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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
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¤tpage=7 | ||
Wunder
United Kingdom2950 Posts
Thanks in advance! | ||
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AlphaFerg
United States148 Posts
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Sprouter
United States1724 Posts
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
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
Nauru12397 Posts
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Destroyr
Germany299 Posts
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 :'( | ||
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Broodwurst
Germany1586 Posts
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Gaius Baltar
United States449 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
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thejamster
Canada71 Posts
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graNite
Germany4434 Posts
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Reborn8u
United States1761 Posts
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! | ||
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Thunderflesh
United States382 Posts
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Solarsail
United Kingdom538 Posts
Performance on 'Low' noticeably decreased with this patch. | ||
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LOLItsRyann
England551 Posts
Question: will there be a mini campaign like the Zeratul campaign in WoL? | ||
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Timetwister22
United States538 Posts
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PineapplePizza
United States749 Posts
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
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Gamegene
United States8308 Posts
What they have changed to the HOTS script in response to the very negative reception to WoL's shitty writing? | ||
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papaz
Sweden4149 Posts
1. Did they expect Kerrigan to become that popular and has this had an impact on how they decided to write the story for future SC 2 lore/campaigns? Such as it will be harder for Raynor to get a "happy ending and getting the girl - Kerrigan back"? 2. When she was created, was it "planned" to make her a new iconic figure in Blizzard or did she just happened to be liked by all fans and grew to be a big figure in Blizzard universe? | ||
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Abracadaver
United States21 Posts
On January 17 2013 17:31 Gamegene wrote: 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? I have the same complaint about WoL for sure, but I think you have to be a little more cooperative to get such a question answered. Surely their answer to a jab like that will be a generic "We're really proud of the storylines we're developing and we hope you like them as much as we do." In a similar vein though I would ask if they're going to keep the same approach to campaign progress and mission selection as WoL. I felt like the branching-in-almost-no-particular-order design of the WoL campaign painted the writers into a corner because there were too many potential paths through the same missions. This made it difficult for the plot to reference past events (because even "required" missions may or may not have been played yet) and forced all the character's motivations to be very local. I want to know if they were happy with that design decision and whether they'll be taking the same approach or maybe shifting to a more traditional linear/branching (rather than... web?) design for HotS. Of course that says nothing about the admittedly cheesy plot  | ||
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JustPassingBy
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MasterCynical
505 Posts
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Insoleet
France1806 Posts
I would like to enlight the following arguments : - Zerg now have viper's blinding cloud and abduct as a hardcounter to tanks - Protoss only had difficulties early game against tank, but it gone with the MSC photon overcharge - Terran bio had difficulties against mech, but its gone thanks to medivac speed. And they could give back a medivac heal upgrade. | ||
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Arceus
Vietnam8333 Posts
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gedatsu
1286 Posts
Also, can we expect something like a "reversed terran holdout" where we take the Zerg attacking side of the popular bunker-up-and-survive missions? | ||
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imPermanenCe
Netherlands595 Posts
On January 17 2013 16:08 Destroyr wrote: 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 :'( There were scourges in the zeratul missions And scouts  but kinda hoping for a lot more old school bw units as well. | ||
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Proseat
Germany5113 Posts
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Destroyr
Germany299 Posts
On January 17 2013 18:06 Insoleet wrote: Why do they refuse to buff tanks to help terran against the swarm and against protoss deathball when going mech ? Do they think buffing the tank would lead to a bad game design ? I would like to enlight the following arguments : - Zerg now have viper's blinding cloud and abduct as a hardcounter to tanks - Protoss only had difficulties early game against tank, but it gone with the MSC photon overcharge - Terran bio had difficulties against mech, but its gone thanks to medivac speed. And they could give back a medivac heal upgrade. Sadly this Q&A is only about the campaigne. But I 100% support this question! Edit: @imPermanenCe I remember them now too  so many cool units that have no relevance for the true game. I have to play the campaign again to have fun with the little wraiths | ||
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Animzor
Sweden2154 Posts
On January 17 2013 17:31 Gamegene wrote: 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? Man... the way Blizzard has utterly failed with everything in SC2 makes me so sad :'( | ||
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Insoleet
France1806 Posts
On January 17 2013 19:32 Destroyr wrote: Sadly this Q&A is only about the campaigne. But I 100% support this question! Edit: @imPermanenCe I remember them now too so many cool units that have no relevance for the true game. I have to play the campaign again to have fun with the little wraiths Aah sorry i misunderstood Well, i'd love so much if a interviewer would agree to ask theses question to dustin and davidkim, because nobody understand their choice about refusing to buff the tank in hots  | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
