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TeamLiquid Heart of the Swarm Preview - Page 18

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Swwww
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Switzerland812 Posts
May 31 2011 11:02 GMT
#341
Cooool!!! Hots is going to be awesome, cant wait :D
"What is this TeamSupportGroup?" - mahnini.
Cosmos
Profile Joined March 2010
Belgium1077 Posts
May 31 2011 11:03 GMT
#342
CANNOT WAIT FOR THE BETA !
http://www.twitch.tv/becosmos
Loanshark
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
China3094 Posts
May 31 2011 11:04 GMT
#343
Q: Will Heart of the Swarm require ownership of Wings of Liberty?

A: For the regions that have a standard box business model such as North America and Europe, yes, Wings of Liberty will be required in order to play Heart of the Swarm. For other regions that have alternative access models, we’ll provide details at a later date.


This doesn't seem like a good omen.
No dough, no go. And no mercy.
Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
May 31 2011 11:07 GMT
#344
On May 31 2011 20:00 Existor wrote:
Show nested quote +
There was a unit that jumped from a cliff, in the game play video, what's up with that? Information?

Yeti, neutral and agressive animal, when you kill all their matriarches, you will have more points to upgrade kerrigan

http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/R1CH/HotS/ConceptArt/mrjack_SnowBeast_comp.jpg
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Sverigevader
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden388 Posts
May 31 2011 11:07 GMT
#345
At least they acknowledge that some units are just plain boring. Really looking forward to some new unit upgrades for Zergs, and not just the same old movement speed/range upgrades.
"I can answer this, you're just a god damn sexy mofo." http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=147829&currentpage=7#139
zocktol
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany1928 Posts
May 31 2011 11:08 GMT
#346
This whole article is somewhat dissapointing and somewhat positivly suprising. I do not mean that the writing style is bad in anyway, that is as awesome as i am used to from TL.

The suprising part is the fact, that they are willing to cut units. Thats something i did not expect but prevents units from existing, that resemble the Scout in BW.

On the other hand, LAN
FarbrorAbavna
Profile Joined July 2009
Sweden4856 Posts
May 31 2011 11:08 GMT
#347
nice article, very easy to read through. Hots will be different to some extent it seems and really looking forward to seeing what units they take out and what they put in instead. It was a bit lame how they handled the lan issue though but it's such an infected question there really isnt a good answer besides "we're gonna implement it" which they obviously wont.
Do you really want chat rooms?
phanto
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden708 Posts
May 31 2011 11:09 GMT
#348
Blizzard has great artists, coders, sound-guys etc. However their design department... Feels very Bioware'ish sometimes (that's not a good thing).
I'm thinking about this for example:
For example, the Overseer is not a cool unit, it's basically a glorfied scout at this point. We're looking at either taking out or replacing these units that aren't as cool. The other thing that we need to watch out is how these units interact in combination.

It isn't cool - we need to change it. Wait what?
99% of the design should be spent around making it balanced, not whether or not it's "cool". Go for "cool" and you'll end up with shit like the collosus.
sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
May 31 2011 11:09 GMT
#349
Looks fun, imma slay a ton of yetis.... Units you see for the first time in campaign and have to figure out yourself what they do are the most fun.

I remember playing the sc1 demo and nearly shitting myself when I unwittingly approached a sunken colony and it attacked me.
In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
Greem
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
730 Posts
May 31 2011 11:10 GMT
#350
Man, im so pumped ! Cannot wait, thx for TL for such a nice job.

I'm sure they gonna make single player experience superb, what i'm confused about is multiplayer, they said they gonna add and remove some units, i'm just afraid they gonna listen to crys and complains in order to do that, even not every pro player got reliable opinion about what should go, as for example Mothership, as we saw it only few times in pro matches, or Roach that created so much pain since the beta, but is used constantly in every match ? They give an example with overseer , as zerg players just use it because there is no other option, but i could name at least 2 o 3 units from each race that really is "forced" option even if they beeing used.
youtube.com/N0rthernL1ght
KaiserJohan
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1808 Posts
May 31 2011 11:14 GMT
#351
I really hope they do something with hydras. Just something. PLEASE!
England will fight to the last American
Johnnybb
Profile Joined August 2010
Denmark486 Posts
May 31 2011 11:17 GMT
#352
That trailer really sucked. There was no like story cinematic kinda thing...
Wivyx
Profile Joined May 2009
Norway624 Posts
May 31 2011 11:19 GMT
#353
Awesomeness!
The_DarkAngelz
Profile Joined April 2010
Brazil221 Posts
May 31 2011 11:20 GMT
#354
OMFG i really want the BETA now,

If not receive one, i'm going to kill myself lol

really nice post !!! i bet everyone wants this new expantion !!
legaton
Profile Joined December 2010
France1763 Posts
May 31 2011 11:20 GMT
#355
So, we are going to kill neutral monsters just like in WC3/LoL to gain exp. points and upgrade out minions/hero? Not really impressed.... the upgrades seems interesting, but i hope they are well balanced. No hints about some new units?
No GG, No Skill - Jaedong <3
Faraday
Profile Joined April 2009
United States553 Posts
May 31 2011 11:22 GMT
#356
Super awesome preview...I'm sooo hyped!! O_O

Just ONE complaint: Please PLEASE PLEASE let Kerrigan's hair down!!!!!

Like this:
[image loading]

I don't want her to look like Tosh's sister....
what happened, happened...
Nicodemusher
Profile Joined November 2010
United States188 Posts
May 31 2011 11:23 GMT
#357
Fuck, this looks so awesome. Honestly, I'm glad to see the changes they're making. At least they're looking at things and realizing that certain things are not okay atm. Whether or not those evaluations evolve into good things...in Blizzard I trust.
Tschis
Profile Joined November 2010
Brazil1511 Posts
May 31 2011 11:23 GMT
#358
20 new missions? Sounds like the number is getting lower...

IIRC they said it should be like 30~ missions for each game?
"A coward is not someone that runs from a battle knowing he will lose. A coward is someone who challenges a weak knowing he will win."
Deleuze
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United Kingdom2102 Posts
May 31 2011 11:23 GMT
#359
The marketplace too is a little worrying.

I do wonder how much money Blizz makes from the game....

WoW is all about generating ongoing income, and is having new subscription upgrades etc to stimulate income from it.

If this marketplace is where Blizz really sees the money coming in from SC2 (from end users at least) assuming they take a cut from the custom maps they sell then this could present serious implications about where their interests lie: 'hardcore' (read: intellegent, passionate) gamers or casual gamers running around with a chefs hat trying to fry zerglings....
“An image of thought called philosophy has been formed historically and it effectively stops people from thinking.” ― Gilles Deleuze, Dialogues II
Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-31 11:46:44
May 31 2011 11:26 GMT
#360
Roach

Chitinous Plating - +1 armor.
Bile Ducts – +2 damage.
Organic Carapace – Health regeneration increased by 2

Evolution:

Prowler – Enables burrow movement.
Leech – Every unit killed gains the leech 10 HP (up to a maximum of 60). Also, Health regeneration increased.

I'm glad they've finally come up with some new ideas to make the roach more interesting, it was starting to feel like a stale/1-dimensional unit. I can't wait to get try out the new +armor, +damage, +regen, +burrowed move, singleplayer-only roach upgrades in HotS!


(yes yes I realize this is a very early build and most likely will be changed, but I still find it amusing how that's the best they were able to come up with for 1 of their 3 units they put on display)
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