StarCraft 2 adapts their own 'Shared Armies' mode

inb4 PA stole shared armies from Legacy of the Void. *sigh*

I smiled

this is Blizzard showing why they have all the loot. because they are attentive and intelligent, focused and on the move.

they listened and acted upon what they heard. hence they will retain their market.

they've been working on replays that you can pick up from any point.

remember when I said PA would get the "first there" token, and that would at least be something to be proud of?

not so sure anymore.

That, and their game is just flat out more interesting than any macro rts

Total bait.

Them be fighting words.

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Now, to figure out how to work gate into there...

Eggsellent quality post as usual my sir Stuart *liked*

Really, it's fine if you disagree, as you're all entitled to your own taste and opinion. That said, there's a reason it took the kickstarter wave, a desperate studio, and a boat load of nostalgia to make one game happen.

I thought the exact same thing when i saw it. " blizzard's been watching some PA streams"

This is hilarious. It's my favourite feature in PA, but I'm pretty sure this won't work in Starcraft. I can just imagine the hilarious rage of 2 people with leet micro fighting over control over the same units because they know best.

Team melee (shared armies) was already in starcraft 1 15 years ago. http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Team_Melee

You just described a PAG game in clan wars.

I wonder when SC2 is going to use round planets

It is also present in Age of Empire 2 and the Spring Engine supports it. Many players controlling one set of units is a fairly basic idea.

Archon mode was originally a part of a April Fools joke way back in 2011:


Or I think it was at least named based on it.

But nothing on the scale (non-existent unit cap) of PA. Or with them having multiple bases/start locations.

Actually...
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/sc2-maps/452070-planetary-td

Edit : damn the video in that thread is deleted. So basically, mutalisks were flying all around a 3d sphere.

Found some pics http://www.sc2mapster.com/forums/resources/project-workplace/67341-planetary-td/

was about to say that.

I think Starcrafters on team armies will be juuuuuuust fine. They'll figure out their way on it just like we had to.

GOD DAMMIT !!!

The original Starcraft had shared armies. Similarly Starcraft 2 has had an option for shared unit control since launch.

This Archon Mode is ill-fitted for Starcraft's 1v1 focus. The only real application there is for one player to manage econ while a second manages six or seven units at a time with 200 APM.

That latter "feature" is why Starcraft is losing ground to LoL and its ilk, because people would rather watch you micro-dance a Queen than a Pawn.

Now, PA on the other hand... that's 1000 pawns. Can't get that anywhere else. It also actually warrants having multiple players on one army, because there's multiple battlefields that need managing. I'll take that over being somebody's worker bee any day.