Very interesting to read. I like that the players have very optimistic views for the game despite their very serious concerns about the current balence/bnet. All in all this leaves me very excited to see the development post-launch.

Potion

United States24 Posts

June 04 2010 14:17 GMT

#62

SC2 seems like a hit or miss for me at this point. The Bnet issues are obviously issues, though they are so glaring, and the public outcry so deafening that I can't imagine they won't be fixed. I like the look and feel of the game, for the most part, but there's just a few nagging things that seem to get in the way.

rAize

Germany135 Posts

June 04 2010 14:20 GMT

#63

Great read, well apart of the usal Idra bullshit that at times didnt make sense, if Idra reads this, I live in Berlin / Germany, if you ever here to visit, gimme a pm...I got business to do with you.

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Zoltan

United States656 Posts

June 04 2010 14:40 GMT

#64

Great read- but idra i hate you for ruining every spoiler by having ur name in it.

seriously you suck and are shorsighted.

seriosuly stop being a good player so i can stop hearing about you.

seriously though. You suck idra.

Edit: I got ninja'd by another idra-hater!
2nd edit: AND HES GERMAN!

WniO

United States2706 Posts

June 04 2010 14:43 GMT

#65

agreed with idra quite a bit. good read all together.

asdfTT123

United States989 Posts

June 04 2010 14:50 GMT

#66

I must say I agree with Idra the most and Lz the least. Great read!!!!

Puosu

6985 Posts

June 04 2010 15:01 GMT

#67

Now lets hope Blizzard reads this, absolutely amazing how informative the comments by the top players were. Really, really liked this.

Thanks to the interviewers and ones being interviewed.

pluck

Estonia4 Posts

June 04 2010 15:06 GMT

#68

what do you think - how long will i take for a BW mod for it to come out? 2 months? 3?

TheYango

United States47024 Posts

June 04 2010 15:13 GMT

#69

On June 05 2010 00:06 pluck wrote:
what do you think - how long will i take for a BW mod for it to come out? 2 months? 3?

How is this relevant to the topic?

It's worth noting that despite all of Idra's misgivings about the game, he doesn't believe that they're unfixable. He hasn't given up on the game like many people on this forum.

Clearout

Norway1060 Posts

June 04 2010 15:35 GMT

#70

Great read! I really enjoyed it, thanks! Very interesting reading their differing opinions regarding balance and gameplay

deth2munkies

United States4051 Posts

June 04 2010 15:49 GMT

#71

I like this, I agree with most of it, although from the balance discussion it's extremely obvious which race each one mains <_<

Uranium

United States1077 Posts

June 04 2010 15:50 GMT

#72

While they disagreed on a variety of game issues, I think everyone can agree that WE NEED CHAT CHANNELS.

Incontrol hit it right on the head when he said:
No channels? WHY? WHY? What reason could you POSSIBLY give for not wanting paid customers to be able to communicate randomly and en masse? WHAT POSSIBLE REASON?

GenesisX

Canada4267 Posts

June 04 2010 15:51 GMT

#73

Are there any other problems that you feel need to be addressed before the release, or patched later?
Machine: Protoss still has not been removed from the game, I had expected this a few patches ago but it seems that blizzard has been delaying that until release.

LOL

GrandSmurf

Netherlands462 Posts

June 04 2010 16:08 GMT

#74

good read. this gave me the final nudge in deciding not to buy the game just yet. they will get there probably and untill then, they will have to wait to cash my 50 euro.

TSM

Great Britain584 Posts

June 04 2010 16:32 GMT

#75

cant wait till release protoss storn too good and fungal growth as well zealots are to good hp needs to be smaller orbital command build time to decrease but part fromm that it's that best game evr

crms

United States11933 Posts

June 04 2010 16:34 GMT

#76

so is lzgamer just trollin in all the balance and match up questions?

0mgVitaminE

United States1278 Posts

June 04 2010 16:39 GMT

#77

Chat channels will promote gang behavior, as well as money laundering and other criminal activity.

xav

United States34 Posts

June 04 2010 16:45 GMT

#78

Fun writeup. I laughed at the comments on the mirror matchups, some are just so true. I especially liked Idra and Jinro's analysis of things so far. Nice to see that players on both sides of the intelligence spectrum agree that battle.net really badly needs to be improved.

LzGamer apparently doesn't have an education, or is english a new language for him? He was barely able to jam out coherent sentences and thoughts. For the sake of readability you may want to omit his statements if you don't want to actually edit peoples' own writing.

pluck

Estonia4 Posts

June 04 2010 17:29 GMT

#79

On June 05 2010 00:13 TheYango wrote:

Show nested quote +

Stop being such a butthurt pirate, your extensive practice hours wont go to waste.

It's not about those things being irreparable, but it's if and when they are going to be fixed. Lets take a hypothetical situation.

These things are not fixed by the time a BW mod comes out. Now at that point we have basically two games of which the first one is a well tested and much loved 10 year old game in a new shell. The second is a sequel game that is not well balanced with having boring and unimaginative new units that seem to be illogical successors for the old ones. Which one would be played?

Obviously this would be affected by many things (where the money will be at and which would be more promoted) but potentially it could split the community in two.

Yeah, i am biased, but I'm eager to see how this turns out.

Edit:

And yes, the game is still in beta. Sucks they picked this art style tho.

nemahsys

Canada457 Posts

June 04 2010 17:38 GMT

#80

IdrA seemed extremely race-biased in that interview...not even attempting to hide it either.