but i dont think there will be a new playable multiplayer race introduced in the expansion two reasons: 1. new race means new need for balance, and the other races will change so much that all pro players get pissed and probably wont use the expansion, and most regular players who got used to the normal SC2 gameplay will hate the expansion 2. i hope this will be clear Sc2=wings of liberty expansion 1=legacy of the void expansion 2=heart of the swarm(might have got the last two in the wrong order) as you can see, we are already getting two expansions, and i have my doubts blizz would make a third(could be wrong though)
I don't doubt a third expansion, i doubt a fourth playable race. Starcraft's balance is too delicate for that as an expansion, maybe as starcraft 3 but not as an expansion.
I figured there wouldn't be a fourth race, as they wouldn't be as different if a fourth was made. For 3 races, there's always a high, medium, and low for each category. If there were 4, then there would have to be a not as high/not as low category, so each race would lose some of its uniqueness.
If I really was hoping for this, do you really think you saying it's unlikely would change anything? It's like saying, "Sorry to crush your hopes [insert religion] but [insert belief] isn't true."
I think its a reasonable to hope for that in the single player campaigns, the Xel Naga will be a race as fleshed out for SC2 as the Naga were for WC3, and that if we are lucky enough, we might be given an unlockable bonus mission where you get to play them.
guaranteed no 4th race. this is sc, the game that made blizz who they are today and set the standard for RTS's alike worldwide. 4th race.. psh, you kidder you
Some months ago, Blizzard said they were talking about a fourth race for the expansion. (Note, they didn't say "yes" or "no".) This was before the trilogy announcement, however.
Yes, you're right. They said it was a possibility and they were already doing concept art. I have no doubt that we'll have four or more playable races in the single-player. If there isn't atleast one additional race in the campaign then that is a serious step down from WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne and Blizzard tends to move forward .. not backward.
i never said anything about singleplayer, my guess is that there will be atleast 4 playable "races" in single player(protoss, zerg, terran, Xel'naga and possibly an unknown one)
By the way, in Brood War, the Directorate Forces were supposed to be a separate race (seeing as they wouldn't logically have the same stuff as the Terrans), but this was rejected.
I don't think anyone expected to see Xel'naga or any other 4th race on multiplayer xD But we'll very likely see them on single player, perhaps not on wings of liberty but indeed on the other two expansions
The UED was going going to be a race but blizzard didn't have the time. Blizzard said they had considered and rejected a fourth race for starcraft 2.
They said it was an unlikely possibility for multiplayer but they have concept art and gameplay ideas.
I think that's all there should be. There's so much variation between the three races that they should never run out of ways to implement gameplay ideas. Any further races would be a little too much like two of any of the races for my taste. Save this for StarCraft 3. Let StarCraft 2 set this new race up perfectly so that when it is playable in multiplayer we'll have come to love it just like the other races.
