Poll: Which race will you play as your main in SC2?

I actually think the Protoss is the easiest race to play effectively.  Zerg might have the highest learning curve initially in the very beginning when you are completely new to SC, but after you have all the basic mechanics down Zerg is harder and Protoss is easier.

But anyway, I love Zerg.  I don't really favor any race because of visual appearance and overall aesthetics.  I prefer Zerg because I truly believe the Zerg to be the best race in terms of superior flexibility, my experience with Zerg is also a major factor for me.  And interestingly for me personally, I can use Zerg to defeat outnumbering forces even though it goes against their theme and design, while I can not with P or T.  I have won 3v3 games where my 2 team mates have lost their bases and ran to me, I would've lost if I was P or T that game.  In many other past experiences I've defended against more than one player's forces as Zerg, but it seems harder as Protoss or Terran.

 

Im not saying thats how it was though, it just what I remember everyone saying or that was the common beleif.

The funny thing is Remy its the opposite for me with Protoss, I can do very well as Protoss but I have no idea what so ever how to play zerg at all. Basically the only thing I knew how to do with Zerg is mass Hydralisks . I even remember playing one of their campaign missions a early one against the Terran and I could just not figure out how to get past the defended dug in Terrans. (Not all Zerg Tech was avaible so maybe that had something to do with it)

 

Hmm i thought samus looked different but if you say so i believe you. I have always been a big fan of big flashy units so the protoss sucked me in even the terran battlecruiser kept calling. I think the i do well with the zerg (also the reason i dont like em) is i keep trying to place defense then build "big flashy" zerg units.

 

See Remy, we at least agree that Zerg is the most kickass race

I think no matter what race you play the others look easier.

 

Yes, Zerg is indeed the most kickass race, you just can't argue with timeless truths like that. I see that you got the inside info on what's the real deal, ha!

But I think Terran is the hardest to play well. I understand Terran gameflow pretty well, but I just don't have the discipline to stick with Terran, I like flexibility over one-shot momentum. Terran is immensely powerful and has what I consider to be the best caster unit in the entire game, but hell, Terran is just so tedious. Well that, and Zerg is the most kickass. ;D

 

Haha... Zerg is more macro for me... I hate microing little units.. that's why I never play Protoss... plus I love the feeling of three gigantic armies convering on a single base, or multiple ones for that matter....

Something so satisfying about the sound of an Ultralisk chopping through a group of Marines... it's like a symphony

I too think that Terran is the hardest to control, but not necessarily the hardest race to play. Zerg, to me, requires the most knowledge of units and counters as you can't send the wrong units to the wrong place and unnecessarily have them be slaughtered.

Zerg is all about efficiently letting your units be killed while the others flank the enemy position.

 

Remy, after reading your post, I am scared that I might be betraying my Protoss brothers very soon. :-\

To be honest, if I haven't learned about the flexibility of the Warp-ins at BlizzCon, I would have turned away from the Protoss. It just brings up to soo many strategies that I could think of. Not to mention, I think the Protoss will be the best race at saving an ally. Just put a Phase Prism at your allies base and when they are under attack, start warping in units in their base. Warp-ins totally kills anything that the new Terrans are recieving IMO in terms of coolness and flexibility.

But in terms of old school, I was actually the worst with the Protoss in SC1. Even though I always use random, the chances of me losing with the Protoss is much higher then the other races. This was due to the reason that I wasn't very good at maximizing the Protoss's strength in SC1. Infact, I was actually the best with the Terrans simply because I was very good with the 1 shot momentum thingy. I can manage a tank push extremely well. Like Remy's example, I have experienced a 3vs3 before where 2 of my allies were basically destroyed and fled to me. I still managed to carry the whole team while they build up and win the game eventually. This was possible only if I was Terrans but if I was the Protoss or the Zergs it would have not been possible. The problem that didn't attact me to the Terrans in SC1 was their lack of unit's mobility. Most of their units were pretty damm slow and I was more fond of harrassing an enemy and doing hit and runs. Although the Vultures were very good at that, I wasn't very fond of their flexibility. That is why I liked Zerg most of the time in SC1 because they are a race that is very good at harrassment and are very flexible.

But in SC2, everything about the Terrans has totally changed. They got a lot of new units that are very good at harrassing, move fast and also very flexible (Reapers, Banshees, Vikings). Vikings is a very flexible unit that would be awesome for hit and runs or go straight up for battle. Terrans also got units like the Thors that would improve their 1 shot momentum thingy. They are going to be even better at tank/thor pushing which is what I was very good at back in SC1. Add these 2 facts up and it sounds like Terrans in SC2 is actually the race most suitable for me because they got all the necessary tools for me to maximize my strengths as a player.

