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Braavos36374 Posts
As far as we know, the presentation will mostly focus on the single player campaign, so try to focus your questions on that. We'll try to sneak in a few multiplayer questions but there just might not be that much info about it right now. What do you guys want to know? What do you guys want our two TL reps to ask? Post in here and we'll hopefully get some nice information from Blizzard. | ||
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zasta
United Kingdom99 Posts
Will there be any way to link the decisions made in WoL (save Haven/purge Haven, etc.) to the HotS? Or will an "actual" story line have taken place which has one or the other... or will it not matter at all?! Is there any possibilities that players will have even more choices to make and will any of these have long running consequences? Thank you! | ||
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Aurdon
United States2007 Posts
Will Zerg get a unit that provides better early game harass? Basically any questions about new units going into the game for HoTS. | ||
Liquid`Sheth
United States2095 Posts
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Kolvacs
Canada1203 Posts
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Pixilated
United States82 Posts
How will the difficulty of the campaign (especially the beginning several missions) compare to WoL? Will the first several missions be designed to introduce players to Starcraft, or will they begin with the assumption that people have beaten WoL and know how to generally play Starcraft already? I'm just hoping that the first three-four missions won't be teaching us how to move units around the map. ^^ | ||
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dLKnighT
Canada735 Posts
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Phrost
United States4008 Posts
Will there be campaign only zerg units just like in Wings of Liberty? | ||
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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
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Cush
United States646 Posts
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Archvil3
Denmark989 Posts
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ZeroCartin
Costa Rica2390 Posts
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Deleted User 137586
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Quantum314
England217 Posts
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KMARTRULES
Australia474 Posts
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Highwinds
Canada955 Posts
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Rayeth
United States883 Posts
Also I heard they were planning on increasing the "RPG Elements" from WoL in HotS. Have them elaborate on what that means! | ||
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Mr. Wiggles
Canada5894 Posts
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rbx270j
Canada540 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Is Tychus findlay's involvement finished? Will Single-player units have the same stats as sp units from WoL, or will they be adjusted to what mp stats are? | ||
Mephiztopheles1
1124 Posts
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GreYMisT
United States6736 Posts
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darthfoley
United States8001 Posts
On May 24 2011 07:26 Darkbane wrote: I think asking about lan/cross server support is paramount. Agreed! | ||
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Ksi
357 Posts
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mardi
United States1164 Posts
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LuckstYle
Germany181 Posts
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Provocateur
Sweden1665 Posts
Any info about new units for the respective races. | ||
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Inkblood
United States463 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
There has been a lot of confusion on forums about those issues. | ||
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entropius
United States1046 Posts
Will bnet2 continue to blow donkey dick? User was warned for this post | ||
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gurrpp
United States437 Posts
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NationInArms
United States1553 Posts
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KevinIX
United States2472 Posts
On May 24 2011 06:28 zasta wrote: Soooooooo excited :D Will there be any way to link the decisions made in WoL (save Haven/purge Haven, etc.) to the HotS? Or will an "actual" story line have taken place which has one or the other... or will it not matter at all?! Is there any possibilities that players will have even more choices to make and will any of these have long running consequences? Thank you! I seem to recall them saying that the first choice, is considered canon. Will HoTS have clan support? Also, will the Blizzard Custom Map Marketplace be part of Hots. | ||
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SoylentCreep
Korea (South)176 Posts
And which BW will be available in Multiplayer?<-- the sneaky MP question^^ THX | ||
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Beef Noodles
United States937 Posts
On May 24 2011 06:31 Sheth wrote: Any plans on implementing games where allies in a 2v2 game, can remove ally and "backstab" like in BW ? So BM! | ||
