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VuD
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States2 Posts
June 15 2012 06:06 GMT
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I was lucky enough to attend MLG Anaheim for the sceond time. I played heart of the swarm around 5 times, both against the AI and against an actual opponent. Against the AI I played as all three races in order to test and practice what they have to offer. For terran i really enjoy the new factory units such as the battle hellion. For zerg my favorite new unit was the viper since it has the ability to grab tanks and collosi making hydras much more useful. And for protoss I enjoyed the tempest with the range upgrade; because who doesnt like a unit that can be completely outside a base and still attack everything, thats what I call a desirable unit. Not to mention protoss's oracle can block the entire mineral line and have vision for 2 minutes. While every race got some new things, they can all be countered with with some basic strategy from the other races which is what makes it a great game. Like Wings of Liberty, the game will take time to learn and some balance issues will be dealt with. Of course like always protoss is too strong, but blizzard works in such a great way that protoss will be getting some buffs. Hopefully terran will be a viable option in the future and the three races can live in mutal balance as they attempt to destroy each other.

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Epishade
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2267 Posts
June 15 2012 07:17 GMT
#2
On June 15 2012 15:06 VuD wrote:
I was lucky enough to attend MLG Anaheim for the sceond time. I played heart of the swarm around 5 times, both against the AI and against an actual opponent. Against the AI I played as all three races in order to test and practice what they have to offer. For terran i really enjoy the new factory units such as the battle hellion. For zerg my favorite new unit was the viper since it has the ability to grab tanks and collosi making hydras much more useful. And for protoss I enjoyed the tempest with the range upgrade; because who doesnt like a unit that can be completely outside a base and still attack everything, thats what I call a desirable unit. Not to mention protoss's oracle can block the entire mineral line and have vision for 2 minutes. While every race got some new things, they can all be countered with with some basic strategy from the other races which is what makes it a great game. Like Wings of Liberty, the game will take time to learn and some balance issues will be dealt with. Of course like always protoss is too strong, but blizzard works in such a great way that protoss will be getting some buffs. Hopefully terran will be a viable option in the future and the three races can live in mutal balance as they attempt to destroy each other.


I laughed. But really, I'm looking forward to HOTS. Wings of Liberty has gotten a bit stale for me and I'm hoping the new (actually interesting) units will help out with that. Balance issues are to be expected at release of course and we'll all have to get adjusted to that. With the disappointment in Diablo 3, HOTS is the next game I'm looking forward to playing. Nice that you got to play a few games of it.
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samurai80
Profile Joined November 2011
Japan4225 Posts
June 15 2012 11:38 GMT
#3
On June 15 2012 15:06 VuD wrote:
I was lucky enough to attend MLG Anaheim for the sceond time. I played heart of the swarm around 5 times, both against the AI and against an actual opponent. Against the AI I played as all three races in order to test and practice what they have to offer. For terran i really enjoy the new factory units such as the battle hellion. For zerg my favorite new unit was the viper since it has the ability to grab tanks and collosi making hydras much more useful. And for protoss I enjoyed the tempest with the range upgrade; because who doesnt like a unit that can be completely outside a base and still attack everything, thats what I call a desirable unit. Not to mention protoss's oracle can block the entire mineral line and have vision for 2 minutes. While every race got some new things, they can all be countered with with some basic strategy from the other races which is what makes it a great game. Like Wings of Liberty, the game will take time to learn and some balance issues will be dealt with. Of course like always protoss is too strong, but blizzard works in such a great way that protoss will be getting some buffs. Hopefully terran will be a viable option in the future and the three races can live in mutal balance as they attempt to destroy each other.

Ok so basically u played 5 times and you have already analyzed the game so deeply that you know about HOTS race balance problems ??? I hope you're kidding ! Else it would show well how all u terrans are so biased about the race balance. That's a pity, the beginning of the post was interesting (though you're not giving us more information than what Blizzard gave us through its videos).
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