So what're the official Starcraft 2 DRM limitations?

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I haven't seen anything official yet, but this is what I  have read:

The game will have a very low form of DRM protection in which:

In order to install the game, “you need to connect once to install the game,” StarCraft II lead designer Browder revealed. A player will also either have or sign up for a Battle.net account during the installation process.

http://www.gossipgamers.com/starcraft-2-getting-drm-protection/

 

You will be able to install it as many times as you want.

StarCraft 2 is heavily loaded with DRM (Digital Rights Management). It is a system designed to validate and allow functionality only to legal software. Let me explain how it works in this specific case:

1- Installation: You will need internet connection prior to proceed installation of the game. The DRM connects to battlenet and verifies date, if it is past launch date it will allow you to install the game, downloading data allowing decription of the content burned into DVD. You have the option to register your cdkey to one existing bnet account or create a new one.

2- Multiplayer: Only when connected to the internet. All game data travels through "Player1 pc" > blizzard server > "Player2 pc" even if you two are connected through LAN. If battlenet server goes down you cant play.

3- Map creation: Map creator can only build and test maps when connected to battenet.

* you will be able to play SP as a guest, of course after going through the first step of the DRM.

As you can see, the game is nearly unplayable if your internet or battlenet servers goes down.

(*everything described is probably innacurate, just speculation on things I have seen on these forums or statements by mods.)

http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=25969020561&sid=3000