Starcraft 2

[Schism]

Anyone else following the development of SC2 closely? I played SC1 religously on AUS-1 and BNET for years. I haven't bothered with games for a few years now but this one will bring me and alot of others out of retirement for sure.

This thing is gonna be the biggest selling game of all time i think. Between WOW, SC2,the inevitable Diablo3 and all the associated expansion packs for these games, the money Blizzard are raking in now and in the next few years is going to be insane. There's even talk that regular battlenet will be pay 2 play,or at least access to a higher level of b.net with more features will be. Blizzard have been asked and refused to deny or confirm...

If there was ever a true case of "license to print money"...

 

[Hollow Knight]

The release date of this game will come close to being declared a public holiday in Korea.

 

[lachlan24]

Haven't really been following the development, but i loved SC1. Never played any other game like that (wow), but SC2 will be awesome!

 

[Schism]

The release date of this game will come close to being declared a public holiday in Korea.

yep

 

[Hellbourne]

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20070521

Thought this was good when I came across it.

 

[Thrawn]

I'll certainly be looking into it, loved SC 1. But most likely I'll be playing Age of Conan by then. Blizzard shafted my class in WoW, and with the expansion, it got boring.

 

[Hellbourne]

I'll certainly be looking into it, loved SC 1. But most likely I'll be playing Age of Conan by then. Blizzard shafted my class in WoW, and with the expansion, it got boring.

Shaman?

Also does anyone think that Protoss Mothership is going to be way overpowered, above all of the stuff they showed in the first trailer, they now have the ability to cloak buildings.

 

[Thrawn]

Shaman?

No, much more shafted than them. A Paladin, even though I mastered him and kicked major arse with him, the direction they were heading with it after the expansion was a sad sight to see. But I suppose you can make a case for all the hybrids.

Blizzard's whipping boy since release.

 

[Schism]

Shaman?

Also does anyone think that Protoss Mothership is going to be way overpowered, above all of the stuff they showed in the first trailer, they now have the ability to cloak buildings.

They've got pro-gamers on the payroll for balancing, i think it will be reasonably balanced on release. It probably won't be truly balanced for a couple years though. The MS is really just a fancy looking arbiter replacement i guess.

 

[Hellbourne]

No, much more shafted than them. A Paladin, even though I mastered him and kicked major arse with him, the direction they were heading with it after the expansion was a sad sight to see. But I suppose you can make a case for all the hybrids.

Blizzard's whipping boy since release.

Blizzard really threw a curveball, Hybrid = Healer, Priest = DPS, priests can't heal as good as Pallys or Shaman anymore, but can easily out dps both as shadow.

They've got pro-gamers on the payroll for balancing, i think it will be reasonably balanced on release. It probably won't be truly balanced for a couple years though. The MS is really just a fancy looking arbiter replacement i guess.

It's slightly more than an arbiter, one that could take out a few Battlecruisers.

 

[Alex_au]

http://www.myspace.com/starcraftaustralia this will be a great place to find other aussies when sc2 is finally out

 

[davey_magik]

Can't ****in wait, have the official site in my favourites, only thing is my comp is slower than Ben Holland so I'll have to buy a new one to play SC2, but it'll be worth it.

I think it'll be like Halo 3 in the way the gameplay to SC1 will be very similar, as they say 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it'.

 

[Schism]

The carrier is now up at starcraft2.com

wheres the ZERRRRRRG!!!

 

[Upgrayedd]

Cant wait to see the Zerg, im a little dissapointed, i think its lost a little bit of its charm with the new cartoonish graphics, i would of loved to see them keep the 2d stuff.

 

[Suspense]

Can't wait, loved Starcraft to death.

I'd like to see them add another race in there, similar to what Blizzard did with WC3. Added alot to the game I thought...

 

[Hellbourne]

Good to see how many people are also waiting for the Zerg units to be released. Most of my friends use Terran, and hide behind a Supply Depot defence in those cash maps. Then build 16 Battlecruisers, I find it boring to do the same thing over and over.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Good to see how many people are also waiting for the Zerg units to be released. Most of my friends use Terran, and hide behind a Supply Depot defence in those cash maps. Then build 16 Battlecruisers, I find it boring to do the same thing over and over.

worse is the 16 carriers, they utterly rape most things.

 

[davey_magik]

worse is the 16 carriers, they utterly rape most things.

Except about 70 scourge which costs about 1/10 of what the carriers would .

 

[Upgrayedd]

Except about 70 scourge which costs about 1/10 of what the carriers would .

i remember vsing a friend who used to just stack carriers, so i thought i would out-do him and massed about 150 scourge...he came in with a bunch of dragoons

 

[Schism]

Mass carriers are easy to counter. I never played money maps, but on money maps they would be even easier to counter.

Terran - if toss goes MASS carriers and nothing much else....be cute and go M&M...mass marines destroy carrier interceptors so fast its funny. Carriers without interceptors dont do much . If you dont wanna be cute, mass upgraded goliaths > carriers. Ghosts with lockdown for fun. Sci vessel EMP + wraith or goliath if the guy is good at carrier hit and run.

Zerg - Mass hydra, mass scourge, mass devourer...combo of 2 or all 3. Whatever,it all works. Add in some defilers with plague if needed, even queens with ensnare too if you really want to bend the guy over.

toss - 1 word. STORM. GG.

 

[Munga]

worse is the 16 carriers, they utterly rape most things.

+ a few corsairs for stealth hehe

If you manage to build a few missiles, and simultaniously launch with ghosts....never know what hit em!

I haven't played Starcraft for half a decade! Am I past it now? Too old?

 

[wce_all_da_way]

+ a few corsairs for stealth hehe

If you manage to build a few missiles, and simultaniously launch with ghosts....never know what hit em!

I haven't played Starcraft for half a decade! Am I past it now? Too old?

Who cares about age. I haven't played in a long time, but I think reading this thread will make me install it again tonight. Will anyone still be playing online?

 

[Upgrayedd]

I dont have the expansion pack

 

[Hellbourne]

worse is the 16 carriers, they utterly rape most things.

16 Carriers isn't too bad, just make all of your units attack the Carriers themselves, if you let them auto attack they usually hit the intercepters first.

Terran: Use Battlecruisers (they are stronger than Carriers), Yamato Gun any Arbiters and get your Science Vessel to EMP the Carriers (Removes all their sheilds), use any left over Yamato guns on the Carriers (2 per carrier) then order all of your Battlecruisers to shoot at 1 carrier at a time, they will all drop in 30 seconds.

Just watch out if they use their Arbiters to Stasis trap your Battlecrusers, if they do put the defence matrix from your Science Vessel on the Battlecrusers that aren't affected.

Zerg: I mix Hydralisks and Devourers here, make around 96 Hydralisks and 12 Devourers and just target the Arbiters then Carriers in that order.

Im more worried when someone using Protoss comes in with a massive group of Dragoons and some Dark Templar



Edit: Didnt see your post Schism, we must play fairly similar. I just don't like Terran Ground Units, I forgot about lockdown too!

 

[Hellbourne]

Who cares about age. I haven't played in a long time, but I think reading this thread will make me install it again tonight. Will anyone still be playing online?

I tried a few games in Aus-1 server the other week, i guess some people never stopped playing, didn't even get close to winning