Are you going to switch from Zerg to Protoss for LotV?
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- Thread starter Corran Horn
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Are you going to switch from Zerg to Protoss for LotV?
If there is a cool carrier skin in the CE, sure.
....I'm not doing very well in multiplayer.
Well I just read on blizzard site that proportion for bronze silver and gold is now 8% 20 % 32%
you will have to be even shitter to join the next time
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/9067510/Heart_of_the_Swarm_League_Percentages-3_11_2013
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
Athene is so shady.
Where did you see this?
Mothership core makes it even stronger.
Rhomega Beta
Member
Optimizing my launcher now. May want to get that done before HOTS launches.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
I want to play 
I want to play
Don't we all?
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I might catch some shit for this but I'm personally hyped just to play the single player and that's it. Really want to see what happens.
I'm done with the first two planets. #VENGEANCE is happening.
I probably should have asked this before the day the game launches, but are there any RTS from the past 6-7 years that play similarly to Starcraft? I bought Dawn of War 2 and Sins of a Solar Empire through Steam sales, and it drove me crazy how the genre has moved so far away from the type of RTS I like. I've been meaning to try Supreme Commander: FA, but haven't gotten a chance.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I'm super jelly
I'm doing more or less the same thing (only a few multiplayer matches). Company of Heroes 2 and Rome II are where I'm getting my RTS multiplayer fix.
Good as in good mission design (for any Blizzard game, that is expected of course), or good as in good story and dialogue (which is not expected from modern Blizzard, anything since WC3TFT has been crap, more or less)?
EDIT can't be the latter really, since Blizz retconned and shat on stuff in WoL already...
krameriffic
Member
Kripparrian is really fucking bad at Starcraft.
Like, holy fuck.
Like, holy fuck.
Oh, shit. I didn't even notice he was streaming. I gotta see this.
As it turns out, SC2 is a lot harder than WoW.
i'll let you know after my placements.
Cheesy is not automatically bad. Well, at least the whole thing isn't done that seriously in the first place... but since WoL did take itself pretty seriously, i doubt things have changed for HotS.
As mentioned by many, make sure you watch Flash vs Life.
And don't forget to watch them resume the game and see how Flash plays from there.
http://www.gomtv.net/gomstage/vod/72073/?set=3
I think I'll be at the launch event. Anyone else going or no?
And don't forget to watch them resume the game and see how Flash plays from there.
http://www.gomtv.net/gomstage/vod/72073/?set=3
I think I'll be at the launch event. Anyone else going or no?
The gameplay and mission design. Can't speak much for the story, but it's had its cringeworthy moments, BUT, they're doing some quite ballsy things with the story. Though I wonder if the ballsy move is a red herring, or non canon due to my choices in the terran campaign (choices carry over, COOOL!).
GhostRidah
Member
Not to mention he admitted to using macros for wow putting it sleep mode status, hes a creative person when it comes to builds and hes decent at math but actual game playing hes always been bad lol
krameriffic
Member
True, but given that he's a competent gamer with thousands of gaming hours under his belt, there's a certain expectation that he be not completely fucking awful at games, especially early on in a Blizzard game where it's designed for complete morons. He's just... clueless.
I doubt the choices matter much in the end, just minor things probably. IIRC, Blizzard has... or had chosen certain missions from WoL as "canon" but that may have been overridden now. Or certain things are canon for expanded universe but that's all.
It is the championship set for King of the Beta tourny.
goldsoundz
Member
There was a bracket. This is a cast of an end of beta tournament, so it's a little old. This series in the final.
king polt vs. 15 betas.
RumblingRosco
Member
Question - If I just like to play custom arcade maps, if I stick with the vanilla SC2, am I going to be screwed right away? I mean, will there still be games to play or will everyone be playing expansion-exclusive arcade maps?
My bad if that's a dumb question, just not sure how cross-play works and having trouble finding info on it.
My bad if that's a dumb question, just not sure how cross-play works and having trouble finding info on it.
I think any maps published as WoL maps will still be available. There might be fewer people playing them but you should always be able to play them solo or with friends.
Maps published as HotS maps, using HotS assets, will require HotS to play.
At least that's how it's worked in past Blizzard games
is there a way to play it in subtitled korean, so it just seems like a campy badly translated anime rather than the schlock it is?
WoL story was a bit trashy but the campaign missions were really good and fun gameplay.
AppleSmack
Banned
Agreed. Honestly the story wasn't even THAT dreadful. There is much worse writing out there than Chris Metzen's school of melodrama. Most of the AAA games this gen have worse writing than SC.
Jawmuncher
Member
Just beat starcraft 2.
Got a question where does this game go timeline wise?
Is WoL and HotS during the same timeline?
Is it after I'm kinda lost and the info I have isn't helping.
Got a question where does this game go timeline wise?
Is WoL and HotS during the same timeline?
Is it after I'm kinda lost and the info I have isn't helping.
AppleSmack
Banned
HotS is a direct sequel to WoL.
KojiKnight
Member
HotS is a few weeks after WoL. Seemed pretty clear.
Blizzard writing is all backwards. The more important an event or piece of story is, the more derpy the writing is. Little incidental events, side dialog, etc is usually pretty good, but get to major game events and it gets all cliche and stupid campy.