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Idea: Adding multiple different factions to each race.

0 points · submitted Apr 2011 by u/Denvildaste

What do you think about this idea, basically each race would have 3 factions, each faction is specialized in a different area, for example "Bio Terran" specialized in barracks units, "Mech Terran" Specialized in factory units, "Swarm zerg" has cheaper but weaker units that take less supply, etc...

Factions could have new unique units only available to them (or an upgraded version of an existing unit) and have some other units not available to balance it out, in addition there would be the option to pick the "Vanilla" faction without any changes.

If you played Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour, this is pretty much like how each race has 3 different generals in it, it gave that game a lot of diversity, it felt like it had 12 race instead of just 3.

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aiRburst 3 points · Apr 2011 · Random

I think this idea is about as well thought out as this sweatshirt.

Amarkov 3 points · Apr 2011

It's hard enough to get 9 matchups balanced; it would be entirely impossible to balance 81 simultaneously. So you'd end up with tiers of good and bad factions; while this isn't inherently terrible, it's very much the opposite of what starcraft is designed to do. If it's possible to have a situation where I am at a disadvantage when the game starts, the community (and designers) see that as a problem to be fixed.

StudioFishFilet 1 points · Apr 2011

Sounds cool and awesome, but I think you would find 10000 new forum threads pop up in one night to discuss the imbalance issues.

BostonFucktard 1 points · Apr 2011 · Prime

Sounds like a good idea for single player.