What questions do you want answered at Blizzcon?

[privateparts]

Well everyone what would you like answered?

[GuiMontag]

how are they going to improve the 'custom game' function in battlenet from war3, its impossible to find games because you cant group enough categories.

[StormCrow]

1.) It would be nice to know the system requirements, even though it's kinda impossible to know if the graphics aren't nearly finished.


2.) How many different types of environments will SC2 have and how do they differ from each other when it comes to interactivity or creating effective strategies? Can map tilesets be combined? Like Desert on the edge of a tropical forest, or Snowy mountain tops in the middle of a magmatic wasteland.

3.) Will the game be as fast paced as SC1 was? Is microing playing a huge part? (I hope it is.)

4.) Will the Siege tank still use lipstick or did it change to mascara? ... Just kidding, I'm sure the new model will rock :good:

[im a roc]

Is there a reason they hevent really done much on zerg, but are focusing on protoss/terran?

Will the battle.net be similar to the most recent WC3?

Do you have plans on how much the game will cost?

[wukwinn]

1. Can the Planetary Fortress use its attack weapon while lifting off?

2. In the leaked Protoss Units Preview video, we saw the Terran Reapers shoot flames at the Protoss Phase Cannons, does this mean they can switch back and forth between pistols and flamethrowers?

3. Since the Terran Sensor Dome is now used as a stationary detector, does this mean the Terran Missile Turret is no longer a detector?

4. How many times can you upgrade a unit's weapon, armor, and shield?

5. Since you can merge different Templar combinations to create a Twilight Archon, does this mean that High Templars and Dark Templars will cost the same amount of resources? If not, wouldn't this make players buy for the cheaper combination?

6. Can units, that only attack ground units (zealots, zerglings, siege tanks, etc.), hit the Protoss Colossus?

7. On StarCraft2.com, when you visit the Phoenix unit page, there's a flash animation of the Protoss Phoenix using it's overload ability, and then it disappears (fades away) afterwards. Does this mean that the Protoss Phoenix can cloak?

8. Can a Protoss Phase Cannon turn into energy form while it is NOT in Pylon energy and relocate itself in Pylon energy?

9. At the very beginning of the StarCraft 2 Gameplay Demo video that was shown at the Blizzard Invitational (between 00:10 and 00:20), you can see a couple of unknown protoss units, on cliffs, appearing to be mining minerals by shooting orange lazers at them. Are these new units that were never revealed, or are they scrapped units?
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[raimu]

Id like to know if the campaign editor is as awsome as SC1's or if it will be done different etc.


anything about the map editor really

[zeratul11]

1. why are the marines not pointing their guns or weapons upward or angled to enemy air units or enemy units in higher grounds?

2. how many total type of units will each race get? 14? 16? or 17?

3. are there plans of increasing the max population from the current 200 max?

4. are there weather environments or weather effects like thunderstorm, snow drop, rain, and sand storm in starcraft 2?

5. will you considering a terran mobile bunker (train like) as a new terran unit? 8)

[stat]

when will it be released?

[thrif]

8. Can a Protoss Phase Cannon turn into energy form while it is NOT in Pylon energy and relocate itself in Pylon energy?


Isn't it stated somewhere that cannons in energy form disappears if not within a pylon's area? Cause that would most likely mean that the answer to the question is either "no" or "yes, but it's like self-destruction".

[headstock]

yeah the planetary fortress upgrade for the command centre. its called an upgrade apparently, so my question.... when attacking a planetary fortress, will it be possible to target the weapon upgrade seperatley as you would attack a comsat in the past? or will the weapon be a part of the command centre as a whole, and only be destroyed as the whole command centre is destroyed? hope that made sense

[10-Neon]

when will it be released?

Blizzard has a long and famous history of never, ever giving anyone a solid release date long before it is actually released. Their response is unfailingly, "When it's done."

[generalrievous]

when will beta roll around, probably not gonna be answered though

[Lemonparty]

Does Xenu and Tom Cruise play Zerg or Protoss?

[Lemmy]

Id like to know if they will add neutral stuff. Like civillians and neutral buildings for campaigns and use map setting games. You know, to make the game more complete and fun. Like more real. SC1 Lacked neutral structures.

[Major Willy]

Are you keeping and redoing any of the old unit portraits for their "brother" unit? E.g. Viking from Goliath, Cobra from Vulture.

Besides campaign heroes, can we expect some old voices for units?

About map types such as Twilight, Ash World, Installation, etc., what types can we look forward to working with in SC2?

[zeratul11]

are there cheats? so when will you reveal them? i hope never. or 1 year after the released of the game. :)

[Lemmy]

Will they release the game in various languages around the world in the initial release, or will they first release it in english, and then start selling the translated versions after a while? (I want to have the time to get it in english before they start selling it in spanish, because the spanish version sucked in the original SC and its going to suck again, as far as i can tell from the spanish official site.)

[Star-Crap]

How easy will the game be to play for someone who has never played starcraft before?

