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QuothTheRaven
Profile Joined December 2008
United States5524 Posts
August 02 2010 00:16 GMT
#21
On August 02 2010 05:46 ZlaSHeR wrote:
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You have no idea how disappointed I was that Duran didn't show up inthis campaign

I feel the exact same way

The bonus mission from SCBW was so awesome, and I was like "damn you Duran, you've played us all!" what will become of this?

And then he's nowhere to be found in SC2
. . . nevermore
Nyovne
Profile Joined March 2006
Netherlands19138 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-02 01:02:40
August 02 2010 01:01 GMT
#22
On August 02 2010 05:46 ZlaSHeR wrote:
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You have no idea how disappointed I was that Duran didn't show up inthis campaign

About Duran:

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He did you fool! XD Didn't you hear kerrigan say "I KNOW WHAT YOUR DOCTOR NARUD IS AFTER!!" In the destroy the datacores before kerrigan gets to them mission.

Now turn Dr Narud around . Muhahaha! Duran is the head researcher of the Moebius foundation and doing the hybrids in the dominion labs . Everyone seems to miss that! :p
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Ghidrah
Profile Joined June 2010
United States33 Posts
August 02 2010 01:40 GMT
#23
On August 02 2010 10:01 Nyovne wrote:
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On August 02 2010 05:46 ZlaSHeR wrote:
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You have no idea how disappointed I was that Duran didn't show up inthis campaign

About Duran:

+ Show Spoiler +
He did you fool! XD Didn't you hear kerrigan say "I KNOW WHAT YOUR DOCTOR NARUD IS AFTER!!" In the destroy the datacores before kerrigan gets to them mission.

Now turn Dr Narud around . Muhahaha! Duran is the head researcher of the Moebius foundation and doing the hybrids in the dominion labs . Everyone seems to miss that! :p



This equals truth! It would make sense. If kerrigan controlling the zerg is what stops the Hybrids than it would seem logical that Duran would want her to turn back into a human so she would not stand in his way. Whether she is dead or just not infested the effect will be the same for the Hybrids, No one to contest their control over the broods... Never the Less, I was really stoked to see her human again, I want a kerrigan of my own... haha.
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And to be honest I almost cried in the last cut scene.... All my dreams came true at that point....
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{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-02 02:42:27
August 02 2010 02:41 GMT
#24
Whatever happens I just hope:

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Kerrigan doesn't turn back into the Queen of the Blades. That would suck and be stupid at the same time.
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dani_caliKorea
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
730 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-08-02 02:45:21
August 02 2010 02:45 GMT
#25
All i know is how Blizzard is gonna end Legacy of the Void.

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Zeratul carries nude Jim Raynor off into the sunset
Ghidrah
Profile Joined June 2010
United States33 Posts
August 02 2010 02:57 GMT
#26
On August 02 2010 11:45 dani_caliKorea wrote:
All i know is how Blizzard is gonna end Legacy of the Void.

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Zeratul carries nude Jim Raynor off into the sunset


Wow... I think he may be on to something....

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I mean come on, That moment in the hallway was way to obvious! Even with editing out part of the scene that was NOT rated "T for Teen" >.>
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Inkarnate
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada840 Posts
August 02 2010 03:12 GMT
#27
There must always be a Lich King... err head of the swarm.
Entropic
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada2837 Posts
August 02 2010 09:44 GMT
#28
On August 02 2010 11:45 dani_caliKorea wrote:
All i know is how Blizzard is gonna end Legacy of the Void.

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Zeratul carries nude Jim Raynor off into the sunset


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Zeratul and Raynor, bros forever
garukun
Profile Joined January 2011
United States1 Post
January 05 2011 10:16 GMT
#29
One thing I wanna bring up about the last mission in Wings of Liberty
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About the 3rd or 4th time you beat Kerrigan, you can vaguely hear her saying "Don't give up!" I tend to think that Blizzard carefully plant this in here, and that means Kerrigan definitely want to return to human form.

Part of the storyline was her and Jim competing for the XelNaga artifacts, so maybe she wanted them for the same reason Jim did.
Joroth
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States318 Posts
January 05 2011 19:23 GMT
#30
On August 02 2010 05:20 Bananas wrote:
If you havent played through campaign yet, then don't read this

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So in the final mission Kerrigan is deinfested by the Artifact, Tychus shot by Raynor and most(if not all) of the zerg on Char being incinerated by the Artifact pulse.

So what will happen in Heart of the Swarm?

It seems that the Zerg has apparently lost their main leader( and likely player character)aswell as their main power base in the Koprulu sector devastated.

So first of all Blizzard is going to have to conjure up a new protagonist for the zerg( we obviously need a new main character for the zerg, pref a cool one)

Who will this be? Duran,a new cerebrate/overmind , another infested human or hybrids ?

