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Zhou
Profile Joined February 2009
United States832 Posts
June 08 2012 22:42 GMT
#501
I believe also it was Blizzards goal to release an expansion every 2 years in succession after one another. Yes guys, it's been two years already. I would love to keep myself busy this summer with it though!
optical630
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom768 Posts
June 09 2012 12:03 GMT
#502
On June 08 2012 22:37 canikizu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 08 2012 17:29 Fragile51 wrote:
On June 08 2012 17:02 Kiyo. wrote:
On June 08 2012 16:26 Fragile51 wrote:
On June 08 2012 16:24 Adreme wrote:
On June 08 2012 16:01 Fueled wrote:
On June 08 2012 15:42 Ksquared wrote:
How long did the Wings of Liberty beta last?

Closed beta began on February 17th, 2010 and the entire beta ended on July 19th, 2010.


They probably wont need nearly that long though for this beta. The only reason they would need to take that long is if they dont plan to release it this year and want to drag out beta just to drag it out.


Anyone hoping for HoTS to release in 2012 is quite the optimist. I'd wager it's gonna be Q1 2013, at the earliest.


What? If beta is really coming this month, and all signs are pointing to that, then chances are it will release this year. The longest a Blizzard beta has ever gone was Diablo 3, but that was a whole new engine/game and even then, it was way above their average. Most Blizzard betas run for 3-5 months. As this is an expansion, chances are very high it won't go longer then that. That would put it at a late November/Early December release at the latest, and would be just in time for the holiday season.


This is blizzard we're talking about here, guessing that its gonna take longer then expected is a pretty safe guess :p

Historically, Blizzard always released the expansion within a year of the original on. This happened in WC, WC3, SC1, Diablo 2, WoW, which are pretty much all games they made. I'm shocked that they already took 1 and a half year to release HotS.


cant speak for the other games, but the first wow expansion was not released within the first year, possibly 2
Seiniyta
Profile Joined May 2010
Belgium1815 Posts
June 09 2012 12:20 GMT
#503
On June 09 2012 21:03 optical630 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 08 2012 22:37 canikizu wrote:
On June 08 2012 17:29 Fragile51 wrote:
On June 08 2012 17:02 Kiyo. wrote:
On June 08 2012 16:26 Fragile51 wrote:
On June 08 2012 16:24 Adreme wrote:
On June 08 2012 16:01 Fueled wrote:
On June 08 2012 15:42 Ksquared wrote:
How long did the Wings of Liberty beta last?

Closed beta began on February 17th, 2010 and the entire beta ended on July 19th, 2010.


They probably wont need nearly that long though for this beta. The only reason they would need to take that long is if they dont plan to release it this year and want to drag out beta just to drag it out.


Anyone hoping for HoTS to release in 2012 is quite the optimist. I'd wager it's gonna be Q1 2013, at the earliest.


What? If beta is really coming this month, and all signs are pointing to that, then chances are it will release this year. The longest a Blizzard beta has ever gone was Diablo 3, but that was a whole new engine/game and even then, it was way above their average. Most Blizzard betas run for 3-5 months. As this is an expansion, chances are very high it won't go longer then that. That would put it at a late November/Early December release at the latest, and would be just in time for the holiday season.


This is blizzard we're talking about here, guessing that its gonna take longer then expected is a pretty safe guess :p

Historically, Blizzard always released the expansion within a year of the original on. This happened in WC, WC3, SC1, Diablo 2, WoW, which are pretty much all games they made. I'm shocked that they already took 1 and a half year to release HotS.


cant speak for the other games, but the first wow expansion was not released within the first year, possibly 2


1,5 year for WoW. HoTS seems to be taking a bit longer which is fine.
Pokemon Master
Zaros
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom3692 Posts
June 09 2012 12:22 GMT
#504
On June 09 2012 21:20 Seiniyta wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 09 2012 21:03 optical630 wrote:
On June 08 2012 22:37 canikizu wrote:
On June 08 2012 17:29 Fragile51 wrote:
On June 08 2012 17:02 Kiyo. wrote:
On June 08 2012 16:26 Fragile51 wrote:
On June 08 2012 16:24 Adreme wrote:
On June 08 2012 16:01 Fueled wrote:
On June 08 2012 15:42 Ksquared wrote:
How long did the Wings of Liberty beta last?

