The release of Warcraft 3: Reforged should still be an unpleasant memory for many players. Missing features from the original and broken promises left numerous disappointed and angry fans.
The updates that followed did not necessarily give hope for the future either and mainly focused on game balance and bug fixes. Now, two and a half years after release, appears with update 1.33.0 a new patch on the PTRwhich delivers some much-requested features for the real-time strategy game.
And that shouldn’t be the end of it, because Blizzard promises more updates. We give you an overview here.
If you’re not quite sure why the release of Warcraft 3: Reforged was such a debacle, our test video will support your memory:
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Warcraft 3: Reforged – Test Video: It should never have seemed like this, Blizzard!
This is in update 1.33.0
On the official site the patch notes were released. These core features of the original make their way to Warcraft 3: Reforged with patch 1.33.0:
- Ranked Ladder: Multiplayer games can now be played in ranked mode. This means that players can rise in ranks and thus compete with equal opponents and track their own progress. Seasons take place for this.
In versus mode you can now compete in a leaderboard.
- Leaderboard: The new leaderboard, which shows your own position and that of the other players, goes hand in hand with the multi-ranked player.
- Player Profiles: The new profiles let players customize their character image and display stats like the win rate of each faction.
Blizzard is thus delivering basic and promised functions two and a half years after the release. While players in the Blizzard forum are annoyed about the duration of the features, there should also be hope. After all, the update 1.33.0 also shows that Warcraft 3: Reforged is actively being worked on. And there is more to come.
We addressed the long wait for much-needed improvements in this video:
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Warcraft 3: Reforged – Blizzard promised to save it a year ago. You do not have.
Vague promise
Like Blizzard in a separate blog entry explained, further updates for Warcraft 3: Reforged are to follow in 2022. The developers leave open what it is about. The reasoning:
We don’t just want to tell you something, we want to show you.
Blizzard
Blizzard refers to the official website, where new information about the future patches should appear first. But you are also welcome to stay with us, we will keep you up to date as usual.
Warcraft 3 Re-Reforged
How fans are saving what Blizzard ruined
In the meantime, fans simply added what Blizzard missed with the remaster. In the article above we talk to the ambitious creators of the massive mod Warcraft 3: Re-Reforged.
