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ODKStevez
Profile Joined February 2011
Ireland1225 Posts
January 22 2013 09:36 GMT
#81
Exciting ^_^
Luppa <3
gedatsu
Profile Joined December 2011
1286 Posts
January 22 2013 09:38 GMT
#82
Drop Pods
Cost: 100 mana
Cooldown: 300 seconds
(This ability starts on cooldown)
Delivers Zerg with timed life to the battlefield. Drop-pods contain 40 Zerglings, 50 Roaches, and 5 Hydralisks.

wat.
Cheeseling
Profile Joined March 2012
Ukraine132 Posts
January 22 2013 09:38 GMT
#83
I really hope all this story with Kerrigan's feeling guilt and raging on Mengsk will not end up like some Disney movie with her return to be a human or new "friendly compassion zergs"
Ribbon
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5278 Posts
January 22 2013 09:38 GMT
#84
[list][*]Drop Pods
Cost: 100 mana
Cooldown: 300 seconds
(This ability starts on cooldown)
Delivers Zerg with timed life to the battlefield. Drop-pods contain 40 Zerglings, 50 Roaches, and 5 Hydralisks.

Well, I guess we don't have to worry about Kerrigan feeling too weak. Even for the last few minutes, that's an instant, free, 130 supply army :O

Even the most basic spell is a yamato cannon for less than half the energy cost.
DwD
Profile Joined January 2010
Sweden8621 Posts
January 22 2013 09:40 GMT
#85
Daaaaaaamn that cinematic..
~ T-ARA ~ DREAMCATCHER ~ EVERGLOW ~ OH MY GIRL ~ DIA ~ BOL4 ~ CHUNGHA ~
Grumbels
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Netherlands7031 Posts
January 22 2013 09:41 GMT
#86
No offense, but these interviews are so incompetently done. Just rehashing of questions that have already been answered previously and you don't follow up on all the holes in Dustin Browder's arguments.
Well, now I tell you, I never seen good come o' goodness yet. Him as strikes first is my fancy; dead men don't bite; them's my views--amen, so be it.
Cheeseling
Profile Joined March 2012
Ukraine132 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-22 09:43:45
January 22 2013 09:42 GMT
#87
On January 22 2013 18:38 Ribbon wrote:
[list][*]Drop Pods
Cost: 100 mana
Cooldown: 300 seconds
(This ability starts on cooldown)
Delivers Zerg with timed life to the battlefield. Drop-pods contain 40 Zerglings, 50 Roaches, and 5 Hydralisks.

Well, I guess we don't have to worry about Kerrigan feeling too weak. Even for the last few minutes, that's an instant, free, 130 supply army :O

Even the most basic spell is a yamato cannon for less than half the energy cost.

I'm scared. What will Blizzard add on Brutal difficulty to balance it O_O
FoShao
Profile Joined November 2012
United States256 Posts
January 22 2013 09:44 GMT
#88
mmmmm very cool preview. looks promising
r1flEx
Profile Joined October 2012
Belgium256 Posts
January 22 2013 09:46 GMT
#89
lol @ raptorlings. that's unstoppable
Arkanthiel
Profile Joined March 2011
Philippines100 Posts
January 22 2013 09:50 GMT
#90
On January 22 2013 16:49 Waxangel wrote:
When you get to fight a Terran player who lands vikings against ultralisks, you know it's a dream.

That or Bronze League.
Los! Los Cabadrin!
Riquiz
Profile Joined June 2011
Netherlands402 Posts
January 22 2013 09:52 GMT
#91
Gtfo viking :3

Ultra's so cute !!
Caster man does casting on yt/RiquizCasts
Akilleus
Profile Joined November 2010
Sweden82 Posts
January 22 2013 09:53 GMT
#92
I am sure as hell going to have zerglings and banelings swarming up every cliff I can find in the campaign! =)
Jarvs
Profile Joined December 2009
Australia639 Posts
January 22 2013 09:55 GMT
#93
On January 22 2013 18:35 randomsaint wrote:
Show nested quote +
Dustin answered a variety of questions, including but not limited to:
The pathing/clumping behavior of units in StarCraft II and the decision to keep it as is.


this is the most hysterical thing


Can't agree more.
Doublemint
Profile Joined July 2011
Austria8726 Posts
January 22 2013 09:56 GMT
#94
that CGI looks so sick... Already pre-ordered to get access to the beta, but this just shows it was the right decision anyway

Also wtf raptorlings :D
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before the fall.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33581 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-22 09:57:58
January 22 2013 09:57 GMT
#95
On January 22 2013 18:38 gedatsu wrote:
Show nested quote +
Drop Pods
Cost: 100 mana
Cooldown: 300 seconds
(This ability starts on cooldown)
Delivers Zerg with timed life to the battlefield. Drop-pods contain 40 Zerglings, 50 Roaches, and 5 Hydralisks.

wat.


it's probably 5, changed it for now

I'll bother shindigs about it when he wakes up :O
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
phyre112
Profile Joined August 2009
United States3090 Posts
January 22 2013 09:57 GMT
#96
On January 22 2013 17:31 paralleluniverse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 22 2013 17:08 TeamLiquid ESPORTS wrote:
Skins for units
On top of new portraits and in-game logos, skins will be part of the experience and ladder reward system of Heart of the Swarm. The preview that we saw had only a picture of units skinned from campaign (mercenary marines, dark zealots, raptor zergling). The details are still being worked out on how to introduce interesting skins without introducing too much clutter to the competitive aspect of the game.

Now there needs to be a option to turn it off from the player's perspective.


I would expect that skins only appear from the perspective of the player selecting them - if A is a zerg playing against B, and he has a skin for tanks, marines, and roaches, he will see all tanks, marines, and roaches on the map as having that skin. If B only has the skin selected for zerglings, Hydras and Marauders, he will not see tank.marine.roach as having a skin, but rather only ling/hydra/marauder.
gedatsu
Profile Joined December 2011
1286 Posts
January 22 2013 09:58 GMT
#97
Ah. Probably it is 15 and he misheard.
Sumahi
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Guam5609 Posts
January 22 2013 09:59 GMT
#98
I am so hyped after reading this. I pre ordered months ago and I had forgotten that we're so close to the release date!
Startale <3, ST_July <3, HongUn <3, Savior <3, Gretorp <3, Nada <3, Rainbow <3, Ret <3, Squirtle <3, Bomber <3
Thezzy
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands2117 Posts
January 22 2013 10:00 GMT
#99
Blizzard cinematics are always jawdropping and this one was no exception.
Would love it if Vikings could actually land like that, maintaining their momentum rather than having to stop.
Ultralisk crushing a Tank was funny.
Playing Terran is like flying down a MULE drop in a marine suit, firing a Gauss Rifle
m0ck
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
4194 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-22 10:01:21
January 22 2013 10:00 GMT
#100
Training mode? Why not take a lesson from the moba-games and introduce an overlay that assists new players with builds in the lower leagues in competitive games/ladder games? I played a few moba-games recently, years after playing them very sparingly, and the build-suggestions allowed me to compete and not be completely useless. I can't wrap my head around why they think that adding an ugly graphic showing drone-count (removing an opportunity for pro-players to make a mistake) and an out-of-primary-environment tutorial will help new players, yet leave them completely on their own when it comes to the important part: playing a real match against a real opponent.
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