No, it won't, because Fighting Spirit has 6 patch gold Minerals instead of the 8 normal Minerals, which gives you about the same mineral income, but have 1 Rich geyser instead of the 2 normal ones, which gives you less gas. So, in the end, you will need lower worker count per base, you will have about the same Mineral income, but about 25% less gas income, so you will have to expand more, with less workers, and more army. A lot more like in the Brood War. You won't be able to max out on 2 bases, that is for sure.

Destructicon

4713 Posts

March 18 2013 10:58 GMT

#104

I really want to see Fighting Spirit in action, just because all high yield bases will create its own unique meta-game and we will have crazy new and unique strats that will only work on it. I also want to see a classic back in the spotlight.

gCgCrypto

Germany297 Posts

March 18 2013 11:01 GMT

#105

FRB All gold on Fighting spirite :DDDD awesome! Barrin did it at last :D

danbel1005

United States1319 Posts

March 18 2013 11:02 GMT

#106

THANK GOD for KeSPA.
Artemis, no ez third, no turtle, sexy back and forth games, awesome.
Colosseum, beautiful, BW memories except for that third and no 2nd ramp, awesome.
The mother fucking Fighting Spirit, OH YES, all gold and one gas, so excited for this map, awesome.

Face off, micro intensive, ppl dont like that these days, koreans will do ok in it tho.
Sanctuary, funny looking, looking forward to funny looking games.

Bagi

Germany6799 Posts

March 18 2013 11:02 GMT

#107

Face off, two maps in one?

Not sure what to think of these maps, others look just really plain (Artemis, Colosseum) and the rest are just insane.

archonOOid

1983 Posts

March 18 2013 11:03 GMT

#108

I'm very excited about Artemis and Fighting spirit as gold bases seems to play a major role on those maps. It's really the first we see a major tournament experiment not just with the layout of a starcraft map but with the economics of the map. I don't know how it will fare balance wise but it will lead to more expanding as gold bases run out minerals faster.

Schelim

Austria11528 Posts

March 18 2013 11:04 GMT

#109

lol these maps look so insane, would love to see them in play

Ramiz1989

12124 Posts

March 18 2013 11:08 GMT

#110

I would love to see Heartbreaker Ridge, Andromeda and Blue Storm. I love those maps. :D

Slickpick

United Kingdom21 Posts

March 18 2013 11:20 GMT

#111

Just played Fighting Spirit and OMG SO MUCH MONEY!

Kontys

Finland659 Posts

March 18 2013 11:23 GMT

#112

Fighting Spirit all gold amounts to an experiment on what it would mean if basic mineral mechanics were changed for the game.

grunge

United States40 Posts

March 18 2013 11:25 GMT

#113

I just played fighting spirit again with close to a maxed out terran army at around 14 minutes. I was on 2 bases.

yoshi245

United States2974 Posts

March 18 2013 11:26 GMT

#114

Heh, they are quite silly to make Fighting Spirit all gold bases. But it should change up the gameplay quite a bit, just like how Arkanoid how all those rocks.

Now excuse me while I watch Trinidad James - All Gold Everything song on youtube for the 50th time.

Sorathez

Australia209 Posts

March 18 2013 11:27 GMT

#115

Oh PLEASE let Fighting Spirit get in!!!! I want to see this.

PVJ

Hungary5221 Posts

March 18 2013 11:30 GMT

#116

On March 18 2013 20:20 Slickpick wrote:
Just played Fighting Spirit and OMG SO MUCH MONEY!

You played with any normal build tho, right? Because I'm pretty sure everyone will have to come up with specific openers / builds for it. Like 12Nexus or something.

BLinD-RawR

ALLEYCAT BLUES51538 Posts

March 18 2013 11:40 GMT

#117

On March 18 2013 17:51 Pandemona wrote:
Don't KESPA understand why gold mineral veins were taken out of WOL? ;_;

thats why they made everything gold, BW style balance, give imba to both races.

Goldfish

2230 Posts

March 18 2013 11:42 GMT

#118

On March 18 2013 16:45 Dodgin wrote:
Kespa really isn't afraid to pull out the insane maps huh.

Yep.

I can't wait for KeSPA to introduce new maps with WC3 style creeping and mercenaries you can hire from neutral structures.

That's when things will get real.

Edit - They kind of did it with a few maps in BW (the neutral command center you can infest as a flying Queen is sort of something).