Starcraft II : New Stuff.

Here's what I gathered from Blizz's Offcial Message Boards...

Dark Pylon
Long used only by the Dark Templar of Shakuras, the Dark Pylon is now used by all as the Protoss war for survival becomes more desperate. In addition to providing supply and giving power to nearby Protoss structures, the Dark Pylon has several unique abilities that require energy to use.

Yes, it's true. Karune - Blizz Representative of Official Boards has confirmed this new addition into Protos faction. Thoug this structure requires much of a Micromanagement to use, it also serves as a Energy Battery. Plus, it is a Quick Cloaking Generator that can cloak multiple units in a single sweep. Wow!

The Energy Battery part sounds like a Warcraft III Moon Well to me. :)

Zerg Queen
The Zerg Queen has continued to evolve over the last few months. She is a fierce defender of the Zerg Hatcheries and can often be found in small groups defending the larger Zerg infestations. In addition to defending her Hatchery from ground and air threats, the Queen has several special abilities that require energy to use.

Yeah, the infamous Queen is back! I dunno if she still has the "Infest Command Center" ability of hers but current queen is fearsome as well. Having many abilities like Quickly creating Creep over the target area, plus spawning additional Larvae quickly over any Hathery, Lair or Hive, upto 4 of 'em! That means Zerg unit production rate will be more double!

Plus, this baby packs a punch by Creating a Swarm, that greatly damages enemies, almost similar to the Warcraft III Locust Swarm. You know how deadly this can be. However, it is not clear if the ability is like Locust Swarm or like Tornado. Nonetheless, it is great.

Plus, Here's an extract from Official Blizz Message board...

...StarCraft compared to Warcraft III, does not focus on heroes as much, and heroes or units do not have the same experience gaining mechanic as Warcraft III, making it difficult to imagine how a Warcraft III game could be reproduced for StarCraft. Nonetheless, after chatting it up with our devs, we found out the ability to allow heroes and units to gain experience is built into the Map Editor, though it will not likely be in single player or standard multiplayer. In addition, those units can also be toggled to have the ability to carry an inventory, which is also a characteristic needed in Warcraft III custom maps. With those two additions, we can rest assured that our clever community modders can handle the rest in creating some awesome custom games...

Does it mean Experience gaining mechanics are present in StarEdit2...?
Well, In a way, Yes!

Expect a BftC: Starcraft Edition as soon as SC2 comes out!

Starcraft II : Protoss : Blizzard Calls Community

In Starcraft universe, esp. when BW expansion came out, Dark Templars were the most liked and loved units of the game. Now, according to lore of SC, there are two tribes of Dark Templars, Zerathul and Lenassa.

Zerathul wield a Staff attached with the Double Psi Blades at both ends. And have a great looking animations in game. Where Lenassa Tribe wears a Mask, are completely cloaked and have a fighting style that suits a Rogue like unit. Surprisingly, Community and Gamers loved Zerathul tribe more than they loved Lenassa, but in the Lore, Dark Templars were supposed to be stealthy Rogue like guys, which description matches more with Lenassa!

Now this throws Blizzard into dilemma. Should they use Lenassa Tribe as Dark Templars or the Zerathul Tribe? Which one the gamers and community accept?

Out of this, Blizzard has called upto the Community and Gamers... On Blizzard's Official Message Board, they have made a Poll, and have offered the supporters to vote for it.
They have left with Three Options -

1. Lenassa Tribe
2. Zerathul Tribe
3. Generic Train Dark Templar Action,
but unit trained will be random out of both Tribes.


Lenassa Tribe

Zerathul Tribe

Not to mention that, Community has voted max - About 67% for Option 3
Not Surprisingly, the community reported that they'd love Zerathul, but they should have option to try out Lenassa Tribe, too. And, this would bring a real fun to the game.

And thus the little story comes to end...

Conclusion: Blizzard loves it's community and respects them, unline EA.

Blizzard's SC 2 April Fool's Joke!

As usual, Blizzard Entertainment has come up a great April Fools' Joke. And, instead of announcing it before April 1st, the guys with brains there has announced it afterwards!
Right on April 2nd, A news flashed on my Gmail,
SC 2 : New Terran Unit Announced!
The unit is heavy assault defense unit called Terra-Tron
And is the ultimate unit in the whole game, on the downside, it is constructed of the entire Terran base structure... And followed up by the link to the page... Official SC2 Web!

Wow, that's brilliant... Blizzard's sure got brains!


Check out the Screenshots I picked up about this massive guy!

Okay, this is great.. I mean.. I can actually mod this guy out! When SC2 Releases... I'd love to make this guy using Brand New StarEdit 2.


Ahem... I went too far with speculations...
...Guess I fell victim to the April Fools' thingy of Blizzard...!