Starcraft And BroodWar Beta ISO (incl. Beta Gate) 17

the last time i saw the heart of the swarm beta so hot and spicy was the wings of liberty beta. it was a fun ride, and it would be hard to argue that the game would have made it to release without a lot of the balance changes we’re getting. i’m very curious to see how these changes impact the game.

this move is also the first time a single unit has been removed from the game. it’s quite rare for a unit to be removed entirely from the competitive scene, though there have been a few notable examples in the past, notably the mutalisk in the old wings of liberty beta.

the inclusion of the carrier in the game is a bit more interesting. it’s not too much of a departure from the protoss rush all-purpose protoss units, but it seems like a step away from the more unit-based compositions seen in previous wings of liberty beta versions.

while not new, had this to say about the multiplayer build he tried in the beta: booting it up i noticed something was wrong, it was still trying to connect, after waiting a while it attempted to and somehow took a while to connect, then it would connect. then it would disconnect, and then reconnect after a few minutes. after about an hour of this it finally gave up, and i wouldnt be surprised if there wasnt an error report in the logs. it doesnt look like a bad connection, its just that its always trying to connect. ive seen the beta do this on my friends computers as well.

the full map list available in the beta (at launch) includes: ilios, lijiang tower, oasis, circuit royal, dorado, route 66, watchpoint: gibraltar, eichenwalde, kings row, midtown, colosseo, and new queen street (the latter two are new). push where you need to help a robot move something across the map by escorting it is the new game mode. theres no guarantee youll get any of them when queuing up in the beta.

the state of blizzard is constantly in flux, and in the midst of diablo immortal coming to pc and making that big mobile-only reveal fiasco all for nothing, were also seeing the wide rollout of the overwatch 2 beta. quick vibe check im game for more overwatch, but you shouldnt expect much right now if youre diving directly into the beta. anyways, the work goes into the battlenet client, and any updates to the client after a patch arent included in the beta. if there were changes to the game, theyd have to be patched into the client and the beta would end. but this changes that: the client is updated by blizzard daily, patching into it as soon as theyre done-around 5am pst. if that patch doesnt include something like a unit update, the player doesnt get it for a bit. maybe just until the next patch is released. which makes the beta look pretty much exactly like the live version. bf: the other thing is, you know when people say “beta”? its also really important for the patch cycle for the game to not be too big. it started out at a couple months, and then it got pushed to a couple years, and i was like “wow, this is going to be a long beta”. we were thinking of making it an actual game, and i was like “ok, maybe we should push it to like two years, then i can go home”. and blizzard had all these things in the works. we were going to be on record as being like “we want it to be a game”, and then they were like “we actually want it to be two years”. and thats the reason why it changed to two years. we have a couple of spots left in the beta, and even though weve had a lot of players get in already, we’re still looking for more people to apply to get in. if you have any interest in what we’re doing, apply at the time! link. 5ec8ef588b