[Indigent]

Well some (40%?) of the questions people asked have already been answered.
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1. Starcraft II will be released when it needs to be.
2. They are redesigning tank.
3. Colosus is considered air/land unit and can be attacked by all units.
4. On wiki, it said that the reaper just blew up and looked like it was shooting flames. (Yes I doubt it too.)
5. The wierd looking mining unit was supposed to be some kind of doodad. (Also off wiki)
6. Phase cannons can only move into pylon energy. Only if there is a path
7. They are planning to leave the max units to 200.
8. And the max level for upgrades are also going to stay the same. (Not confirmed yet.)

More info can be found on the official website. Please do not flame me if something I said was wrong.

My questions
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1. When will they show a gameplay of other races (terran/zerg).
2. When will we get more info on zerg?
3. What is the scubbi...? (Some kind of infested terran/caster)
4. Will it be a real unit?
5. Is there going to be an upgrade for the zergling wings...?
6. Can reaper bombs be recharged?
7. How ballanced will the game be with the new protoss super units?
8. Will the mother ship only be available for campaign?

[Hito]

Will Starcraft 2 support Widescreen?

[Lemmy]

Will Starcraft 2 support Widescreen?


The demo stations or blizzzcon are all widescreen i think.

[danhillman693]

My main question: Is the game going to show what happened between the years of StarCraft BW and StarCraft 2? Did anything happen in those years, or did nothing happen at all, except Jim Raynor becoming an alcoholic?

[burkid]

are there cheats? so when will you reveal them?

hahaha there are cheats, if you watched the campaign demo. made me laugh.

[Indigent]

Opps.
Well, its a good thing we have the ??? for this demo.
I don't know if that is going to be enough though..
There.
*Rapes the protoss*

[TerranTemplar]

1. How flexible will the system specs be? Are you shooting for a very general, wide variety of computer levels, or closer to the average gamer, definitely not hardcore top of the line machines, but not ones more than half a decade old?

2. How will you keep the same emotion and vibe with a different briefing room? Having the choice to ask questions and choose who we talk to seems to negate the possibility of any surprise dialogue it seems.

3. Any more info on the Zerg? I am very ntrested to see if ultralisks or queens come back.

4. If it doesn't spoil anything, will the campaign be focused more on the same interracial conflicts, or is there a chance to see an alliance against Xel'Naga? Very intrested to see how they play into the whole scheme of things.

5. New mechanic for the zerg? know most of these might not be answered, but heh, gotta try.

[drewcbarnard]

Getting any Zerg info was really hard... I talked to Mike Morhaime personally and he wouldn't disclose any info for me in respect to the issue... All we can do is wait and see.

[danhillman693]

4. On wiki, it said that the reaper just blew up and looked like it was shooting flames. (Yes I doubt it too.)

Luckily, Wikipedia is a website which can be edited.

[privateparts]

Whoever said that is a total doosh, anyone with half a brain could see they were shooting flames, they even leave little flames burning on the ground after they've fired.

[burkid]

its spelled 'douche' for future reference. now dont say that word. :P
well, reapers shoot pistols, not fire. that might have been an attack for them at one point, but it doesnt hold true now, so dont keep whining.

[privateparts]

i wasnt whining. and i will spell doosh however i please stop restricting my rights to free speech.

[Indigent]

its spelled 'douche' for future reference. now dont say that word. :P
well, reapers shoot pistols, not fire. that might have been an attack for them at one point, but it doesnt hold true now, so dont keep whining.
Reapers don't shoot pistols at all, they CARRY pistols lol. Jk everyone makes mistakes. And I said earlier that I don't believe that either but that is what it said.

[BoydofZINJ]

1. Is there a reason they hevent really done much on zerg, but are focusing on protoss/terran?

2. Will the battle.net be similar to the most recent WC3?

3. Do you have plans on how much the game will cost?
(modified by BoydofZINJ)


1. I am betting the net big Blizzard event will have the Zerg. The Zerg probably needs the nost tweaking and Blizzard pointed out the game will come out in 1 - 3 years... so why rush it? They are slowly introducing the races at major Blizzard events for hype and suspense. Plus this is a marketing scheme. Why did they pick the protoss first? They introduced it in Korea. Korea, if I am not mistaken, the Starcraft and Broodwar champions are mostly protoss then terrans then zerg. So if i was trying to applease the Koreans I would introduce the races in that order.

2. They indicated thy are making allot of changes to SC2 in multiplayer possibilities. So I am hoping it will be more than the WC3 changes.

3. Probably $49.99 or $59.99 USD

[burkid]

in an interview at blizzcon, Chris Sighay or Dustin Browder (i cant remember which) said zerg will be out sometime this year.

[Indigent]

My opionion is that they shouldn't release Starcraft so early that we have to wait 1-3 years in the first place. It makes little kids go crazy...

[hillzagold]

4. who the hell is samir duran? (that must have been asked at blizzcon already)

[Protosscommander]

i justwant to ask if when playing the first starcraft is it recommended that you must put the cd in to your pc in order to play it???