Closed beta began on February 17th, 2010 and the entire beta ended on July 19th, 2010.


They probably wont need nearly that long though for this beta. The only reason they would need to take that long is if they dont plan to release it this year and want to drag out beta just to drag it out.


Anyone hoping for HoTS to release in 2012 is quite the optimist. I'd wager it's gonna be Q1 2013, at the earliest.


What? If beta is really coming this month, and all signs are pointing to that, then chances are it will release this year. The longest a Blizzard beta has ever gone was Diablo 3, but that was a whole new engine/game and even then, it was way above their average. Most Blizzard betas run for 3-5 months. As this is an expansion, chances are very high it won't go longer then that. That would put it at a late November/Early December release at the latest, and would be just in time for the holiday season.


This is blizzard we're talking about here, guessing that its gonna take longer then expected is a pretty safe guess :p

Historically, Blizzard always released the expansion within a year of the original on. This happened in WC, WC3, SC1, Diablo 2, WoW, which are pretty much all games they made. I'm shocked that they already took 1 and a half year to release HotS.


cant speak for the other games, but the first wow expansion was not released within the first year, possibly 2


1,5 year for WoW. HoTS seems to be taking a bit longer which is fine.


If the beta comes out in a couple of weeks the actual game might be released before christmas or early next year.
Silentness
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2821 Posts
June 09 2012 12:23 GMT
#505
On June 08 2012 20:40 Fueled wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 08 2012 20:05 PlosionCornu wrote:
I don't think the beta is gonna come THIS soon.
Remember summer 2009? Blizzard kept repeating "beta this summer!" and it actually started 6 months later (feb '10).

Ya, but WoL was a whole new game. HoTS is an expansion.

Plus (Metzen?) said they want to get their games and expansions out quicker.

And the beta is ready if its going to be at MLG. It was supposed to come out a few months ago, but was delayed.


ROFL I had to comment on your sig that was pretty hilarious (double gas + scv/marine all in = wood league)

The beta is definitely soon on the horizon. Besides even if it's just a beta they still will make some rapid changes to the game before it's actual release just like WoL. Imagine if we still had 1 supply Roaches... Stephano would be taking even MORE money "to the bank".
GL HF... YOLO..lololollol.
Garmer
Profile Joined October 2010
1286 Posts
June 09 2012 13:36 GMT
#506
yeah 1 supply roach but with 3 range...
Jackbo
Profile Joined December 2010
Korea (South)102 Posts
June 10 2012 13:51 GMT
#507
OK, I've found some information that I don't think anyone has latched onto yet. It's from the interview with Chris Sigaty where he discusses the release of the Heart of the Swarm beta. He states "we're a couple of months away from heading into that." Skip to 9:55 to hear it yourself.

I think it would be important to add this information to the OP so that people aren't hanging onto the idea that the beta will be coming out next week.
zEnVy
Profile Joined June 2011
United States446 Posts
June 10 2012 15:52 GMT
#508
One thing about HotS that will be kind of neat is that it will buff Ghosts in TvZ. Now that you've got two casters to deal with, Snipe/Emp is going to be that much more important. I'm looking forward to using them again :D
optical630
Profile Joined August 2010
United Kingdom768 Posts
June 10 2012 15:55 GMT
#509
On June 10 2012 22:51 Jackbo wrote:
OK, I've found some information that I don't think anyone has latched onto yet. It's from the interview with Chris Sigaty where he discusses the release of the Heart of the Swarm beta. He states "we're a couple of months away from heading into that." Skip to 9:55 to hear it yourself.