But I still really don't know which race I should stick to and master because the Protoss Warp-ins sounds like a very unique mechanic that I would do very well with. But Terrans in SC2 got all the neccessary stuff for me maximize my strengths in the game. So I am still very puzzled on what race I should stick to and master in SC2. After seeing Remy's post, I am kind of leaning towards the Terran side simply because I am best at maximizing Terran units's strength and its tactics. I was never very good with replacing units back into battlefield and once I lose a battle for the Protoss, I can't really recover from it. This is why I wasn't that great with the Protoss. This example could even be stated for Wc3. In Wc3, I was the best with the Night Elves because not only do I like their strengths (which is hit and run), but they also have the moonwells. The moonwells would make my units go back to battle immediately after healing without getting them replaced. Terrans are very similiar to the NE because they can heal right in battle (Medics and SCV repair). So right now, I believe the race that I would be best with once mastered in SC2 will be the Terran simply because not only do their playing style suits my taste, but I am able to maximize the Terran's strength which is the big bad Tank/Thor push.

But still, this is soo hard for me and once again, I feel like killing myself for always changing my mind. :-\

 

I am totally with Ych9 with this one.
I am SO lost as to what I should play.
I always played Protoss in SC1 because I thought they were the coolest. When I started playing multiplayer sporadically last year, I used Protoss, and got used to them, not knowing they aren't a very n00b-friendly race. Now I'm too used to them. I have no idea what race I am going to be. And it scares me. I'm afraid I'm going to be lost on Bnet once SC2 comes out and I'll just get pwned :'(


@ Remy from earlier - I wasn't annoyed so much as frustrated and disappointed. Whenever I'm browsing and I see that you make a post, I go "OH GOODY!!" and curl up with some popcorn and enjoy your page-long diatribes/exposès/unit stat analyses. But this was none of those, and no matter how many times I read them over, I was still like "Wait...so.............wtf?!"

Oh and thanks, it's great to be a mod - but I'm afraid I may have become a little less tolerant of bad posters with this newfound power....;D

 

Yea, I am soo lost now. :-\
From the looks of this, if my trend of switching race continues, it may have to go down to flipping a coin to decide. I hope that doesn't happen.

Another thing I didn't point out in my other post is this. (I don't want to edit it and put it in there because it is going to be too long and tedious to read)

Although I sucked the most with the Protoss mainly due to the reason that I couldn't maximize the Protoss units strength, that doesn't really mean it would be the same for the Protoss in SC2. Because as we know, most of the SC2 Protoss units has been revamped totally and from the looks of it, I think I would be able to maximize a lot of its strengths. Protoss units are going to be even faster then they were in the original SC. Units like the Zealots and Stalkers with their new charge and blink ability are going to make them even better at harrassing an enemy(Which is a strategy that I die for). Add in the fact that they have the Warp-ins (Another huge plus for harrassing), the Protoss for SC2 is also looking to be better then ever. It seems like I am able to maximize the Protoss strength in SC2 but in a much funner way compared to the Terrans. Because to be honest, I don't really like the style of 1 shot momentum thingy even though I was very good at it. Maybe I will invent a strategy in SC2 that will make the Protoss a very effective race for 1 shot momentum thingy, haha ;D.

I am already having a headache deciding which race to play based on 2 race. I can't imagine what will happen once the Zerg is put into the equation. Because the Zergs for sure, are going to have a lot of mechanics that would maximize my strengths also and if that happens, I might be leaning towards the Zerg race too . So for now, I am just praying that all the new Zerg stuff that they are going to get is going to be stuff that would not maximize my strengths as a player or otherwise, it may really have to go down to flipping a coin.

 

or just choosing random when you play ;D

 

Hahaha. Yea I was a random player back in SC1.
But in SC2, I really want to stick to 1 race and truely master it because most of the top players usually stick to 1 race. And I want to (or hope to) become a pretty decent player so in order to do that, I think it is better to stick to 1 race instead of randoming and become a jack of all trades type of player.

 

Its like you guys are crying because you have so much cheesecake but don't know which piece to eat first.

Let's wait until the game comes out.... I think then we'll all be in the mentality of "all the races are so COOL! I want to play them all at once!!! *cries in frustration*

Release date will be like a kid in a candy store.

 

I guess I'm pretty lucky, Protoss is largely unattractive to me even though I think they are a lot better than before.

