Will portaits carry over to HotS

[TheProgramer]

Not only will portraits carry over to Heart of the Swarm, but will Achievement points carry over?

Will I have to begin from scratch to get my portraits?
Will I have to begin from scratch to get achievement points, or will it carry over?

Also makes you think; what new portraits could they add? There is a lot of portrait rewards and it seems like they don't have enough units to replace them all.

Thanks.

(I already posted this in Gen Discussion on the Sc2 site, but we all know how threads there are created every five seconds, and I also like the GENERALLY (looking at you Gifted ^_^) intelligent responses I get here.

[Wankey]

Well to be honest they should carry over... and if HOTS will be anything there will be a TON of new portraits (maybe as many as the original?)

If Blizzard is serious about the content then HotS should have a completely new HOTS-fied portrait, maybe half as many but it doesn't make sense for poeple to go "jesus I have to unlock all those previous portraits again"

[Twilice]

Indeed, and to improve the custom games diversity they should add more units. Warcraft 3 had a lot more units to utilize, but that was just because of neutral creeps and all those spell models included with every hero that could also be used.

[JackhammerIV]

I would think they'd make like crossover achievements. Like doing something in WoL will earn an achievement that gives you some shiny thing in HotS. Maybe like some special menu screen based on WoL league. Or just a special portrait but just something.

[HydraHydra]

I believe they will just add the new portraits to unlock just like they did with the mods ones, and with the achievements, in campaign they will add tabs that say "Wings of Liberty" and "Heart of the swarm"

About what portraits they can add.... mmmh, kerrigan ghost with infested hair is an obvious one... maybe the infested bunker x3... I hope a LURKER portrait... who knows! when we see some of HOTS material in may, we may take a guess.



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[Peanutbutter]

I'm hoping for a reset, but know one no's for sure.

[imdrunkontea]

with War3, there was an entirely new set of portraits to unlock, so that it didn't carry over. I'm hoping that won't be the case for sc2, since the portraits seem a lot more varied and customizable this time around, and I feel like they won't have the time to make an entire new set of portraits (or have the need to) by the time HOTS is released. We'll see, I guess.

[Eligor]

Only the ones you have the HOTS for.

some day I will tire of this pun and everyone will breathe a sigh of relief, but not yet

[Genopath]

Not only will portraits carry over to Heart of the Swarm, but will Achievement points carry over?

Will I have to begin from scratch to get my portraits?
Will I have to begin from scratch to get achievement points, or will it carry over?

Also makes you think; what new portraits could they add? There is a lot of portrait rewards and it seems like they don't have enough units to replace them all.

Thanks.

(I already posted this in Gen Discussion on the Sc2 site, but we all know how threads there are created every five seconds, and I also like the GENERALLY (looking at you Gifted ^_^) intelligent responses I get here.

Considering what they did for WarCraft III and Frozen Throne, they'll just add a new 1000 wins Random, Terran, Zerg and Protoss portrait. However in this case I think you'll be able to use your WoL portraits. Call this speculation but it is the most likely scenario I see so far.

[Blazur]

I'm almost certain we'll keep our portraits and achievements. Think of the new game like a ladder reset.