Hi Blizzard, thank you for the current update, it is very nice to see that you are finally taking this more seriously! Here is the short post about a few very important issues that still keep many players away from playing multiplayer on remaster.
Here they are:
Random Starting Location - we cannot play fun matches if we know the exact location of our opponents. Currently the only way this plays is with fixed order. Please fix this soon!
Maps - please add classic map folder to the multiplayer folder and make sure that when people enter the game lobby they automatically download the map that is being hosted. Otherwise only a very small selection of maps is available for playing.
Message in pause - we can’t type messages when the game is paused.
Display of resources - currently if I host a map with high resources it displays as medium when others enter.
Lag - is a very big issue in some games. Could we see ping of players to know which player lags a game? Perhaps you can come up with another way to fix lag, but some games are almost unplayable because of it.
Host control of the lobby - the host should have control over the lobby at least to some extent to balance teams. Also we need an observer mode.
Ally chat panel - please bring back ally chat panel so we do not have to press ctrl+enter every time we want to talk to our allies.
Main lobby - when we login to multiplayer we need some sort of lobby with basic commands such as friends, whisper etc. Otherwise we have no idea who is playing when we log on and how many players are actually available at a given time to play. The basic multiplayer chat lobby will help the atmosphere of the game and make the game feel more alive.
I know other people posted other things that need to be fixed and I agree with many of them, but these are absolutely the most important ones and should be fixed as soon as possible!
Again, thank you so much for bringing back our favorite game!
Niko