 Realpenguin United States. June 29 2009 17:01. Posts 7688 | Profile |
Awesome! LR and semioldguy ftw
Just curious, how are the Hellions and Siege Tanks? Or are they totally unnecessary with the introduction of marine+marauder? |
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 ERGO United States. June 29 2009 17:01. Posts 30 | Profile |
On June 29 2009 16:45 Nevuk wrote:
Out of curiosity, what does smart cast mean? Like, how is it any different from sc1 psi storms casting?
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that smart casting is similar to MBS, when you have 3 high templar selected and cast storm only one will cast it, if you cast storm again the second will cast it, and if you cast storm a third time the third will cast it. |
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 Zzoram Canada. June 29 2009 17:02. Posts 2611 | Profile |
On June 29 2009 17:01 ERGO wrote:
Show nested quote +On June 29 2009 16:45 Nevuk wrote:
Out of curiosity, what does smart cast mean? Like, how is it any different from sc1 psi storms casting?
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that smart casting is similar to MBS, when you have 3 high templar selected and cast storm only one will cast it, if you cast storm again the second will cast it, and if you cast storm a third time the third will cast it.
Which is easier to micro and makes a stronger Psionic storm seem ridiculous. |
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 myrmidon2537 Philippines. June 29 2009 17:03. Posts 536 | Profile Blog |
Great report.^^
LR is still my handsome hero though despite his KTF fanboyism <3
I still don't understand why they'd take out LAN though T_T I'm not a PC genius so correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't it suck when the game lags and you're playing the person sitting next to you on a pc-bang? T_T |
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 Last Romantic United States. June 29 2009 17:04. Posts 19506 | Profile Blog |
| Oh right Hellions... they work, they're practical - honestly it's a firebat weapon on a vulture body - but I honestly feel they're not an adequate replacement for the original vulture. |
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 Hyde Australia. June 29 2009 17:04. Posts 1103 | Profile |
| hahaha I'm looking forward to seeing large scale blankets of psi storm. |
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 ganex United States. June 29 2009 17:05. Posts 7 | Profile |
| dam u guys r really good sc2gg |
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| pokerface Bulgaria. June 29 2009 17:06. Posts 171 | Profile |
Thanks for the report guys,really appreciate it.Thou its a fuken disappointment 
Edit:I mean obviously I wanted beta announcement.Hell it was about time already!!!Last edit: 2009-06-29 17:07:10 |
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 jtype United Kingdom. June 29 2009 17:06. Posts 366 | Profile |
Thanks for the update!
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| MaD.pYrO Denmark. June 29 2009 17:07. Posts 219 | Profile |
On June 29 2009 17:04 Last Romantic wrote:
Oh right Hellions... they work, they're practical - honestly it's a firebat weapon on a vulture body - but I honestly feel they're not an adequate replacement for the original vulture.
Indeed the entertainment of the vulture will be missed, but it's not certain that such a cheap (and powerful) unit would belong. They would probably be pretty f'in incredible at penetrating bases with the new pathing and just mining up everywhere.
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| Last Romantic United States. June 29 2009 17:08. Posts 19506 | Profile Blog |
On June 29 2009 16:54 omfghi2u2 wrote:
Are units distinguishable? I remember watching videos and noticing how when zerglings move, it looks like utter shit and you cant tell shit apart.
Also, how were the ultras?
Oh right; about this: In screenshots and in youtube-quality, the game looks either confusing or messy.
Up close and personal, however, it's very good. Things die quickly if a bit violently, battles are fast but still viewer-friendly, and all that.
One worries that it might be like WC3, but the death animations are better and the battle speed is faster. Also, the lack of mass spell buff icons makes a world of difference, as does the comparatively reduced # of spells available to each race.
edit: screenshot of new storm. Doesn't really do it justice though:
http://www.incgamers.com/images/screenshots/9323orig.jpgLast edit: 2009-06-29 17:10:34 |
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 Scorch Austria. June 29 2009 17:11. Posts 1276 | Profile Blog |
| Now what was the big announcement that had to be NDA'd? No LAN? |
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 Eiii United States. June 29 2009 17:12. Posts 127 | Profile |
My hopes and dreams for SC2 are crushed
Also, was this really worth NDAing for a week? Either there's 'something more' or... I don't know, blizzard was expecting everyone to be able to do a more in-depth writeup. |
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| Last Romantic United States. June 29 2009 17:14. Posts 19506 | Profile Blog |
In all honesty, I'm not sure what was worth NDA-ing for a week. There was no set announcement date, no gamebreaking balance changes, etc.
Blizzard's a mystery, even to Blizzard employees. Props to Karune for defending TL's twittering; he, unlike PR-man, understands the instant speed of web 2.0. |
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 Raithed China. June 29 2009 17:15. Posts 6746 | Profile Blog |
| oh my GODDDDDD. i am so excited now, the hype has def. died down for me... but man, this is going to be epic. |
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| HuskyTheHusky United States. June 29 2009 17:16. Posts 2185 | Profile Blog |
| wow... THIS is what the NDA was hiding all week...... |
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| SWOLE United States. June 29 2009 17:16. Posts 87 | Profile |
| Does the siege tank still suck? |
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 ShadowDrgn United States. June 29 2009 17:17. Posts 1123 | Profile |
| No LAN has to be very scary for the Korean starleagues. What are they going to do if b.net goes down (bugs, hacked, DDoS, etc.) during an event? What's going to happen if Blizzard releases a patch that completely screws up the game, and they can't fix it for a few days? |
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| Raithed China. June 29 2009 17:17. Posts 6746 | Profile Blog |
On June 29 2009 17:02 Zzoram wrote:
Show nested quote +On June 29 2009 17:01 ERGO wrote:
On June 29 2009 16:45 Nevuk wrote:
Out of curiosity, what does smart cast mean? Like, how is it any different from sc1 psi storms casting?
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that smart casting is similar to MBS, when you have 3 high templar selected and cast storm only one will cast it, if you cast storm again the second will cast it, and if you cast storm a third time the third will cast it.
Which is easier to micro and makes a stronger Psionic storm seem ridiculous.
the thing is, theyve made psi storm soo much weaker than SC's (with proper balance bc right now players can mass temps and have amazing casts with smartcast and kill everything in sight).Last edit: 2009-06-29 19:02:22 |
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| Eiii United States. June 29 2009 17:17. Posts 127 | Profile |
Looking over at SC2GG:
We have now been allowed to tell all (well, almost all)
Hmmmm?Last edit: 2009-06-29 18:29:31 |
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