Fansite Q&A Session.

People probably hate reading more then 2 lines of a post...

Another question: will there be any weather effects in multiplayer that have impact on the units and buildings? -for example: decreased vision in rain on tropical maps, damage from the floor on ash and lava maps-

 

Havent they answered no to that in one of the QA before Forsaken? Ill try to find it...

Edit: Hmm, no result yet

 

I also had a feeling they did, but I have found nothing so far. It must have been quite a while ago for me not to remember, so it might have been changed already.

 

My questions

• What is the current status/role of the Protoss Mothership (is it unique?)
• Have you already deleted the Thor and come up with something better, or at least put it back in it's Heavy Assault Unit, to be built in the battlefield, wich I think, most of us liked better?
• How, exactly, does the Nydus Worm work now? (If it still exists, wich I hope so, because it is awesome!)

 

1) How does zealots charge stack up against upgraded speed (if that is still an upgrade) zerglings?

2) Have units seen a general increase in speed compared to SC1 to speed up gameplay?

3) How does the terran Viking stack up against the other early air units (Mutalisk, Phoenix)?

4) With the larger amount of abilities available in the game is micro becoming more dominating compared to macro?

5) When will starcraft2.com be updated to accurately reflect the changes made to some units?

 

1. Will there be a system in place to prevent maphack and tiehack.

2. Will SC2 introduce a policy for online safety? ie, a system in place to record dialogue and deal with people who direct offensive/abusive language, or make threats to other players during multiplayer games. If not, then prospective players should be made aware of such failings before they commit to a purchase.

As a victim of this abuse myself in wc3 battlenet, I'm sure the news/press would be very happy to hear of my experiences , and I'm sure they would be happy to aware the general public of the absence of an online safety policy with sc2, should there not be one.

 

Just a few editor Questions because I want to see some cool, crazy stuff in Starcraft 2 .

1) If i was to make an RPG for SC2 that used multiple maps for different areas, would I be able to be on one map while someone else is on another? Like, would I be able to warp to a different area, then have someone warp there at a later time?

2) Will we be able to make our own armor and weapon damage types?

3) Will you ship a small manual for the editor with the game or just give us a PDF file to help new comers? (obviously we won't get anything to help people towards the advanced end of the editor)

4) Will non-melee maps still be called "Use Map Settings"?

 

@Simbob
1 How would you create a RPG if there is no unit experience system? I do not know if you understand how hard it was to create an engine for RPG maps in warcraft 3, but in a game without unit experience like starcraft 2 it might be almost impossible. You would have to change hard coded stuff, which only Blizzard programmers or extremely skilled modder shoul do.
2 I second that quistion if there will be different armor types in the final version. However, they only have armor ratings at the moment iirc.

 

Warcraft 3is piss easy to make an RPG... (I'm not talking about hardcore talent trees and stuff, just your dude with his/her 4 or 5 skills doing quests and missions and stuff) Also, if the SC2 editor can do all the stuff the WC3 editor can it should be able to give an experience system like WC3s one... (I'm pretty sure i've heard it can do it anyways)

 

Forsaken Blizzard has confirmed that you will be able to make units with levels and expierence in the map editor.

And Jasmine I am not quite what your goal with the latter part of your post it, but it sounds like you are trying to blackmail Blizzard on a non-Blizzard forum, which is a giant effort in futility.

 

1.) For the editor, will there be features to alter existing models such as changing limbs, and carried weapons?

2.) For the editor, will we be able to change the sounds of a unit's voice responses such as adding our own voice to a unit?

 

1. Is LAN being considered for StarCraft2? If not, because the absence of LAN will significantly effects players outside of the US, Europe and Asia, who will then have to deal with constant lag, what is the reasoning behind that decision?

2. Because the Overseer's sight radius increases when standing still while its Detection radius does not, will there be a way to tell where it is that the Detection radius ends?
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Here are the questions which I think should be asked:

1. Do units appear on the side of their production building closest to the rally point?
(kuvasz)

2. Will the replays of multiplayer games have options to save them in various standard formats so they can be exported and played in general/standard media players?
(the8thark)

3. What are the many different terrain sets that will be available for standard multiplayer maps? Snow, Jungle, etc...??
(Seradin)

4. What are the required specs for Beta?
(ItzaHexGor)

5. Are there any plans to bring back infestation mechanics? The Infestor's current "Spawn Infested Marines" ability seems to be there as a placeholder rather than a definite ability.
(Kaaraa)

