SearchLead producer about maphack, 'classic mode' and more
Posted by Patrik "Raistlin" Hellstrand 3 years ago
Chris Sigaty, lead producer of StarCraft 2 is very pleased with all of the support and response from the community, he tells GosuGamers.
- It's hard keeping up a high quality information base on our own site, so it's good that other sites are doing it, he says and smiles.
On numerous occasions, hardcore StarCraft fans have accused Blizzard in trying to "destroy" StarCraft with StarCraft 2, which is something the lead designer wants to emphasize that this is not the case. He says that they want to stay very close to the original, but of course having it a bit more diverse. It will still be the fast-paced action RTS game that the fans are used to. And after letting both progamers and "regular" players such as press and other community people try it, the feedback given to the development team is mostly the same; positive.
About maphack: "It's a big deal for us"
Chris Sigaty and the rest of the Blizzard team are well aware of the map hack issues, and they will do the best they can to hinder it in StarCraft 2.
- We are totally aware of it and it is a big deal for us, we continue to enhance the security as much as we can, says Sigaty and mentions the 'Warden', used in the WarCraft 3 Battle.net as an example.
Sigaty thinks the community will do a "classic mode"
When asked if the development team have ever thought of doing StarCraft 2 in a "classic mode", meaning taking away all the new finesses such as multi-unit and building selection and automatic mining, Mr. Sigaty says that it is something they have thought of.
- We have thought about it, but it is not something we will actually do, he says and once again points out that they do not want StarCraft 2 to totally replace the original, which adding a "classic mode" would do. He believes though that the community will make one, considering the hardcore fans out there.
Hardcore fan or not, you should be very pleased to have this dedicated lead producer on board for StarCraft 2. Having successfully shipped out WarCraft 3 as the current 'worldly' most played RTS eSport game and having developed StarCraft 2 to where it is today, Chris Sigaty is a man of dedication.
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| nice ;o classic mode sounds a bit rubbish, though, it'd be like having 1999 mode in pro evo or something xD |
| <table width=100% border=1><tr><td>and mentions the 'Warden', used in the WarCraft 3 Battle.net as an example.</td><tr></table> hahaha as if there werent any maphacks for WC3 |
| I say YES to automining. Classic mode belongs to the past. |
| Booyaka. big ups to gg for all their awesome newsyness d:- D |
| totally agree with you on that one psycho. the one thing i want from sc2 is a completely different game. trying to remake sc would be HUGE mistake |
| #2 The War3 ladders are pretty much 99% hack free. When the noob hackers get banned, they are limited to only custom games, where they start hacking on dota, etc. |
| omfg i just hope 80 % of the community come's to it senses and creates/plays classic mode and the other 20 % can play with 8rax in 1 hotkey and some ums games. and hopefully classic will be obligated in leagues and wcg =D oh im dreaming T_T |
| man Raistlin there is one only ONE question you want to ask: BETA - when? |
| #8: they wont answer :) |
| Oh yes, they do answer. "When it's ready"! |
orangedude Wrote: #2 The War3 ladders are pretty much 99% hack free. When the noob hackers get banned, they are limited to only custom games, where they start hacking on dota, etc. Warcraft III 1.21b Maphack [UNDETECTED] Introducing: Rufus Maphack I was considering selling this, but i have decided against it and to share with the community. This is undetected in Ladder Games |
| automining? omfg.. Where did you get that from? Seriously, how much of a pathetic noob are you if you have to use automine? I mean like.............. Learn how to multitask. Starcraft if for people that are inteligent, thinking of good plays and builds to win against others. Automining is part of this. If you mess up your mining then you have less money = gg unless you have a really good cheese strat in mind.. |
| DanteStyle, What will happen is you will have to hotkey buildings in groups of 2's IMHO. 1,2,3 units 4 two gates for example.. for goons (im protoss) 5 two gates for zealots 6 energy units.. 7890 could be anything.. This actually may help the game in some ways. If you were to hotkey all your gates on lets say hotkey 5 then you will be building all the same units in them if you have alot of money.. Maybe you want to do that :s but I don't think it would be very smart. Most gamers will stick to the orignal, BUT some buildings will be grouped for sure. It should be interesting to see how this game turns out. Im very excited :) |
| When this game was announced, i almost started crying. No joke, I almost did. I was all proud that I am part of the community playing one of the best games ever made and best damn RTS game ever. Nowadays, i dont care. I simply dont. I want to see SC2, I really want to finish campaign, because storyline in SC:BW was AWESOME. What will happen with game afterwards i dont care. I will probably stick to BW again when I finish SC2 campaign, because for me, there is only 1 (maybe 2, but who cares) game that made me play it again, and again, and again, and again. I didnt care for losses, I didnt care for playin vs maphackers, or min hackers, it was the pleasure of playing. I really doubt I will feel it with SC2. If I do feel like that again, I will confess I was wrong, but I doubt that will happen... Good luck blizzard, u guys made best games I played (SC:BW, W3 campaign, D2: LOD), and i dont doubt u will make this one as good.... |
| #14 thumbs up :) |
| #14 - bingo. |
| "Chris Sigaty and the rest of the Blizzard team are well aware of the map hack issues, and they will do the best they can to hinder it in StarCraft 2." How about in StarCraft 1? ;D |
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