I think it would be important to add this information to the OP so that people aren't hanging onto the idea that the beta will be coming out next week.


my friend mentioned that but it seems odd, he might have meant to say weeks instead
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12386 Posts
June 10 2012 15:55 GMT
#510
omfg, I sure hope they would pass a key to me ><
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
Bagi
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany6799 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-10 16:07:23
June 10 2012 16:06 GMT
#511
On June 11 2012 00:52 zEnVy wrote:
One thing about HotS that will be kind of neat is that it will buff Ghosts in TvZ. Now that you've got two casters to deal with, Snipe/Emp is going to be that much more important. I'm looking forward to using them again :D

I hope they make some adjustments to snipe. Having 2 spells focused around countering casters makes the unit as a whole extremely one-dimensional.

I understand that they had to do something to nerf ghosts as snipe was too strong obviously, but their solution just seemed like a band-aid fix. With HOTS they have the perfect opportunity to re-evaluate the unit and maybe give it a less pigeonholed role.
imPermanenCe
Profile Joined July 2011
Netherlands595 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-10 16:07:23
June 10 2012 16:07 GMT
#512
http://asia.gamespot.com/starcraft-ii-heart-of-the-swarm/videos/interview-with-the-production-director-of-starcraft-2-6381781/

Chris Sigaty thinks the beta will last about 3 months (pretty short). And I think he's saying they'll start beta in a couple of weeks.

He touches this subject, starting at around 9:30.
Micro at its best is like an elegant dance between two people trying to achieve a similar end.
ig0tfish
Profile Joined July 2009
United States345 Posts
June 10 2012 18:37 GMT
#513
So we can expect HotS before by Q4 at latest??
gasmeter
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United Kingdom249 Posts
June 10 2012 18:43 GMT
#514
I think HotS will be released late 2012, in time for christmas. The battle report matches at MLG look really cool!
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Leviance
Profile Joined November 2009
Germany4079 Posts
June 10 2012 18:43 GMT
#515
It's time for TL to get a subforum HotS
"Blizzard is never gonna nerf Terran because of those American and European fuck" - Korean Netizen
imPermanenCe
Profile Joined July 2011
Netherlands595 Posts
June 10 2012 22:43 GMT
#516
Well, I think sigaty just makes a random guess tho. Dustin Browder said if the game isn't good enough, they won't release it. So guessing that the beta takes about 3 months maybe isn't that accurate (because I think Sigaty doesn't know that much about balance). But if beta balances out quickly, hots will also be released quickly.

A 2012 release was beyond my expectations But I guess there's a small chance now.
Micro at its best is like an elegant dance between two people trying to achieve a similar end.
Darknat
Profile Joined March 2011
United States122 Posts
June 10 2012 23:11 GMT
#517
On June 11 2012 03:43 gasmeter wrote:
I think HotS will be released late 2012, in time for christmas.


It would only take that long if Blizzard is lazy/incompetent.
Fencar
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States2694 Posts
June 10 2012 23:15 GMT
#518
I hope that if I pre-order HotS I can have a beta key for HotS!

It would suck if the only ways to get a beta key were to attend MLG or have a 1/1000 chance by entering the 1.5 beta contest.
This is my signature. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
SolidMoose
Profile Joined June 2011
United States1240 Posts
June 10 2012 23:19 GMT
#519
On June 11 2012 08:15 Fencer710 wrote:
I hope that if I pre-order HotS I can have a beta key for HotS!

It would suck if the only ways to get a beta key were to attend MLG or have a 1/1000 chance by entering the 1.5 beta contest.


There will be some other way, even if it's random picking. 250 people is not enough to balance the game.
dragonborn
Profile Joined January 2012
4781 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-11 00:07:51
June 10 2012 23:20 GMT
#520
im not hyped but hoping to get into beta :D
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