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!Frost!
Profile Joined March 2011
United States14 Posts
February 02 2013 02:23 GMT
#281
On February 02 2013 10:59 HoriZoNXI wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 02 2013 10:46 !Frost! wrote:
I'm a level 27 Protoss, but I don't have the portrait. Anyone know whats up? Isn't it supposed to be level 5 now?


You get the portrait (and feat of strength) on your regular account when HotS comes out. Any grinding now after level 5 is just for Beta portraits I guess


Alright it seems like they would also give it to you in the beta though.
Tuczniak
Profile Joined September 2010
1561 Posts
February 02 2013 02:54 GMT
#282
On February 02 2013 11:20 Archerofaiur wrote:
Confirmed

Feat of Strength is now awarded when a player is Terran level 5, Zerg level 5 and Protoss level 5.
Where can you see it?
Archerofaiur
Profile Joined August 2008
United States4101 Posts
February 02 2013 03:37 GMT
#283
On February 02 2013 11:54 Tuczniak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 02 2013 11:20 Archerofaiur wrote:
Confirmed

Feat of Strength is now awarded when a player is Terran level 5, Zerg level 5 and Protoss level 5.
Where can you see it?


You can't see it in game.
http://sclegacy.com/news/28-scl/250-starcraftlegacy-macro-theorycrafting-contest-winners
Lynoxis
Profile Joined January 2013
Russian Federation2 Posts
February 02 2013 05:00 GMT
#284
Yeah, HotF is appropriate title
Untaka
Archerofaiur
Profile Joined August 2008
United States4101 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-02 15:09:11
February 02 2013 15:07 GMT
#285
On February 02 2013 14:00 Lynoxis wrote:
Yeah, HotF is appropriate title

Not really any more. While the 90 levels in 30 days was an exhilerating challenge, it unfairly favored the unemployed :p

Puting the rewards at level 5 makes the achievements what it should be, rewards for helping test the beta. The one thing that i wish was that more people who wanted to participate in the beta could do so .
http://sclegacy.com/news/28-scl/250-starcraftlegacy-macro-theorycrafting-contest-winners
Hoon
Profile Joined December 2010
Brazil891 Posts
February 02 2013 16:01 GMT
#286
On February 03 2013 00:07 Archerofaiur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 02 2013 14:00 Lynoxis wrote:
Yeah, HotF is appropriate title

Not really any more. While the 90 levels in 30 days was an exhilerating challenge, it unfairly favored the unemployed :p

Puting the rewards at level 5 makes the achievements what it should be, rewards for helping test the beta. The one thing that i wish was that more people who wanted to participate in the beta could do so .

I agree that they should award people for playing the beta, but there should be something for reaching level 90. I wouldn't have the time to do so, but it would still be a nice reward to give people.

Actually, anyone who wanted to get into beta could do so. I think that most of the people got in doing amazon preorders, which were free.
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Juice!
Profile Joined January 2011
Belgium295 Posts
February 02 2013 17:17 GMT
#287
level 5 is way to low .... This way everyone has it (or everyone who was in the beta, but that's probably 50+% of people who will play hots when it comes out) .. 0 chance to be 'unique' .. How lovey!
At least they should have made it a bit more challenging, like lvl 15 or 20 or something. level 5 is like 8-10 games/race?
Second place is just a fancy term for loser
AcidKing
Profile Joined January 2013
Germany16 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-02 17:45:54
February 02 2013 17:45 GMT
#288
On February 03 2013 02:17 Juice! wrote:
level 5 is way to low .... This way everyone has it (or everyone who was in the beta, but that's probably 50+% of people who will play hots when it comes out) .. 0 chance to be 'unique' .. How lovey!
At least they should have made it a bit more challenging, like lvl 15 or 20 or something. level 5 is like 8-10 games/race?


you could not reach level 5 .. then u wouldnt have the portrait maybe that makes you more 'unique'
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sunglasseson
Profile Blog Joined November 2012
United States145 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-03 00:52:49
February 02 2013 23:50 GMT
#289
blizzard games are like a casino, they lure you in with free food (lvl 5) then rob you at the tables (lvl 30 all 3 races)


fastest time for me is 11mins 42k exp and i screwed up and missed out on 3k exp. i dont accept forfeits from computer

just got a 40k 10min game eyy
Goldfish
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
2230 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-02-03 04:14:57
February 03 2013 04:12 GMT
#290
On February 03 2013 02:17 Juice! wrote:
level 5 is way to low .... This way everyone has it (or everyone who was in the beta, but that's probably 50+% of people who will play hots when it comes out) .. 0 chance to be 'unique' .. How lovey!
At least they should have made it a bit more challenging, like lvl 15 or 20 or something. level 5 is like 8-10 games/race?


