Favorite HoTS Arcs

[FanaticTemplar]

I think the justification is supposed to be that they escaped in the chaos of the rioting, but that doesn't really make a lot more sense. Rioting isn't exactly going to affect military supervision of incoming/outgoing interplanetary traffic much, I should think.

[Turalyon]

Which, to me, is utter BS. Blizzard took the shortcut instead of actually TRYING. No politician could manipulate the people THAT easily.

Eh, it's BS that Blizz intended in the first place when it comes to Mengsk. Given his incredible good fortune at still being top-dog in Terran circles and having the informed attribute of "master propaganda", shrugging off the Media Blitz attack is certainly within his purview.

I know about the Ion Cannon, but you don't know if there's more. Raynor destroyed that one, and we don't know if Mengsk found a way to reverse engineer it or not.

The Ion Cannon is not billed as something special or even unique/one-of-a-kind ike other major plot devices found in the Sc universe (ie: Psi Disruptor). Even if it were, given the Dominion's ability to build up within the intervening years, it can't be that hard to make more general "orbital defense cannons".

I think the justification is supposed to be that they escaped in the chaos of the rioting, but that doesn't really make a lot more sense. Rioting isn't exactly going to affect military supervision of incoming/outgoing interplanetary traffic much, I should think.

That and Raynor just released the audio message and needed to escape that very minute. The listeners would need time to listen to the transmission and organise before showing up to riot and get "in the way".

[ragnarok]

Eh, it's BS that Blizz intended in the first place when it comes to Mengsk. Given his incredible good fortune at still being top-dog in Terran circles and having the informed attribute of "master propaganda", shrugging off the Media Blitz attack is certainly within his purview.

True, but I mean Mengsk DID have some grounds to convince the people it was faked, because there was only audio, and those can easily be faked even today.

I still feel he shouldn't have been able to go that far. In the immediate aftermath of Media Blitz, it wouldn't have surprised me if Dominion people began to wonder if the whole Zerg invasion in WoL was nothing more than a Dominion weapons test.

The Ion Cannon is not billed as something special or even unique/one-of-a-kind ike other major plot devices found in the Sc universe (ie: Psi Disruptor). Even if it were, given the Dominion's ability to build up within the intervening years, it can't be that hard to make more general "orbital defense cannons".

It's possible Mengsk felt there was no need during the 4 years between BW and WoL. The KMC and UP were too weak, Raynor had little success against him, Kerrigan was still relatively silent on Char with the swarm, and the Protoss have been largely inactive.

Plus I'm not really sure how effective the ion cannon would have been against the swarm anyway.

[Turalyon]

It's possible Mengsk felt there was no need during the 4 years between BW and WoL.

Unlikely. After having been defeated by the UED and by the grace of the lady luck, somehow comeback as the head of the Terrans again plus Kerrigan openly admitting having a vendetta against him, Mengsk would be more than enough paranoid (if not wise) to consider building up his defenses.

[ragnarok]

Unlikely. After having been defeated by the UED and by the grace of the lady luck, somehow comeback as the head of the Terrans again plus Kerrigan openly admitting having a vendetta against him, Mengsk would be more than enough paranoid (if not wise) to consider building up his defenses.

Yeah but in Kerrigan's case, Mengsk ignored this because he thought she only wanted to humiliate him, not actually kill him. Now, in the aftermath of the deinfestation at the end of WoL, that's another story.

[Turalyon]

Yeah but in Kerrigan's case, Mengsk ignored this because he thought she only wanted to humiliate him, not actually kill him.

Kerrigan lied to him about not wanting revenge on him and he was visibly shocked at that. I don't think he'd trust anything she ever says - she was probably also lying when she was suggesting she was just going to toy with him.

[ragnarok]

Kerrigan lied to him about not wanting revenge on him and he was visibly shocked at that. I don't think he'd trust anything she ever says - she was probably also lying when she was suggesting she was just going to toy with him.

Then tell me this: if the prophecy never existed, what do you think she would have done in the aftermath of the BW?

[KaiserStratosTygo]

Char > Space > Skygierr > Umoja > Zerus > Kaldir

I hate Kaldir the most. One of Kerrigan's traits is that she doesn't take prisoners. Yet, after 4 years under her leadership, Izsha captures Lasarra. One of many flaws in that arch that ends up not making any sense at all.

I'm pretty sure everyone in the universe hates this arc, it's so stupid and pointless.

I quite enjoyed the Korhal arc, even though it really shouldn't have been the focus, but it was fun to play and fun to finally get rid of Mengsk.

"I had the feeling that I'd 'earned' the right to have a carte blance approach. Don't get me wrong, I love the objective-focussed nature of the WoL and HotS campaigns. But Korhal had an SC1 feeling, and in a good way. I could fight as I wanted, and live or die by my own tactical merits (or lack of them - I'm a lowly bronze after all)."

Also this, it was a sort of "Destroy the enemy base" type mission that's ironically missing from SC2, I wish blizzard hadn't over corrected and gotten rid of nearly all of that sort of gameplay, seeing as how that's what drew me to the series to begin with.

[Turalyon]

Then tell me this: if the prophecy never existed, what do you think she would have done in the aftermath of the BW?

Killed everyone eventually. It was pretty much on-the-wall/written into a corner even then.

[ragnarok]

Killed everyone eventually. It was pretty much on-the-wall/written into a corner even then.

I still think she would have tried to find a way to get Raynor to be with her. This had always been something I felt she was thinking deep down back when she infested Ethan Stewart.