TL.et Blizzcon Blog Day 1 Part 2
- The more we play this the more faith I have in Blizzard. They are listening to the communities, their balance guy is Pillars, SC2 is going to be fucking awesome.
- There is an idle worker button like Warcraft III's.
- The units are really responsive and fast.
- Instead of being a predictive genius, whoever started the "maybe supply depots can lower in to the ground" thread may have had his idea stolen. Demand royalties!!
- Don't tell anyone but I think we (as in TL.net) single handedly made the siege tank better.
- Dustin listens, he really does. When you click the actual buttons on the control panel they didn't "pop" indent, but when Mani suggested it I think they will put it in. Sick.
- You can access the tech tree map in the game. Rushing people while they are looking at this already seems to be an effective strategy.
- The new siege tank is FUCKING AWESOME. It's a bit pricier at 200/150 and more powerful. When those two prong thingys clamp down, you can feel the ridiculous power.
- As you may have heard, Tempest is out and Carrier is back in. Verdict is still out as to whether they = instant win.
- The controls are FAST. The battles are FAST. There is a lot of rushing and capability for rushing.
- You can bind buildings together. This makes it significantly easier for lower APM players to macro.
- Workers STACK. Workers automine when rallied. They also split intelligently, ie if you send 6 SCVs to one mineral, once they get there they will spread to 6 different minerals. Cloning and splitting is still faster, but you don't have to practice cloning first few workers anymore.
- You start with 6 SCVs. No real change in gameplay but it makes the beginning of the game slightly faster.
- Mining rate is still the same. Yellow minerals mine 12 instead of 8.
- The Thor is fucking cool. It's huge but definitely isn't a superunit, it actually is kind of weak without support. 700 hp, 6 food, and costs an assload.
- I have snuck into the Press Room posing as Manifesto7's cameraman and now I don't have to wait to play SC2 or have a time limit for it, while everyone else is downstairs is in line.
