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Heak ofthe Swarm: Patch 3.0.3 Notes

General
_ negional Game SeNers
_ Withtheintrodu_ionofPatch3.0.3.newgameseNershavebeenaddedtoStarCraAll
fortheAmericasloginregionandfortheAsialoginregion.
_ mematchmakerwillnowautomaticallyt_tofndthebestgameseNerforyoutoplayon
basedonyourround-triplatenm(a._a._ping")toalloftheseNersconne_edtotheregionyoulo
ginto.
_ Yourpinginformationisusedincombinationwithyourindividuals_llratingtof
ndandmatchyouwithotherplayersofsimilars_llwhoalsoconne_toyourseNer.
_ Alongwiththischange.aPreferredGameSeNersele_orisnowavailablein Option
s_Linguageandnegion.missettingwilldefaulttoBestMatch.butplayersmaywishtochangeth
isiftheynoticeconne_ionissueswhenplayingonaspecifcseNer.
Ifyou are not experiencing issues. it is highly recommended thatyou l
eave this setto Best Match.
_ Matchma_ng Improvemente
_ Players should now experience shoker queue times when searching for a
match.
_ Itshouldnowbelesslikelyforplayerswithlarges_lldifferencestobematcheda
gainsteachotherin1v1 matchma_ng(eg.Grandmastervs.Bronze).
_ mematchmakershouldnowfavorpakiesofsimilarsizewhensearchingforteamgame
s.
_ Silence Penalty
_ Players who are frequently repoked for Abusive Chat in StarCraA Il wi

ll now be given a Silence Penalty.

_ When silenced. players may not send chat messages in the following ar
eas:
_ In-Game All and Ally Chat
_ Dire_ whispers to non-Friends _st players
_ Chat Channels: Public. Custom. or Group
_ TournamentLibbies(uponthereleaseof_gamoftheVoid)
_ Public Custom Game Libbies and Arcade Libbies
_ Writing map reviews
_ A playefs frst Silence Penalty will last for 24 hours.
_ EachSilencePenaltyreceivedaAerthefrstwilldoubleinduration.andther
eisnomaximumamountoftimethataplayercanbesilenced.
_ Silenced players will be notifed ofthe penaltyi remaining duratio
n each time they log into StarCraA Il.
_ Aredspeechbubbleiconwillappearonsilencedplayers'pokraiteinthegame
'smenustoindicatetheirsilencedstatustoothers.
_ Formoreinformation.seetheo`;er`;i__'_;_'_epostedonthisfeatureforHeroe
softheStormwhichfollowssimilarfun_ionality.
_ StarCraAllnowbetterevaluateswhetheraplayerhascompletedcekainmeta-achieve
mentefortheHeakoftheSwarmorthefokhcoming_gamoftheVoidcampaigns.andmayrewardcredi
tforthoseachievementeretroa_ivelyifitfndserrors.
_ Playerswhoaretemporarilydisconne_edfromBattle.netduringagameshouldnolong
erlosetheirachievementprogressiftheyareautomaticallyreconne_edduringthesamegames
ession.misshouldreducethefrequenmofplayerswhodon't
receive creditfor an achievement despite having fulflled the achievemenf
s criteria.
_ In Options _ Graphice. a warning message now displays ifplayers who are
running 2 GB of memo_ or lower attemptto setTexture Quality to Medium or higher.
_ VariousoptimizationshavebeenmadetotheStarCraAllnetworkcodewhichshouldres
ultinaredu_ionofpacketlossduringgames.
User InteMace
_ In the Arcade. right-clic_ng an Open Game ent_ will now bring up a conte
xt menu with the option to eitherJoin Game orView Game Info.
_ Newexposito_videos.titled_eSto_SoFaf.havebeenaddedtotheCampaignsub-sele_
ionscreens.mesevideosrecaptheeventeleadinguptothestakofeachofthethreeStarCraAllc
ampaigns.
_ Private Libbies can now be linked in chat using the [Libby] lin_ng featu
re.
_ me Chat Panel has been slightly widened for users in 1 6x9 resolutions.
_ me1v1 multiplayerloadingscreenhasbeenrefreshedtodisplayrace-specifcaktom
atchtheracesele_ionofeachplayer.