Nah. Most pro players don't really care and some haven't even played HotS yet.

Also in terms of regular players, HotS beta probably does not have even half the (current) player base of WoL with level 5 on all portraits.

There's still a ton of people playing WoL on 1 region, than on HotS on global play (basically all regions access the same HotS server).

I definitely like that it's at level 5. As others said, it took way too long to get level 30 on all 3 races (120+ hours total just within a month, and that's it if you do it the optimal way with AI rather than 1v1s). Not only does it take long, it's really boring.

Now I like that I'm playing HotS just to play HotS, rather than grind it out.

Edit - There's already an incentive to play HotS over WoL since you'll have a huge edge over players who didn't try out HotS before once the game comes out (therefore more ladder points and higher rankings!).
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Infernal_dream
Profile Joined September 2011
United States2359 Posts
February 03 2013 04:34 GMT
#291
On February 03 2013 13:12 Goldfish wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2013 02:17 Juice! wrote:
level 5 is way to low .... This way everyone has it (or everyone who was in the beta, but that's probably 50+% of people who will play hots when it comes out) .. 0 chance to be 'unique' .. How lovey!
At least they should have made it a bit more challenging, like lvl 15 or 20 or something. level 5 is like 8-10 games/race?


Nah. Most pro players don't really care and some haven't even played HotS yet.

Also in terms of regular players, HotS beta probably does not have even half the (current) player base of WoL with level 5 on all portraits.

There's still a ton of people playing WoL on 1 region, than on HotS on global play (basically all regions access the same HotS server).

I definitely like that it's at level 5. As others said, it took way too long to get level 30 on all 3 races (120+ hours total just within a month, and that's it if you do it the optimal way with AI rather than 1v1s). Not only does it take long, it's really boring.

Now I like that I'm playing HotS just to play HotS, rather than grind it out.

Edit - There's already an incentive to play HotS over WoL since you'll have a huge edge over players who didn't try out HotS before once the game comes out (therefore more ladder points and higher rankings!).


I don't agree with the advantage thing. There's going to be a day1 balance patch as always. So any strats from beta are probably going to be non optimal at that point.
phodacbiet
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1740 Posts
February 03 2013 05:30 GMT
#292
On February 03 2013 13:34 Infernal_dream wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 03 2013 13:12 Goldfish wrote:
On February 03 2013 02:17 Juice! wrote:
level 5 is way to low .... This way everyone has it (or everyone who was in the beta, but that's probably 50+% of people who will play hots when it comes out) .. 0 chance to be 'unique' .. How lovey!
At least they should have made it a bit more challenging, like lvl 15 or 20 or something. level 5 is like 8-10 games/race?


Nah. Most pro players don't really care and some haven't even played HotS yet.

Also in terms of regular players, HotS beta probably does not have even half the (current) player base of WoL with level 5 on all portraits.

There's still a ton of people playing WoL on 1 region, than on HotS on global play (basically all regions access the same HotS server).

I definitely like that it's at level 5. As others said, it took way too long to get level 30 on all 3 races (120+ hours total just within a month, and that's it if you do it the optimal way with AI rather than 1v1s). Not only does it take long, it's really boring.

Now I like that I'm playing HotS just to play HotS, rather than grind it out.

Edit - There's already an incentive to play HotS over WoL since you'll have a huge edge over players who didn't try out HotS before once the game comes out (therefore more ladder points and higher rankings!).


I don't agree with the advantage thing. There's going to be a day1 balance patch as always. So any strats from beta are probably going to be non optimal at that point.


