Comments on: Inside StarCraft 2 Q&A 49 – Analysis and Summary

By: Luigi Velasques

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By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:25:54 +0000

“I am not very thrilled about all these ‘mining perks’. just seems like a bunch of annoying things I will need to keep casting and casting and casting…”

I have to agree with this. Please don’t add complications for the sake of complications, Blizzard. I want to play a game, not do chores. God damn you APM people. At least MBS seems safe.

By: John mo

John mo — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:42:18 +0000

More explicit cons will be better.

I have to agree, it will turn into one of those
‘everyone has’ things, so rather than just being cool, it turns into a nuissance.

as a player has NO CHOICE but to use those skills to keep up with the rest… when everyone has it, everyone has to use it, then it takes away the thinking of it…

I sure hope blizz sees that. I am talking this as a set-back on the direction really.

By: redrach

redrach — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:40:16 +0000

All the macro abilities specified have cons, actually.
Proton Charge takes away energy from the Dark Pylon which you could have used to cloak your units.
Summon MULEs takes away energy from the Orbital Command which could have been used to call down supplies, or scan for invisible units.
Spawn larvae takes away energy from the Queen, as well as requires you to spend more resources to make use of those larvae.

These sort of indirect cons are better than more explicit ones.

By: Battlardm

Battlardm — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:21:27 +0000

what I mean is.. if there’s an ability with a ‘pro’, it should come with a ‘con’. so people shouldn’t just blindly use it over and over and over.

By: Battlardm

Battlardm — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:53:47 +0000

I have to agree with Johnner up there, I think Blizz is doing this wrong this time..

it shouldn’t be a bunch of spells to be cast over and over again, that is just tedious and annoying. It should be something like this…

Dark Pylon: you can toggle, having a dark pylon, you can use extra gas supply and convert them into faster mining for protoss probes.

this way, you just select once. Marco-ing your economy to what you need, not casting the same spell over and over, I can see how that is annoying.

By: jamvng

jamvng — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:21:42 +0000

Johnner: “I am not very thrilled about all these ‘mining perks’. just seems like a bunch of annoying things I will need to keep casting and casting and casting…”

Well in a way, how was having to go back to your expansion(s) and make workers mine minerals (ie SC1) not “annoying”..all this is just to increase macro…These mechanics just make it as necessary as in SC1 to have to go back regurlarly to your bases to check on everything and make sure your economy is running as efficiently as it can (since automining takes out tht component in SC2)

By: Johnner

Johnner — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:28:44 +0000

I am not very thrilled about all these ‘mining perks’. just seems like a bunch of annoying things I will need to keep casting and casting and casting…

The new investor is definitely an improvement though.

I would like to see more unit development, and maybe more macro and race specific…

like.. a protoss shield battery… give it an upgrade so every unit inside that radius regenerates faster until the mana of the building runs out.. or something.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:41:04 +0000

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By: redrach

redrach — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:47:22 +0000

@jake:
I believe the mechanics of summoning a Nydus Worm with an Overseer is exactly the same as that of building a structure. So you select the Overseer, click on “Summon Nydus Worm” or w.e. and click on the spot you want it to emerge at. If the spot is free, the worm starts up its unburrow animation, else it reports an error.