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Jackbo
Korea (South)102 Posts
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AimlessAmoeba
Canada704 Posts
On May 24 2011 06:31 Sheth wrote: Any plans on implementing games where allies in a 2v2 game, can remove ally and "backstab" like in BW ? God, I hope not... lol | ||
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KiF1rE
United States964 Posts
On May 24 2011 07:26 Darkbane wrote: I think asking about lan/cross server support is paramount. it is, but its also a waste of time to ask... though asking in person is harder to dodge the question entirely, But will probably just give the poor response. Though i would love to hear blizzards thoughts on cross region, or the possibility of an international region. My questions. Will WoL choices matter at all in HoTS? What has blizzard learned from feedback from WoL SP gameplay and story? (as the choices seemed really anticlimactic and didnt seem to matter at all....) Also hope the story is less generic, and moves away from the generic sci fi plot line thats killing SP gaming for me =/ Collect a bunch of something, boom 1 shots all enemies at the end. the end. another complaint i had about the story of WoL, is that it was so fragmented and individual sections really had barely any thing to do with anything. Will the story to HoTS be more connected? A clarification on whether the expansion will be standalone or a standard expansion, And will achievements and stuff carry over. Is there plans to add a more dynamic decal system to allow customization instead of just presets? | ||
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Rasun
United States787 Posts
I am really really interested to see how they handle that. | ||
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TheAuditor
United States136 Posts
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Dalguno
United States2446 Posts
On May 24 2011 06:38 `ChroMaTe_ wrote: LAN? This for sure. | ||
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Retgery
Canada1229 Posts
Will they be changed the popularity system on the custom maps anytime soon. | ||
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Thereisnosaurus
Australia1822 Posts
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d(O.o)a
Canada5066 Posts
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phfantunes
Brazil170 Posts
2) Do you intend to add anything new to the single player, aside from the campaign? i.e.: new challenges, new vs AI modes, etc. Excuse the poor english. | ||
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Yamulo
United States2096 Posts
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Zergtastic
Australia81 Posts
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50110 Posts
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Taf the Ghost
United States11751 Posts
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CeriseCherries
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Samhax
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Herper
501 Posts
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iloahz
United States964 Posts
On May 24 2011 07:26 Darkbane wrote: I think asking about lan/cross server support is paramount. so true. I wanna play with my friends in Asia. | ||
ZeromuS
Canada13389 Posts
On May 24 2011 10:38 Thereisnosaurus wrote: "As designers your team had expectations and goals for each of the races in WoL. For each race, where do you feel you achieved your design goals most successfully, and where do you feel you either failed to achieve the same or were surprised by how your design was interpreted. For extra credit, what lessons have you learned from the above going forward into heart of the swarm?" super well written question and it would garner some amazing answers if they choose to answer it! Quoting to increase the chances of it being seriously considered  | ||
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SonKiE
United States167 Posts
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
Might see if I can get away with a question like "what sorts of things did you learn from the multiplayer experience that you gained from the first expansion", but that's about it. Curious to see what they say about tychus as well (hope he stays gone). Keep asking! ^^ | ||
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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
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Ruyguy
Canada988 Posts
2. Being able to watch replays with friends 3. new zerg units 4. As for the single player, I really like blizzard campaigns so I dont care what they do, I'm sure it will be good. | ||
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
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Darclite
United States1021 Posts
Will there be any 5v5, 6v6, 3v3v3 or 2v2v2v2 (I know it's out there, just curious)? On May 24 2011 13:25 shindigs wrote: There have been a lot of comparisons between SC2 and BW since release. A common criticism of StarCraft 2 from hardcore Brood War fans is that games sometimes rely too heavily on deathball vs deathball situations. What units in HotS aim to remedy this situation, and what unique unit roles will we be seeing? I like that. | ||
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[Silverflame]
Germany640 Posts
Are there any plans to add more statistical information for the player in B.net? (e.g.Win% against every race) | ||
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EchelonTee
