Starcraft 2 UMS like SW Battlefront?

[Shadow Archon]

After thinking about the Galaxy Editor for SC2, where they showed off a Third Person action game map, Is anyone planning(Yes, I know it can do it, so no one cut me off with "Yes it can." Im looking at you Demo Squid) to make a map like Star Wars Battlefront?

Things that would be in it would be the following:
1. You would be able to pick all the different infantry to play as for terran, pick smaller Zerg strains for the Zerg, be different infantry or robots for the Protoss.

2.You would be able to get into vehicles by riding them, your player jumping into the vehicle with an animation, or not depending on artistic issues.

3.You would be able to fight with a proportional damage system fixed in, to where you won't have to fire on an enemy forever like in a RTS. [Yes, there will be no shooting down Battlecruisers, Carriers, Motherships, Brood lords and Void Rays. The rest would be accessible(Fighters, Gunships, Detectors and Transports) and could be destroyed.]

4. You could actually perform head shots and the like.

5. Possibly space battles, as they were performed in SW: Battlefront 2. Zerg would use Behemoths.

6. Special animations for reloading, getting behind cover, getting into a prone position, changing weapons, tossing grenades, ect.

7. Possible use of new abilities for units. (The Infestor infesting other player's units, Protoss High Templar causing heads to explode basically be able to use feed back on all unites with no energy cost but large cooldown, Ghosts able to call down Special bombardments instead of just nuke. Ect.)

8. Different play modes, such as Base Defense and assault(like C&C renegade's basic play mode), assassination, CTF(of course), Capturing spawn points, survival, ect.

9. Three player filled factions fighting at the same time. (SW:B only had two Player controlled and a neutral NPC faction)

10. New weapons. Certain modes would allow for Halo like play where you can actually switch out your weapon for another one.

The reason I thought this was because of the whole fact that there was going to be an Urban environment now, and thinking of being able to enter all of the buildings and to shoot from the windows....Well, I think you get the idea. I suck at map making, so anyone with actual skills, I ask you, do you think you could do it?

[ragsash]

sounds like an awesome idea loved SW battlefront and think SC would fit very well with it.
But im no good with mapmaking

[Shadow Archon]

Seeing that you can do Flight simulators with WC3s engine, and with a third person capability with all the units in Starcraft 2, it sounds perfectly possible. Maps like Red Stone would be a hassle though. Seeing that body placement damage was possible in WC3, I can see this as a badass mod that can be done.

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[ragsash]

When I watched the SC2 map maker vid from the con I was like when this comes out you wont need any other game then SC2.
the WC3 engine is unbelivebel what can happen with SC2? no limits?

[Shadow Archon]

All you need is elbow grease apparently.

[Dragoonx]

That would be amazing. You could add capital ships at ridiculous high cost for the luls. Would be awesome to see a BC from that game play prospective