Since the goal of this poll is to tally the opinions of a specific subset of Brood War appreciators, if you're gong to take one poll, please take both.
Poll: What is your general attitude toward rebalancing for SC Remastered?
I am extremely conservative. (33)
80%
I am pretty conservative. (6)
15%
StarCraft needs to change. (1)
2%
We need a StarCraft revolution! (1)
2%
I am exactly moderate. (0)
0%
41 total votes
I am pretty conservative. (6)
StarCraft needs to change. (1)
We need a StarCraft revolution! (1)
I am exactly moderate. (0)
41 total votes
Your vote: What is your general attitude toward rebalancing for SC Remastered?
(Vote): I am extremely conservative.
(Vote): I am pretty conservative.
(Vote): I am exactly moderate.
(Vote): StarCraft needs to change.
(Vote): We need a StarCraft revolution!
Poll: Can Blizzard patch reavers?
Reavers are fine. (14)
40%
Reavers could use patching, but I don't trust Blizzard to get it right. (7)
20%
Go for it! (6)
17%
I tried to stick my dick in a duck and got stuck??? (6)
17%
Other. (2)
6%
35 total votes
Reavers could use patching, but I don't trust Blizzard to get it right. (7)
Go for it! (6)
I tried to stick my dick in a duck and got stuck??? (6)
Other. (2)
35 total votes
Your vote: Can Blizzard patch reavers?
(Vote): Go for it!
(Vote): Reavers could use patching, but I don't trust Blizzard to get it right.
(Vote): Reavers are fine.
(Vote): I tried to stick my dick in a duck and got stuck???
(Vote): Other.
I want to say that I'm a somewhat passionate supporter of the original Brood War as it stands, as not just a good game, but a stronghold of the old gamer tradition of adapting to your game, rather than expecting your game to adapt to you. The "Get good," mindset, as it were. I just think that reavers may be an exception because it is not clear that their buggy behaviour - for example their failure to select targets, instead walking towards them as if they were melee units - has any redeeming qualities including balance. I think everybody hates this bug.
I also think, and hope, that Blizzard is approaching the new StarCraft Remastered very conservatively, and trying to change unit behaviour / stats extremely, extremely little or not at all. This being one of the main homes to foreign (non-Korean) lovers of this traditional game, and the protectors of the integrity of its current design, I think it would be good to have an opinion poll here, on whether reavers can be a very special exception to the rules of fan service, when it comes to even the most unapologetically elitist among us (I like that label for myself, perhaps you disagree).
Please participate in both polls, and leave comments on what you think of this thread, and of reavers, and even rebalancing Brood War and StarCraft Remastered generally.