Developer Blizzard Entertainment has taken to the official forums of the RTS remaster Warcraft 3: Reforged to reveal that a new update for the game will be deployed on August 17. The team expects to take the game offline at around 10 AM PDT and hold the maintenance for the patch for about 4-8 hours.
The update has been rolled out to the PTR servers in June and is focused on three features: Ranked Play, Leaderboards and Player Profiles.
Warcraft 3: Reforged Patch Notes – Version 1.33.0
Ranked Play
- Players may now choose between Ranked and Unranked Play.
- Seasons are now available.
- When a Season ends, the ladder will reset, and players will be able to see their history via their Profile and the Leaderboards.
- Your matchmaking rating (MMR) is unique for race, including Random.
- To be placed, players must play 5 placement matches per race.
- After playing a Ranked Match, you’ll be taken to a post-game screen which will display your MMR change and rankings.
- The available Ranks are:
- Unranked
- Combatant
- Challenger
- Rival
- Duelist
- Elite
- Gladiator
- Champion
Leaderboards
- Players can now view their rank in the Leaderboard section, which can be accessed from the Versus screen.
- In the Leaderboard, you can filter by user-names, and sort between race and mode.
Player Profiles
- You can now access your profile by right-clicking on the player icon at the bottom-right corner of the screen.
- Access other players’ profiles by right-clicking on their name and selecting “View Profile”.
Reforged Campaign
- Numerous tuning and balance adjustments have been made to multiple campaign maps.
