What were some builds that you used when you played?

What seemed effective early game? (All races)

What seemed effective mid game? (All races)

Did early game feel similar to SC1? (Did attacks happen just as soon? etc.)

glassmazarin

Sweden158 Posts

March 12 2008 23:09 GMT

#28

did the game feel like it could be close to beta?

EDIT: what does the tabs on the interface do? (the tabs right above where the green picture of the unit you have selected is (not the portrait))

Last Romantic

United States20661 Posts

March 12 2008 23:36 GMT

#29

The tabs tell you what your hotkeys are.

azndsh

United States4447 Posts

March 13 2008 00:35 GMT

#30

do ultras do splash damage now?

what exactly is cleaving damage...

useLess

United States4781 Posts

March 13 2008 00:50 GMT

#31

On walls/walling: how effective are they? I dont mean as a strategy; like, are the building collisions such that small units are still able to get past them in some setups yet unable if a building was moved a spot or two over? Sorry if this isnt concise.

Last Romantic

United States20661 Posts

March 13 2008 04:06 GMT

#32

Splash yes. It's like damage in a perpendicular line to the ultralisk or something like that. There's also a headbutt attack [basically against buildings, ultras do 60 damage]

useless: there's a building grid now. It's kind of confusing to me, still: but it appears that nothing nothing nothing can get through supply/supply. Supply/rax allows marines but not zlots afaik. it's kind of like SC1, but a bit dumbed down since you can see the grid.

Luddite

United States2315 Posts

March 13 2008 04:10 GMT

#33

Found this on Blizz forums. Can you confirm? I'm especially curious about the colossus not being able to move up and down cliffs part.

"Source - Some of Korean player who plays Starcraft 2 at there

1. Mothership now has the black hole ability again. It also affects to ground unit.

2. Colossus can't go over a cliff (What ???)

3. No medic. (What ???)

4. Marauder also has a stimpack.

5. Dropship has a heal ability. (repair?) It's an autocast skill.

6. Zerg doesn't have an universal upgrade, but has each unit upgrade like priest or sorceress in Warcraft III

7. Baneling takes 1 food and some resources.

8. Queen builds colonies like spore, sunken. Drone can't.

9. Nydus worm ignores every terrain.

10. Swarm guardian's spawn broodling is not an active ability. There are two assumptions about that.
(1) When it destroys enemy unit, broodling is out from enemy corpse.
(2) It fires two broodling every shot, and broodlings aid a combat.

11. Zerg hatchery has two rally points for drone and combat unit.

12. Egg has a low armor.

13. Queen can be upgraded two times. Each upgrade grants more stats and ability to queen.

14. Drone gathers 6 minerals at the one time. And at the start of the game, player has 6 drones."

Umbrella

Taiwan936 Posts

March 13 2008 04:34 GMT

#34

What about micro? Do you think units have gotten harder to micro or easier? (Will the new fancy skills counteract the new UI or something?)

Last Romantic

United States20661 Posts

March 13 2008 04:54 GMT

#35

1) Yes, it's overpowered. Dustin says they're going to remove it (again).

2) It can walk over cliffs. At least mine could.

3) Medic is indeed cut.

4) Yes he does

5) Yeah, it replaces Med

6)Correct.

7) Yes.

8) Yes.

9) Yes

10) When it shoots, it makes two broodlings as well as dealing 25 damage.

11) Yes.

12) Didn't check.

13) Yes.

14) THAT'S WHY MINING WAS SO SLOW LOL. Maybe it is 6 mins at a time. I can confirm 6 starting drones.

GeneralStan

United States4789 Posts

March 13 2008 05:48 GMT

#36

Are there any camera controls?

Last Romantic

United States20661 Posts

March 13 2008 06:20 GMT

#37

Yeah, you can zoom in and stuff. Zooming in makes things pretty. I was microing an attack while zoomed in - it's really super hard. So overall it's rather useless except for in-game cinematics or something like that.