EPTHotS Beta to be Released Weeks After MLG Anaheim - Page 8
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TheAngelofDeath
United States2033 Posts
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RedDragon571
United States633 Posts
Honestly, this HotS beta should be open to preorders or just a flat out open beta. I think that all of the master/gm on all servers should get an invite or have some way to get an invite if they want it enough, i just would prefer any situation to the one where the big names get their easy keys and we never see another col.Trimaster, col.Goswser, Thorzain, Feast or any up and coming previously unknown player emerge into the pro scene. (no i dont plan on going pro, but i don't want to lose such a big advantage on ladder vs those who got to play beta longer) | ||
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PlosionCornu
Italy814 Posts
Yeah it happened in feb '10. | ||
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Humposaurus
Netherlands86 Posts
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Pyloss
Germany1515 Posts
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JiYan
United States3668 Posts
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NoobStyles
Australia257 Posts
On April 28 2012 15:44 PlosionCornu wrote: Don't get hyped, remember how WoL's beta was supposed (and hyped) to come out in summer '09? Yeah it happened in feb '10. feb is late summer in the southern hemisphere  | ||
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graNite
Germany4434 Posts
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PlosionCornu
Italy814 Posts
On April 28 2012 16:01 NoobStyles wrote: feb is late summer in the southern hemisphere Witty, never saw that coming ahaha | ||
ZeromuS
Canada13410 Posts
On April 28 2012 15:44 RedDragon571 wrote: Well, I really would hate it if the old guard of WoL (current pro's and semi-pro's) gets all the beta keys, while keys are handed out at random to Masters-bronze league players. It will just give the pro players the head start to maintain their dominance. Personally, I am a masters player who would love to innovate some builds and give some solid feedback in HOTS beta. I think all leagues should be able to give feedback, and blizzard would of course only take the masters league players seriously. I mean, come one most masters players don't understand the game that well, and neither do i. However we don't need gold league players spamming this/that OPOPOPOP. Lower league players can still offer a plethora of other recommendations and feedback. I'd just not prefer it be about balance, lest we get more retard easy to control a move units like collosi. Honestly, this HotS beta should be open to preorders or just a flat out open beta. I think that all of the master/gm on all servers should get an invite or have some way to get an invite if they want it enough, i just would prefer any situation to the one where the big names get their easy keys and we never see another col.Trimaster, col.Goswser, Thorzain, Feast or any up and coming previously unknown player emerge into the pro scene. (no i dont plan on going pro, but i don't want to lose such a big advantage on ladder vs those who got to play beta longer) In the end execution will matter. Im more worried about beta keys being given to people who play 3 matches a season as opposed to those of us who play a few games every night. | ||
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masterbreti
Korea (South)2711 Posts
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NoobStyles
Australia257 Posts
On April 28 2012 16:22 masterbreti wrote: I don't think we'll see a beta until maybe end of July/ August. Blizzard would be smart and get feedback from MLG and players on the beta, than go back and see what they can change/add to the game before they make it into a beta. IMO If blizzard is smart they wont listen to anyone for at least a year. I remember reading lengthy post about muta being a much better option that infestor vs Terran. The main argument for muta from what I could tell was "you might miss the fungles so then your infestors will do no damage". This wasn't in beta BTW, this is 1 year ago MAX. So IMO blizzard should be balancing from the hard data they get from battle net. Player, pro or casual feedback has proven to be basically useless over the course of WOL, and I wouldn't expect that to change any time soon. | ||
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Deckkie
Netherlands1595 Posts
On April 28 2012 17:16 NoobStyles wrote: IMO If blizzard is smart they wont listen to anyone for at least a year. I remember reading lengthy post about muta being a much better option that infestor vs Terran. The main argument for muta from what I could tell was "you might miss the fungles so then your infestors will do no damage". This wasn't in beta BTW, this is 1 year ago MAX. So IMO blizzard should be balancing from the hard data they get from battle net. Player, pro or casual feedback has proven to be basically useless over the course of WOL, and I wouldn't expect that to change any time soon. I think Blizzard is doing a great job on balancing. They never seem to be making hasty decsisions, and they ones they make seem to be spot on. On topic: I hope they will make a costum map in WOL with all the new units and stats. I know that the great modders in out community will also do it. But would love a map with new units from Blizz. | ||
pPingu
Switzerland2892 Posts
I don't think if it would be a good thing if they already released the beta and the design wasn't close being finished | ||
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chocopaw
2072 Posts
IS A 2012 RELEASE STILL POSSIBLE?! <3 | ||
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papaz
Sweden4149 Posts
On April 28 2012 20:31 pPingu wrote: The game didn't sound close to be finished in their last announcement I don't think if it would be a good thing if they already released the beta and the design wasn't close being finished Agree. In the last dev update from Dustin Browder he was talking about scrapping some of the units we've seen and that they are experimenting with new units. That doesn't sound like something ready to be showcased. Although I can't say I don't like to get my hand on a beta key ASAP  | ||
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KimJongChill
United States6429 Posts
On April 28 2012 15:44 RedDragon571 wrote: Well, I really would hate it if the old guard of WoL (current pro's and semi-pro's) gets all the beta keys, while keys are handed out at random to Masters-bronze league players. It will just give the pro players the head start to maintain their dominance. Personally, I am a masters player who would love to innovate some builds and give some solid feedback in HOTS beta. I think all leagues should be able to give feedback, and blizzard would of course only take the masters league players seriously. I mean, come one most masters players don't understand the game that well, and neither do i. However we don't need gold league players spamming this/that OPOPOPOP. Lower league players can still offer a plethora of other recommendations and feedback. I'd just not prefer it be about balance, lest we get more retard easy to control a move units like collosi. Honestly, this HotS beta should be open to preorders or just a flat out open beta. I think that all of the master/gm on all servers should get an invite or have some way to get an invite if they want it enough, i just would prefer any situation to the one where the big names get their easy keys and we never see another col.Trimaster, col.Goswser, Thorzain, Feast or any up and coming previously unknown player emerge into the pro scene. (no i dont plan on going pro, but i don't want to lose such a big advantage on ladder vs those who got to play beta longer) wait, so you want beta keys to be evenly distributed, even though you say lower league players shouldn't make input on balance, and that they should listen to master league players despite they fact that most don't understand the game at all? This is the most confusing post I've ever read. | ||
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Azzur
Australia6267 Posts
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HGurryp
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Na_Dann_Ma_GoGo
Germany2959 Posts
And you know, even though there will be ups and downs, I have no doubt, that e.g. 2 years after LotV the game will be just that much better than our current WoL. People will look back and say "yeh, the transitions and so on weren't perfect but in the end, I'm damn glad about what we've ended up with." | ||
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