Gold minerals!

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but i'm just thinking in the practical sense. what would you do with a new resource? it would complicate everything so much. i just hope that it isn't a new resource. OR MAYBE! it's minerals that have been stained? *slick face* maybe the minerals are taking new colors. we might even see purple minerals. but i hope what ShoGun said is gonna be right

 

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Mushroom? What are you smoking. They are crystals. Gold colored crystals. As for there being no workers there, that doesn't matter in the least.

And yes, the competitiveness of StarCraft is ruined when you stick the CC next to the resource because when you don't have to worry about ever running out of resources, you can just build a ****load of units and not worry if they die because you can quickly make a ****load more with your 20 barracks because you've basically got unlimited resources.

Also, making a resource that never runs out would also ruin the competitive nature of the game. I've never heard a pro player talk about the amazing games they played on Big Game Hunters and those aren't even unlimited, just so high you would never possibly run out. This still shifts the focus to having these precious unlimited resource patches which would make the game less fun.

As for money maps, if they have the match making system like in WarCraft 3 which I assume they would since there is no reason not to, money maps will not be included in that set of maps. So, anyone looking to play melee will play those.
And, like WarCraft 3, there will most likely not be loads of money maps (or any money maps) in the custom games because the only custom games played are more creative than that. It is possible to make a map on WarCraft 3 where you have more than one gold mine per base that has so much gold it would never run out in a regular game and have trees that give so much lumber they can never be fully cut down but people don't do that because nobody wants to play those.
So, while it is possible, I doubt making money maps will be of much concern to people.

 

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yea i highly doubt its a mineral that never runs out. i mean if you make you own maps, you can make the mineral value to like 99999 which seems unlimited.

i'd stick to the higher output value.

and mushrooms? the gold minerals look exactly the same as the blue minerals except of course the color.

 

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The new race idea is wrong. Blizz isnt saying much, but they were clear that the 3 races are still the only ones.

Maybe it'll be higher output, but my money's on terrain. It looks different in shape to other minerals, not just color- so its probably something completely removed.

 

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Hey everyone, I am new here, however I am a true StarCraft enthusiast. I just wanted everyone to go checkout the new HD video and watch the beginning of the Tempest section carefully.


Look at the top of the screen, you will see a Vespene Gyser, and next to it, what appears to "GOLD MINERALS!!".

This is probably the case, they are a new type of mineral that yields higher resource value per mine exchange.

How interesting. ANy thoughts, ideas?

PrivateJoker owerup:

 

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This is in another thread. You might want to look under 'brown minerals'. A healthy discussion is going on right now.

Sorry, but you're a bit late here.

 

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If you look closely, they are more of a yellowish gold color, than they are brown. I was thinking the same thing as the previous poster, a higher yield per exchange...this could lead to interesting "players fighting for the richest resource locations on the map" type of game types.

 

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i ain't smoking shit. from the low quality thing that was leaked, they look like terrain. i used mushrooms as an example fewl... they could be gold colored lettuce for all i care. and quite frankly, some resource that is worth more than the normal ones is quite pointless. because then it's just a never ending war to get it first and defend it, and then it's GG

 

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I think we all understand that its gold by now... it's been corrected, what, six times now?

My bet is still on terrain, but unlimited amount/no proximity rule seem kind of anti-blizzard. It would unbalance everything. Maybe a slightly higher payload, or a new resource type altogether, but I think its safe to say that its not an unlimited lode.

 

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Maybe its just to make the place more colourful place to live... LOL

 

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Hey at least ur not blind u got the gold part RIGHT!

 

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Or maybe, its a new mineral, but all its good for is making your buildings and units prettier(with gold plating and such). No effect on the game, but ballin nonetheless.

 

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It is definitely gold minerals. They look identical to blue minerals, except their color. More than likely they would be placed in strategically vulnerable locations, meaning they may yield more resources, but it would also be more expensive to defend.

 

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lawlz at that

 

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Yes i remembered playing red alert 2 and those colourful crytals would yield more than ordinary gold deposits.
So these new minerals could have simialar effect. And whoever secures the gold mineral locations would have an advantage over others

 

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Yes that's what I said.
And check out the HD version of it and it is quite clear what they are.

 

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I don't think it would be weird positioning with no resource proximity limit. There is a nice gap for your hatchery in between the minerals and a little path to the vespene.

 

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Yeah. I really hope thats not final.

Anything but blue minerals = :bad:

 

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why do zerg need minerals? are they going to eat it?

anyway, brown minerals? i think they have higher mineral values than the blue ones.

yes i dont like brown minerals, if they want a different minerals with higher values, maybe they could used the blue ones and just add an effect to it, like it glitters or shines more.

 

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They use it to strengthen their carapace.