United States5245 Posts
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Nazza
Australia1654 Posts
Also ask if "Spawn Broodling" spell will be in HotS. Also whether or not any BW zerg spellcasters will be back in the campaign. Will you get to player Terran/Protoss missions during SP? | ||
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enemy2010
Germany1972 Posts
So will the new units (that will come for sure) just be implemented in the MP? | ||
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thopol
Japan4560 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On May 24 2011 06:52 rbx270j wrote: WOL spoilers + Show Spoiler + Is Tychus findlay's involvement finished? Will Single-player units have the same stats as sp units from WoL, or will they be adjusted to what mp stats are? + Show Spoiler + Check out Jojo's interview with the Voice Actor, he actually tends to hint at your answer :3 | ||
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
On May 24 2011 15:05 enemy2010 wrote: Will I be able to continue playing the multiplayer even if I don't buy the HotS add-on? So will the new units (that will come for sure) just be implemented in the MP? good teamliquid level question for multiplayer, although they're going to have so many stock answers for this stuff i bet | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On May 24 2011 15:11 GHOSTCLAW wrote: good teamliquid level question for multiplayer, although they're going to have so many stock answers for this stuff i bet Wasn't this somewhat answered? Off the top of my head, didn't they say they were going to continue to patch and release new maps and such for both WoL and HotS? All and any new units in HotS will purely be in HotS and not found in WoL, though both games will be regularly patched. That's what I can recall, though don't bank on it. Edit: Did I understand the question right? | ||
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epikAnglory
United States1120 Posts
On May 24 2011 06:50 Mr. Wiggles wrote: Will there be missions that are a more traditional "Build a base and Army, break the enemy's base", or will they be the same style as WoL? I like WoL's style, felt more like a campaign than playing an AI with a plot. Regardless all StarCraft II campaigns were brilliant, I have never been emerged in such a touching campaign on the Hyperion, something words cannot express. LOVED IT!!!!! Hope HotS will not be a huge disappoint. | ||
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KimJongChill
United States6429 Posts
On May 24 2011 06:31 Sheth wrote: Any plans on implementing games where allies in a 2v2 game, can remove ally and "backstab" like in BW ? This was what made BW team games 10X better imo. 3v3 bgh anyone?? | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On May 24 2011 15:16 KimJongChill wrote: This was what made BW team games 10X better imo. 3v3 bgh anyone?? 100% fucking agreed. I don't even understand why there's an option to "lock teams" when you can't unlock them anyways. I'm always dying to secretly "ally" with my opponents in a fun 8 FFA | ||
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enemy2010
Germany1972 Posts
On May 24 2011 15:14 Torte de Lini wrote: Edit: Did I understand the question right? My question was: Do I HAVE to buy the HotS to be able to keep on playing the multiplayer? Or is the HotS just a singleplayer add-on, and not a multiplayer add-on? | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On May 24 2011 15:19 enemy2010 wrote: My question was: Do I HAVE to buy the HotS to be able to keep on playing the multiplayer? Or is the HotS just a singleplayer add-on, and not a multiplayer add-on? As far as I know, they're going to be separate multiplayers. So technically, you'd have to buy HotS to get their form of multiplayer. Though now this makes me wonder if HotS will be a stand-alone expansion or require WoL | ||
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Meta
United States6225 Posts
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enemy2010
Germany1972 Posts
On May 24 2011 15:23 Torte de Lini wrote: As far as I know, they're going to be separate multiplayers. So technically, you'd have to buy HotS to get their form of multiplayer. Though now this makes me wonder if HotS will be a stand-alone expansion or require WoL Really? o.O So basically two different multiplayers? o.O Well, who will keep on playing the WoL multiplayer if the other one comes out?.... | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On May 24 2011 15:25 enemy2010 wrote: Really? o.O So basically two different multiplayers? o.O Well, who will keep on playing the WoL multiplayer if the other one comes out?.... Those who can't afford the expansion. Those who are comfortable with WoL Plenty of reasons :3 Not everyone wants to immediately switch and feel satisfied with what they already have. Again, don't take my word for Blizzard, but I could have sworn that the above is what I read. | ||
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
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Jacko11
China146 Posts
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robin19999
Netherlands246 Posts
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
On May 24 2011 15:37 Jacko11 wrote: Is there any information on the UED? the question is probably going to need to be more specific than this | ||
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vol_
Australia1608 Posts
