StarCraft 2’s Biggest Balance Patch in 11 Years Just Hit the PTR and the Changes are Huge

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Six years into maintenance mode and eleven years removed from its last expansion, StarCraft 2 just received a PTR patch that has the community openly questioning whether they are playing the same game. Blizzard dropped the 5.0.16 PTR notes on May 29, and the changes are, by any reasonable standard, sweeping. The headlining change is […]

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Wonder if they're planning on bringing the game to Steam? Maybe?

Wild that it got a random patch out of the blue, I remember games like Command & Conquer 3's campaign getting absolutely wrecked by MP balance changes that completely warped the challenge curve during the campaigns.
 
GodisanAtheist said:
Wonder if they're planning on bringing the game to Steam? Maybe?

Wild that it got a random patch out of the blue, I remember games like Command & Conquer 3's campaign getting absolutely wrecked by MP balance changes that completely warped the challenge curve during the campaigns.
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It's on gamepass, why would you want it on STEAM?
 
I’ve gotten to the point where if the game isn’t on Steam i just don't bother any more

Steam isn’t perfect by any means, but at least it usually knows how to get out of the way and let me play my game when I want to
 
Its been years since I've played SC2. I just hate dealing with battlenet installer thing.
 
Skillz said:
Its been years since I've played SC2. I just hate dealing with battlenet installer thing.
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I was hoping that after Microsoft bought Activision-Blizzard they would retire the Battle.Net launcher and put sh1t on Steam (and I guess on their own Store too). When Crash Bandicoot 4 was exclusive to the Battle.Net launcher I grabbed a "community demo". When the game came to Steam after the Microsoft buyout, then I actually purchased it (well I waited for a sale first). See how that works, publishers? Put your games on the right platforms.
 
Only one doing it right is Grimlakin hehe
....a big point of the PC is for it to be open... To many stores...
Unlike, idk, a console... Which by all means is a powerful enough PC but closed to one store.
So I guess a fully closed steam gabe cube will suit so many just fine, and just let the real value of a gaming PC die fully in 10.
 
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