New Spawning Feature
A brand-new "Spawning" feature has been added to sc2. From now on, every member of a party has the same access to the game as the person with the highest expansion level in the party. In other words, if a starter edition player is in a party with a WoL player, he can access the WoL ladder, custom games, and arcade. The same thing goes for HotS- any WoL player can access the HotS ladder as long as a HotS player is in their party. This means that the HotS-only arcade is now available to WoL players as long as they have a friend with HotS willing to play with them.
As an added bonus, using this feature will unlock a starcrafts in-game portrait.
Here's the official Blizzard post on it.
Let us know what you think here!
Thats quite the thing.
Great news!