On May 24 2011 06:44 Ghanburighan wrote: Will there be a co-op mode for the "single" player campaign? Something akin to Left 2 Die. That would be pretty damn cool! | ||
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Maynarde
Australia1286 Posts
On May 24 2011 15:46 robin19999 wrote: Will the two games' stories be connected and if so will the story continue where WoL left? The story will continue where WoL left. | ||
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probablywrong
Philippines209 Posts
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Barca
United States418 Posts
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AnxiousHippo
Australia1451 Posts
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
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jongim
Canada289 Posts
edited for content: here's hoping HOTS will bring us more excitin games in the future! | ||
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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
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Zapdos_Smithh
Canada2620 Posts
- LAN latency/LAN support - New Zerg units - Any change in terms of mechanics | ||
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
On May 24 2011 15:54 probablywrong wrote: Do they plan on adding any characters from the books into the game's arc? love this question | ||
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
On May 24 2011 16:33 Zapdos_Smithh wrote: - Replays with friends - LAN latency/LAN support - New Zerg units - Any change in terms of mechanics i doubt they'll answer the first two, but we'll see I mean, they should be introducing new units, we'll see how many (that's not a terrible question) changes in terms of mechanics? it's an rts, you click on stuff and it moves and ideally you have strategy. Wondering what else you're looking for there. | ||
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shabinka
United States469 Posts
On May 24 2011 16:47 GHOSTCLAW wrote: i doubt they'll answer the first two, but we'll see I mean, they should be introducing new units, we'll see how many (that's not a terrible question) changes in terms of mechanics? it's an rts, you click on stuff and it moves and ideally you have strategy. Wondering what else you're looking for there. I think for the fourth question he was trying to see if there was a new chronoboost, spawn larva, mule type of ability. | ||
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xenogis
United States63 Posts
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SweetAs
New Zealand290 Posts
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iamke55
United States2806 Posts
Do you love teamliquid.net? Has Blizzard considered hiring prominent community members such as Day[9], Tasteless, or Artosis? | ||
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ZergOwaR
Norway280 Posts
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Ayush_SCtoss
India3050 Posts
Will there be ice maps? | ||
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Daralii
United States16991 Posts
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SkimGuy
Canada709 Posts
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ch4ppi
Germany802 Posts
Is there any plan to implement more micro heavy units in the game? | ||
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Jinsho
United Kingdom3101 Posts
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Drolla
United Kingdom389 Posts
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Gezuz
Sweden306 Posts
THe dialogue in the WoL campaign is just extremly corny and made me want to bash my head against the wall. | ||
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
On May 24 2011 22:09 Jinsho wrote: How are they planning to make us empathize with the Zerg? Terrans are obvious, and Protoss have this mysterious high-tech science aura, but Zerg was the enemy in WoL and they're creepy slimy bugs. fixed i think | ||
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vijeze
Netherlands719 Posts
On May 24 2011 18:08 Ayush_SCtoss wrote: So is Stukov coming back anytime soon? Will there be ice maps? Zergling ice skating! | ||
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Probe1
United States17920 Posts
Are you keeping the same writers and are they still writing from the same approach, heavily involving static (and mostly filler) characters? Will there ever be a return to the simpler but much more touching style of cinematics from the original game? Remember the words of Lester and Sarge. (Obviously i'm much to abrasive and opinionated so if there were any chance of this being asked.. well, I would completely expect it to be rephrased into a gentler one.) | ||
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turdburgler
England6749 Posts
On May 24 2011 23:22 Probe1 wrote: I (Some players) are deeply dissatisfied with Blizzards trend of worse and cheaper plots. The overmind is dead so he wasn't the arch bad guy. Kerrigan wanted free afterall! And so on. I was touched more by that marine, rocking back and forth in the trenches while DuGalles battlecruiser left for orbit than any of the million dollar shots in WoL. The "Sudden unexpected plot twists!" are shallow and forgettable. Are you keeping the same writers and are they still writing from the same approach, heavily involving static (and mostly filler) characters? Will there ever be a return to the simpler but much more touching style of cinematics from the original game? Remember the words of Lester and Sarge. (Obviously i'm much to abrasive and opinionated so if there were any chance of this being asked.. well, I would completely expect it to be rephrased into a gentler one.) you have to remember when you say obvious and cliche blizzard hears EPIC and AMAZING ;/ i'd love to see a decent story told in the sequel. WoL just felt sexist and out of touch. Every Woman in the whole universe falls in love with raynor as soon as they meet him and even the scientist lady couldnt function correctly without a man. i was disapoint | ||
