Is the playerbase still big enough that ranked has good queue times and good matchmaking?

Is the playerbase still big enough that ranked has good queue times and good matchmaking?

I literally forgot this game was still around.

Yeah

Yeahhh, there isn't even a general anymore

Yeah. This is by far the most populous 'dead game' I've ever played.

You'll get games quickly for sure,

Yes it's populated
Blizzard fucked up an otherwise great game with the expansions model but now that it's free it's coming back

Why are people still playing this shitshow of a game?

Is the 3rd campaign worth picking up? I notice they gave me the 2nd one for free since I bought the first.

Now that it's free to play it saw user count resurge and you should get into it before the trend dies down and only experienced players remain again.

I honestly liked the Nova Covert Ops thing more than any of the campaigns.

HotS is meh but LotV is pretty good, the epilogue story is brain dead tho. Nova mini campaign is awesome!

It never really "died", just got completely eclipsed by LoL getting so much bigger. There's still pro matches all the time.

good

>think about getting back into sc2
>remember widow mines
>remember liberators
>remember cyclone
>have a good laugh at david kims abomination
>forget the whole thing

The second isn't worth playing. It's effectively "Kerrigan's Wild Ride". The third is actually decent and introduces one of the best characters in SC2 in general, and also one of the most controversial ones that I like.
Two of those three have been nerfed, as I recall. Widows are useless now due to uncloaking when on cooldown. Pretty sure Cyclones got a bit of a change. Not sure about Liberators though.

It went f2p last week so lots of people are giving it a try.

It's always been populated, but it's just not the titan it was back in 2010

It's like saying CS:GO is dead because PUBG has way more players

>campaigns not on sale
why are blizz such jews?

Starcraft went Free to play last week and has grown noticeably since then. At least i can tell a huge increase in the Arcade section which i primarily play, and new players in the chatrooms.

KNOCK KNOCK, SUPPLICANTS. TIME TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE HIGHLORD. POST YOUR FAVORITE UNIT OR ELSE I'LL USE YOU FOR CANNON FODDER TWICE OVER.

It's worth playing only for the co-op missions

I miss sc1 protoss

Go back to giving that Dark Templar slut piggy back rides, Artanis.

I get 1 minute queue times on 1v1 at Gold 1, and streamers get the same at Masters. It's a great time to get back into it since it went F2P.
t. salty neckbeard zerg that got rekt by superior mech comp
pic related

>lots of new blood that don't know shit about the game ready for the puckering
Maybe I should try it again.

Hey Alarak~

fuck off kike

HE'S MINE YOU BASTARD

You really think they would have extra incentive to keep the Protoss actual Protoss to separate them from the Draenei, instead they just made them Draenei

I played terran actually

We could share

Man there is so much changed stuff since WoL. Tried playing online as Terran, and now you start with 12 workers, and so many new units. I don't know what's good so I'm just massing marines

Just so you know David Kim quit, and the new balance patch nerfed widow mines (visibly burrowed after shooting) and libs (nerf to their vision so you don't pull them back if any counters come close). Raven got a rework and it's hecking great for both mech and bio, actually works as a support now instead of harrass with turrets or mass seeker missile memes.
Yeah, lots of new units and upgrades. You can always use the unit tester on the arcade if you want to try them out individually.

Except for liberators you use the same units as 7 years ago.

You mean tanks aren't shit?
If so I might play again.

Not true, i watched a stream and the guy is clearly using cyclones

in what way are protoss draenei beyond physical?

>Want to play terran
>Forced to build 70 supply worth of barracks units to not die until kick ass battlecruisers or siege tanks.
>9/10 games end after first skirmish between barracks vs warpgate vs lair units anyway.
I want my comfy 200 vs 200 battle back

Do I lose anything serious by being limited to level 5 max on the heroes for the co op missions ?

yes.

wanna add me and we'll do vs custom where we don't leave our bases for the first 5 mins?

You'll want to stick to the first two difficulties and no mutations. The free 6 get most of their kit later on but the DLCs have a couple things front loaded. Fenix and Alarak suffer the most, the former due to his playstyle having some emphasis on heroes only available later on, and the latter since Ascendants and THE DEATH FLEET being later unlocks. Nova probably suffers the least, no clue about Aba, Dehaka and Mira though.

There has never been a time when tanks were shit, in SC1 or SC2.

>Just so you know David Kim quit
thank god. Fucking widowmines are the dumbest thing ever

You can rush BCs vs zerg

You use a cyclone or two if you want to harrass early game TvT, and in battle mech. Widow mines are still okay but you have to micro them if you want to make them work now.
Not to mention Zerg got lurkers and ravagers, Protoss has adepts and disruptors, etc.
Tanks are good only if you have some other specific units to back them up. Liberators to help push, bio for straight damage, etc. Specially with Zerg's vipers, you'll get rekt if you don't have backup and air control.
>he wants to turtle until max supply
>implying you need to build 70 supply of bio to not die when tanks, liberators, and ramps exist
>having such a shit build and micro you can't get tanks before 70 marines
Go play something else or stay in bronze
If you wanted to play Co-op extensively? Yes. The upgrades after level 5 are OP, but you can still max Jimmy, Kerrigan, and Artanis since they're 100% free.
I thought only the first three were completely free? Swann, Karax, and Vorazun you have if you bought LotV.

