While I know it's still in it's beta stages, its release is not too far away (afaik). It's just little minor things that are starting to piss me off.
1. F keys. F5,F6,F7,F8? like WHAT THE F? I know we get 1 more but who the hell is going to use those keys all the way over there? and it's not even SHIFT+F key, it's CTRL. OH RIGHT! We ALL have equally huge hands which can reach CTRL + F5/6/7/8. Why can't we just stick with SHIFT+F2/3/4?
2. 5 Minerals per worker. This is far by the most annoying thing ever. Yes Blizzard said they wanted to keep SC2 like SC1, with mass armies and stuff but with workers bringing back 5 per, the game progresses ridiculously slow - yes I know we have those special abilities like Chrono Boost, Queen Larvae, etc. but 5 per is just a ridculously low amount. Maybe 6? 7? Definately not 8. Same goes for gas.
3. Feels like War3 No I don't mean the interface or graphics, mentioning the above; the sizable armies.
4. Hotkeys Could someone get on the whole Units/per hotkey already? Set a number instead of being able to hotkey your whole army to 1 or 2 already.
I know I've probably left some points trailing but I'm sure you guys will get the idea.
I completely agree with the Fkeys, I hate where they are right now, sometimes I force myself to use them but then I revert back to my usual F2-4 usage and find remember they don't work anymore. Someone mentioned they will be customisable I think and I hope it's true so I can change them back to F2-4.
I also usually hold control and hotkey buildings, now if I hold control it selects all the same buildings, makes it awkward for me to hotkey gateways. I guess they made it that way since there is MBS now.
Man, you sound like you're comlpaining about stuff that frankly is quite minimal. I don't know how much of the Beta you've played but
On May 03 2010 16:31 XDawn wrote: with workers bringing back 5 per, the game progresses ridiculously slow - yes I know we have those special abilities like Chrono Boost, Queen Larvae, etc. but 5 per is just a ridculously low amount.
Shit starts flying SO much faster at the beginning of a SC2 game, compared with SC1.
But you do have a valid point, wtf is up with the [Ctrl] + [F6] stuff (it is possible to actually use the right [Ctrl] key instead of the left one...)
This really should be fixed. I mean if Blizzard is going to give you the oppourtunity to set your own hotkeys they'd better let us just set [F1] [F2] [F3] etc the way we want.
If I recall correctly Blizzard stated that the reason why it's currently 5 minerals is because the collection rate is faster, mainly due to much improved pathing. SO, combine that with Chrono Boosts, Larva injection, Mules, you enter the ''midgame'' stage of the game much faster.
F keys haven't bothered me to tbh, and I have small hands, it's harder then BW but nothing big.
Doesen't feel like WC3 at all to me. When I played WC3 I remember sweating trying to micro my units, something that I barely do now, I macro and try to do some multitasking instead with hints of micro depending on the match up. (The game needs more micro imo.) The only feel I get that it resembles WC3 is the graphics and look of the game, but the only reason for that is because BW is so old, while WC3 and SC2 are both in 3D.
I personally see no issue with unlimited amount. I still use the same amount of hotkeys then I did in BW. Mainly because it's much easier to control a big army like that and attack from sides getting proper archs. Also mass zergling isn't impossible to control properly anymore. Which in books is good.
I'm pissed about the location hotkeys the most..-.-
I mean, 5 gas per round, sure, i can accept its a new mechanic and there's gonna be different timings, but F5-8????? Thats just SO inconvenient, especially since most hotkeys are on the left of the keyboard anyway >:O
On May 03 2010 16:31 XDawn wrote: 5 Minerals per worker. This is far by the most annoying thing ever. Yes Blizzard said they wanted to keep SC2 like SC1, with mass armies and stuff but with workers bringing back 5 per, the game progresses ridiculously slow - yes I know we have those special abilities like Chrono Boost, Queen Larvae, etc. but 5 per is just a ridculously low amount. Maybe 6? 7? Definately not 8. Same goes for gas.
I hate using control in the first place to bind groups. My numbers are at the top of my keyboard, and my control keys are at the bottom. I'd much rather use something like T as the modifier to bind groups instead of control.
The game definitely sports severe problems, but I don't think the complaints you blog here encompass them. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and take this as sarcasm.
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