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Battle.net 2.0 Speculations

Posted Sep 17, 2008 by Zyuu

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Blizzard is currently working on the two much anticipated games StarCraft II and Diablo III as everyone most likely is already aware of. That they will become popular is probably a given to everyone, which means Blizzard's online service Battle.net is in need of dire revamping to handle the increased player base. Exactly how Battle.net 2.0 will be like is unclear currently, however Pxl Lab dare to "speculate" about some of the news.


We're quoting them straight off and want to remind you that it's still too early to set any of this information in stone and as such it may or not be the how Battle.net 2.0 will be like.

  • Excellent Ping (fast connections)
  • Channels and Chat in-game
  • Ladders and Rankings, secured against cheating.
  • Extended stats, with possibility to see who D/C etc (source)
  • Automatic/Anonymous Matchmaking
  • Avatars, Images and Icons to represent yourself
  • Diablo III Hardcore mode
  • Friends/Ignore Lists with advanced management (see accounts below)
  • Clan Support
  • Automated Tournaments

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  • vanHell said 
    Mon, Sep 8 2008 6:59 PM ()

    WC3 Bnet had all of them so its pretty sure we will get it in Bnet2.0 too

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  • Charlot978 said 
    Mon, Sep 8 2008 6:59 PM ()

    Mmmm nice ^^

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  • Inny said 
    Mon, Sep 8 2008 6:59 PM ()

    Post any more ridiculous speculations why don't you.

    "Excellent ping?" Do you know what influences ping? Load. Yes, "load". More players equal worse ping by definition. It's a matter of resources that dictate how decent your ping will be. And the bottom line is, if your connection is crap / your bandwidth is filled, your ping will be crap.

    The rest is equally uninteresting to speculate about at this point. It's minor additions to existing features. Of course they'd try to improve on them.

    "Clan support," pfft. You're wasting our time.

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  • Dives said 
    Mon, Sep 8 2008 6:59 PM ()

    Most useless article for a looooong time.

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  • sykomike said 
    Mon, Sep 8 2008 6:59 PM ()

    let's hope they're aiming for something more like the steam powered network...

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  • Tonedef said 
    Mon, Sep 8 2008 6:59 PM ()

    Hope there will be a built-in refresh. And the ability for the host to move people around pregame.

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  • ArenaceusMaga said 
    Mon, Sep 8 2008 6:59 PM ()

    This is kinda silly... since previous incarnations of Battle.net had all these features already. IT WILL HAVE WHAT IT HAD BEFORE!

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