brother...

1. the old starcraft had the pew pew laser sounds too lah... battle cruisers... wraiths...

2. all RTS games produce units one at a time, no meh? except for zerglings. At this time of development, reapers are made in a pack of 4.

3. reapers don't fit? Not really... but I would prefer them to be flying like the rocketeers of RA2 Then again that would make them into air units instead of ground units No dual pistols though... they look silly.

I agree with the cartoony Warcarft-like graphics. CnC3's graphics look less cartoony... I would like them to make the units less flashy. For example the battlecruisers... less coloured plates, and more metallic parts please. New marines look badass with the shields

Id love to see 2 units at a time too actually, to rival the zerg.
I wonder what will zerg production be.

well its from WC3 engine so would not expect much from it.


I still do not get the idea of marines with shields.

You cant stop people from making mods.It's their freedom and if you dont like it,avoid it.Simple.

I thought SC2 use a custom made engine.

The marine shield is used as a visual indicator of HP upgrade.I think that upgrade increases 15 of the total HP.

It's just like the Necrons NW HP upgrade.After you do the upgrade,you NW have a green glow.It's just a visual indication.

If im not mistaken, there's an add on for rax and factory that allows you to build 2 units simultaneously.

Yeah,that building is call Reactor.Works like any Terran addon building.

i wonder how are they gonna balance the zerg with terran and protoss ... they both look so overpowered ....

Cost, Build Time, Pop count and position on Tech Tree.
Just like the old sc.

IMO sc2 wont be balanced in its first yr of its release.
But this is Blizzard we're talking about. With their support the game will be balanced eventually.
There's also another factor that determines balance, the map and the progamers.

For those who do not know, balance in sc also relies heavily on map.
They change the progaming-map in sc every season(OSL,MSL and Proleague).
So unlike wc3 where they recycle the 7 ladder map for the past 5 yrs, you'll see new map for sc every MSL and OSL season. They dont use LT and Luna anymore. New map encourage new strategy. Thats what made sc great and balanced(and probably stand the test of time). They test the new map for balance, so any new map that is imba will be throwed out(like DMZ in last season Proleague). If those korean map architect can do it for sc, why not sc2. My guess Blizzard ladder map will become obsolete after 2 yrs of sc2.

And there is the Progamers. They dont b**** as much as other games progamer do(ok, maybe bcoz the game is 10 yrs old), instead they show us their creativity, they set the standard for us.
Like how Boxer showed us how strong Terran can be, or like iloveoov who showed us you can dominate the game with macro, or like July who reverse the ZvT imba with his Muta, or Bisu who reverse PvZ imba with his sair/DT.

You havent seen much about Zerg yet.So far,there are only some info about them released.

Besides,Blizzard has just started working with Zerg right after Blizzcon.

how come after frozen throne so long, they haven shown anything
but after blizzard announced the game, units and faction development seem very fast.

maybe after frozen throne blizzard development staff become lazy?

I'm pretty sure that the marines will have their sheilds taken away for release. C'mon. Marines with sheild weilding a gun O_O Are they holding pistols or what lol. This isnt sparta FFS!

if you ask me , logically , i would love a big light-weight shield while fighting perhaps 1 v 10 zerglings rushing to you with claws =/ use the shiled block their claws lol

ya, shield looks odd to me >.<
heavy armour upgrade is acceptable, not the $%^&* shield

Well SC have pew pew is excuseable cos games at that time also doing pew pew.

DOW have big squads, I just want mini squads like terran marine in 3-5 so i dont have to click my finger off to mass.

Alright I swear when SC2 come out and when msians see hydrasik and say " Isnt that venomancer?" I am gonna beat that guy out senseless.

Btw how come Jim Raynor got alot of hair all the sudden?

This post has been edited by redeye84: Aug 11 2007, 10:32 PM

I still think the shields are acceptable.They are the best visual indicator for hp upgrade.

Also,remember,this is SC2,not SC1 in 3D.So,things should change a lot.

Im gonna kill that fella how call a hydralisk a venomancer.

I think the reason Jim got all the hair is he got lots of stress.You know,he's running low on money and he is wanted by the UED.

but hydralisk do looks like venomancer

or was it the other way around?

Cut him some slack

He's been fighting for the weak against Duke, trusted Mengsk and got betrayed, then screwed a second time by Kerrigan. He became the hero but like the guy from Die Hard 4.0, he did everything, but nobody thanked him. Worse, he got betrayed. At least Zeratul and Tassadar is on his side, but the former was almost killed while the latter is dead already. And now he's got a whole crew on the verse of mutiny. I wouldn't be surprised that he'd aged more than he physically is. Poor Raynor.

Its the other way around.



You dont grow hair from stress, U lose it..

This post has been edited by redeye84: Aug 12 2007, 12:27 PM

pew pew FTW !!

Mini squads of marines will get slaughtered easily in SC... 40 HP with 6 attack ain't going to bring you any glory... unless you have 30+ marines who will wipe anything off the earth

Hydralisks are the most badass units ever... cheap and quick, strong attack in both land and ground... the most terrifying thing is to see 50 hydralisks marching to your base... 50 zerglings? no problem... 50 hydralisks... shit.

Jimmy's new look is nice, although I don't think he looks like the old Jimmy. It's similar to how Max Payne's looks altered in the sequel (different model anyway), but despite the different appearance you feel like they are the same character in the game. Just hope that SC2's Jimmy has the same feel as the first one.

Venomancer... if any one calls a hydralisk a venomancer, count me in to whack him

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Aug 12 2007, 03:20 PM

no lar, Blizzard copied Venomancer design for the hydralisk. No originality at all, they should atleast give credit to Icefrog for the design, and pay them for licensing.

I would like to see a stronger & bigger battlecruiser with at least a squadron of fighters upgrade.