>blizzard makes tvp even less fun

>1.78 MB

Its to late, the damage is irreversible

>rts threads cant even hit 50 posts

You mean SC2 threads, RTS threads usually hit 300 and are mostly composed of sub-60 APM posters who complain that the genre is all about gookclick and meta, and want to remove micro. They want a simcity and turtle simulator, not an actual RTS game.

>sub-60 APM posters
It's a s-s-supposed to be a strategy game

Was anyone else upset about NO wc3 remaster?

let it die.

yeah its fine and its fun

Nah the reason SC2 was lost to the ages is because every damn unit needs a special snowflake skill or ability.
I want to play an RTS not DOTA 2 solo.

Meh. I don't trust them to do it right.

A remaster? what could they possibly fuck up?

12 workers at start was a mistake, detracts from the meta in a big way. I hate it.

This, strangely enough its one of the main factors keeping me away from the game. less minerals in the main base is lame as fuck too.

It was that david kim wasn't it? WASN'T IT?

I dunno, they'll figure it out I'm sure

I find it refreshing actually. Starting with 6 workers was a big waste of time in the early game and there weren't really any builds you could do that early except the ineffective 6pool rush.

I like the new zerg macro build better now too: 18 hatch, 18 gas, 18 pool, 21 overlord. You have 100 gas the moment your spawning pool finishes, and enough minerals to make 2 queens.

I enjoyed the warm up time 6 workers gave you, let you really stretch your legs and pan around the map before making last minute alterations to your strategy.

Also just talking with the other player before the game really started really helped foster a community.

True, i agree with that. You should still have a few minutes to talk with your opponent before you have any real units out on the field though.

I don't know why, but starting with 12 workers and jumping straight into the game helps my ladder anxiety.

this

It's fine unless your a total scrub.

I agree, I think the 12 worker start ends up making the games more dynamic and interesting

what happened to sc2g

Devolved into 99% kpop shitposting around 2014, mods euthanized it last year, most regulars now post in /kpop/ on Sup Forums. Seriously. Still plenty of discussion on reddit though. Dunno if they have a discord.

possibly break every good custom map?

Only from the perspective that they'll never remove the hosting bot graveyard. SC:BW remaster was terrible in terms of actual graphical fidelity, but it revived the scene and provided better spectator tools, so I can't hate it.

wow you sure seem to be spamming "populated" a lot

check sc2 general, you sure everything is okay with the "populous" playerbase?

Do you think anyone in sc gen ever played SC2?

havent played this since the second xpac came out, wheres a good place to check for build orders and shit?

bad story decent gameplay

>going to sc2 gen after the Sup Forums-/vg/ split

haha oh wow

Sc2 is still my favorite esport to watch

lowko is pretty good for zerg, but you can ckeck videos where he mains terran or protoss, there are some nice strategies, also learn to use keyboard shorcuts as they will make the managament of units easier and more entertaining

Wc3 and broodwar is better to watch imo

Selendis a cute!
A CUTE!

>no mouth to suck my penis

gay

Protoss are not for lewd!

please selendis was made for lewd i bet you even fantasize about lewding her

I disagree.

...

>HotS comes out
>ZvT is fantastic
>Parade pushing Terra vs MLB was balanced and tense as fuck
>Blizzard sees this
>Decides to just fucking ruin it
>Absolutely obliterate it
>They make Turtlemech unbeatable
>End up with 3+ hour turtlefests that are horrible to play and horrible to watch
>Blizzard decide to """"fix"""" this by nuking the amount of minerals per base
>Which essentially meant you never have more than 2.5 mining bases to defend
>Which made turtling EASIER

Blizzard did EXACTLY the WRONG thing if they wanted to stop turtling. They shoud have left the amount of minerals the same but condensed them into less patches, so you mined slower. Thereby forcing you to expand so you could keep your income up, while also adding a natural rubber band mechanic by making to player who is ahead on econ have more mineral lines to defend.

Instead we get 2base vs 2base FOREVER with their shitty Oracle rushes and Liberators and Ravager cancer. FUCK.

>he enjoyed hots in any capacity

Opinion discarded

HotS was perfectly fine until Blizzard turned everything into Skytoss Deathballs vs Swarm Host deathballs vs mech deathballs.

HotS was never good.
Blizzard started listening to 14 year old "pro" idiots and naturally everything they suggested was pure trash, eventually even ruining the great game that WoL was.
Enjoy your esport now Blizzard.

I share your opinion, I unironically think wol was the best sc2 for playing. Maybe not for watching, I don't know.