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Daeizer
France20 Posts
On May 24 2011 23:22 Probe1 wrote: Remember the words of Lester and Sarge. Starcraft bromance! it started here. I really hope we see more of the Hovermind in HotS, Zerg just doesn't feel right without an Hovermind. | ||
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Homework
United States283 Posts
On May 24 2011 18:21 Daralii wrote: A lot of characters in WoL(Pretty much everyone other than Jim, Tychus, Zeratul, Matt Horner, Kerrigan, and Arcturus and Valerian Mengsk) seemed to be there for little purpose other than filler and contributed very little, if at all, to the plot. Can we expect a similarly weak cast in HotS? Harsh, man. Wonder what their reaction would be to it, though... | ||
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kochujang
Germany1226 Posts
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Daralii
United States16991 Posts
On May 25 2011 00:11 kochujang wrote: Will there be any reference/easter eggs involving the community, like using the primal scream from day[9]? What about the Esport scene? Like a offhand story about the shameful retreat of the cerebrate Egi Dra, after being fooled by a short statured protoss commander who hallucinated an army of Void Rays. Would there also be a high ranking protoss named LuhcNim? :p | ||
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pred470r
Bulgaria3265 Posts
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Metaphysic
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POiNTx
Belgium309 Posts
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caradoc
Canada3022 Posts
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
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Hikari
1914 Posts
- One of the selling points for WoL is its "non-linear optional progression", however the side missions have very little influence to the main storyline. Will HotS improve this idea? - Length of the campaign: How long is it compared to WoL? - Duran has been missing throughout WoL and Kerrigan may have a bone or two to pick with him... will he be back this xpac? - WoL successfully introduce a wide range of mission objectives other than "build a base and kill everything", what new elements can we expect in HotS? - Favorite mission in HotS and some description? - Any co-op missions available? - The prophecy tells that Kerrigan is a key to repelling the xelnaga: will the story be progressed (or even resolved) in HotS or Legacy of the Void? - Zerg without Kerrigan: will they go back on a rampage just like the fall of the Overmind? | ||
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Michaels
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Kinetik_Inferno
United States1431 Posts
GSL 1a WoL GSL 1b HotS GSL 1c LotV | ||
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Chras
Canada50 Posts
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SmoKim
Denmark10301 Posts
BGH fun fun fun fun ^^ | ||
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Madkipz
Norway1643 Posts
Why does the infested form of kerrigan wear high heels? Will Praetor Fenix play a part in HotS? Will choices made in WoL single player carry over to the next game? | ||
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vol_
Australia1608 Posts
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TSM
Great Britain584 Posts
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Nuttyguy
United Kingdom1526 Posts
You should tell them to organise EVERYONE going there to ask dustin is there going to be LAN SEPARATELY without being rude. | ||
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Lumi
United States1612 Posts
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Chr15t
Denmark1103 Posts
And also In how big a degree that the old units from sc1 will aprear in HotS campain -> like it was the case with Firebats-medics-vultures etc. in WoL. Also, Im interested in knowing if the HotS campaign will have a "sidestory" like it was the case with zerathuls visit on Aiur- in the WoL campaign? | ||
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Azriel
Mexico462 Posts
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-_-
United States7081 Posts
Ask Blizzard whether they changed the User Interface from WOL. That is, have they changed the minimap? Changed the unit portraits? Given a "select all army units" button. Given a "select all army units on the screen button. Given a new way to bind units. That kind of thing. If they changed the UI for SP, they probably changed it for MP, so you might learn something :D. | ||
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TheAwesomeAll
Netherlands1609 Posts
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yawnoC
United States3704 Posts
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n.DieJokes
United States3443 Posts
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Tonttu
Finland606 Posts
