Battle.net Desktop Client - Services Activated and Beta Test Opt-in

[Deleted]

So this the Origin v2 i guess right?!

[nekobaka]

So in the future the all in one launcher will be forced. Guess it really will be like Blizzard own Origin.

Instalogin? Im ok with this.

Well after you have already logged in and set the launcher to remember you. If you end up sharing your computer with others then you still have to log in each time you use the launcher, especially if you dont want someone else to use your account. Blizzard could of had its games remember your account and password but choose not to for security reasons. It is just more convenient when swapping between Blizzard games and hopefully remove that frantic relogging in after a DC.

[Ideon]

So. Has anyone got invited to the beta yet and could post a download link to the client? I'm afraid I haven't had much luck with betas so far but I'd love to at least install it...

[Somarlane]

Will everyone’s launchers eventually be updated to the Battle.net desktop app?
Yes — in the future, every Blizzard gamer will need to use the Battle.net desktop app to play their favorite Blizzard games. The Battle.net desktop app will replace the individual game launchers for World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and Diablo III, and will act as your gateway to accessing future Blizzard games.

We’ll let players know in advance when we plan to roll the app out to everyone.

This displeases me.

[Dreadnor]

$5 says it wants to launch when you log in to Windows, because if there's something I need it's yet another Steam client. Every company has to have one you know.

It's an option you can turn on and off when you start your computer.

http://imgur.com/AJDdwpd

[Annoying]

$5 says it wants to launch when you log in to Windows, because if there's something I need it's yet another Steam client. Every company has to have one you know.

http://i.imgur.com/uTEkvgH.png

You guessed right! Though it doesn't default to launch at login.

Will everyone’s launchers eventually be updated to the Battle.net desktop app?
Yes — in the future, every Blizzard gamer will need to use the Battle.net desktop app to play their favorite Blizzard games. The Battle.net desktop app will replace the individual game launchers for World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and Diablo III, and will act as your gateway to accessing future Blizzard games.

We’ll let players know in advance when we plan to roll the app out to everyone.

This displeases me.

W...why? It doesn't do anything but act as a launcher for all 3 game clients. A launcher with insta-login. And it looks nice.

[Dreadnor]

Other things that peeps might want to know:

If you have a battle.net with multiple wow accounts, you will still be able to multibox.
If player A is on computer A on the battle.net client's WoW#1, but player B signs on computer B, and signs on WoW#2, Player A will be kicked out of the client, but will not be kicked out of WoW.

[Vesci]

Ugh, another stupid leech program that wants to spy on me and suck up all my system resources. No thanks.

[Tziva]

$5 says it wants to launch when you log in to Windows, because if there's something I need it's yet another Steam client. Every company has to have one you know.

You can, but it is off by default.

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Will everyone’s launchers eventually be updated to the Battle.net desktop app?
Yes — in the future, every Blizzard gamer will need to use the Battle.net desktop app to play their favorite Blizzard games. The Battle.net desktop app will replace the individual game launchers for World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and Diablo III, and will act as your gateway to accessing future Blizzard games.

We’ll let players know in advance when we plan to roll the app out to everyone.




This displeases me.

Might not once you try it. It's pretty sweet.

[Yohassakura]

Fair play, the only beta i've been in was StarCraft Heart of the Swarm I think? Didn't play it as I'm not interested...

No beta for WoW and played it since 2006 :| would be cool to have beta access for this!

[Alayea]

Will everyone’s launchers eventually be updated to the Battle.net desktop app?
Yes — in the future, every Blizzard gamer will need to use the Battle.net desktop app to play their favorite Blizzard games. The Battle.net desktop app will replace the individual game launchers for World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and Diablo III, and will act as your gateway to accessing future Blizzard games.

We’ll let players know in advance when we plan to roll the app out to everyone.

This displeases me.

Same here. Tired of being unable to even look left or right without something being force "upgraded". I sure as heck didn't view b.net as an improvement back in 2009, and I bloody well don't want this desktop client.

[Dreadnor]

Same here. Tired of being unable to even look left or right without something being force "upgraded". I sure as heck didn't view b.net as an improvement back in 2009, and I bloody well don't want this desktop client.

you may every now and then have to update the client for bug fixes, but they're like.. 2 second updates. the upgrades are minimal, and the restart takes about 10 seconds without having to download anything (youll just get a message saying you need to restart, wait 10 seconds, youre back.)

dont be a grumpy butt. "eh, is this new? I have to update it every now and then!? I DONT LIKE IT!"

