tube82 on 18 July 2010
i think the battle net 2.0 hate is over the top.
1. it's not THAT bad. saying it has "half the functionality of battle.net" is stupid.
2. nothing is set in stone and it will definitely evolve. sure, a few core features are missing, but the chat-feature will come for sure and other things like cross region play are at least planned (see http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25399622869&sid=3000&pageNo=3#43 )
not having a LAN mode is a debatable design choice for sure. i think it's to prevent pirates having access to multiplayer either via local LAN or hamachi and other tools, but it's still something that will be missed by many. still: that is a design decision regarding SC2, not BN2.0!