Are there more of those spots in the campaign where you need to choose and if there is, do they affect the campaign as in WoL they really didn't? Are the Zerg truly evil or will they be like pets to Raynor with assist of Kerrigan? | ||
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xuanzue
Colombia1747 Posts
any minicampaign (4 missions) before the HotS will be released? will the zergs have a infested-reaper? | ||
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optical630
United Kingdom768 Posts
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Clickety
Portugal196 Posts
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mucker
United States1120 Posts
On May 25 2011 04:21 n.DieJokes wrote: Are they working on making brutal difficulty challenging? Yes, please ask about this. Brutal was far too easy for anyone that was already an active rts player when wol came out, the experienced player base will be even bigger this time around. | ||
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Daralii
United States16991 Posts
On May 25 2011 02:17 Madkipz wrote: Will Praetor Fenix play a part in HotS? I doubt Fenix would do much given that he's dead, but you could probably ask the same for any of the SC1/BW characters that haven't gotten much attention in WoL. I'm really hoping they didn't bring back Tassadar's ghost and promote Artanis just to have them deliver a few lines of dialogue and then never appear again. | ||
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
On May 25 2011 04:54 xuanzue wrote: will the zergs have a infested-reaper? why on earth infested reaper? | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10324 Posts
Yes, please ask about this. Brutal was far too easy for anyone that was already an active rts player when wol came out, the experienced player base will be even bigger this time around. As a long time RTS player and masters level player in multiplayer, I thought most of the brutal missions were... brutal, especially if you wanted to get all the achievements. But perhaps that is because I played the campaign before I upgraded my graphics card, in which the game could actually play at 100% Normal speed instead of a laggy 70% Normal speed, which is like 50% of Faster xD | ||
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RogerX
New Zealand3180 Posts
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Pewt
Canada201 Posts
On May 25 2011 13:52 Yoshi Kirishima wrote: As a long time RTS player and masters level player in multiplayer, I thought most of the brutal missions were... brutal, especially if you wanted to get all the achievements. But perhaps that is because I played the campaign before I upgraded my graphics card, in which the game could actually play at 100% Normal speed instead of a laggy 70% Normal speed, which is like 50% of Faster xD Brutal missions weren't really easy so much as solvable--if you had passable mechanics the challenge was working out whatever strange unit mix would be best for it (which you'd usually know by the end of your first time through the mission) and once you figured that out it was easy. | ||
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SixtusTheFifth
New Zealand170 Posts
Please modify the tone as you see fit. ******************** Did Blizzard notice all those poor sods making up their own campaign achievements because Brutal wasn't tough enough? In HoTS can some of these be built in? Related threads: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=178662 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=182459 http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=155237 ******************** Did Blizzard notice the confusion over what counted as '8 hours' for 'Hurry up it's raid night'? Related Threads: Improvements that could be made to achievements: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=152646 ******************** WoL Context: In 'Gates of Hell' some lame excuse was made for why supply depots weren't needed, but then 2 missions later they were needed, half of which some numb-nut had built on a vulnerable flank. HoTS Question: Will the HoTS editor be improved to the point where I can choose where I want my first buildings at the start of a mission? ******************** What will the HoTS equivalent of Lost Viking be? ******************** What lessons were learned from the way missions were chosen in WoL? Eg: “Welcome to the Jungle” could be done with 2/2 upgrades available if you were lucky and “The Great Train Robbery” could be done without Siege Tanks if you were unlucky As Cerebrates (or whatever we will be) can we have more choice over how we approach a mission? So rather than just attacking "a planet" or "a facility" we should attack different areas first (like the choice for Belly of the Beast vs Shatter the Sky only every mission would have 3 or 4 areas to weaken). But for achievements like Raid night we would not have time and the central mission would be 5 times tougher! ******************** With the HoTS equivalent of the Laboratory can we have a choice whether to make Kerrigan powerful or our army? ******************** WoL context: So if Stetman had to do all that research to unlock Tech-Reactors why did the dominion already have them in missions like "Breakout"? Why didn't we just capture and torture a dominion scientist? HoTS question: Can we have missions where Changelings need to infiltrate facilities to get research? Can they capture a scientist and torture him? ******************** Context: