Official TBA StarCraft II Thread

[cipher]

It would take more than just watching the stream to beat some of us you know

[psi43]

you've been making that same joke for like 2 years man :[

Pretty sure that I did that like once or maybe twice - you know, that one or two times I was actually part of a stream.

so I guess you mean "you made that joke 2 years ago". If you're talking about me, that is.

also what's up with zealots turning into fireworks when they get blown up?

I guess it's the psi stuff leaving their body?
It's pretty.

It inspires me to kill Zealots.

[rtil]

yeah it just looks silly. the high/dark templar have always done it but it looks like a spirit or ghost. the zealot explosion looks like a bunch of illegal fireworks were stuffed inside the zealot

[Sinitron]

speaking of protoss, played a game with some guy i know and his friends

we scouted a dark templar rush coming well in advance, and a protoss on our team assured us that all was well and he would be making observers

he proceeded to 4gate and everyone but me died in a fire (i had a missile turret + scans)

[psi43]

I think if they'd turn those fireworks blue, it'd look more "natural".

[rtil]

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[Sinitron]

the CE ultra looks like garbage

huge copout compared to terran equivalent

every zerg needs to IMMEDIATELLY flood b.net forums with tears

[rtil]

or just not pay $20 extra for a stupid skin for a unit they're hardly ever gonna use

the other perks are not even for sc2 which is even dumber

[Sinitron]

well i get the CEs primarily for the art books, which are quite good

but the HotS CE's bonus content is notably rushed compared to what was found in WoL

even the WoL Superthor is glitched, as it's missing a part of the animation when it uses the strike cannons (the normal thor has shutters closing over the cockpit)

and yes, you could say it's a waste of 20$ and not worth it, but attention to detail can make or break the feel of a game

if you cut enough corners, it starts to look bad, and personally i am fond of making ultralisks whenever I do play zerg, because I find them to be a pretty good unit to round out sling/bling/muta

as terran, a charge of ultralisks is actually pretty scary, and as zerg, it feels cool to unleash them

[Gladius]

well i get the CEs primarily for the art books, which are quite good

but the HotS CE's bonus content is notably rushed compared to what was found in WoL

even the WoL Superthor is glitched, as it's missing a part of the animation when it uses the strike cannons (the normal thor has shutters closing over the cockpit)

and yes, you could say it's a waste of 20$ and not worth it, but attention to detail can make or break the feel of a game

if you cut enough corners, it starts to look bad, and personally i am fond of making ultralisks whenever I do play zerg, because I find them to be a pretty good unit to round out sling/bling/muta

as terran, a charge of ultralisks is actually pretty scary, and as zerg, it feels cool to unleash them

[cipher]

I'm considering picking up the CE, haven't decided yet though

I just feel like if there's one CE I'm going to get for SC2, it should be this one

[sev]

i'll be waiting til legacy of the void to go collectors

[rtil]

LOTV collector's edition perk:

[sev]

i really want that to be true

[cipher]

Gave in and bought the CE version like a chump. Too bad the mouse pad I'll be getting isn't as cool as that one though...

[rtil]

got my beta key tonight. all i have to say is i love swarm hosts and i hate tempests

[cipher]

Yeah I just got mine too, don't think I'll have much time to play until this weekend (sunday probably). We'll see.

[sev]

got my beta key as well. will likely be messing around quite a bit

[Sinitron]

hellbats are so-so and widow mines are static and boring

[sev]

oracles are pretty fun and tempests are fun too, but my favorite additions are the mothership core and free hallucination. i'm also really digging how big these maps are. both of those really suit the way i play as protoss.

i havent really touched terran yet, not too interested. hellbats are the coolest addition imo but still not as interesting to me as the protoss changes