These questions still go to Blizz every month though it seems as though the batches has stopped. You have about a day and a half!
Cheers,
~LoA
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These questions still go to Blizz every month though it seems as though the batches has stopped. You have about a day and a half!
Cheers,
~LoA
What is Dustin Browders personal take on the lack of decision making with some of the macro mechanics
For instance no decision making for where to cast MULEs, no decision making for where (and when) to cast Proton Charge.
My first question:
WTF?
Some others:
1. There has been much discussion about Proton Charge. You can see an example of this from a macro thread in the SC:L forums that is just over one thousand posts long ( http://sclegacy.com/forums/showthread.php?t=777 ). Though we can't seem to agree on what should be done with the Obelisk and its Proton Charge ability, there is one thing we all agree on: something about Protoss macro needs to change. The question is: what are the developers doing about it? Are y'all waiting until beta? Are y'all planning to get the community more involved in the macro thought process? Are y'all spending long nights at work sleeping in office chairs and living off cold pizza and energy drinks? Urr y'all git'n' tyer'd ov mah south'rn' grammuh?
2. We know that Battle.net 2.0 has been found guilty for delaying the beta testing of Starcraft 2. But we need to know — how did the culprit pull it off and what is its sentence? Why isn't BNET2 done, and what is the BNET2 development team doing about it?
3. What could you tell us about the user-friendliness of the Galaxy Editor? I know it is more powerful than the WC3 Editor -- capable of doing everything it could and then some -- but often times the more powerful a program becomes the harder it is to understand and utilize for the average user. For instance, you mentioned during the SC2 Gameplay Panel at BlizzCon the existence of a "tool" that modders could use without having to know a bunch of raw code. Could you describe the capabilities of this tool and its ease of use?
4. We've heard that there are many features in the current build of SC2 that were not in the SC2 build at BlizzCon. Could you tell us what the differences were/are?
5. When will the videos for the Tournaments be uploaded to the BlizzCon website?
( http://www.blizzard.com/blizzcon/video/archive.xml )
6. Will we be getting a 53rd Q&A Batch and/or a 4th Battlereport anytime soon?
7. How was your BlizzCon experience?
What changes are being done to zerg tier 2?
Will the roach be used mainly for harass?
Does it seem like zerg is too similar to broodwar? Zerg tier 3 is pure old units. In addition to that, the hydralisk and mutalisk are old units. There has been 10 years of muta harass/mass hydras already. Has there been any thoughts about scrapping units?
I actually think Dustin said in a recent interview that there are other things that would have delayed it. It wasnt just Bnet.Quote:
Originally Posted by n00bonicPlague
What will make the hero units unique?
Will the Galaxy editor have access to the "RPG" mode. The mode where Raynor can interact with other characters? If so, how flexible is the importing and exporting of models into a scenery and how much of it is editable?
Is the system map editable? Can we add our own planets and create our own systems?
Is there a limit on the size of maps made?
What are the current (blizzcon) system requirements to run SC2?
1. Originally beta was to be released in summer, now it seems to be "2009". A lot of people still can hope that it's summer as it still resides in 2009. Can we have an official "not in summer" to alleviate the poor communication and rumoring going around?
2. What is the current status of battle.net's development? Is the infrastructure developed well enough for the estimated 20,000 beta testers yet or is it the feature set development that's currently holding it back from "beta ready"?
3. In the original Starcraft, there are many dynamic decisions where a single weapons upgrade would change battles significantly with certain unit match ups. (Example: zealots with +1 killing zerglings in 2 hits instead of 3) Are there any noticeable upgrade examples of this in Starcraft 2 that exist with the new units?
4. In World of Warcraft pvp they found an issue over time that it was "very unsatisfying" to the player when they lost control of their character as it limited their ability to do their job or role. There is a noticeable increase in stuns and immobilization in Starcraft 2 which was barely present in Starcraft 1. From your experience in testing, do you feel abilities which limit unit control provide more dynamic game play so far or are you noticing more concern?
5. What is the current status of the Mothership? What niche does it fill at this time, and if the unit were removed, would there be a reason to fill that niche with a different unit or would protoss still be fine?
6. In Battle.net 2.0, you've informed us that you need to play a number of preliminary games to be assigned to a league and division. What factors play into the games decision to place you? Is it just win/loss or does it dynamically look at all relevant statistics such as resource gathering, apm, unit production, unit kill/death ratios, etc?
7. In Battle.net 2.0, you are "rated against 100 of your peers in your division". How does the actual game searching engine work? Does it seek out people within the league in nearby divisions or does it seek people within the entire league as a whole?
8. Were all the images in the Battle.net BlizzCon panels actual footage or were any of them mock-ups and not developed yet?
