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thezanursic
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FidoDido
United States1292 Posts
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TheRavensName
United States911 Posts
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thezanursic
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Ace1123
Philippines1187 Posts
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avilo
United States4100 Posts
On April 12 2012 14:11 Cassel_Castle wrote: Everyone offering alternatives just wants to recycle BW units into HotS. Have we reached a point in RTS where every possible balanced unit has been made? They should recycle spider mines into SC2...hint hint. Seriously, how has it not occurred to them to add spider mines to terran yet. They keep looking for all these convoluted "positional units" when there already is a tried and tested one that's been in use for the last 11 years+. | ||
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Synwave
United States2803 Posts
The "rebalancing" shows this philosophy. I just can't see this as being good for the scene but Im sure it will be good for the tm in the short term. | ||
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thezanursic
5498 Posts
On April 12 2012 01:27 andeh wrote: Shredder and replicant being cut was expected, surprised and saddened zerg has remained unchanged though What Zerg has the best new units. Everything except the unnecessary Ultralisk charge and Banelings underground movement. | ||
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Hall0wed
United States8486 Posts
Protoss looking really lame to me at the moment too. Good thing I play random now. =D | ||
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xXFireandIceXx
Canada4296 Posts
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Hattori_Hanzo
Singapore1229 Posts
Dustin is going about it the wrong way, which is why the RA franchise is completely shit. Every race is starting to feel the same with different skins. Our cultures are different because we value different things, like community/individuality, privacy/openness, etc The old story was Protoss = individual/clan, Zerg = community/hive, Terran = I have no idea what I'm doing. Their units reflected those cultures, zealot, zergling and the marine. If he'd just stick to the formula I'm sure he could come up with something other than RA units with SC2 skins. | ||
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Deimos0
Poland277 Posts
 but back to the topic - I'm happy that Blizzard is experimenting with Protoss, but I'm not sure if I will like other capital ship than Carrier. Gameplay-wise - maybe, but focusing on lore - not so much. AA spider mines sound crazy :D | ||
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JerKy
Korea (South)3013 Posts
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jackalope1234
122 Posts
On April 12 2012 01:27 Tsenister wrote: "We are also experimenting with an extremely long-ranged terran missile launcher that can be used to break siege tank lines to make terran-vs.-terran factory-based games more dynamic." Makes me believe they don't really have players on the development team. I mean they already have ghosts for nukes to make people move siege lines. It would also be a bit weird if the turret was indirect fire and make the game feel less "starcrafty". It would probably be built defensively against tank pushes making the game even more gridlocked. then youll just have lines of these things... | ||
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cosmo.6792
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Wafflelisk
Canada1061 Posts
On April 12 2012 13:58 Hattori_Hanzo wrote: YES. Also, Should Dustin... Poll: Should Dustin stop recycling Red Alert units into Starcraft universe? Yes, make it stop, please for the love of cats! (45) No, because RA units are cool. *hipster pose* (12) 57 total votes Your vote: Should Dustin stop recycling Red Alert units into Starcraft universe? (Vote): Yes, make it stop, please for the love of cats! V3 Launch Unit! "Rockets fueled and ready" .. heh, at least that was the first thing that popped into my mind. Happy about the replicant being scrapped, would have liked to have seen the shredder as I like the concept and it feels like it fits with the race, but not too too upset especially with a few high level Terrans popping in here and saying it was completely garbage/folded to deathballs. Would still like the carrier and mothership to be salvaged, especially since they sound better than the changed tempest (although a bit absurd for me to say this without even videos or definite stats of the new unit..) Heh. Getting even more hyped up for a beta. | ||
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Sub40APM
6336 Posts
On April 12 2012 14:37 cosmo.6792 wrote: There is only one certainty I garnered from this latest update: HotS will not be released in 2012. Absolutely no way. They already said that in their SEC filings. Blizz is going to release only 1 title this year, and that title is Diablo 3. | ||
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tztztz
Germany314 Posts
On April 12 2012 14:30 Synwave wrote: No offense but browder knows about as much about balance as I do, he is a complete activision guy..what sells the most units in the first week and we will patch the rest. The "rebalancing" shows this philosophy. I just can't see this as being good for the scene but Im sure it will be good for the tm in the short term. if this were true, they would have kept the carrier, right? | ||
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Dingobloo
Australia1903 Posts
On April 12 2012 14:42 Sub40APM wrote: They already said that in their SEC filings. Blizz is going to release only 1 title this year, and that title is Diablo 3. They actually said 2 titles according to IGN and the investor Conference Call, but judging by how far along the mists of pandaria beta is, that's likely the 2nd. Source | ||
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BlueKatz
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- Remove Shredder: Good, I hate this unit. It should be Protoss building imo, help with taking 3rd, defend vs muta and drop and stop mass roaches ling. - Thor being keep instead of Warhound: I hate warhound design, but I love the idea of having bonus damage vs Mech units. Why can't they give us smaller Thor (so can't be mass repair) do x4 hits instead of x2 (so better vs Immortal) and have no skill (so can't be feedbacked). It will make Thor much better in both TvT and TvP and less deathball in TvZ - Super long range missile: They must be joking... Nuke is so good already, make it +1 range or something would be a lot better. This is so stupid - Anti-air spider: Correct me if I'm wrong, but are they giving Terran Scourge??? Eh with Turret, Marine and Thor Terran already fine, just need to have something vs BL now. - Oracle: Cool, I like this unit - Replicant being removed: Yeshhhh - Tempest being long range attacker: Uhh why don't they just fix the classic Carrier using old BW mechanic? I like the design of the tempest but I still prefer keeping Carrier - Nexus Mass Recall: Horrible idea. - Swarm Host: Nothing wrong with it but it seems too strong imo and I prefer Lurker, Zerg need some AoE. - Viper Blinding skill: Ok this is stupid, seriously. Only Bio? That sound like a counter skills, not a game changing skills. We don't need more "He makes X you need Y" stuffs and Infestor and Bane are already good vs Bio. Bring back Dark Swarm! It's A LOT better (I would use it even if it cost 200 Energy) - Viper Energy regen: Idk, sound way to gimmicky . I prefer Consume, way more Zerg like - Keep Overseer: Good, I dislike how OL being detector back in BW and Viper skill suck. But I don't think they need to make any cool ability for it - New nydus network types: I don't think it's necessary, just make nydus worm faster or cheaper Sorry for the long thought  | ||
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