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Starcraft 2 general discussion.
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I heard it was a very different game with all the new units, lots of new strategies. You also mine slower so you cannot build as fast. You also cannot just mass one unit and win. That's from what I read so far, I havent been able to play it myself unfortunately =(
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LOL Well that's high school love for you.
No not at all. As marshmallow said the strategy is total different, and it is a slower paced game. When I used to plat S1 I would be able to mass dragoons with full upgrades in 5 minutes. Now not only would that take much longer but it wouldn't work nearly as well.
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I hope this game has a fantastic challenging S.P mode like the 1st lot did I might pre-order the collectors chest edition as I've had the SC2 pre-ordered for nearly 2yrs now.
But they might call me up and offer me it who knows, I couldn't play the beta if I wanted to as I have no CPU lol.
But they might call me up and offer me it who knows, I couldn't play the beta if I wanted to as I have no CPU lol.
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Erm.. I feel the exact opposite. The game is a lot faster. At least, it requires you to play a lot faster to take full advantage of your units/buildings. There's so much more in this game and everything builds faster due to the macro mechanics Blizzard has put in (queen spawn larva, chrono boost, and the mule). One hatchery is the equivalent of almost three with a queen spawning larva. The units all seem to move faster as well.
I'm curious how you built mass dragoons with full upgrades in 5 minutes... lol
Anyway, the game is great. I'm 58-39 ranked 12 in my platinum division right now. Still learning all the unit counters and some basic build orders at the moment.
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28 probes on minerals 16 probes on gas, and playing on fastest maps. Plus I would have 16 gateways, 3 forges and 2 cybernetics cores.
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That explains it...
Fastest maps are not how the game was meant to be played, you can't really compare those to SC2.
My friends and I have been playing the beta for the last few weeks. I can honestly say that this is probably the best game I've ever played (granted I was a huge SC1 fan).
They removed the monotonous parts of SC1 (you can now set your miners to go to minerals, unlimited queue of actions by shift-clicking, unlimited unit selection size, etc) and added a number of new units and abilities which really add to the strategy (each race has its own way to speed up unit creation, ground units which can scale cliffs, and armor/damage type is more important in sc2). My favorite part, however, is the ladder system. Each unique partner-pair has its own ladder standing and it places you in games with people of similar ability. Almost every game turns out to be a real back and forth.
They removed the monotonous parts of SC1 (you can now set your miners to go to minerals, unlimited queue of actions by shift-clicking, unlimited unit selection size, etc) and added a number of new units and abilities which really add to the strategy (each race has its own way to speed up unit creation, ground units which can scale cliffs, and armor/damage type is more important in sc2). My favorite part, however, is the ladder system. Each unique partner-pair has its own ladder standing and it places you in games with people of similar ability. Almost every game turns out to be a real back and forth.
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It's not so much the maps that slow me down, it's because you can only mine 5 minerals at a time instead of 8 now.
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The no LAN capabilities will put a bit of a cramp on me and most of my friends. Being on dial up with no real alternatives other than satellite will more than likely blow with high ping rates. So yeah, hopefully the single player storyline is great. Also, I would just like to say that the biggest drawback to playing SC1 on a modern computer with a large monitor really shows just how rough those DX5 or 6 graphics are at 640X480 lol. The game play is still some of the best though.
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That zerg player wasn't very good, it's counter-able.
Mass psi-storm games and mass corruptor games are fun too
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I just mass mutas and zerglings. Not very strategic but it gets the job done.
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True, that's why protoss needs a powerful unit like sentries, their anti-air is sad.
I think collossus need some kind of upgrade to let them shoot air with a secondary smaller attack.
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