will continue testing going forward.
Infestor- Burrowed move speed increased from 1 to 2.- Peristalsis upgrade removed.
Roach - Organic Carapace upgrade removed.- Tunneling Claws now also increases burrowed regeneration rate from 5 to 10.
There are many different upgrades on the zerg, the Roach and the Infestor both had three upgrades. We are reducing and combining these upgrades so the units get a little bit more powerful or so that you have to buy fewer upgrades to complete your units. We have also reduced the cost of several energy abilities on the Zerg that didn’t see a lot of use. We will continue to monitor these abilities moving forward.
