Why there was no fourth race

[Blazur]

Why would someone want a fourth race, I find that retarded anyway.

Variety, man. People are so worried Blizz would be unable to balance this game, but forget that WC3 had 4 races and they did a good job of keeping it balanced with ongoing effort. So why not?

[nautilus]

There is a reason that rock paper scissors doesnt have say... a hammer.

Sorta like how some people actually try to play "rock, paper, scissors, shoot!"

[Norfindel]

Because then the game would take still longer, if not forever, to be balanced. At least with the resources destined to it's making.

[nautilus]

Plus, didn't the Xel'Naga "forge us all," according to Zeratul? What would you even do in multiplayer? Summon one unit and reign down chaotic and heavenly fire? Sounds to me like it would be, in theory, as balanced as if the pack of ants that enters my house every spring, looking for food, were to try a hostile takeover of the house.

[Corgon]

Sorta like how some people actually try to play "rock, paper, scissors, shoot!"

Hmmm, each faction is not a rock, a paper, or a scissor, it's the units themselves. Infantry scissors, air is paper, and vehicle/tech is rock. Adding something like hammer or shoot would be a flying vehicle that was combined with a human. That would be awesome.

[nautilus]

Hmmm, each faction is not a rock, a paper, or a scissor, it's the units themselves. Infantry scissors, air is paper, and vehicle/tech is rock. Adding something like hammer or shoot would be a flying vehicle that was combined with a human. That would be awesome.

Thats not the point. The point is that rock, paper, scissors is a balanced game. Each one cancels out a different object, and is canceled out itself. Adding a hammer would create an uneven balance and throw off the game completely. Obviously the races don't work like this in Starcraft, but the idea is that a 4th race, like a hammer, or "shoot," would completely throw off the balance of the game.

[Kimera757]

Variety, man. People are so worried Blizz would be unable to balance this game, but forget that WC3 had 4 races and they did a good job of keeping it balanced with ongoing effort. So why not?

The narrative is that Warcraft III isn't balanced. I virtually never played it online, though, so I'm not in a position to give a valid opinion.

[DemolitionSquid]

I'm sorry, you must have this forum confused with some place that encourages endless bitching and a pathological compulsion to see things only from one's own hopelessly warped point of view.

I'm a FanSmart, not a FanDumb. So

[Sarov]

I'm a FanSmart, not a FanDumb. So

Still...

The Highbrow: A fan who is convinced that he is so much more sophisticated and intelligent than those around him.

I'm pretty sure that's you (sounds about right).

[DemolitionSquid]

I'm not convinced of it. Its just a fact. My mommy tells me you're all just jealous.