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Balancing Starcraft And The Lessons For Heart Of The Swarm

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by Ben Hanson on June 18, 2012 at 02:00 PM
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On top of creating an entirely new campaign and new multiplayer units for Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm, Blizzard has to monitor and tweak the heavily-played Wings of Liberty multiplayer balance. Starcraft II production director Chris Sigaty says that the team has learned a number of lessons from their experience with Wings of Liberty that they plan on implementing in Heart of the Swarm. Watch the video interview to learn what problems Blizzard will be addressing and how new tactics and strategies emerge and flow across the multiplayer landscape.

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  • by Monday, June 18, 2012 at 02:11 PM
    Protoss is Gimmicky.
    Sorry to all who think I watch HuskyStarcraft but I don't. I don't find him entertaining or like his commentary. I watch HD and Day[9]
    Also It wouldn't let me reply to you guys so I had to edit this post..
  • by Monday, June 18, 2012 at 02:12 PM

    This guy is a cross between Chris D'Elia and Jeff Bridges.

  • by Monday, June 18, 2012 at 02:13 PM
    This is going to be an ongoing issue with SC2 and a growing issue for all Esport games. You can either balance the game for the 1% or so of pro players or balance around the rest. The 20 min ball of death can be OP for the average player like myself but it has far more to do with my skill than it is game balance. As I get better at micro I do better against it. All in all I would say the race balance is very good, not perfect but good.
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    by Monday, June 18, 2012 at 02:15 PM

    giggity

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    by Monday, June 18, 2012 at 02:26 PM

    I wanna see this guy head bang

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    by Monday, June 18, 2012 at 02:28 PM

    Soo mutch fun

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    by Monday, June 18, 2012 at 02:39 PM
    lol. Brood War music for an SC2 video ftw
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    by Monday, June 18, 2012 at 02:43 PM
    When was the last time Gameinformer had a PC exclusive cover issue? It's a authentic question, I don't know.
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    by Monday, June 18, 2012 at 02:47 PM
    Wow.. this really reminds me how much I dislike competitive Starcraft.
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    by Monday, June 18, 2012 at 02:54 PM
    All I know is that I played tons of the first SC and WC III but haven't had a PC good enough to play SC II yet. I finally got one this weekend but it had to be delivered. So within a few days I will be giving my life for Aiur again. Got alot of practice and catching up to do. Can't wait.
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    by Monday, June 18, 2012 at 03:50 PM

    Any release date yet?

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    by Monday, June 18, 2012 at 04:22 PM
    who cares (other than korea), blizzard is taking a nose-dive down the bioware hole and gone corporate. vote with your waller, Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider etc
  • by Monday, June 18, 2012 at 06:01 PM
    That guys hair was righteous.
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    by Monday, June 18, 2012 at 06:42 PM
    I still feel sc2 feels a bit off compared to the first; I could never stop playing sc1, especially due to the amazing custom games.

    Oh how I miss the BW music as well (the music is broken if I'm off listening to itunes over the in-game music).
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    by Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 01:50 AM

    Other than the Viper Abduct ability which can pull units which to me just seems to ruin the fun the expansion is looking great ^_^

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    by Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 02:34 AM
    If I were Blizzard I'd be more concerned about just making good games again rather than 'balance'. Their last few games, namely Diablo 3 and Cataclysm were average at best.