And you will have the option to keep your games upgraded automatically or not, if that makes you feel better. I dont have diablo 3 installed, but if i did, it would an option here as well.

http://i.imgur.com/qXGqvnn.jpg

---------- Post added 2013-06-11 at 01:39 AM ----------

Ugh, another stupid leech program that wants to spy on me and suck up all my system resources. No thanks.

Resource use is minimal. As for spying on you, any time you run a Blizzard game (sc2, d3, wow), there's a program already scanning your ram for any unauthorized programs (cheats/bots).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warden_(software)

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/legal/wow_tou.html
search "A. WHEN RUNNING, THE GAME MAY MONITOR"

nothing new.

[Tziva]

Same here. Tired of being unable to even look left or right without something being force "upgraded". I sure as heck didn't view b.net as an improvement back in 2009, and I bloody well don't want this desktop client.

I understand being wary but give it a chance first. Really it's just like the launcher, except it is one launcher for all the games. And it has a chat app built in. It's pretty streamlined, not bloated or resource hoggy (right now), and it's kinda nice to just have to log into the app and be able to single-click launch the game any time you want. It really feels like the way it should have been done from the start.

The upgrade to Battle.net was a necessary evil but it was pretty clusterfucky. It was also a whole new system and the process did not go smoothly. This is really similar to how we already do things but more convenient and more features and, despite being early beta, it doesn't seem buggy at all. (that said, chat is disabled so we'll see)

[Moraven]

Me too! I would love to try this out. I think it's a FANTASTIC idea!

It works really great. Before you launch the game you can choose which license and region. Then I am right in my game as it opens without having to enter my password more than the first time I opened the app.

---------- Post added 2013-06-10 at 09:21 PM ----------

Will everyone’s launchers eventually be updated to the Battle.net desktop app?
Yes — in the future, every Blizzard gamer will need to use the Battle.net desktop app to play their favorite Blizzard games. The Battle.net desktop app will replace the individual game launchers for World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and Diablo III, and will act as your gateway to accessing future Blizzard games.

We’ll let players know in advance when we plan to roll the app out to everyone.

This displeases me.

Even if you only play one game, it works better than the basic WoW/D3/SC2 Launcher. Its a new and improved one and involves all Battle.net games.

[stuck4cash]

It's just the original Launcher with extra optional options. It's your choice if you want to let it leech your 'resources' (though if you are playing WoW on any computer, you'll probably have 1kb resources to spare)

It starts at 1kb but won't stay that way. The problem isn't battle.net desktop client, origin, steam or uplay. It's a combination of all of them that all want to run at start up and track everything i do and sell me games (at least steam provides them at a good price, the others don't/won't).

It's just extra rubbish that has to run on your computer eating up resources doing nothing and providing mostly just annoyance. Besides, it's just another way of forcing people into always-on DRM.

[tempis]

It starts at 1kb but won't stay that way. The problem isn't battle.net desktop client, origin, steam or uplay. It's a combination of all of them that all want to run at start up and track everything i do and sell me games (at least steam provides them at a good price, the others don't/won't).

It's just extra rubbish that has to run on your computer eating up resources doing nothing and providing mostly just annoyance. Besides, it's just another way of forcing people into always-on DRM.

Start---> MSCONFIG in search box---> goto start up disable Steam, Origin, what ever else is at start up (that you don't need)

there done Nothing to "spy" on you

[Simca]

It starts at 1kb but won't stay that way. The problem isn't battle.net desktop client, origin, steam or uplay. It's a combination of all of them that all want to run at start up and track everything i do and sell me games (at least steam provides them at a good price, the others don't/won't).

It's just extra rubbish that has to run on your computer eating up resources doing nothing and providing mostly just annoyance. Besides, it's just another way of forcing people into always-on DRM.

Blizzard has made starting with Windows an opt-in checkbox instead of opt-out, as Tziva mentioned above.

Unless you specifically go into options and check the checkbox, this program will not start up with your computer, and will only start up when you click on WoW/D3/SC2.

[Stormgnoef]

I assume eu beta is still not here?Just checked beta profile on battle.net and all i got is sc2,wow and dibalow.

[Deleted]

I assume eu beta is still not here?Just checked beta profile on battle.net and all i got is sc2,wow and dibalow.

I have the beta for this, works fine for EU

[Daswolfen]

I hope there is an opt out because I don't want some bloatware running all the time while I am playing. And I don't want to see annoying ads for Blizzard products.