In Star Wars 1-3 old Jedi run around with light-sabres just like the young bucks. Now really dedicated Star Wars fans can 'explain' why the slow fight between Obi Wan and Darth Vader in Star Wars IV 'makes sense'. But that's because they are really dedicated, not because it actually makes sense. In the same way really forgiving Blizzard fans can overlook every plot hole, every inconsistency, every everything in WoL. But that's because they are forgiving, not because they're right. Question: Just for a change, can Blizzard please get 10 detail orientated, fussy-fuss-pot, anal-retentive people* to check everything before releasing the game. *yes we are annoying but we can be useful, albeit only to other fusspots, I guess no-one else notices Related Threads: Improvements for UI: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=204977 The Can't Unsee Thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=206724 ******************** | ||
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lololol
5198 Posts
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jeeeeohn
United States1343 Posts
And will Gabriel Tosh go insane like Nova said? I'm genuinly curious about that. :S | ||
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Denis Lachance
Canada162 Posts
Will we see the Overmind play a more prominent role in the story? That was such a cool character. Sure he's dead, but that never stopped anyone before. | ||
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Elasticity
3420 Posts
- Is the story gonna continue or will it be another side of the story that already happened | ||
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50110 Posts
On May 25 2011 23:12 minhchi1211 wrote: - Any new units? - Is the story gonna continue or will it be another side of the story that already happened its a continuation,it picks up where WoL left off.. | ||
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amazingxkcd
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
On May 26 2011 02:09 amazingxkcd wrote: There has been a lot success corncerning the competitive side of sc2. However, there has been noted that there were some shortcomings with the gameplay. Does HOTS plan to implement a mod for mp, such as a promod, that will allow for more skills to be shown? Such examples are removal off mbs, takng awat automining, max unit control and such. With these changes, would there be a different ladder rating and would people have the options to play on both ladders? Could tournaments also choose what style of mp mod to use? kind of like http://www.sc2promod.com/ | ||
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Madkipz
Norway1643 Posts
On May 25 2011 06:15 Daralii wrote: I doubt Fenix would do much given that he's dead, but you could probably ask the same for any of the SC1/BW characters that haven't gotten much attention in WoL. I'm really hoping they didn't bring back Tassadar's ghost and promote Artanis just to have them deliver a few lines of dialogue and then never appear again. WELL Jimbo swore vengeance upon kerrigan on the dead corpse of his old pal fenix. Bromances go deeper than romances. | ||
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amazingxkcd
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
That's what i was trying to say but i didn't want to just say is sc2promod going to be used | ||
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Chriscras
Korea (South)2812 Posts
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Herper
501 Posts
Is that for real? lol | ||
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CortoMontez
Australia608 Posts
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Spicy_Curry
United States10573 Posts
Nova's mission was really cool, do you plan to add more stealth missions? | ||
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Daralii
United States16991 Posts
On May 26 2011 02:12 Madkipz wrote: WELL Jimbo swore vengeance upon kerrigan on the dead corpse of his old pal fenix. Bromances go deeper than romances. Still, they didn't bring up Fenix when Jimmy was going out of his way to "save" Kerrigan, I doubt Blizz is going to bring him up now. | ||
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Benjef
United Kingdom6921 Posts
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LAN-f34r
New Zealand2099 Posts
On May 24 2011 06:38 `ChroMaTe_ wrote: LAN? Yes? | ||
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Crazyeyes
Canada1342 Posts
On May 26 2011 16:45 Chriscras wrote: Ghostclaw, any chance you can tell us when the NDA expires? On May 24 2011 17:13 iamke55 wrote: Will there be any missions in the campaign played as a third person shooter, or with any other features that take advantage of the map editor's capabilities to a similar extent? On May 24 2011 23:22 Probe1 wrote: I (Some players) are deeply dissatisfied with Blizzards trend of worse and cheaper plots. The overmind is dead so he wasn't the arch bad guy. Kerrigan wanted free afterall! And so on. I was touched more by that marine, rocking back and forth in the trenches while DuGalles battlecruiser left for orbit than any of the million dollar shots in WoL. The "Sudden unexpected plot twists!" are shallow and forgettable. Are you keeping the same writers and are they still writing from the same approach, heavily involving static (and mostly filler) characters? Will there ever be a return to the simpler but much more touching style of cinematics from the original game? Remember the words of Lester and Sarge. (Obviously i'm much to abrasive and opinionated so if there were any chance of this being asked.. well, I would completely expect it to be rephrased into a gentler one.) These are my three favorite questions, and one of them can be answered immediately! Seriously though, it would be great if HotS didnt have a storline that was as shitty as WoL. | ||
