| Forum Index > SC2 General |
|
NasusAndDraven
359 Posts
On November 05 2017 17:05 midou wrote: I think it was a pretty good sarcasm, no one from dota or lol is coming to SC2. Dota and LoL player here. Pretty sure ill play some rankeds for first time since WoL. But only a few. I dont think there is room for strategy in SC2, its just mechanics. | ||
|
ssg
United States1777 Posts
On November 05 2017 19:09 NasusAndDraven wrote: Dota and LoL player here. Pretty sure ill play some rankeds for first time since WoL. But only a few. I dont think there is room for strategy in SC2, its just mechanics. Joke post? | ||
|
Creager
Germany1923 Posts
On November 05 2017 17:43 FvRGg wrote: That;s all behind us now, and I'm very glad that the blizzard team have made this decision. Kudos to them for having the balls to do it. What's that got to do with balls?! They tried other ways of squeezing out some more revenue, saw that it didn't net them enough and ultimately chose the F2P model. Sorry to say, but as logical and 'good' that decision may be, it wasn't a bold one, they waited 7 years... I had my fun with SC2, got plenty of value out of it, probably the best game purchase I ever did, but Blizzard is just deliberately trying to fetch some additional buck and silence their critics regarding the pay2play+microtransaction model. | ||
|
raff100
498 Posts
On November 05 2017 19:09 NasusAndDraven wrote: Dota and LoL player here. Pretty sure ill play some rankeds for first time since WoL. But only a few. I dont think there is room for strategy in SC2, its just mechanics. Where's the strategy in Lol? I agree that dota has more strategic depth than sc2, but Lol..please | ||
|
blunderfulguy
United States1415 Posts
Not sure if it's an unintentional hilarious joke or intentional trolling or what, but either way it made me chuckle. | ||
|
Ansibled
United Kingdom9872 Posts
On November 05 2017 19:09 NasusAndDraven wrote: Dota and LoL player here. Pretty sure ill play some rankeds for first time since WoL. But only a few. I dont think there is room for strategy in SC2, its just mechanics. SC2 is just mechanics in the same way that LoL is just mechanics until you're good, this idea that StarCraft isn't a strategy game is one of the most absurd comments people make. You can run around doing everything wrong and just kill people because they're bad in LoL just like you can in StarCraft. Then again I don't know how I ever expected StarCraft to be able to compete with compelling strategic decisions of playing Draven and Nasus :D On November 05 2017 19:52 raff100 wrote: Where's the strategy in Lol? I agree that dota has more strategic depth than sc2, but Lol..please Ok the original comment was stupid but there's no reason to follow it up with something even worse. | ||
|
OkStyX
Canada1199 Posts
| ||
|
OkStyX
Canada1199 Posts
On November 05 2017 04:40 EXRNaRa wrote: Its probably a good thing for Starcraft right now. But... its happening yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaars too late. Just sad. Btw: To all the people complaning that they spend money on the game: We all had the chance to experience the game, the tournaments at a time that will never come back. With players that are not with us playing anymore, meta-games that will never comeback and just seeing the evolvement of the game and starcraft in general. At the same time you had the chance to play the games for 7 years, which the other people had not. Think about the time and fun you got over the last couple of years. Just ridicoulus to be mad about that. Grow up. So much this, the years I had playing this game with my friends and going to LANS and barcrafts etc... man i get nostalgic thinking about it. Those times I will never get back the energy the fun the drama the characters... I want people to experience the game like I have and having it F2P is a fantastic way to do it, | ||
|
figq
12519 Posts
I agree with an earlier comment that the decline of SC2 wasn't because of price tag. Overwatch has price tag, no problem, huge growth. It's about the difficulty of the game. It's not for everyone and gamers nowadays are bred to be lazy and lame by the modern standards for easier gaming. That's just how it is. BW was pretty niche in the west too a few years after release, it was only carried by the passion of Korea. And Korea couldn't get as much into SC2, because of too much commitment to BW already and because LoL took the average "casual" gamer in Korea. LoL had very aggressive marketing which SC2 didn't have. That's done already, no way to turn back the past. Free to play will bring some new blood to SC2, it will probably not be a reason for return to domination, but it's definitely not bad for the game, by any stretch. I'm very happy that now I can invite anyone to SC2 without having to draw them a complex scheme of what is free and what isn't and what should they buy if they need to also add some specific experience to what is offered for free. | ||
