EPTHeart of the Swarm (details, discussion, etc) - Page 6
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Incandenza
United States56 Posts
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xpldngmn
Austria264 Posts
well done sir, very well done. on the other hand you might be a modern times sherlock holmes. [insert picture of philip j. fry] | ||
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Endymion
United States3701 Posts
edit because blizzard's lore sucks | ||
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Doko
Argentina1737 Posts
Valerian claims to want to save her, but why? how could he know of her importace for the survival of every race in the galaxy? is he lying and just working with his father while narud holds the strings to get rid of kerrigan and fulfill the overmind's prophecy? If so why do they need raynor in the first place? My theory is that the artifact does more than just kill zerg and protoss dna and Kerrigan knows this. The final events of wings happened because the player succeeds in preventing her from getting the artifact before she can. | ||
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Telenil
France484 Posts
I would be rather concerned if I were Arcturus, Warfield and Valerian technically betrayed him by taking thousands of men to Char without his consent, he can't blame them because it worked, and Valerian allied with his most determined opponent. Given the tone and ambiance of WoL, I don't think the plot is subtle enough for such political intrigues to ever happen, but I wouldn't be surprised if Valerian suddenly decides he would make a better ruler than his father. Have the Raiders launch a "surprise" attack against the capital, have your men join the fray and take Arcturus into custody, and voila, happy change of leadership. Obviously it wouldn't be as simple as that, but it is closer to Valerian did to attack Char than his actions in WoL are to loyal obedience. | ||
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Doko
Argentina1737 Posts
But it still doesn't explain why Arcturus is manipulating Tychus from the very start. Maybe killing raynor was his original mission and as events unfolded it became clear that a real chance of killing Kerrigan was much sweeter than the former. | ||
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zlgrube
United States19 Posts
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Dante.StarCraft
Norway170 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQeIazsQIcw&feature=player_embedded#! (2:18) - It's about how the game begins. On September 22 2011 07:57 xpldngmn wrote: I think you, dear starter of this thread, are sent by blizzard to make all of us crave for HOTS even more. well done sir, very well done. on the other hand you might be a modern times sherlock holmes. [insert picture of philip j. fry] Haha, thank you. No, I am unfortunately not employed by Blizzard. Just curious, anxious, and impatient. By the way, anyone else who is curious buy tickets (virtual or not) to Blizzcon. I'm sure there'll be something there. On September 22 2011 22:41 Doko wrote: But it still doesn't explain why Arcturus is manipulating Tychus from the very start. Maybe killing raynor was his original mission and as events unfolded it became clear that a real chance of killing Kerrigan was much sweeter than the former. This was brought up in the story panel on Blizzcon 2010 (link on YouTube and in the first post of the thread). Metzen and Kindregan admitted it being a plot hole, as it would make no sense for Arcturus to send Tychus to Raynor in hope of him killing Kerrigan. Kindregan gave his theory, which was that Mengsk just made a move, chess-wise, and not necessarily knowing where it would end. Once Kerrigan appears, we see Tychus checking out Kerrigan, which means he has probably gotten the order. | ||
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nerak
Brazil256 Posts
![[image loading]](http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/blizzcon10/screencaps/sc2_art/sc2_art108.jpg) So, I think everyone noticed the 'rhynadons'. 3 of them. But have you noticed this guy here? ![[image loading]](http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/blizzcon10/screencaps/sc2_art/sc2_art109.jpg) Also 3 of this! (2 of them, you can only see their tails) So what, what´s happening? All the zerg tentacles and flowers (something like Char´s blooms) indicate it is infested. But what about all the jungle? Is that a jungle planet with zerg "peacefully" infesting it, or is the jungle enviroment fully created by zerg? Some would say its Char redeemed. I wouldn´t guess so. Does Char looks like this? ![[image loading]](http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/blizzcon10/screencaps/sc2_art/sc2_art107.jpg) Despite all the lava, you know what? I would say a higly infested Aiur... Well, to finish, the "jungle ultralisk" picture ![[image loading]](http://sclegacy.com/images/uploaded/blizzcon10/screencaps/sc2_art/sc2_art111.jpg) The ultralisk is covered with ivys. I think it shows that Kerrigan is visiting a jungle planet where there is zerg to regather, and where we will be playing around 3 missions. The ultralisk and the "tigerlisk" would be units rewarded; not sure about the rhynadon. PS: i remind a infested ursadak in the Editor, where does it apear in the campaing? | ||
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Daralii
United States16991 Posts
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Capped
United Kingdom7236 Posts
On September 24 2011 16:00 Daralii wrote: I'm personally wondering as to whether or not the protoss will reclaim Aiur in HotS. Assuming she is repentant, I assume she'll be allied with Jim, so I don't see why he would let her keep the planet infested given the amount of technology on it that was lost when the planet fell. Even if she isn't, the Swarm is still going to be headless until she regains her position of leadership, and I have to think at least some of the Khalai would want nothing more than to be away from the Nerazim and reclaim their home. Sounds like a possibility for the 3rd expansion tbh. The toss reclaiming auir, perhaps it could happen towards the end of HotS with a power struggle (cold warish) going on between kerrigan and jim / toss about what happens to it. Would be interesting. With the 3rd expansion being about how toss re-establish dominance around the korprulu sector. | ||
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nerak
Brazil256 Posts
I remember somewhere a Blizzard guy saying they considered making a forth race, like the Kalathi (the space-Iraqian the protoss brought democracy to with the Colossi...), but nerverminded it because of how balance is beautiful with three races etc. That make me think how fun it would be to destroy some yet unknown sapient species with the Zerg in Hots, or even crushing a petty Kelathi revenge in LotV :D (do you remember the giant-mecha doodad in SC1?) | ||
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Brandish
United States339 Posts
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BigFan
TLADT24920 Posts
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Endymion
United States3701 Posts
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LoneWolf.Alpha-
123 Posts
On August 15 2011 01:49 carloselcoco wrote: If you see the written part of this One: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/media/artwork/?view#/swarm-artwork04 It suggests it might be a new zerg unit for HotS. It looks too hairy to be zerg. Probably another critter. | ||
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DKo
United States187 Posts
But to be honest, I think they screwed up the story with Wings of Liberty. I liked where it was going with Brood War. | ||
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isparavanje
62 Posts
On September 25 2011 13:58 Endymion wrote: if kerrigan isn't being a total badass and back stabbing everyone, consuming entire sectors out of rage, i'm going to be very veryyyy disappointed Oh man you're going to be veryyyy disappointed | ||
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Zer atai
United States691 Posts
On September 25 2011 14:44 LoneWolf.Alpha- wrote: It looks too hairy to be zerg. Probably another critter. it probably is how the creature is like before assimilating into the zerg. | ||
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DeepElemBlues
United States5079 Posts
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