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bEwArE
United Kingdom121 Posts
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Fadetowhite
Korea (South)302 Posts
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ManusCelerDei
United Kingdom56 Posts
Does the heart of the swarm continue straight after WoL or is the a time break, if so how long? | ||
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Nazza
Australia1654 Posts
On May 26 2011 20:49 ManusCelerDei wrote: Why are immortals built at the robotic facilty? They're not robots, stalkers are more robotic than immortals. lol but seriously: Does the heart of the swarm continue straight after WoL or is the a time break, if so how long? Why are sentries built from the gateway? They're friggin' robots. | ||
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ELA
Denmark4608 Posts
On May 26 2011 20:49 ManusCelerDei wrote: Why are immortals built at the robotic facilty? They're not robots, stalkers are more robotic than immortals. lol but seriously: Does the heart of the swarm continue straight after WoL or is the a time break, if so how long? Immortals did used to come out of the Gateway, but it was way overpowered  That's why. | ||
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Lizarb
Denmark307 Posts
Please make it easier for mapmakers to share maps across realms, and cross language. I know this is a big hassle. Reading about a new cool map, and then not being able to play it because its NA only is quite a big step back from when in warcraft 3 you would just go to a website and download the map. | ||
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Signus
United States269 Posts
Will there be any opportunity to customize individual units besides Kerrigan? | ||
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Existor
Russian Federation4295 Posts
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KillerPlague
United States1386 Posts
On May 26 2011 21:17 Nazza wrote: Why are sentries built from the gateway? They're friggin' robots. lol'd | ||
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Antylamon
United States1981 Posts
On May 26 2011 20:49 ManusCelerDei wrote: Why are immortals built at the robotic facilty? They're not robots, stalkers are more robotic than immortals. lol but seriously: Does the heart of the swarm continue straight after WoL or is the a time break, if so how long? They used to come out of gateways, but that meant you could warp them in anywhere on the map. Sentries used to come out of robotics facilities, but toss couldn't get them early enough to effectively fend off early aggression well. Thus the two were switched. | ||
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CurLy[]
United States759 Posts
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Deleted User 183001
2939 Posts
On May 26 2011 21:17 Nazza wrote: Why are sentries built from the gateway? They're friggin' robots. The Immortal and Sentry switch were made because Immortals were too good early on if Toss is just left alone and Sentries are needed for Protoss early game because Gateway units would just die to any early game push before enough Immos were out .But yeah, Sentries are robots, and Stalkers are controlled by a DT "shadow essence". Meanwhile, Immortals are actually manned mech walkers. | ||
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NomaD.
Romania42 Posts
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NomaD.
Romania42 Posts
On May 28 2011 07:31 JudicatorHammurabi wrote: The Immortal and Sentry switch were made because Immortals were too good early on if Toss is just left alone and Sentries are needed for Protoss early game because Gateway units would just die to any early game push before enough Immos were out .But yeah, Sentries are robots, and Stalkers are controlled by a DT "shadow essence". Meanwhile, Immortals are actually manned mech walkers. Hellions use flame and cost no gas ,you can't explain that:p | ||
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BackHo
New Zealand400 Posts
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NukeTheBunnys
United States1004 Posts
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Atlare
Australia893 Posts
Is there going to be a new sort of overmind/figure for the Zerg? | ||
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ClysmiC
United States2192 Posts
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Sanctimonius
United Kingdom861 Posts
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LanTAs
United States1091 Posts
that is a must! | ||
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Rkie
United States1278 Posts
How will the campaign be structured? Will Kerrigan serve as a "hero unit" in every level and you must level her in order to get her stronger? Or will it be similar to the WoL play style? Also, are the events in the Zeratul missions foreseeing the end of the Protoss and Zerg races going to play a larger role in HotS or LotV? | ||
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BackHo
New Zealand400 Posts
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