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Not just new units in the sc2 expansions

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sysrpl
Profile Joined February 2010
United States222 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-13 21:01:30
February 13 2011 20:46 GMT
#1
modedit: It should be noted that the OP quoted the paragraph exactly except for removing 1 key word. It should read "We don't want to just add another three units.." Original thread title was "No new units in the sc2 expansions"

According a recent Dustin Browder interview, when asked about Heart of the Swarm, he replied:

"We don't want to add another three units to the game [one new unit per race] for this expansion, three units to the game for the next expansion. That would be a very bloated game for us at that point and the chances that some of those units would be duplicates of other units that already exist in the game in one form or another would be extremely high. So we're looking at the different solutions."

Source: http://bit.ly/dW5ghs

So what do you people think? A StarCraft II expansion that didn't add any new units? Possibly only a new campaign, new tilesets, and new battlenet/gameplay tweaks.

StayFrosty
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada743 Posts
February 13 2011 20:48 GMT
#2
Wow that's total BS.
ineedadrink
Profile Joined January 2011
United States108 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-13 20:49:01
February 13 2011 20:48 GMT
#3
I bet theyre going to add heroes to the multiplayer game instead.
ReTr0[p.S]
Profile Joined March 2005
Argentina1590 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-13 20:49:22
February 13 2011 20:48 GMT
#4
I agree with Browder, there would be WAY too many tech choices if a new unit per race is added in every game, it would lead to a game where the winner is not the better player, but the one that had the luck of choosing the right strategy to use.
apm66
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada943 Posts
February 13 2011 20:49 GMT
#5
On February 14 2011 05:48 ineedadrink wrote:
I bet theyre going to add heroes to the multiplayer game instead.

ew. this is not warcraft dude
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TigerKarl
Profile Joined November 2010
1757 Posts
February 13 2011 20:49 GMT
#6
I can't believe that.
I was hoping so much for additional units to give more diversity to the game. Especially Zerg need more diversity in their army compositions, and not just muta/sling/bling or roach/hydra.
So if this is true i am very disappointed
Turgid
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1623 Posts
February 13 2011 20:49 GMT
#7
That's fine. It doesn't even rule out the possibility of new units in Legacy of the Void, or new abilities on old units. I'd like to see them get the balance just right on the WoL units than worry about how Lurkers or a brand new unit would need to work or be balanced.
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ZenDeX
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Philippines2916 Posts
February 13 2011 20:49 GMT
#8
Nothing wrong with not adding new units. As expected, the expansions would just be huge patches for overall improvement of the game + story mode continuation.
ineedadrink
Profile Joined January 2011
United States108 Posts
February 13 2011 20:50 GMT
#9
On February 14 2011 05:49 apm66 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 14 2011 05:48 ineedadrink wrote:
I bet theyre going to add heroes to the multiplayer game instead.

ew. this is not warcraft dude


Hey I'm not saying I like it, I'm just saying that thats what I think the big 'change' will be.
darkcloud8282
Profile Joined December 2010
Canada776 Posts
February 13 2011 20:50 GMT
#10
So why doesn't each race come with equal amounts of different units to begin with? I think Terran has the most variety followed by Protoss and then Zerg...
gr8ape
Profile Joined July 2008
Canada302 Posts
February 13 2011 20:50 GMT
#11
New abilities and upgrades are pretty much guaranteed. I trust blizzard to make the right choice.
Falcon_NL
Profile Joined September 2010
Netherlands236 Posts
February 13 2011 20:51 GMT
#12
So... An >>EXPANSION<< without any new units??
what horseshit is this. Dustin Browder should realize, that its a little strange to release a new pricey expansion without any new units and only make it for the new story is a strange story.
and its a BLACK HOLE !! OH MY GOD BLACK HOOOOLEEE - Tobi Wan
Deadlyhazard
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1177 Posts
February 13 2011 20:51 GMT
#13
Not a bad idea, but they should at least give something to zerg, they feel so...uh, less expansive than the other two races. Terran has the most flexibility.
Hark!
vyyye
Profile Joined July 2010
Sweden3917 Posts
February 13 2011 20:51 GMT
#14
On February 14 2011 05:50 ineedadrink wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 14 2011 05:49 apm66 wrote:
On February 14 2011 05:48 ineedadrink wrote:
I bet theyre going to add heroes to the multiplayer game instead.

ew. this is not warcraft dude


Hey I'm not saying I like it, I'm just saying that thats what I think the big 'change' will be.

Based on what exactly? Just a hunch?

There used to be hero units in SC2, look at the old Mothership. They realized it was a stupid idea and changed it to the current form.
IamBach
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1059 Posts
February 13 2011 20:51 GMT
#15
Pretty much what everyone expected right?
Just listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__lCZeePG48
zere
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Germany1287 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-02-13 20:52:20
February 13 2011 20:51 GMT
#16
Please quote correctly before trying to hype your thread.


We don't want to just add another three units to the game for this expansion, three units to the game for the next expansion.


And although I don't have the source/link right now, in a recent interview with one of the Blizz guys I read that the upcoming expansions will bring back units that we have seen previously (as in 'in Brood War').
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shawty
Profile Joined June 2010
United Kingdom294 Posts
February 13 2011 20:51 GMT
#17
He doesn't say there won't be new units, just that there won't be one per race. I wouldn't mind all that much if T don't get a new unit, but I would mind if Z didn't get a new one or two as they have fewer units already
ShcShc
Profile Joined October 2006
Canada912 Posts
February 13 2011 20:51 GMT
#18
meh. They should add something. Units in its current form is kind of bland and missing "something".
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supersoft
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany3729 Posts
February 13 2011 20:51 GMT
#19
hmm Lurker/Vessel/Dark archon would have been pretty nice...
DeltruS
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada2214 Posts
February 13 2011 20:52 GMT
#20
I imagine they could add a unit tree so that, for example, the Ultralisk and Lurker could switch each other out.

They also could add 2 units for Z in this expo, and 1 unit for T&P in each other expo.

They also could remove a unit and replace it with a better one.
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