Any question is cool and I'll be working the list of what to ask until we get to the interview. Not sure if I can disclose the exact time/date so just keep posting. Even if we don't get a chance to ask a question, I'll try to read through them all to see if they were answered in the opening presentation or another portion. Also we may find an opportunity to answer a question when we are doing the post write up. Just trying to see what people are curious about in all aspects of the game. Also I think a some of the lore questions may be answered in the Creative Q&A series Blizzard has been posting. | ||
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archonOOid
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HorusTheFalcon
France9 Posts
- Can we expect somes missions were we control two races at once (like Raynor's Terran and Kerrigan's Zerg) ? - Does the building will be upgradable like the units ? (Like hatch producing more larva or can defend herself) - Does Kerrigan will be able to change her form (between the "ghost form" shows in 2011 and the "swarm form" shows couple of months later) in every mission, or at some point she'll just evolved for the rest of the campaign ? - In the Beta UI, we have Kerrigan's ghost form in lab, can we expected to have more animated wallpaper (maybe "Kerrigan's swarm form with somes zergs running around" unlocked after complainting the campaign ?) - Compair to WoL, will be more or less cinematics/in-game cutscenes ? | ||
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Azurues
Malaysia5612 Posts
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tshi
United States2495 Posts
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Zaphid
Czech Republic1860 Posts
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Furlisht
Belgium177 Posts
Will the unit be less one dimensional when you unlock them, as stated before, when you got the X unit in WoL, you knew you could just spam this unit and win the next mission. | ||
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chuky500
France473 Posts
Are there mini games like lost vikings ? | ||
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-Kyo-
Japan1926 Posts
Will there ever be the option to edit the variables file so we can play on true low settings with high shaders/forcefields being visible again; and similarly will they ever introduce Stronger Team Colors for people who elect to use it, assuming they continue to restrict us from using a perfectly working version of the mod already out? edit: I guess my other question about the campaign would be: How long do they estimate the average play time through it in each expansion will be? Though I much prefer the first question >.> | ||
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Ammanas
Slovakia2166 Posts
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S1eth
Austria221 Posts
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Sherlock-Canada
Canada269 Posts
On January 17 2013 17:08 Timetwister22 wrote: Will there be new achievable portraits featuring the new units? Will they replace any current WoL portraits? They have expressed that there are new portraits for the new units via their new experience system, though I don't doubt that they will have some for campaign, various achievements, etc. Suffice it to say, I suspect they will keep the old portraits as well. On January 17 2013 16:23 Gaius Baltar wrote: Will there be player decisions again that don't count in the story canon? They've also said that the decisions you made in the first campaign will affect the new campaign, so. | ||
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fabiano
Brazil4644 Posts
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nooboon
2602 Posts
On January 17 2013 17:31 Gamegene wrote: 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? I second this question. My own question would be: How important was the lore/storyline of the campaign in comparison to the game-play or mission design? Was there more emphasis in developing the plot or was there more emphasis in making the missions diverse? | ||
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Destroyr
Germany299 Posts
On January 17 2013 23:39 fabiano wrote: I would expect all the answers to strong and direct critique questions to be generic, non-objective and filled with lots of nothing. Sure but we can try. | ||
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Tchado
Jordan1831 Posts
On January 17 2013 23:35 S1eth wrote: Will Samir Duran make a reappearance? I forgot about that SOB :O , good question | ||
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HorusTheFalcon
France9 Posts
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Leviance
Germany4079 Posts
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andiCR
Costa Rica2273 Posts
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voltaic
1071 Posts
I tried to write them the way you can understand what i mean (to avoid misconceptions) if you pick one (would be awesome) feel free to ask it differently, my english isn't the best. i just don't know if you already do it c: 1: can they clarify the difference between behemoth/leviathan and which of those (maybe both) will be in HotS? (kerrigan uses leviathans, in the cgi-snippet it look more like behemoth) 2: WoL tried (and failed hard) to be funny/comical. Will HotS be more serious and less cheesy? (praying to Gaga 4 this) 3: will the ultra-settings need better specs? (mine hardly pulls sc2 off on ultra, i doubt it will hots) 4: will HotS feature longer missions than WoL? those 4-minute missions (WoL) didn't do anything and a campaign with only 20 of those (HotS) will be drastically shorter if "tutorial-like" missions make like 3 of all. 5: How did Kerrigan come in touch with her brood again after escaping the lab? she has her brood + leviathan... any lore explanation? 6: Blizzard pretty much spoiled everything of WoL before it was even released. Did they learn out of it? Is there more story to come than we expect? Is Korhal not the biggest event in HotS? (the website depicted it, hoping it's not the end) | ||
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voltaic
1071 Posts
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Sabu113
United States11075 Posts
How does balancing dramatic changes to the functionality and power of units affect the campaign level design and controlling for difficulty? (A sub question would be how do they tweak difficulty). Less important: Would they consider and cameo tributes to great players / Why aren't those sorts of easter eggs in the game with the history StarCraft has? (A Boxer Marine, A Stork Carrier, ZerO Queen, A reach Manlot, a Tyrant Muta) edit: One last question I don't know if this is tactful but it's true: How would they respond to the criticism that the music design for WoL was far less memorable and even inferior to the racial music for the original StarCraft and Brood War? *How are they changing their approach to solve this problem? | ||