The interesting thing is that Blizzard stated that you will control Infested Kerrigan in the HoTS expansion(quoting this from http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Heart_of_the_Swarm)

This raises the question, will Kerrigan be reinfested? Personally i Don't think so, Blizzard is better at writing stories than that.

Either way i think we can really expect some interesting story in the next expansion.





This is my speculation none of it is true. Think as if kerrigan had been able to see what was going on all this time unable to control her body. Think about what you would do if you controlled the zerg army and been betrayed by someone the way mengsk did her. Now think about a single player as a general/cerabrate of that woman as she takes her revenge.

I for one can't fucking wait.
"you have buildings that are better than my race go fuck yourself" -IdrA
voltaic
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
1071 Posts
February 01 2011 20:58 GMT
#31
i just thought blizzard left the hair as it was, becuase a kerrigan with no hair ---> insane
i don't think it has to do anything with the "she-is-still-zerg" image, just the way blizzard always bypasses situations to make it look better =)
WastedGunner
Profile Joined October 2010
23 Posts
February 06 2011 19:56 GMT
#32
On August 02 2010 05:46 ZlaSHeR wrote:
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You have no idea how disappointed I was that Duran didn't show up inthis campaign


I know its an old post... but you did see dr. narud right? The leader of the mobius foundation?

think about it
WastedGunner
Profile Joined October 2010
23 Posts
February 06 2011 19:57 GMT
#33
On August 02 2010 11:45 dani_caliKorea wrote:
All i know is how Blizzard is gonna end Legacy of the Void.

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Zeratul carries nude Jim Raynor off into the sunset



HAHAHA!!! so epic!
Firereaver
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
India1701 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-06 21:36:14
February 06 2011 21:31 GMT
#34
On August 02 2010 05:46 ZlaSHeR wrote:
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You have no idea how disappointed I was that Duran didn't show up inthis campaign

Huh?! He may not have shown up but his creations sure did!!
Any way my take on HotS is that the Zerg units will be buffed by the new Hybrids...!
On August 02 2010 10:01 Nyovne wrote:
About Duran:

+ Show Spoiler +
He did you fool! XD Didn't you hear kerrigan say "I KNOW WHAT YOUR DOCTOR NARUD IS AFTER!!" In the destroy the datacores before kerrigan gets to them mission.

Now turn Dr Narud around . Muhahaha! Duran is the head researcher of the Moebius foundation and doing the hybrids in the dominion labs . Everyone seems to miss that! :p


Mind= Blown! I didnt think of that OMGGG!
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Addishuns
Profile Joined December 2010
United States19 Posts
February 07 2011 01:02 GMT
#35
Haven't you guys seen the video that was leaked? It was the ending and she had powers.

3 takes

-Before Wings of liberty timeframe (least likely)
-She wasn't actually healed by the artifact (again, unlikely)
-She regained powers (through the campaign) and became her zerg self again.(most likely since it would fit in with getting units later, such as at beginning only having lings, then she gets more powerful and others like roaches start to believe in her or something.)
HollowLord
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3862 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-07 02:42:53
February 07 2011 02:39 GMT
#36
The whole plot is wacko jacko, it's weird considering that from my understanding it's a lot of the same people. I don't know where they lost the compelling characters and story arcs between Brood War and SC2.

Personally I hope something about the overmind is going to come up in Heart of the Swarm, I didn't really enjoy the retconning in WoL.
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DMax
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada5 Posts
February 10 2011 20:06 GMT
#37
The way I see (or would like to see) the plot going is that Kerrigan is no longer infected, but retains her psionic link with the Zerg and some degree of control over them. With her personality back to normal, she would use her powers to ally the Zerg forces and the Terran to fight the hybrids together. (This would fit Zeratul's statement that she'll be a key element to the defeat of the hybrids).

Relating to the expansion's title, Kerrigan IS the heart of the swarm, giving them a reason to make peace with the Terran and fight the hybrids for a greater good.
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udgnim
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8024 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-10 20:30:13
February 10 2011 20:28 GMT
#38
This raises the question, will Kerrigan be reinfested? Personally i Don't think so, Blizzard is better at writing stories than that.


WoL story absolutely blew balls

a deinfested Kerrigan because Raynor has sentimental thoughts about her makes a whole lot less sense than deinfesting Kerrigan for the purpose of removing her control over Zerg and punishing her for her crimes against humanity and Protoss

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anyways, Kerrigan is going to be reinfested because she has to be able to control the Zerg so that the protoss/zerg hybrids don't.

Zeratul says Kerrigan must live otherwise the protoss/zerg hybrid takes over Zerg. I assume a human Kerrigan can't control Zerg, thus Kerrigan must be reinfested


edit: fuck, I responded to an old ass thread
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