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SupItsG
Profile Joined March 2011
United States59 Posts
May 31 2011 08:51 GMT
#181
They didn't say the beta is in 3 to 5 months they said it will LAST 3 to 5 months.
Railxp
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Hong Kong1313 Posts
May 31 2011 08:51 GMT
#182
lol doesnt seem to be a huge boost to esports scene. their tack in direction to cater to 1handed players and milking $$ from custom maps is to be expected i guess. Probably the only custom map that has been developed the shit out of is NOTD, they really did botch the custom map scene so far. Mixed feelings about where it is headed.

from just a fanboy's perspective, single player focus will be awesome. I really enjoyed hero missions, and chargelings sound fucking awesome XD. Kerrigan clearly hasn't lost her zerginess, and might still be the queen of blades inside. I just hope they dont make a black and white, single dimension, transition of her new persona. Playing the backstab card from broodwar would be lame. I'd like to see more character development from a expansion dedicated to single player. That said, from what i've seen in WoL, my expectations will probably be dashed against the wall.

I hope they really do a better job with the sound. With a terran campaign units can get away with sounding similar in tone/voice, but speak different words. With a zerg campaign....well they really need to live up to the broodwar standard of sounds to make it truly immersive.
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_Quasar_
Profile Joined October 2010
Russian Federation4405 Posts
May 31 2011 08:53 GMT
#183
Hm... nothing about possible new units, only some shiny campaign features. I kind of expected to see something about new units and changes brought to multiplayer...
For the Swarm!!! Jaedong & Neo_G.Soulkey fan.
MamiyaOtaru
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States1687 Posts
May 31 2011 08:53 GMT
#184
good article. I think I got old though Game's just not doing it for me. Haven't played SC2 at all for months (though I still play a lot of BW) and I don't see this drawing me back in. I'm cool with the idea that it's me and not the game, and as always, we'll see! I gave in and bought SC2 after all, though I ended up regretting it
Deyster
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Jordan579 Posts
May 31 2011 08:53 GMT
#185
I was expecting they'd reassure us that they care about ESPORTS by either having LAN mode for tournaments or a tournament only server. Oh well.

Thanks TL for the preview, as I expected, your preview was awesomely presented compared to others!
Watch the minimap.
Zootre
Profile Joined September 2010
Denmark180 Posts
May 31 2011 08:53 GMT
#186
Awsome article!!

I really want HOTS now
TheAwesomeAll
Profile Joined January 2011
Netherlands1609 Posts
May 31 2011 08:54 GMT
#187
On May 31 2011 17:50 notmytroll wrote:
wow this is terrible

I need to buy this shitty single player addon to keep my multiplayer starcraft up to date?! (new units and stuff). i'm not interested in goddamn single player, it's boring

This is the single player preview, and you can just not buy it and play WoL multiplayer. Why so agressive man
dr Helvetica <3
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
May 31 2011 08:55 GMT
#188
I think it's also interesting to note that David Kim talked about the "Idra argument" of early game scouting during the Q&A session, though it wasn't covered in this article.


They seem to be looking at improving Tier 1 scouting for all the races, though they're also going to be careful and examine the evolution of the metagame before making final design decisions.
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Deckkie
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Netherlands1595 Posts
May 31 2011 08:55 GMT
#189
wow looks nice ^^
and the singleplayer units are going to be so god damn powerfull!!
wish the first two missions would get publicly released.
Always look on the bright side of life
Centric
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1989 Posts
May 31 2011 08:56 GMT
#190
Great write-up. Still really dislike Kerrigan with dreads.
Super serious.
Kazeyonoma
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2912 Posts
May 31 2011 08:57 GMT
#191
so sick, can't wait till blizzcon to hear more!
I now have autographs of both BoxeR and NaDa. I can die happy. Lim Yo Hwan and Lee Yun Yeol FIGHTING forever!
Kamais_Ookin
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada4218 Posts
May 31 2011 08:57 GMT
#192
Satisfying write-up, thanks very much!
I <3 Plexa.
Kantutan
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1319 Posts
May 31 2011 09:00 GMT
#193
Amazing write-up, thanks :> I am sitting here dying while waiting for either Diablo 3 or HotS beta/release D:
skullhoof
Profile Joined December 2010
Korea (North)835 Posts
May 31 2011 09:00 GMT
#194
i miss Tychus already, please bring him back but not infested
Polt was right about luck
Niruz
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden169 Posts
May 31 2011 09:02 GMT
#195
I hope they add more units that make battles more micro oriented. Like baneling vs marine micro. Ponder getting a good hunter seeker missile, irradiate, and other such abilities.
Highways
Profile Joined July 2005
Australia6103 Posts
May 31 2011 09:03 GMT
#196
Q&A was really good.

Looking forward to multiplayer, new bnet features and marketplace. Big thumbs up to the guy who asked about real APM vs Blizzard APM!
#1 Terran hater
HawaiianPig
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada5155 Posts
May 31 2011 09:03 GMT
#197
On May 31 2011 17:51 Reasonable wrote:
Nice arse on the front page HOTS preview link

Is that a game model of Kerrigan on those screenshots? She looks like a 12 year old over-accelerated chubby child. Unless the use of baby fat is among her special abilities in the campaign, I'd prefer her to be more BW style, Angelina Jolie like.


If you're referring to the front page pic, that's lifted from concept art. If you're referring to any of the shots in the gallery under Gameplay Screenshots, then they are gameplay screenshots.
AdministratorNot actually Hawaiian.
KimJongChill
Profile Joined January 2011
United States6429 Posts
May 31 2011 09:03 GMT
#198
Extremely well-done, thanks. I'm actually excited that they are going to remove some units, since some--like the overseer and corrupter--just seem really pointless, and I'd like to have a reworked zerg race that synergizes well, rather than just a bunch of random units added for diversity's sake.
MMA: U realise MMA: Most of my army EgIdra: fuck off MMA: Killed my orbital MMA: LOL MMA: just saying MMA: u werent loss
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-31 09:05:44
May 31 2011 09:03 GMT
#199
On May 31 2011 17:53 _Quasar_ wrote:
Hm... nothing about possible new units, only some shiny campaign features. I kind of expected to see something about new units and changes brought to multiplayer...

Well, Blizzard has been stating for a while that this preview was going to be single player-only. I'm actually surprised at the number of multiplayer questions that got through, though.

I think it's logical for them to give a preview of single-player first, especially since any multiplayer changes are extremely controversial and sensitive. It's easy to throw together a bunch of imba ideas for single-player, but multiplayer ideas require a lot more thought and care considering how sensitive the competitive scene is to the multiplayer design and any changes that might occur.

According to the Q&A, the development process only recently started, and I don't want Blizzard to troll the community by revealing half-baked multiplayer ideas and spark many threads of controversy only to scrap those ideas later on during development. I personally don't want to see a situation similar to the reveal of the scrapped Soul Hunter unit from the horribly outdated Protoss unit reveal.
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neobowman
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Canada3324 Posts
May 31 2011 09:05 GMT
#200
Massive/Heroic units are immune (to spawn broodling).

Too late for Fenix =(.
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