Confession time! What's the one thing you hate most about SC2?

[Draco]

I'm afraid the raw creativity of the game will be toned down and replaced with sanitized production values. Without proper game immersion by good unit voice acting, story telling, and sound environment, I'll never get as involved as I was in the original.

[scorpio19]

motherbiter,
plastic units design.
cartoon portraits.
terrible unit voice.
warcraftish graphics.

[n00bonicPlague]

defecively

. . . huh?

On the widest scope I hate the general lack of creativity surrounding the Zerg. The Protoss have Warp-In and Chrono Boost. The Terrans have multipurpose add-ons and interesting options for the CC. Both the Terrans and Protoss have cliff traversing units. The Zerg have nothing but creep highways and a Queen that sits at the base all day. I wish they would really give the Queen something awesome to do, like that Mobile Hatchery idea I had a long while back.

Regarding macro mechanics, everything sucks. Instead of actually putting in some interesting macro, they've just thrown in a bunch of half-assed annoying game pace acceleration tasks. The mechanics could be so much more. Chrono Boost could be a channeling ability that would cause the player to make some careful decisions about what's getting boosted, instead of a fire-and-forget ability that the player can just throw around. The Terrans could be gifted with the unique ability to manage their resources in highly dramatic ways, instead of "choosing" between three abilities that have no real tension. The Queen could be the ultimate addition to the hive cluster, having an important part in producing reinforcements and taking care of the hive, instead of just sitting at the base like a little housewife with nothing to do but knit all day.

Regarding specific units, I hate the Mothership, Phoenix, and Thor. The Mothership is just some sort of bizzare half-assed hybrid between the Mothership it could be and the Arbiter of the past. I personally would go for a smaller, more sensible Arbiteresque incarnation, but I really just wish they would make a choice between the two, even if it means making the Mothership strong as hell. The Phoenix is just a tasteless unit that does a poorer job than the Corsair and Scout combined. The Thor is just a weird filler unit that could be replaced by two or maybe even three units that have more defined roles.

I think that's all that I really hate.

[Zabimaru]

. . . huh?

You know what she means, don't be mean.

[Centipede]

I wish the Protoss had the ability to warp-out buildings and relocate them since the Terran's ability to Salvage is now more or less all but gone (save for the bunker). It'd also be nice if there was some more creativity put in when they designed the Zerg.

The soundscape is a real disappointment, too, along with some of the unit models and animations. Zerg are, in my opinion, the worst when it comes to animations. The Carrier being a scaled up, recolored Dark Templar support vessel really sucks.

EDIT: Also the lack of Battle.net features is disheartening. The custom game browser bothers me the most. We won't be able to name our custom games? We just have to host and hope people click on the map? Also the inability to reconnect after disconnect and ... pretty much everything stated earlier in this thread.

ALSO! The region lock is beyond fail.

[Aldrius]

The mechanics could be so much more. Chrono Boost could be a channeling ability that would cause the player to make some careful decisions about what's getting boosted, instead of a fire-and-forget ability that the player can just throw around. The Terrans could be gifted with the unique ability to manage their resources in highly dramatic ways, instead of "choosing" between three abilities that have no real tension. The Queen could be the ultimate addition to the hive cluster, having an important part in producing reinforcements and taking care of the hive, instead of just sitting at the base like a little housewife with nothing to do but knit all day.

See, now I think this is something of a matter of opinion. Because I think all three of these things are true. I think the Queen is an AWESOME base management unit, and Chrono-Boost does involve making careful decisions about what's being boosted. And there is tension between the Orbital Commands abilities if you want an easy scout or if you think you're going to get DT rushed. :P

I don't like spawn larvae, and I don't love the macro mechanics, but I think they're OKAY overall.

The only thing I really hate about the game is the lack of Zerg STUFF, particularly where their spellcasters and mid-game options are concerned. I think some slight improvements could be made to the Queen, but overall there's nothing I really HATE...

[Gradius]

1) No replay w/ friends
2) Zerg don't have that great mechanics/units and are generally not a fun race. Spawn Larvae is boring/repetitive and the devs aren't going to change it.
3) Protoss airforce is disappointing. All Protoss air is support units. Phoenix is useless and I don't really care if it's apparently amazing when used properly in its extremely small niche; you can say that for any bad unit. The Phoenix will be the Scout of SC2.
4) The lore seems to be taking a turn for the worse. Not because of writing, but it doesn't seem Blizzard is that interested in consistency, which is a big turn off for me. If they don't want the responsibility of handling the previous game's lore, then start a new story arc.
5) Some models are bad like the Carrier & HT.

[n00bonicPlague]

You know what she means, don't be mean.

Hey, I'm usually okay with stuff like a missing letter or something (we all do that), but I gotta say — that one had me.

[arthas]

. . . huh?

On the widest scope I hate the general lack of creativity surrounding the Zerg. The Protoss have Warp-In and Chrono Boost. The Terrans have multipurpose add-ons and interesting options for the CC. Both the Terrans and Protoss have cliff traversing units. The Zerg have nothing but creep highways and a Queen that sits at the base all day. I wish they would really give the Queen something awesome to do, like that Mobile Hatchery idea I had a long while back.



I think that's all that I really hate.

The Zerg has the nydus network/spawn larvae/creep tumors which have unlimited applications...They also have burrow,burrow movement....I think zerg is probably the most interesting race to play-at least they are better than Terran...And why the hell does everybody hate the Mothership? Do you realise that this is the ONLY unit which present on the battlefield can win you the game????? Mass recall has HUGE AoE,do you even know how effective it is at busting a sieged up terran or a island expasion fortified like hell? I think they are the greatest unit in the game....

[Islandsnake]

I have small issues with balance, but i dont "hate" anything ATM