iloveoov's interview after returning to SKT - Page 2

On September 04 2013 01:00 XiaoJoyce- wrote:
I think, Blizzard is trying too hard?

Trying to make the most competitive game, using advanced statistic, carefully designed units, create specific for specific roles.
Putting balance in top priority as design, viability comes 2nd.

Then you get SC2 design. Things like, Ghost snipe change only so it is only strong to snipe spellcaster, all those hard counter things.

In BW, let my imagination run, I can imagine the way they come up terran army design, mech for example.
Cheap and effective scout unit ->Vulture coupled Spider mine to make unit more interesting and stretegic?

Then comes the core unit ->Siege tank, High damage &Range, with drawback such as no air attack and require siege + friendly fire, slow rate of fire and minimum range

Then comes the ultimate mech army, the robot Goliath . Require Armory, with good anti air to compliment siege tank? As ultimate unit of terran mech, it has ground twin cannon doing respectable dmg. 12 dmg with good rate of fire. Better than unstim marine.

I feel Broodwar design is to design a viable looking army, with each unit able to support one another with specific role to compliment one another. Balance is important, but is not the core of the design.

Then u get a very well designed superiority fighter such as wraith equipped with air - ground weapon in case they need to fire against land unit. With cloak as upgrade to make it even more stretegy.

Science vessal too, with 1 defensive ability, and 2 offensive to deal with respective race.

U get good design BW.

NOW! Tadadadadada

SC2, I feel they design the unit too specifically, mainly for balance reason

u see the replacement of wraith (Viking) need to transform in order to deal with land unit, long time delay of transformation time. Slow speed (as superiority fighter), no cloak. Unable to deal with future threat like phoenix.

u see replacement of vulture (Hellbat) No more mines.. (Is it more effective than vulture? I am not sure...)

u see replacement of goliath, Thor. I feel Goliath is so much needed & important for future war to come, but they delete away maybe for balance.

You see some obvious hardcounter, ghost snipe ability talor to SNIPE, only spellcaster etc..

U dont see a future generation army, u see human playing god, trying to step in everytime to change the ecosystem in order to create the perfect ecosystem.

I feel BW is like a natural ecosystem, where everything blends in perfectly. Let nature fix itself.

I feel SC2 is so man made it lost all its beauty.