It does seem to work to launch the game better. I don’t have to select play several times to get it to start the game, so that’s a positive. Other then that i haven’t noticed much.
You can change it back to the old functionality by doing:
Bnet Icon (top left) > Settings > App > Startup > “On Startup View” > Change “Home Page” to “Last Viewed Game Page”
The “Last Played” feature needs an option in settings to be disabled.
It adds zero value for me since the launcher used to start on the last selected favorite, which showed HTML content relative to WoW and had the huge Play button in the bottom left. It was fine as is.
Now, I can still one-click right after starting the launcher to start WoW, but the HTML content is all of ActiBizz games, not WoW. I don’t want to see Call of Duty info when my last played game was WoW.
They could:
- add an option to disable last-played and leave last set favorite as the start page
- update the start page to match the last-played favorite
- Admit there was no value-added and just revert the change altogether
Maybe for people that play more than just WoW did see some added value, but how much convenience is provided vs lost customization of the HTML content on the start page? I know beta feedback for the new launcher cited similar concerns, which were not considered in the finalized new version roll-out. So not hopeful for any change based on this feedback, but maybe if a lot of people want a particular disable option, we’ll get it.
That was not at all obvious to me, but it completely addresses my concern. I’d still like to remove the “Last Played” field, as it takes up space with no value added for me, but at least the HTML content is made relative by setting the ON STARTUP, VIEW field.
As noted not obvious to me as I looked at the app setting page before my post above.
P.S. Thank you for pointing this out!
I agree. It’s completely redundant. The top of Bnet for me now has icons like this: WoW, WoW Classic, HotS… Wow, WoW Classic, HotS.
Like… why… LOL
The big blue play button didn’t disappear though
Brewa FTW!
I don’t like that it added an extra step to the process of viewing my favored game. I don’t want some goofy hub page for random announcements for games I don’t even play. I want it to show me the World of Warcraft page by default.
I just want the option to hide last played.