This. There is no advantage to playing 1-2 months ahead. Sure you will be higher on the ladder in the first month, but that doesn't really matter in 3-4 months. Better people WILL be better than you and the way the metagame is developed, they will be caught up in no time. Mechanics can still be refined in WoL so the advantage for playing for playing WoL would only be for 1-2 months top.
DrSeRRoD
Profile Joined October 2010
United States490 Posts
March 08 2013 13:09 GMT
#293
FYI - These rewards should now be on your account. You get 1 Feat of Strength for each race you got to level 5 (even though the FoS says 30) and the portrait that comes with it.
Obamanation666
Profile Joined October 2011
United States70 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-08 14:37:32
March 08 2013 14:35 GMT
#294
WTF!!! Learning this makes me want to hang little kittens from my ceiling fan with my mouse. Why in the hell did I reach level 60 with zerg and protoss when all along I only needed to go for level 5. Level 5 IS WAYYYYYY TOO LOW! I have a full time job, and I'm a full time student with a girlfriend and I was able to achieve level 60 within 45 days. Their is no GD excuse for this. This completely destroys the accomplishment I felt for attaining these portraits. Now every damn nub and his little sister is gonna have the icons!!! Quit Reniging on your word you Bliggards #@$& @$^% @#^$ #^@%#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Obamanation666
Profile Joined October 2011
United States70 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-08 14:47:36
March 08 2013 14:41 GMT
#295
Didn't make it to level 30? Tough shit! But, NOOOOOO! It's the turn of the century, and now everybody gets a "TROPHY." I'm so sick of the pussification. Socialist Scum!!! You take from those who deserve it and give it to those who will waste it!

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FromShouri
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States862 Posts
March 08 2013 15:41 GMT
#296
On March 08 2013 23:41 Obamanation666 wrote:
Didn't make it to level 30? Tough shit! But, NOOOOOO! It's the turn of the century, and now everybody gets a "TROPHY." I'm so sick of the pussification. Socialist Scum!!! You take from those who deserve it and give it to those who will waste it!


How does one "waste" a portrait?
Limited Edition, lets do some simple addition, $50 for a T-Shirt is just some ignorant bitch shit.
Galacus
Profile Joined February 2013
Poland4 Posts
March 10 2013 18:42 GMT
#297
I discovered lately something strange - during beta I reached Zerg level 5, but did not touch Terran or Protoss at all (so both level 0), but I have all 3 beta portraits available in WoL. Is it only for me or anyone else noticed similar situation on his/her account?
Proof.
Profile Joined August 2011
535 Posts
March 10 2013 21:44 GMT
#298
On March 08 2013 23:35 Obamanation666 wrote:
WTF!!! Learning this makes me want to hang little kittens from my ceiling fan with my mouse. Why in the hell did I reach level 60 with zerg and protoss when all along I only needed to go for level 5. Level 5 IS WAYYYYYY TOO LOW! I have a full time job, and I'm a full time student with a girlfriend and I was able to achieve level 60 within 45 days. Their is no GD excuse for this. This completely destroys the accomplishment I felt for attaining these portraits. Now every damn nub and his little sister is gonna have the icons!!! Quit Reniging on your word you Bliggards #@$& @$^% @#^$ #^@%#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seeing this kind of overreaction puts a smile on my face. It's just portraits dude. Three uglyass portraits at that.
Oh and thanks for your followup post, I'm sure Blizzard has a socialist agenda.

Maybe you were too busy joining 4v4 comp stomps to level your z and p to 60, but a number of people were experiencing leveling issues during the beta which warranted this change, as the bigass red paragraph says on the top of OP.

@Galacus With the way they worded their blog, I too thought you needed to level each race to at least 5 for the respective race's portraits. I guess they're feeling generous?
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how
Archerofaiur
Profile Joined August 2008
United States4101 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-10 23:27:49
March 10 2013 21:54 GMT
#299
No perfect answer to this but Blizzard made the right call. People's progress was erased and its better to give the rewards to those that didnt fully earn it than have one person who did earn it not get it.
http://sclegacy.com/news/28-scl/250-starcraftlegacy-macro-theorycrafting-contest-winners
Gfire
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1699 Posts
March 10 2013 22:01 GMT
#300
On March 11 2013 03:42 Galacus wrote:
I discovered lately something strange - during beta I reached Zerg level 5, but did not touch Terran or Protoss at all (so both level 0), but I have all 3 beta portraits available in WoL. Is it only for me or anyone else noticed similar situation on his/her account?

That's weird. I got 30 with Protoss and 5 with the other races I think, but ended up with only the Protoss portrait in WoL.
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