Who do you want to see become the Legacy of the Void protagonist?

[Norfindel]

@Norf

IF you were paying attention, you would know most of the swarm was attacking the Dominion but still the remaining forces were still too hard to handle without the artifact. Din't you see the report where it stated the Zerg onslaught withdrew when you started to invade Char? I doubt they could've staged an assault at all if Kerrigan's forces were not spread out throughout the sector.

Yes, still doesn't makes any sense. Why would she send almost everything she had to attack the Dominion for no reason, and wait in Char almost completely exposed?
It's a mystery how the Zerg flyers taken down the fleet, but they manage to land on their nest, and kill them all.

I wonder what will happend with those Zerg that are in transit.

[Kimera757]

Yes, still doesn't makes any sense. Why would she send almost everything she had to attack the Dominion for no reason

She did have a reason: find the artifacts. Her attack on Tyrador VIII made that clear.

and wait in Char almost completely exposed?

That I don't know. It seems she wanted to hold onto the worlds she had conquered, and even when she withdrew her forces back to Char she left those world garrisoned. (Based on two news reports: the one after Supernova, and the very last one.)

It's a mystery how the Zerg flyers taken down the fleet, but they manage to land on their nest, and kill them all.

Presumably because the Dominion/Raiders were attacking from below, since they had already established a beachhead on the surface.

[Louis]

If you look closely you can see something like three rather large armadas of battlecruisers in the sky during the final cinematic. I thought I saw at least 40 battlecruisers.

[Norfindel]

She did have a reason: find the artifacts. Her attack on Tyrador VIII made that clear.

I thinked she stopped then. She didn't had the information to find them. Was she trying to find them by brute force search?

Anyways. I don't know why Kerrigan wanted the artifacts, but if she knew something about them, she could have fleed at any time. She was attacking Raynor's base herself, with the artifact very close. She could had gone to the other side of the planet, or pretty much anywhere else, considering that the Zerg can open wormholes.

Presumably because the Dominion/Raiders were attacking from below, since they had already established a beachhead on the surface.

I don't see how that makes a difference, considering it's their nest. It should be swarming with flyers. They stablished a beachhead on Char, not on the floating platform. If they took down the general's BC, they took down a lot of ships.

If you look closely you can see something like three rather large armadas of battlecruisers in the sky during the final cinematic. I thought I saw at least 40 battlecruisers.

Seriously? That's weird. I wonder why the flyers stopped attacking and returned to their nest to die by reactor-overloading if there were so many enemies left.

[Kimera757]

I thinked she stopped then. She didn't had the information to find them. Was she trying to find them by brute force search?

Until The Moebius Factor, it seems she was just brute-force searching. She didn't just hit Mar Sara, she hit a bunch of worlds where the artifacts weren't.

She must have read someone's mind and went to Tyrador VIII, hoping for a more efficient way of collecting artifacts. However, Raynor stopped her there. After that, she basically gave up, but "camped" on the occupied Dominion worlds.

Anyways. I don't know why Kerrigan wanted the artifacts

Probably to protect herself. If she had them, then Raynor and the Dominion (and Narud) didn't.

but if she knew something about them, she could have fleed at any time. She was attacking Raynor's base herself, with the artifact very close. She could had gone to the other side of the planet, or pretty much anywhere else, considering that the Zerg can open wormholes.

She could have run, which suggests she wanted the artifact. Also, part of her wanted to be "cured" or whatever, given how she said "don't give up" to Raynor.

I don't see how that makes a difference, considering it's their nest. It should be swarming with flyers. They stablished a beachhead on Char, not on the floating platform. If they took down the general's BC, they took down a lot of ships.

They did take down a lot of ships, which would explain why the Dominion never tried this before (they didn't have an artifact), and even then it was incredibly risky.

But the Raiders/Dominion force managed to establish that beachhead. Furthermore, I rather doubt the underside of the platform was nearly as well protected, meaning Raiders/Dominion could slip underneath it and then land troops on the side (rather than just drop troops on the top). Incidentally, it would have been very difficult (especially in gameplay terms!) to do an air-only invasion. Given the Raiders started with a base, I think even in lore terms we can declare that Raynor somehow got ground troops on there, establishing a second beachhead, if you would, on the platform.

By the way, I know in an interview Blizzard said Shatter the Sky was canon, but that seems to contradict A vs B canon. I'm pretty sure Belly of the Beast is "A", and before you make your choice in the mission briefing, the mission is called Belly of the Beast. I think Blizzard goofed during the interview there, that Belly of the Beast should have been canon, and IMO it makes more sense. (If you do Shatter the Sky, Findlay even complains that now that they're got to the ground, they have to go back up.)

The other A vs B missions always have the A name before you make the choice. (Eg Safe Haven vs Haven's Fall, Breakout vs Ghost of a Chance.)

And I think Belly of the Beast makes more sense. Using lava gave the Raiders a huge tactical advantage. What advantage did they have in Shatter the Sky? Nothing more than decent human player vs weak (but sprawling) computer players.

Seriously? That's weird. I wonder why the flyers stopped attacking and returned to their nest to die by reactor-overloading if there were so many enemies left.

Gameplay > storyline, I gather.

[Norfindel]

Gameplay is NOT > storyline in SP, at least not if the story doesn't make sense.

They used branching missions only to have more troubles in the story, and failed to give the players meaningfull choices, except in Belly of the Beast/Shatter the sky, that actually modify something after the choice is made.

It doesn't really matters if they attack the platform from the "underside" or from the top. It's swarming with flyers, what difference does that make? They fly around, and pwn everyone there. I think that it should be fairly obvious that something's wrong after they blow the first reactor. Probably they "fix" that by saying that the other choice was canon, as you say.

Maybe most of the flyers died while killing a lot of BCs, or they were busy with the huge amount of BCs seen at the ending cinematic. Except for that ending view, the game gives the impression that the fleet was pwned by the Zerg flyers when they approach Char, which is confusing, as then the ground forces would be in really deep shit.

[Louis]

Siding with Hanson risks angering the Protoss for the possibility of saving some colonists which is the morally "Jim" thing to do. Also has the benefit of good publicity if the colonists make it, declare independence and hail Raynors raiders as the heroes who are protecting them against the Zerg. Killing the colonists is the safe decision and the one which goes against the "jim" morality.

As for Tosh, we all saw how little the spectres care for collatoral casualties in the war against Mengsk, so breaking the prison open is morally dubious no matter how you cut it. It is also bad publicity, and whatever Horner says you can't just take his word for it that all of New Folsom prison were wrongfully accused, shit rainbows and wouldn't harm a fly if they could avoid it. That place looked like it might have held millions of prisoners.

So what's your problem? That they didn't have enough impact on the gameplay?

[Schisme]

Zeratul simply makes the most sense to be the protagonist given his history for Void. I'd personally like to see Artanis, he just felt like more of a leader, and authority figure. That's my 2 cents though.

[KillaKhan]

Tassadar, lololol jk. I want selendis, she's the commander. Zeratuel is overused

[spychi]

Tassadar, lololol jk. I want selendis, she's the commander. Zeratuel is overused

also she is hot... for a protoss...she doesn't have a mouth though...