Questions to Blizzard - Page 12

On August 10 2013 01:47 SolidMustard wrote:
when will they understand they need to switch to a f2p model to be able to compete?

On August 09 2013 19:42 Snowbear wrote:
SC2 is actually pretty good. The problem is that people prefer these MOBA games which 1) are played in team, 2) are easier, 3) are free (LoL at least). Imagine these MOBA games weren't there. There would be much more sc2 players.

On August 10 2013 01:59 renaissanceMAN wrote:
12 pages later this thread is still whining about balance and that's why sc2 is "dying"

did i get it right?

On August 10 2013 02:12 Dingodile wrote:
As expected, Blizz dont talk to progamers, only to some who are a very influenced variable (most loved) by the community (Grubby & Incontrol).

On August 09 2013 22:44 LaLuSh wrote:
Unfortunately changes at this stage will have no effect anyway.

I never thought infestor or whatever was the balance whine of the "current period" was ever the biggest problem with SC2 -- it was just something people focus their whine on because they think it's the main problem of gameplay. The gameplay's biggest problmes are definitely things you can't ever change with a simple balance patch, so the result is that nobody whines about them.

You max much faster. You reach max number bases faster. Your economy develops faster (...so you hit all caps faster). The game is faster (but defender's advantage is paradoxically... weaker).

So Blizz put in more and more changes so nobody has to die early game to compensate for no defender's advantage... Queen range, Mothership core, Mines, Spores with no evo, ... (not to mention that everything early/mid game has been havily nerfed since WoL to compensate for no defender advantage, game being faster and reaching max quicker: stim research time, blink research time, zealot build time increased, supply before barracks and barracks build time increased, siege tank damage decrease, khaydarian removed, ghost snipe nerf, ghost EMP nerf, reaper build time increase, nexus life and zerg building life increase, warp gate research time increase). All necessary because units are produced in a different way in SC2, and because the game is faster and hits all artificial caps (supply, max bases economy) earlier. If I counted all changes in beta as well to make the point...

Even more matches now go to max supply, max economy, max bases. When SC2 games go to max supply and 3 bases, they are no longer Starcraft games... they become Warcraft 3 games. Nobody wants to attack. Just babysit army like it's a hero.


More likely reason why every non top level Terran quits is because Terran is the only race that still produces units like Brood War. So you have to have some brains and huge amounts of aggression to be succesful.

On August 10 2013 02:13 renaissanceMAN wrote:


i don't think this is the case...