Comments on: StarCraft 2 Gameplay Info from Cavez and Karune, Part 2

By: Dill

Dill — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:31:07 +0000

There’s another Q & A out. (Either some more news is ready to be released, or the Korean update torture is gearing up for another round.)

By: JMM

JMM — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:14:51 +0000

I still think lifting buildings is ridiculous. The phase idea makes more sense.

By: battlarmd

battlarmd — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:13:32 +0000

not to be a naye sayer.
But I don’t really like the anti-gravity spell too, doesn’t seem to fit in a ‘space theme’. Maybe if the spell is changed into a ‘phase spell’, whereby when a building or unit is phased, it cannot move, and can be walked through, that I can see as pretty cool, as Protoss can Block off their own choke point and walk through when required too.

On the no unit with 2 attack.. that is sure to change too I bet. and yes, lets hope the bulky viking turns out to be ‘slicker. =)

On the Armor class, I would prefer a more ‘gradual scale’ then an absolute scale, which is too simple.

By: ¬ø¬ çå⁄Ké§

¬ø¬ çå⁄Ké§ — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:24:06 +0000

“Apparently, Null Void is so powerful is can even “cancel out” the burrow ability:” OMG, I IS FINDED A TYPO IS….. IS….
This website rocks. well done

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:59:07 +0000

anti-gravity cool!!!! xD

By: SCV_Operator

SCV_Operator — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:02:49 +0000

I think it is definitely a backwards step if there are no units that use different weapons for air and ground attacks. For some units, such as dragoons or hydras, it makes sense for them to only have one weapon. But I always thought it was cool that wraiths had different ground and air attacks. Would look visually cool to have something like a wraith attack a thor with both missiles and guns at the same time.

By: MechaBeast

MechaBeast — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:22:40 +0000

Im voting for no in the anti grav case. There are plenty of counters to blockades and choke points that we don’t need a WC3 cyclone. To me this seems less like a blockade by pass than a “I hate fighting Thors” spell. The supply depot is buried into the ground already. Now, you’re going the lift it out of the ground for a bit then place it nicely back in its spot for me? The plausibility factor of this spell is increasingly dumb.

By: THE_BANANA_REPUBLIC

THE_BANANA_REPUBLIC — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:05:50 +0000

The thing I liked about warcraft three armor types was that it taught me what units I should build to counter my opponent’s forces.

Overtime, I’ve come to think that this armor system contributes to what makes starcraft 2 a much more versatile game than warcraft 3. The number of options can be quite overwhelming, but in the end, I think this allows for greater ingenuity and life-span found in starcraft.

I think overall, I would prefer starcraft 2 to keep the current armor system. Being the truly genius developers and balance designers blizzard staffers are, I think blizzard will manage to create a truly versatile game that avoids the “rock-paper-scissors” dilemma.

By: Dill

Dill — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:58:02 +0000

This is a lot is neat information, though it does seem that the “No units currently in that use different attack vs. ground and air” comes more from chance or a “let’s try this out” change than something that will stick it out to the final relase.

I still have a feeling that the zerg won’t be out for at least 2 months, but hopefully they will show up sooner if people are working on them as described.