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shindigs
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4795 Posts
January 17 2013 06:18 GMT
#1
This week I'll be heading down to Blizzard HQ with GHOSTCLAW to get a new preview of Heart of the Swarm. Please post questions in this thread that you would like to be asked
regarding the game.

Again, the focus is mainly around the campaign though last time they answered a lot of questions revolving around multiplayer and other aspects of the game.

You can read the first preview by lovedrop and GHOSTCLAW in 2011 here:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=228212

Previous Questions thread:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=225936&currentpage=7
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Wunder
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United Kingdom2950 Posts
January 17 2013 06:32 GMT
#2
Will the campaign feature the ability to play any of the races, like the Zeratul missions in the Wings campaign? Might we see Raynor trying to chase Kerrigan and go on his own adventure? How will the upgrade system differ from Wings, the mutations seem cool but seem similar to how you would upgrade units in the armory.

Thanks in advance!
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AlphaFerg
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States148 Posts
January 17 2013 06:35 GMT
#3
TIM! The only concern I have is how "terran-centric" the zerg expansion is going to be. Less Raynor - more hydralisks!
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Sprouter
Profile Joined December 2009
United States1724 Posts
January 17 2013 06:42 GMT
#4
will there be another minigame like the lost viking arcade game?
shindigs
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4795 Posts
January 17 2013 06:46 GMT
#5
On January 17 2013 15:32 Wunder wrote:
Will the campaign feature the ability to play any of the races, like the Zeratul missions in the Wings campaign? Might we see Raynor trying to chase Kerrigan and go on his own adventure? How will the upgrade system differ from Wings, the mutations seem cool but seem similar to how you would upgrade units in the armory.

Thanks in advance!


The zeratul question was asked in the last preview, I'll try to see if they have a more solid answer this time around.

Q: Are there going to be any more bonus missions, like the Zera'tul prophecies in WoL?

A: We're really working on that, we've heard how much fun those missions were to play and we had a blast making them; however, as you can imagine, Kerrigan doesn't really have a lot of friends. I don't see Zera'tul showing up, we need to work out the story for that and kind of figure out where it goes. It needs to feel like it's a part of it, and we need to see that there's a reason for it.
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dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
January 17 2013 06:58 GMT
#6
what non-multiplayer units can we expect to see in the campaign?
Destroyr
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany299 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-17 07:13:50
January 17 2013 07:08 GMT
#7
On January 17 2013 15:58 dAPhREAk wrote:
what non-multiplayer units can we expect to see in the campaign?


Will there be a "comeback" of broodwar / starcraft Zerg units in the heart of the swarm campaign like for Golliaths, Firebats, Wraiths and Medics in the WOL campaign?
(Just to specifiy )

Last edit there were also vultures!!! Never forget them :'(
Broodwurst
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany1586 Posts
January 17 2013 07:18 GMT
#8
How long will the campaign be compared to the WOL one?
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Gaius Baltar
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States449 Posts
January 17 2013 07:23 GMT
#9
Will there be player decisions again that don't count in the story canon?
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
January 17 2013 07:24 GMT
#10
How far along is the resume from replay feature for HotS? How will it work on Battle.net? Will there be public lobbies for it or will it only be private invite only?
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thejamster
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada71 Posts
January 17 2013 07:27 GMT
#11
How much does marketability factor into new unit design compared to balance?
graNite
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany4434 Posts
January 17 2013 07:29 GMT
#12
Will we be able to play another race in the campagin (like Protoss in WoL)?
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Reborn8u
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1761 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-17 07:35:25
January 17 2013 07:33 GMT
#13
Are they adding the zoom out for observing? (some arcade maps let observers zoom out much further than normal)

Any more features for replays (sharing and watching together through battlenet) or to have Major tournament streams built into the UI.? I still meet a lot of players who know nothing of all the great content that's out there!
:)
Thunderflesh
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States382 Posts
January 17 2013 07:49 GMT
#14
Will we see some of the "newer" units in the CGI cutscenes? For example, there were no brood lords, infestors, or roaches in the WoL cutscenes (I imagine because those cutscenes had to be finalized before it was determined what units would or wouldn't make it into the game).
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Solarsail
Profile Joined July 2012
United Kingdom538 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-01-17 07:52:22
January 17 2013 07:52 GMT
#15
Do they have plans to decrease the minimum spec of HoTS back to pre-1.5 WoL?

Performance on 'Low' noticeably decreased with this patch.
Everyone left over is a member of the OP race and you have to figure out which one of them is the least OP. - CosmicSpiral
LOLItsRyann
Profile Joined April 2011
England551 Posts
January 17 2013 08:00 GMT
#16
Yes! Thank you guys! Campaign is what I'm mostly pumped for hots in march.

Question: will there be a mini campaign like the Zeratul campaign in WoL?
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Timetwister22
Profile Joined March 2011
United States538 Posts
January 17 2013 08:08 GMT
#17
Will there be new achievable portraits featuring the new units? Will they replace any current WoL portraits?
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PineapplePizza
Profile Joined June 2010
United States749 Posts
January 17 2013 08:23 GMT
#18
How "Brutal" will the campaign's Brutal difficulty be? Will it be much more difficult than Wings of Liberty's campaign, or easier?
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-Archangel-
Profile Joined May 2010
Croatia7457 Posts
January 17 2013 08:24 GMT
#19
Do they plan to change Overseer and Corrupter for MP like they talked about many times?
Gamegene
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States8308 Posts
January 17 2013 08:31 GMT
#20
A lot of fans responded very negatively to the cheesy dialogue, and the retarded storyline that heavily contradicted with Brood War's depiction of the characters: ("Queen Bitch of the Universe" to damsel in distress; "I'm going to kill you for murdering Fenix" to I want to save my girlfriend).

What they have changed to the HOTS script in response to the very negative reception to WoL's shitty writing?
Throw on your favorite jacket and you're good to roll. Stroll through the trees and let your miseries go.
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