9. Will there be text commands in games to speak to people in other games or will it all be from the point and click interface that's been featured?
10. Can we have elaboration on the planned technology in Battle.net that will reduce latency more so than previous iterations?
11. I can assume that the editor allows you to dynamically raise or lower the terrain. Is there functionality in the editor that relates unit height to terrain height in terms of line of sight? (This would be different than actual "Cliffs")
No beef with Tricia who will be Kerrigan's voice in SCII, but I think it will be nice to know why Glynnis didn't make it. Thx.
There's been a lot of general concern about the lack of strategic depth and tactical options available to Zerg players. What is the team's stance on how the Zerg are panning out? With the extra time alloted as a result of the pushback, are there considerations being made for the Zerg race or is the plan to keep them as they are up right up to beta?
The Roach has undergone a number of changes, including recently gaining burrowed movement. How does burrowed movement help the Roach if it's primary role is to absorb hits for other units?
Asked and answered. This was covered in a previous batch.Quote:
3. In the original Starcraft, there are many dynamic decisions where a single weapons upgrade would change battles significantly with certain unit match ups. (Example: zealots with +1 killing zerglings in 2 hits instead of 3) Are there any noticeable upgrade examples of this in Starcraft 2 that exist with the new units?
How does it help absorb hits if it's dead? Burrow movement allows for the flexibility of repositioning while rapidly (so to speak) regaining lost health.
Burrow helps by keeping Roaches alive, Burrow Movement enhances that feature.
-Psi
True enough, if it could be asked in terms of the recent builds that'd be interesting. With some changes, such as the baneling I could see some utility in this mentality again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nicol Bolas
For the 5th time:
- What is your overall goal for the Infestor? The unit has had and removed so many abilities, are you trying to focus into a support role, or disruption and harassment, or just to have a wide variety of spells so it can be a quick response unit?
- When you design units, how much of it is function, and how much is form? For example, did the Viking unit evolve more from the desire to improve the Goliath's anti-air abilities by giving it flight, or from the desire for a transformers homage?
There is no doubt that SCII looks much better then SCI, will there be a patch or way to play the Original SC but use the new SCII engine?
If you can ask these two questions three or four times, just to make sure they're answered, that'd be nice :p
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5. When will the videos for the Tournaments be uploaded to the BlizzCon website?
( http://www.blizzard.com/blizzcon/video/archive.xml )
Those were the only two I could think of, but I thought they warranted extra mention :)Quote:
Is there a limit on the size of maps made?
Just to add on to thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Xyvik
Whats the max map size you can make in the Editor?
Whats the max population size you can make in the Editor?
I'm wondering if they plan on adding features for the AI to talk/comment on your play, as your playing. If not, PLEASE ADD THIS! I would really enjoy the computer to make witty remarks and what not from the things it's scouted etc, if your afraid of hurting peoples feelings just make the option disabled by default!
If anything at least add in the "CleverBot" from cleverbot.com, so I can talk to a sassy computer that tries to trash talk/conversant about random stuff lol.
YES this is a real question, I would at least like to know how far they are going with the AI chat.
This! I would love a snarky AI opponent.Quote:
I'm wondering if they plan on adding features for the AI to talk/comment on your play, as your playing. If not, PLEASE ADD THIS! I would really enjoy the computer to make witty remarks and what not from the things it's scouted etc, if your afraid of hurting peoples feelings just make the option disabled by default!
May I request an "annoyed" unit response? I would love to hear Dustin Browder's "terrible terrible damage!" from a pissed off battlecruiser.
Unlimited obviously.Quote:
Whats the max population size you can make in the Editor?
Anyway, with some concerns about the possible OPness of Spawn Larva, what are their opinions on it now?
Why obviously?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pandonetho
because it was the same for SC1? or do you mean units on the map? I would think as much as your computer can handle, because wasn't WC3 unlimited, or at least very close?Quote:
Originally Posted by ArcherofAiur
Was WC3 unlimited units? I dont think it was. And I am sure that you couldnt go past the largest melee map size.
I sort of remember hearing somewhere about the WC3 unit limit being 512, but don't quote me on that.
This was in the 1.03 patch notes for WC3, maybe its different now? Nonetheless, a bit less than unlimited I think :).Quote:
- Reorganized limits on pre-placed neutral units. Neutral hostile
buildings now count towards the "unit" limit of 512, and only passive
buildings count towards the "building" limit of 96.
How different is the brood lord compared to the guardian?
Is the Team multiplayer mode from SC1 going to be included in SC2? What about other multiplayer modes? There's something new, or some other modes returning?
lol I wanna play CTF!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Norfindel
How are mod-makers going to be able to get their models into the game, if at all? Will programs like Blender/3DS be supported or will it be an in-house program?