Well blizzard did confirm they where working an another MMO but in the same sentence said its nothing like WoW, so even if the announcment is a Starcraft MMO I'm confident it wont be WoW with a new skin.
If it is a Starcraft MMO, I would like to see a MMORTS rather than another MMORPG or MMOFPS (zerglings dont have guns).
But does starcraft have enough story, races, locations and scale to become an MMO? which is why find it hard to believe that a starcraft MMO is in the works.
My money is still on a RTS starcraft game or perhaps a online only RTS starcraft game where players can advance and grow their army and guilds can fight over planets and territory?
.. who know... but i cant wait till the 20th... what ever they announce it will be front page news all over the internet/print/coffee machines.
i hope they give a discount if you subscribe to both games cause i'll be play it and wow both. i hope they get diablo in there somewhere it would be cool if they could have all 3(wow,starcraft,diablo) as mmos as long as their not the same game just in a different setting.
I was always a way more fan of Starcraft then i ever was Warcraft. I would orgasm at the announcment of a Starcraft game, especially with all the rescources blizzard has now...a.k.a the world...lol
Going to be pretty hard to do, mainly because hardly anyone will play the zerg. Who in the world wants to be a bug? Only the fruitcakes lol.
Aw what. I almost always play the nonhuman races in mmo's if the option is there. I played mon calamari in SWG, Lizardmen in EQ2, a were-rat in shadowbane, a robot in RFO and PSU, a robot with no face or eyes in CoH, and so on.
I love playing creatures, I don't see the appeal in choosing humans in every game you play, when most games don't give you an option to play anything else anyway. Zerg would be my first choice if the new starcraft game allows for it. Also partly because it was my favourite race in the RTS.
Ok, time to bring more information to the rumor table.
1) Blizzard Europe reps reported earlier in the year that Blizzard is working on another MMO project, not related to Warcraft (Read: Warcraft, not WoW) which means they really only have 2 IPs to work with (no one wants a viking MMO blizz)
2) Blizzard announced a few years back that there would be another StarCraft fix for their IP before the decade anniversary of starcraft, meaning in the next few years (Note: This was re-itterated after the SC: Ghost fiasco)
3) The hirings in the past while have all been MMO related, and they HAVE specified certain criteria that would lead to an MMO (such as hinting at possible sci-fi related portfolio for art positions)
4) Why not? The sci-fi MMO department has all but gone stale in the past few years. So again, why not?
I hope it is not a starcraft mmo.. or any mmo. Do you know how bad that is for the mmo market? It will fucking kill it forever. It is too early for blizzard to be churning out a new mmo , wow still has a long shelf life.
May 19th is my birthday...... a Starcraft MMO would be the PERFECT present
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I hope it is not a starcraft mmo.. or any mmo. Do you know how bad that is for the mmo market? It will fucking kill it forever. It is too early for blizzard to be churning out a new mmo , wow still has a long shelf life.
I dont see your logic, because after WoW was released the MMO market has grown 3 times bigger.
Yeh, I think Blizz would be dumb to make a number 2 of a game that was already a popular non-mmo. It would just ruin the series, and then there would be less Starcraft fans, and maybe people who give up on Blizz after it.
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Dude, someone could of easily made that on the computer bored, or just putting how they think everything is happening and when SC2 is going to come out. Or WoS, w/e.
Hmmm thinkin about it now, a WoS (World of Starcraft) would be pretty sweet, flamethrower class or something... ^.^ or a ghost
But still... I don't know if Starcraft would be ment for that.
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Well if it is Starcraft it looks like I will definately be jumping on board. I have been waiting for a good Sci-Fi game since I left SWG
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They dont expect to have 6 million for each game. They may take some WoW players to their starcraft MMO but it wont be much because they are different genres. Even the players that do switch from WoW to Stacraft will still be paying Blizzard in the end so I dont see a problem. The one thing Blizzard doesnt have is an FPS. If they go through with this they will proably dominate RTS, RPG, and FPS genres.
its a very smart move by them I think. They will proably have quite a few people playing for 2 subcriptions also.
Well it sounds like you're assuming that there would be any need for fear of WoW losing players at that time... as if it wont decline in the next few years... which it will. (to above poster)
If they make a SC MMO I think it would be a lot of fun and as a SC fan I would love to play an MMO version.
A lot people do not seem to realize that MMO doesnt mean MMORPG. My bet is on a RTS online game, only Blizzard knows how exactly the gameplay will look like.
Anyway, Starcraft is one of my favourite settings (far, FAR better than Warcraft), its a nice mesh of WH40k and AvP universe, somehow its very appealing to me. Anyway, really looking forward to next SC game.
On a side note, anyone else noticed that Blizz always takes something nice and reasonably popular, adds its own flavour and a bit of polishing and ta-da: a highly successful product is here. I wonder on what mix will they base this one.
