Official Starcraft 2 Thread

[Astros Fan]

Price drop? On a blizzard game? Have you seen what they are selling Warcraft III, the original starcraft, and Diablo II for these days? That's like asking for a price drop from Nintendo on their Mario games...never going to happen.

[kent1146]

Price drop? On a blizzard game? Have you seen what they are selling Warcraft III, the original starcraft, and Diablo II for these days? That's like asking for a price drop from Nintendo on their Mario games...never going to happen.

They do price drops, like a price drop on World of Warcraft. It took them 2 years to do it, but there was a price drop.

I guess some people are willing to wait. And if they're REALLY willing to wait, they might just wait until the "Battle Chest" version of Starcraft 2 comes out, with all 3 campaigns in it.

[kent1146]

Thats what you assume and I don't agree.

It would stand to reason that Blizzard would offer unit upgrades (similar to an expansion set) to convince owners of the Terran campaign to purchase the the next campaign.

If the mp versions between different campaign versions are the same, then you give little reason for SC2 players to purchase more then one game. With Mp being viewed as one of the main focuses, I seriously doubt Blizzard will offer no unit expansions in subsequent releases.

I thought about this, and I think you are correct. In World of Warcraft, they require you to have the latest expansion pack in order to play Arena, their high-end PvP competitive game mode. Anyone who is serious about PvP always gets the latest expansion packs, so they can participate.

Since Starcraft 2 does not have a recurring monthly fee, and with Blizzard being owned by Activision, I can see the greedy suits trying to see how they can milk every last penny out of the people that are hopelessly addicted to Starcraft 2. And if I was a greedy suit that worked for Activision, I'd try and find a way to compel people to buy expansions.

No your wrong. Blizzard announced a long time ago that each campaign would be $60. That may still change, but the pricing structure was announced.

I don't remember seeing that. Do you happen to have a link to where you saw that? (I'm not being a **** - I am honestly curious, and would like to know).

[Snakespy]

The only people I've heard this $60 thing is from these forums, so I am watching that closely. I'm pretty sure the "box set" with Diablo, Diablo 2 and LoD, went down in price last year to $30. 9 years after release. So, good luck with getting SC2 on a half price deal in the next year or two. Blizzard is a business, which aims to make money, and happens to do so. Anyways: if you liked Starcraft, you will like Starcraft 2. Period. Dot. The End. For all you naysayers I understand that you don't like that style. But I do. Different people like different things and that's the fun of it.

[taggart6]

I thought about this, and I think you are correct. In World of Warcraft, they require you to have the latest expansion pack in order to play Arena, their high-end PvP competitive game mode. Anyone who is serious about PvP always gets the latest expansion packs, so they can participate.

Since Starcraft 2 does not have a recurring monthly fee, and with Blizzard being owned by Activision, I can see the greedy suits trying to see how they can milk every last penny out of the people that are hopelessly addicted to Starcraft 2. And if I was a greedy suit that worked for Activision, I'd try and find a way to compel people to buy expansions.




I don't remember seeing that. Do you happen to have a link to where you saw that? (I'm not being a **** - I am honestly curious, and would like to know).

It was in a 2009 or 2008 post. I'll have to search to see if i can't find it. I want to say in Blizzcon 2008 but I'm not sure.

[taggart6]

Came across this old article. I thought it was worth posting for any Star Craft fans going to UC Berkeley.

http://kotaku.com/5141355/competitiv...berkeley-class

[taggart6]

Next installment details announced:

http://kotaku.com/5599005/everything...starcraft-game

It will be treated as an expansion. Kotaku is estimating the price between $30-$40.

[Wurm]

No LAN play? Serious?

I admit I haven't been following this but that's amazingly stupid if true.

[Kamakazie]

No LAN play? Serious?

I admit I haven't been following this but that's amazingly stupid if true.

Tis true.

[kent1146]

No LAN play? Serious?

I admit I haven't been following this but that's amazingly stupid if true.

You can play with people that you want to. If those people happen to be in the same physical room as you, then that is fine. Nothing has changed there.

What HAS changed is that Blizzard requires all games to go through Battle.net - which means that you and your buddy will need an internet connection to play with each other.

[Schmunkel98]

No LAN play? Serious?

I admit I haven't been following this but that's amazingly stupid if true.

Short of tournaments, how often is the average person going to be on a network with other SC2 players and not have an internet connection? Granted, I think it should be in there as well, but I have not played a game via just LAN in probably 10 years. I'm sure they will have some special considerations for tournaments in the future.

[senorgotti]

Basic multiplayer tips FTW

First second of the game build your first worker, than send the six workers to the mineral line. Next set your worker rally point to the mineral line.

Rally your workers from your base to the mineral lines. They will automatically gather resources.

Build workers continuously throughout most of the game.

Try not to get supply locked.

Hotkey your Nexus, hive, or command center. I use 4 as my hotkey, because it's easy to hit 4 then e (protoss) or s (terran) to make more workers.

Scout your opponent, even on 1 vs 1 maps. You need to find out what he is opening with and to scout out proxy barracks and other cheese. You send a probe to someone's base and don't see a barracks, it's probably near your base.

You can rally peeps from unit producing buildings to your main army. Easiest way to reinforce while in battle.

Terrans can wall in by placing buildings at the front of the map. Supply depots can be moved down to allow units out.

You can command que by holding the shift key. Have a worker build a building while holding shift then send him back to the mineral line. The worker will return to the mineral line after completing the build.

Watch your replay after loosing to see what he did, and what you did wrong.

When playing against a protoss check your base for hidden pylons.

When playing against a zerg. Kill them with fire as fast as you can.

When playing against the typical turtling terran use banelings (zerg) to break his wall. Use unit drops to attack the back of the base.

If a protoss player cannon rushes you. Just send your units to his base and win. Terran player's bases can be lifted off and set down in the opponent's main.

Spend your money. You don't need a surplus.

[Wurm]

Short of tournaments, how after is the average person going to be on a network with other SC2 players and not have an internet connection? Granted, I think it should be in there as well, but I have not played a game via just LAN in probably 10 years. I'm sure they will have some special considerations for tournaments in the future.

We used to call them LAN Parties! lol

[vertices]

Only had a chance to play the first 2 single player missions so far but it looks great. Love it. I did some MP during the beta but got stomped 80% of the time. Hoping now that it's out there will be more people who aren't so good lol.

[Schmunkel98]

We used to call them LAN Parties! lol

I remember the days Wurm. I played some good Doom 2 co-op and deathmatch that way. But seriously, when was the last LAN party you had with no internet involved?