6. Does the Nighthawk still use gas/minerals for its abilities, or has it gone back to using mana?
(Kaaraa)

7. Are there any spells / abilities that can bypass Immortals' Hardened Shields? If so, which ones?
(Gasmaskguy)

8. What steps are being / have been taken to make the game easier for color-blind people? In the original, it is sometimes difficult for red/green colorblind people to distinguish colors on the minimap. I notice in SC2 though that because units have a black box around them on the minimap, it should be much easier to notice enemy blips on the map. But what about something like the red spot from a nuclear strike, for instance?
(vega12)

9. How, exactly, does the Nydus Worm work now?
(marcusrodrigues)

10. When will starcraft2.com be updated to accurately reflect the changes made to some units?
(DE.50)

11. For the editor, will there be features to alter existing models such as changing limbs, and carried weapons?
(Shogun)

12. Is LAN being considered for StarCraft2? If not, because the absence of LAN will significantly effects players outside of the US, Europe and Asia, who will then have to deal with constant lag, what is the reasoning behind that decision?
(ItzaHexGor)

13. What is going to be the maximum amount of players per game, per game style (Melee, Team, UMS, CTF, etc.)?
(Fenix)

14. Because the Overseer's sight radius increases when standing still while its Detection radius does not, will there be a way to tell where it is that the Detection radius ends?
(ItzaHexGor)

15. Karune, your favorite race, go.
(Iori)

 

Surprised no one's mentioned this

Batch 46.

 

-will Starcraft 2 come out before 2010?
-has there been any changes to the dark pylon, orbital command/mule and queen abilities since last mechanic feedback/update?
-will there be any leveling/customization of your army/race (similiar to single player) in multiplayer?
-do you love starcraft2forum.org enough to give out some beta keys to some random members?

 

No it isn't. It's nothing like that.

If a player is at risk of abusive language in a game, and if there are no systems in place to log that text and deal with those who write it, then would you not want to know that before buying a game?

In any game? This isn't specific to sc2 or blizzard. But my experience of this abuse was in a blizzard game, so I'm interested to know if there is a better policy with their latest product, which is why I say this here.

If you were a parent thinking of buying a game for your children, wouldn't you want to know if there was adequate online safety?

Similar concerns have in the past been raised about violence in computer games, etc. And when violent games go on sale, there are often news articles highlighting that violence so that potential customers know what they (and their children) are being exposed to.

This is why games carry age ratings, and why content is keenly reviewed by independent organizations before it is permitted for sale. But the language of other players is also part of the game experience in multiplayer games, and is something which in my opinion should be moderated just as keenly, if not more so.

Eitherway, the public have a right to know whether or not a moderation system is in place. That is what I am saying.

 

3. What are the many different terrain sets that will be available for standard multiplayer maps? Snow, Jungle, etc...??
(Seradin) (has been answered, cant find it now though - and we)

4. What are the required specs for Beta?
(ItzaHexGor) (they will not tell us that you know, waste of question)

13. What is going to be the maximum amount of players per game, per game style (Melee, Team, UMS, CTF, etc.)?
(Fenix) (they said this will be a discussen when beta has come out)

Should not be answered IMO (some good choices though IHG).

 

Jasmine, the age rating already lets you know what you might get exposed to. And Pegi rates just about any game with any kind of violence for 12 years or even higher. Kids get to hear and see more offending things while watching tv then while playing any Blizzard game. Soaps and talkshows in the afternoon are more offending then anything in one of the hundreds of chatrooms on battle.net. You cannot expect them all to be moderated. If you want that, then choose an official one, not an user-created one. If that is still not enough, change your username. This one is just asking for harassing in the vicinity of boys who have never even dared to speak to a real girl. This question would be a waste in my opinion.

 

Hmm... you haven't been to some of the games and chatrooms I have then... I remember this one interesting individual was talking about in detail his repressed desire to do inappropriate things to small children ... oh wait, that was... nevermind.

 

What do you think Dr. Phil and Oprah are talking about these days? Nice and normal people who buy you flowers? And then I have not even mentioned that Dr. Ozz stuff I see coming by sometimes. -Along with 8264348 warning messages for children not to watch it, which only makes them want to watch it more.-

Anyways, back on topic or jon bans us for spamming an important topic. When is the deadline for coming up with new questions? I might still come up with something usefull.

 

1) When's the next BlizzCast coming? I heard it was coming out towards the end of March but it's already the 30th.

2) What future novels for the three universes are in planning?

[I know these questions are kind of off-topic but oh well]