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voltaic
1071 Posts
Again being pessimistic about how HotS will melt graphic cards | ||
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nAgeDitto
United States428 Posts
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mrRoflpwn
United States2618 Posts
Will the story be more serious considering the plot was very cheesy in WoL (saving a girlfriend...) | ||
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voltaic
1071 Posts
I guess on the event itself... maybe. Still, i hope Blizz won't spoil anything. what i find a bit strange: we have ~20 mission and ~3 for every planet. so basically char + kaldir + umoja for example make already the half of the campaign/story? ._. | ||
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Dante.StarCraft
Norway170 Posts
My questions: 1. Why was Zeratul surprised to learn about a Hybrid, and seemingly unaware of who could have made it? He actually uses the word "could" too, apparently not even wanting to guess it might be Duran (which, admittedly, is a pretty good guess). It seems kinda like a Catch-22. Why? Because he's trekking through the galaxy because he found hybrids, now looking for more of them, and when he does find more, he is... surprised. And yet he can't be surprised, because the reason he stumbled upon one is that he had found one earlier. 2. There was a lot of artifact-grabbing in WOL, and a lot of people wanted them. I can understand why Raynor wanted them (money), why the Moebius Foundation wanted them (to assemble the artifact), why Kerrigan wanted them (to hinder the artifact being assembled), why the Tal'Darim wanted them (they were holy relics), but in the second mission, Tychus, under commands of Mengsk, asks Raynor to steal them from the Dominion. Why did the Dominion want them? It seems like a small detail, but considering the importance of the artifacts, it really can't be. 3. A lot of the novels have stories that exist on the sidelines, with plot points that aren't vital to know if one wants to follow the game's stories. But the latest entry, Flashpoint, had events so important that I wonder how HOTS will play for people who didn't read the book. I'm sure Blizzard doesn't expect everyone who plays the campaign to play the book, so how will this go about? 4. Is Kerrigan being a "Class 12 psionic" the same as being 12 on the psi index scale, the same which rates Nova a ten? 5. Will there be branched missions in HOTS as it was in WOL? 6. Once you've landed on planet, will you be able to leave before finishing all missions on it? 7. The trailer shows what looks the Hyperion fighting in a mission. Will there be a mission (or more) where we control Terran, most likely Raynor and the Raiders? 8. The Blizzcon trailer showed in-game Kerrigan on a moving, flying vehicle. Please ask about that, because it looks awesome. | ||
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Noocta
France12578 Posts
With the succes of games like The Witcher 2 or Deus Ex : Human Revolution, do you concider a more mature and adult approch to the Starcraft IP in singleplayer ? Wing of Liberty showcased a very " holywood" and easy scenario and presentation in comparaison to the original Starcraft game and many people were disapointed by this choice. | ||
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LeafMeAlone
United States301 Posts
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KentHenry
United States260 Posts
How will you change Terran's late game unit production to compete with Zergs and Protoss? Zerg can instantly re-max with banked injects and protoss can warp-in and chrono the cool downs of warp-in; while Terran takes significantly longer to re-max. | ||
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unrev
Canada46 Posts
in various environnement. In Hots can we expect to see cinematics that reminds us a bit more of the game like a terran base or a protoss drop etc. | ||
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Roarer
Hong Kong124 Posts
On January 20 2013 12:17 KentHenry wrote: My question is: How will you change Terran's late game unit production to compete with Zergs and Protoss? Zerg can instantly re-max with banked injects and protoss can warp-in and chrono the cool downs of warp-in; while Terran takes significantly longer to re-max. How can we remind posters that the preview is mainly about campaign other than stating that and bold it in the OP = =? | ||
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KentHenry
United States260 Posts
On January 20 2013 12:41 Roarer wrote: How can we remind posters that the preview is mainly about campaign other than stating that and bold it in the OP = =? OP said mainly around campaign but also multiplayer, just wanted to throw my question into the lotto. | ||
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Dante.StarCraft
Norway170 Posts
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SiroKO
France721 Posts
Will it be the same in Heart Of The Swarm ? In terms of multiplayer gameplay and viewer experience, what in your opinion was the major flaw of Starcraft 2 Wings of Liberty that you hope to be (partially or entirely) adressed with Heart Of The Swarm ? | ||
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voltaic
1071 Posts
WoL had some more irrelevant planets that were only for 1 mission (Agria, Typhon, Redstone etc.) while Broodwar for example had more important fights on more important planets (Zerg campaign had Tarsonis, Braxis, Moria, Korhal etc.) In BW it didn't feel like it was some minor fight one some irrelevant planet no one will ever hear about and the impact was very little. So Korhal was invaded, the Psi-Disruptor destroyed, the UED wiped out and all that in the first few missions. Overall even BW with the bad graphics and "mission-design" (was more simple ---> destroy everything) felt even more epic than WoL. I don't even know why. | ||
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figq
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GhandiEAGLE
United States20754 Posts
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Ashur
Czech Republic646 Posts
2) What about maphacks, are you planning to change game engine to disable this kind of cheating. (Maphacks in HoN are not possible) 3) When I will be able to join to ongoing game in case I had disconnect? Or in case I want to observe ongoing game//tournament game w/o commentary. | ||
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