I rewatched the gameplay videos and I noticed that when a group of units moved that they moved in formation.

Is it true that units move in formation now? In SCBW they usually clump or stay in formation due to the "magic boxes". Do they still operate the same way?

How do you think it will affect game play if its always formation? Do you like it?

I used the search function and I didn't find anything on this topic yet. Sorry if its been discussed obscurely in another thread. I haven't kept up with it to the 'T'.

Rotodyne

United States2263 Posts

May 29 2007 09:38 GMT

I hate formation, that's how it was in Age of Empires

Folca

2235 Posts

May 29 2007 09:41 GMT

On May 29 2007 18:38 Rotodyne wrote:
I hate formation, that's how it was in Age of Empires

true true o.O

marquis

United States109 Posts

May 29 2007 09:51 GMT

It will probably be like WC3, where formation is a toggle - you can leave it on, but pretty much everyone turns it off.

You have to have it in the game though or reviewers will be like, "OMG where are formations??? They add so much to the strategy!"

Tyrio

United States3248 Posts

May 29 2007 09:53 GMT

I liked the formations from Age of Empires. It was kinda nifty to click the box formation and watch your troops instantly seperate into this box thing.

Can't really see its application in SC though. The only ground unit that comes to mind that would benefit from a formation is High Temps. They can be in the middle of a box formation and be protected by zealots or something. No other unit really benefits.

Zanno

United States1484 Posts

May 29 2007 10:01 GMT

formation in war3 is very different than formation in sc

turning off formation in war3 makes it somewhat like sc again

useLess

United States4781 Posts

May 29 2007 10:14 GMT

Doesnt seem like its a forced formation (like if a group turns left, guy on the left moves slower while the guy on the right moves faster). Just seems like pathfinding is a little smoother.

fookyou

Canada351 Posts

May 29 2007 10:44 GMT

zomg what will happen to the muta stacking D=

ktp

United States797 Posts

May 29 2007 11:43 GMT

flying v formation!

Night[Mare

Mexico4793 Posts

May 29 2007 12:02 GMT

#10

NO WAY! that will kill some of the SC Magic t.t

tec27

United States3702 Posts

May 29 2007 13:32 GMT

#11

I'm not sure where you saw units moving in formation in the game video, cause right at the start, with the zealots moving down the ramp to the marines, you can see that unit movement is like SC and formations don't exist

What you might have seen was what I will call 'cut-scene movement', IE: units that move due to scripting like in campagins. That type of movement seemed to be a lot more organized and in formations, but that doesn't really apply to actual games. So, suffice to say, I don't think we need to worry about unit formations entering the world of SC.

mikeymoo

Canada7170 Posts

May 29 2007 13:45 GMT

#12

Formation in Shogun Total War was good from what I can remember of it. I think that Blizz might put this in as a noob-friendly feature, but it won't be auto, so we can all just turn it off and ignore it. Just speculating.

epidion

United States316 Posts

May 29 2007 13:53 GMT

#13

A Marine surrounded by Medics! Die lings, die!

WastedYouth

United States563 Posts

May 29 2007 18:47 GMT

#14

I think its a little too son to be worrying about things like unit formation when nobody even knows the semantics of sc2's micro yet.

cheap_sentiment

Australia12 Posts

May 29 2007 19:02 GMT

#15

i thought in age of empires you could change the formation type or turn it off. but yeah i reckon sc better without formation

pyrogenetix

China5098 Posts

May 29 2007 19:19 GMT

#16

eh.... no formations plz

Zironic

Sweden341 Posts

May 29 2007 21:31 GMT

#17

It will probably have the same kind of formation that WC3 had. That means that all units in the selection will walk at the same speed and ranged units will move behind the melee ones. There probably won't be any useless things like box or triangle formations. Also it will most likely come with a toggle for the very common times you just want your troops to get somewhere as fast as possible.

Dendra

Croatia801 Posts

May 29 2007 22:24 GMT

#18

On May 29 2007 18:53 Tyrio wrote:
I liked the formations from Age of Empires. It was kinda nifty to click the box formation and watch your troops instantly seperate into this box thing.

Can't really see its application in SC though. The only ground unit that comes to mind that would benefit from a formation is High Temps. They can be in the middle of a box formation and be protected by zealots or something. No other unit really benefits.

using formations and stance in aoe2:the conq was like absolutely needed, in sc it simply doesn't fit in.

Latham

9571 Posts

May 29 2007 22:32 GMT

#19

I for one would hate formations. The only one I would tolerate is to move your army at the speed of the slowest unit. The others I think of from other games will be pretty useless or not fit into the general SC type game.

jim_raynor

Madagascar9 Posts

May 29 2007 23:12 GMT

#20

A line formation could be useful for zealots and goons (or whatever unit replaces it). Ctrl click on zealot and then set line formation and angle (like in Baldur's Gate 1 if I remember correctly) so that their ranks may face any direction. Same with the ranged unit behind. I don't see anything bad about that ... There also might be some sort of spread formation to minimize damage from splash damage and spells like psi storm. Of course there should be option for no formation at all, but if it proves useful people will start using it.

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