@ Nikzad, sorry for disappointing you, but at least I saved you pop-corn money and inches off your waist, perhaps even a cardiac arrest or two somewhere down the road. The reason why I had to go around and around dragging things out was in attempt to establish a common system of logic to facilitate an intelligent exchange of information. It felt like arguing with a wall for a moment, you can't really do much when two people do not mutually settle on a unified system of logic.

For instance, if someone can never relate to or agree with what you are saying despite numerous attempts to provide supporting proof on your part, you can't discuss anything before you settle that first. SC1 Zealots were OP... No they're not because... No, SC1 Zealots were OP... it goes on forever.

But anyway, I think we both kinda decided to just drop it and focus on the supreme awsomeness of Zerg. I'll try my best to get people to chug pop-corn from here on out LOL. Zerg is the best, that's a fact. Discuss...

 

ROFLMAO pwned.. I just got called a wall... somehow that's worse than being called a Tool.... lol

It's all cool Remy.... it's not my fault that your logic exceeds human comprehension.

 

I think that no race should be better than any other, just a different style of play and what you prefer with equal chances to win despite which race you choose, that what makes a good game. So I think it should depend on style of play and aesethics when it comes to choosing a single race for you that you want to focus on. Thats why I like Protoss is because I like their story, how they are designed, that they use like high-tech sleek, plasma, psi energy kind of stuff.

Terran are cool and everything too with their gritty and lets blast some zerg while we are drunk mentalitiy.

 

Come on Zergs you can make it! destroy the Protoss and Terrans! and i agree with PancakeChef's comment each race have there own style and unique abilities like WC3 human workers are able to militia orc workers are abler to battle station etc

Zergs are cool and everything too with their gritty and lets munch some terran while we are starving mentality

 

The Zerg are the most fearsome race imo compared to the others. And they are to an extent unique in their attributes. The Protoss and Terran share the same comparison that they atm have strong capabilities to handle each other. The Zerg on the other hand I predict will be efficient at dealing with both the races in its own unique way. This being said I voted for Zerg cause they are the ZOMG where have they been for 4 years race.( That from the Lore Panel) Cause I can assure one thing. They sure as hell aren't playing Texas Hold Em 4 years straight. ;D

For the Swarm!

 

In terms of storyline and pure coolness, I had to give that to the Protoss. Just look at their warriors. They are all honorable and religious. Terrans, on the other hand, looks like a bunch of drunk addict warriors going into battle while the Zergs have a bunch of mindless freaks as their warriors. ;D (no offense to the Terran and Zerg users). But in reality, I do love organic monsters and Zergs was actually the race that attracted me into playing SC1. So yea, the Zergs and Protoss are kind of equally cool in my eyes while the Terran are at a distant 3rd. I really prefer the expensive and high class theme of stuff and the Protoss symbolizes that perfectly. All their buildings/units basically looked very polished and shiny that they look very expensive. When I play the Protoss, I will actually have feelings towards my units because they look like expensive and honorable warriors. If I lose a unit in a battle, I will actually feel sad about it because of its expensiveness (just like how you lost something very expensive in real life). So I would play extra hard in order to win. Haha, I think I'm getting too dragged out and sounding kind of stupid now, but you guys know what I mean.

 

Not to mention that most marines and especially reapers were ex-criminals. Not all marines are though but it said that is where they get the bulk of thier marines from, prisoners and such.

Fewer units also makes it easier for me to mange and micro my army since I've always been a big noob with RTSes, I have been trying to get better though, especially with micro, its actually pretty fun for me.

 

Not to disagree just for the sake of disagreeing, but honestly, Protoss's self-righteous goody-goody-ness, all that mysticism, and outright arrogance really don't do a thing for me personally.

I feel that a Protoss warrior on the battlefield is thinking things like I'm a proud warrior class of my race, I will strike down my enemies and serve my people, things of that nature. That is just so lame for me, good is out and bad is in these days.

A Zerg on the frontlines would not be thinking ANYTHING, it only has the primal instinct that fills it with the utterly irrepressible urge to do one thing and one thing only, to eat your face. It doesn't think it, doesn't reason, doesn't feel pain, there is no honor, it is driven only by instinct.

Terran's general attitude of "I don't give a rat's ass I just want to shoot stuff, I gives a damn if I die in the process, just bring it" is also cooler and more appealing to me. Besides, to be able to fight Protoss and Zerg with what can only be described as tin cans compared to Protoss technology, they deserve mad props. They even beat out the Protoss in sheer firepower.

In the end, this is just another classic case of each to his own. Which is another reason why SC is so awsome.