2010-06-13, 17:57:09
1. I can write the commands before the game starts normally (think about bot hosted games), which is impossible with buttons in the interface (at least in wc3)
Also, it takes me split of a second to write the zoom command, while clicking the button multiple times probably takes more time - but I'm working in the IT Sector, so this may be specific to people who are using the keyboard the whole day... Still, if buttons wouldn't suck, why would there be hotkeys? I don't know of any pro bt gamer who's still clicking his skills / cp, they all use hotkeys on keyboard.
2. About max zoom level: From an IT perspective that reason is, well, I don't wanna hurt your feelings, but - there are people out there playing bt who will get DC with a zoom of 3000 already, just because their computer doesn't have the power to handle it. So restricting the zoom because of that is not really just / fair. I would approve if you'd said that it makes the game unfair in favor of those with a larger screen and stronger pc - but as always, why should I care for the people who ain't got enough money to buy a cheap system? And that's totally enough for wc3 as well as will be for sc2 - they just have to set textures, effects etc to low and be done with it. I don't think our job is to keep people from doing dumb stuff - if they do, they shouldn't be playing bt.
May you virtually hang me for my evil comments...
3. If you start showing DPS, games will get a lot more boring, because people who are not so good in the game will see that their enemy has more dps and just camp at their factories. Also it would narrow down the space between good and not so good players - yes I'm totally for helping newbies with the game, but it's a difference if we're talking about first time players, and ppl who play the game just the 20th time - after playing bt some thousand times already i can pretty much guess how much dps my enemy has, and I wouldn't want ppl who have only recently started to have the same advantage. That would totally make the game more boring, as it would narrow down the differences between the players and make some playstyles, like "short range-aggressive", utterly useless.
4. Didn't know about inventory - nice job in that case.
5. How are you developing for SC2 if you don't have access to it? O_O Is the map editor out already?
Cheers
Also, it takes me split of a second to write the zoom command, while clicking the button multiple times probably takes more time - but I'm working in the IT Sector, so this may be specific to people who are using the keyboard the whole day... Still, if buttons wouldn't suck, why would there be hotkeys? I don't know of any pro bt gamer who's still clicking his skills / cp, they all use hotkeys on keyboard.
2. About max zoom level: From an IT perspective that reason is, well, I don't wanna hurt your feelings, but - there are people out there playing bt who will get DC with a zoom of 3000 already, just because their computer doesn't have the power to handle it. So restricting the zoom because of that is not really just / fair. I would approve if you'd said that it makes the game unfair in favor of those with a larger screen and stronger pc - but as always, why should I care for the people who ain't got enough money to buy a cheap system? And that's totally enough for wc3 as well as will be for sc2 - they just have to set textures, effects etc to low and be done with it. I don't think our job is to keep people from doing dumb stuff - if they do, they shouldn't be playing bt.
May you virtually hang me for my evil comments...
3. If you start showing DPS, games will get a lot more boring, because people who are not so good in the game will see that their enemy has more dps and just camp at their factories. Also it would narrow down the space between good and not so good players - yes I'm totally for helping newbies with the game, but it's a difference if we're talking about first time players, and ppl who play the game just the 20th time - after playing bt some thousand times already i can pretty much guess how much dps my enemy has, and I wouldn't want ppl who have only recently started to have the same advantage. That would totally make the game more boring, as it would narrow down the differences between the players and make some playstyles, like "short range-aggressive", utterly useless.
4. Didn't know about inventory - nice job in that case.
5. How are you developing for SC2 if you don't have access to it? O_O Is the map editor out already?
Cheers
Getting used to the Sand everywhere. At least it brings us map updates.