|
GSTL
18 Posts
much I have spent on the game the entertaining value was much higher than what I have paid for. Through the course of 7 years I have like 10.000 games played not counting the time spent on Campaigns and Arcades. This game was the longest entertaining experience in my life and now I am more than excited that finally it is coming to F2P. If anything, F2P is overdue alongside Blizzard's attention to some amazing Arcade games/ideas. What kinda shty mentality people must have to feel "robbed" when the game goes F2P ? | ||
|
Technique
Netherlands1542 Posts
This is so great for the RTS genre. How can anyone hate on this? I wish all the rts games I love turn free to play so the activity spikes and rts starts thriving again. Maybe this is even a tool to boost the rts playerbase in anticipation of a possible new Blizzard rts? <3 | ||
|
OkStyX
Canada1199 Posts
On November 05 2017 22:19 Technique wrote: Best move ever by Blizzard. This is so great for the RTS genre. How can anyone hate on this? I wish all the rts games I love turn free to play so the activity spikes and rts starts thriving again. Maybe this is even a tool to boost the rts playerbase in anticipation of a possible new Blizzard rts? <3 Doubtful they aren't gonna make any more RTS for the immediate future I don't believe. | ||
|
intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
| ||
|
geokilla
Canada8246 Posts
Depends on how skilled he is. In my opinion, anything below Platinum league is mainly mechanics. Having a strategy and build mastered means nothing if you don't know how to execute it or macro. Just macroing well gets you into at least Gold, if not Platinum. | ||
|
xtorn
4060 Posts
I see for newcomers the experience being in this order: 1) campaign 2) commander modes 3) ladder After the campaign, the commander modes will be a lot of fun to get into at start to develop the taste for the game, so it's great that some commanders are entirely free to level. Afterwards, people will hit the ladder but by then they already know a lot about the mechanics. Good move blizz | ||
|
intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
| ||
|
NasusAndDraven
359 Posts
On November 05 2017 23:26 Shakattak wrote: Doubtful they aren't gonna make any more RTS for the immediate future I don't believe. Yep. From how Blizzard been acting lately, they will make games of already popular genres. And I really dont see a 7 year old game going free to play reviving the RTS scene. Age of Empires Online was pseudo f2p and it died in less than a year. They already made the few easy bucks with BW remastered, I would be suprised if they make a new RTS game within the next 5 years. | ||
|
intotheheart
Canada33091 Posts
On November 06 2017 00:03 NasusAndDraven wrote: Yep. From how Blizzard been acting lately, they will make games of already popular genres. And I really dont see a 7 year old game going free to play reviving the RTS scene. They already made the few easy bucks with BW remastered, I would be suprised if they make a new RTS game within the next 5 years. It's likely they'd want a story to go with it, and it's also possible they'll keep releasing expansion packs or something for SC2 rather than try to build a new RTS from scratch. I mention the story because that rules out WC4 in some ways, unless they go with the parallel universe explanation. Meanwhile, I don't think any of their other IPs have the potential to become an RTS, unless you went for the OW backstory or something (which'd be similar to WC3, a mix of hero units and base building). A Diablo RTS would be interesting as well, but I wouldn't be surprised if they kept that as an action-RPG. Because action-RPG is likely to be a much bigger genre than RTS which isn't popular. | ||
|
Rollora
2450 Posts
| ||
|
Dingodile
4139 Posts
| ||
| ||
StarCraft 2 StarCraft: Brood War Dota 2 League of Legends Counter-Strike Super Smash Bros Other Games |
|
GSL
Afreeca Starleague
Barracks vs Leta
Royal vs Light
WardiTV Map Contest Tou…
RSL Revival
Replay Cast
The PondCast
KCM Race Survival
WardiTV Map Contest Tou…
CranKy Ducklings
Escore
[ Show More ] |
|
|
EPT
