You can wait if you want…but you’ll be behind from others who bought and played the first 2 earlier.
It’s a catch 22 really…you wait and be left behind, but get only the first one, then miss out on MAJOR updates like new units.
And in terms of patching, they’ll do it like they have with SC/BW…use a patch to update all games.
I’m pretty sure that sentiment is what Blizzard is banking on. The problem is that I will be buying all of these. I want to play all the campaigns and I want to start with everyone else online at the beginning.
Throw in a monthly fee for battle net and blizzard has a new World of Warcraft that will sell faster and be more popular in general.
So if I want to play a game of SC, i’m going to have to pay a subscription just to play a game or two… And, they probably won’t have a LAN option either…
Blizzard has a lot of balls and cockiness to even try and pull this off… I just hope that you don’t have to pay ANOTHER subscription to play Diablo III.
If they throw in a monthly fee to play Bnet…then there is a problem for me.
I rarely play Bnet, and if I play MP…it’s usually with my friends on LAN or DCC, so I won’t be getting my money’s worth on that service. I’m hoping they’ll just put more ads, I can deal with ads.
I know I’ll be getting all 3 games…I’m curious on how the story plays out.
this is so much better than having to wait an addition 3 years for sc2 instead of waiting another 8 months (or so) for one campaign and full multiplayer. So i’m all for it.
I think some of you need to slow down with the monthly fee for b.net talk. Nothing outside of rumors at this point and ill formed ones at that. All we know is that b.net 2 is set to launch around the time Starcraft 2 hits and be a fairly significant upgrade to the current system. Is there going to be some sort of monetization? Probably, but likely for extraneous courtesies that won’t drastically effect how many have used the service and will continue to.
As for splitting up the community due to the splitting up of the games it really is a non issue. All the campaigns are not launching at once. My guess is that it will follow a Half-Life 2 Episode like time line and we will likely see the Zerg campaign roughly a year after the Terran with the Protoss roughly a year after that. So in essence outside of a beefy single player campaign these are no different than your typical expansion packs. The balance and fixes being handed down to previous versions, any new multiplayer units obviously being exclusive to play to their respective expansion. The “vanilla” version obviously being playable by anyone who bought any of the games, exactly like almost any other expansion pack. Just like Broodwar just like The Frozen Throne. It is all lined out in that Q and A, I am not sure how it could be any more clear.
So, really just a lot of speculation and worry about more or less nothing.
I think you guys are confusing yourself with your own logic. If the games were standalone then many people might just wait for the last game since they get everything for the same price minus the wait time. Logically that doesn’t make sense and everybody at Blizzard has been labeling the next 2 SC2 games as expansions.
As for Battle.net, many people working at Blizzard know that they have said previously that Battle.net will always be free. The rumours are just spawned from the fact that Blizzard has WoW on a subscription, but the 2 games are different. If Blizzard charges money so you can get on battle.net I can guarantee you that something that’s Kali-like will show up or even just playing on ICCUP. My bet is that anything on the Battle.net servers will be free online and anything that isn’t will be paid for.
Seriously though it doesn’t really matter because a lot of people are hating this because of monetary issues and Blizzard can afford to listen to their demands and try to cater a bit closer to what would be acceptable. Either way though, we’re still spending over 100$ to completely experience all of Starcraft 2 and that’s like a day’s work for years worth of enjoyment.
It’s been confirmed by Karune:
It will work the same way as SC and BW works right now. You won’t be able to pick and choose what campaign you want to buy. This makes more sense now as there won’t be too much conflict between who has what. There will probably be a divide when each expansion comes, which happened before with BW for some time, but eventually everybody gets on BW.
I had my doubts about the gameplay until I saw the exhibition match from blizzcon2008. I’m pretty hype now. It may have just been Yellow, but Protoss are looking crazy good. Those abilities and mechanics he showed off may be too much for non-protoss to handle. Clossi are looking pretty useless so far though.
I’m also not sure if I like the idea of high yield minerals. I’m not exactly sure, but the economy of the game sounded kind of hinky too. Iirc, one of the commentators said something about one of the players having 4k+ minerals in their “bank?”
I’m also not liking the idea of certain units having a set +damage against other units. Like I can buy the Banelings acting like sappers and doing extra damage to buildings, but other units shouldn’t have that big of a damage modifier on a unit-by-unit basis. It seems to cheapen the idea of upgrades.
3d is looking ok, I suppose. I really enjoyed Tasteless not giving a full endorsement of SC2 whenever he was asked what he thought. He pretty much said, “Well, it looks pretty.” every time. 
Bit of thread necromancy but this doesn’t warrant it’s own topic:
Blizzard is doing “StarCraft II Battle Reports” basically HD direct feed face offs with commentary. Awesome stuff and quite nicely quiets any doubts about the game play (as if there could be any doubts with Blizzard). Game looks beyond amazing even in “alpha”.
That’s f’in hype…can’t wait for this game.
Zealot rush look fuckin beast…
Checking the Battle Report out now and yes, it is awesome. Can’t wait to throw down on a nice pc and monitor for SCII and DIII
everything lives for so long…
I don’t suppose anyone would be interested in buying a SC2 beta key from Blizzcon… :woot:
isnt this sort of the same structure wow and its expansions are using right now? people who are genuinely interested in multiplayer are going to get each expansion as it comes out in order to stay ahead of the game.
OR
am i wrong and most wow users are casual, leaving only the hardcore players to get burning crusade and the EVEN MORE HARDCORE to get wrath of the lich king?
i think this is a legit move by blizzard, letting them develop and evolve the game as they like while ripping us off. (which i dont mind right now. 10 years ago, i only got computer games by saving up allowance and lunch money.) so if youre dead serious about the game, you WILL buy all 3. if you just want to play the game casually, no ones stopping you from buying only the core game.
As a WoW Player, I dont very many people stayed at the original wow or stayed at BC when WotLK came out. There are many things to do as a casual player or hardcore… there isnt even a point in staying at a previous expansion since it limits you incredibly.
Dustin Bowder sounds as if he’s running and auction every time he talks. He needs to slow down a bit.
why so Duran can be the king of the zerg?
To avenge Fenix…
I was joking, I bet they’ll bring Duran back though. Even though I didnt pay much attion to his story that much.