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I hope it is not a starcraft mmo.. or any mmo. Do you know how bad that is for the mmo market? It will fucking kill it forever. It is too early for blizzard to be churning out a new mmo , wow still has a long shelf life.
How in heavens name would a starcraft MMORPG kill the mmorpg market? That made little sense. Also, keep in mind that if Blizzard starts working on a Starcraft based MMORPG now, it won't be finished for at least 3 years.
8.5 million people who play wow arent the only gamers out there.
1. Starcraft will bring in its die hard fans
2. Starcraft will bring in the people who love sci fi
3. Starcraft may make some ppl pay for both wow and starcraft
Starcraft will take a minmal amount of subscribers from Wow.. but only those who were thinking about quiting anyway or who got bored so Bliz will be retaining there subscribers and making a whole lot more money. One of the smartest things they could do. Imagine all the people who are burnt out on WoW.... most would jump at the chance for WoS .
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Starcraft has 35.8 million fan base, having starcraft mmo would lead blizzard to total mmo market world domination.
Getting 20 million subscribers with the name backing? Easily accomplished.
If it is a Starcraft MMO, I would like to see a MMORTS rather than another MMORPG or MMOFPS (zerglings dont have guns).
But does starcraft have enough story, races, locations and scale to become an MMO? which is why find it hard to believe that a starcraft MMO is in the works.
My money is still on a RTS starcraft game or perhaps a online only RTS starcraft game where players can advance and grow their army and guilds can fight over planets and territory?
.. who know... but i cant wait till the 20th... what ever they announce it will be front page news all over the internet/print/coffee machines.
I love playing creatures, I don't see the appeal in choosing humans in every game you play, when most games don't give you an option to play anything else anyway. Zerg would be my first choice if the new starcraft game allows for it. Also partly because it was my favourite race in the RTS.
Ok, time to bring more information to the rumor table.
1) Blizzard Europe reps reported earlier in the year that Blizzard is working on another MMO project, not related to Warcraft (Read: Warcraft, not WoW) which means they really only have 2 IPs to work with (no one wants a viking MMO blizz)
2) Blizzard announced a few years back that there would be another StarCraft fix for their IP before the decade anniversary of starcraft, meaning in the next few years (Note: This was re-itterated after the SC: Ghost fiasco)
3) The hirings in the past while have all been MMO related, and they HAVE specified certain criteria that would lead to an MMO (such as hinting at possible sci-fi related portfolio for art positions)
4) Why not? The sci-fi MMO department has all but gone stale in the past few years. So again, why not?
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Diablo 3 and
Starcraft 2 are
At our Doorsteps!
We can only hope that they
will come really soon.
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Dude, someone could of easily made that on the computer bored, or just putting how they think everything is happening and when SC2 is going to come out. Or WoS, w/e.
Hmmm thinkin about it now, a WoS (World of Starcraft) would be pretty sweet, flamethrower class or something... ^.^ or a ghost
But still... I don't know if Starcraft would be ment for that.
---------------------------
Diablo 3 and
Starcraft 2 are
At our Doorsteps!
We can only hope that they
will come really soon.
Out of every 100 men, 10 should not be there,
80 are nothing but targets, 9 are the real fighters.
Ah, but one, ONE of them is a warrior,
and he will bring the others home.
-Heraclitus 500BC
They dont expect to have 6 million for each game. They may take some WoW players to their starcraft MMO but it wont be much because they are different genres. Even the players that do switch from WoW to Stacraft will still be paying Blizzard in the end so I dont see a problem. The one thing Blizzard doesnt have is an FPS. If they go through with this they will proably dominate RTS, RPG, and FPS genres.
its a very smart move by them I think. They will proably have quite a few people playing for 2 subcriptions also.
Well it sounds like you're assuming that there would be any need for fear of WoW losing players at that time... as if it wont decline in the next few years... which it will. (to above poster)
If they make a SC MMO I think it would be a lot of fun and as a SC fan I would love to play an MMO version.
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Anyway, Starcraft is one of my favourite settings (far, FAR better than Warcraft), its a nice mesh of WH40k and AvP universe, somehow its very appealing to me. Anyway, really looking forward to next SC game.
On a side note, anyone else noticed that Blizz always takes something nice and reasonably popular, adds its own flavour and a bit of polishing and ta-da: a highly successful product is here. I wonder on what mix will they base this one.
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Due to the recent economic crisis and spending cuts the light at the end of the tunnel was turned off. Sincerely, God.
8.5 million people who play wow arent the only gamers out there.
1. Starcraft will bring in its die hard fans
2. Starcraft will bring in the people who love sci fi
3. Starcraft may make some ppl pay for both wow and starcraft
Starcraft will take a minmal amount of subscribers from Wow.. but only those who were thinking about quiting anyway or who got bored so Bliz will be retaining there subscribers and making a whole lot more money. One of the smartest things they could do. Imagine all the people who are burnt out on WoW.... most would jump at the chance for WoS .
I would far prefer Starcraft 2.