Contribute to the Monthly Report!

Hey guys, I know you love opportunities to contribute, so here's a good one!

I'm compiling this month's discussion report, and I need your help!!!!

We're in dire need of 3 good questions to ask Blizzard (so they can look at our awesome questions and then pick the ones relating to how the Protoss eat).

I've already got the topics needed for discussion, but if you would like to post those too, I'd be glad to look them over!

So here's what I want from you:

Very creative and informative questions you want Blizzard to answer. Do NOT ask the standard or obvious questions "When will Zerg be released?" "When is the beta test?" as those have already been ignored.

Imaginative and important Starcraft 2 related discussions that you have seen on the forum or you think are very pressing issues that need to be addressed!

Your help is appreciated!

 

Re: Ask Blizzard a Question!

With the Month of October coming to a fast close what preliminary decisions have been made based on the September discussion of the month regarding the mothership.

With the Terrans now having an ability to slow enemy units with the Cobra what counter with the Protoss and Zerg have to this ability. Will it affect Zealot charge or Stalker blink and will it affect air units. (can the cobra still fire on air units) Will restore be able to remove the slowing effect?


Bonus 200 minerals for a great suggestion.

 

If the plan is to make the races as distinct as possible then why are you not implementing the shield battery effectively making Protoss units heal just like Zerg units? If the shield battery does not make it into the game does it mean that the highly civilised and technologically advanced Protoss could not come up with a way to restore any of its units or buildings in any way?


Bonus 200 minerals, issue covered. "Stasis Orb should have a shield regen... etc"

 

what is the numerical(to get to the old number of units) replacement for the reaver and soulhunter?

did you change the nomad model yet?

 

@ ijffdrie , please explain what you mean by "numerical replacement."

Also, they never responded to our original complaints about the Nomad, so I don't think they're changing it....

 

The siege tank being one of the key terran units and a lot of people's favorite one as well,everyone agrees that the old siege tank siege mode shot sound and explosion had a lot more personality in it, and everyone agrees that it should be returned to it. Do you plan on changing any of the current sounds just as the you did the models?

Where do you stand on the firebat currently? Is the old starcraft firebat being tested or is it a new SC2 firebat trialed currently?

Have you considered different roles for the Thor or is it going to be this version of the unit or no Thor at all?

 

From my understanding of playing starcraft 1 is that sure there is an best unit for every situation the game throws up at you but you can always make the units you do have at the time also complete the job. It was like any unit can really work in almost any situation with a little thinking.

Zoom to Starcraft 2 and my impression is that you are showing each unit is best countered by a certain other unit and most other units will be not so good at it. Like the new game is more about making the right units for the right situation rather then using what units you have to fit the situation at hand (the idea for me in SC 1).

I would like to ask why is this so?

 

I think iffjidrie is talking about the total count of the units for SC2 (13 or 14 I think). There is a hole left by reaver there.
But I think that hole was filled with the statis orb, so here is my question - why are you implimenting such a uncharacteristical unit (the concept for which seems like it was thought of in ten seconds) which doesn't have any protoss feeling whatsoever and that even you yourself have no idea what to do with?
First it had the slowing ability, now it has been given to the cobra and the statis orb has been given the HT's forcefield ability. Why do you toss abilities from one unit to another instead of axing all the semi-decent abilities/units and going back to the drawing board? If you want a superb game then everything in it has to be superb and not only "acceptable" with a sole purpose of filling the gap. It seems to me that you're forgetting your guideline for the game, which is "rock-paper-scissors". What is the statis orb supposed to be a counter for? Where does it excel, where is it's performance bad?
Ok, my real question is - could you please elaborate on the purpose of the statis orb? Because I'm not the only one having such concerns.

I doubt that this question will be chosen, but I just had to get it out of my system.


Bonus 200 minerals. I had already included it in the report, but you gave me a better idea of how to ask the question.

 

How long have you been working on SC2 without telling us? >=[

 

Since they released Frozen Throne. THey said so

 

I'm still short one question... I need a good one!

 

in the book liberty's crusade, which you certified canon recently, raynor had only 2 dozen man, and lost the hyperion to mengsk, how did he get it back and how did he become a stronger terran faction?

 

Not much information is known about the Predator (is that the right name?).  It was not in the gameplay video despite being a new unit.  Is it still heavily in the design phase undergoing changes and how might this affect other units?

 

Because the colossus is hit by both AA and AG attacks, if a units can do both, for example marines, ships, and towers, which attack would hit the colossus? If both attacks do different amounts of damage, would it be random as to which attack the unit does, or would it always be whichever attack would do more damage to the colossus?

 

I've got my question. Thanks guys.

 

What questions were chosen?

 

^ Read the nice green colored fonts?

 

I picked one that was offered in a PM about what changes were made so far to the Mothership regarding the suggestions we made.

 

and I thought my question was good too......Haven't ever heard it being asked anywhere else...

 

Maybe on the next report.