I blame the lack of advertising but still i find it weird considering how hard SC2 can be, one can think that HotS would be more friendly to novice players and a better option to play rather than SC2.
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Sc2 has a story mode
Sc2 has an editor for everyone
Sc2 has arcade maps
Sc2 competitive can actually be considered one (since ya would usualy just play 1vs1)
Sc2 just has more content than Heroes???
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Starcraft also has coop mode where you can just PVE with the fun of interaction of other players.
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Because it’s actually competitive game where you win by skill rather than by getting players or potatoes by MM. Also has great single player and story for those who who are not into multiplayer. And Co-op.
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SC2 has long history behind, the most popular within the genre of RTS, it´s variable if you want to play in team or alone, universe is unique.
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This is the massive one.
And of course, the fact that Starcraft 2 is a very different game to play.
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Why do you assume that it is?
If I had to bet, my bet would most definitely be on hots being more popular atm. We have no real data, so no chance to check.
Still, RTS genre has gone out of fashion even before sc2 was released, so I highly doubt even sc2 is that much popular.
We can arguing long time…
And for SC need faster workin brain and not dmg-ed to control your unitis…and required a timely strategy!
and i doubt so much had active players all the time…i can agree and admin from time by time only…
It’s like watching a game of chess with moving peices. I still love watching SC matches from time to time.
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Sc and sc2 doesnt treat its players like 10 year olds who cant understand basic mechanics.
Theres is also a major aspect of it which is if you lose , you are the on who needs to improve ( however people still complain that all races are op lol )
You need to improve and figure things out, and the esport of it is so good to watch bexause you get to see people microing in a way that most of us cant reach in speed or efficiency.
But the good this is sc2 also give acess to had fun even on casual level with the help of arcade and coop modes which is a great addition i find .
But overall, the game is harsher toward its players and i think it makes its player stronger and better in return.
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Because in Starcraft you can have more than 1 Probius per team.
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But you will still never have enough minerals lol
" if you have enough minerals as a protoss… You’re doing it wrong!"
~not my quote lol ~
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Proper balance. The dev team refuses to pander to bronze and silver players when they scream things are OP. 
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Yup !
" terran OP !!!"
" zerg OP !!!"
" protoss OP!!!"
Well wtf which is it lol xD.
If one race was truly supperior , all the pros would be on one race only !
All races got pros and cons , dont fight them on their best grounds thats just dumb but yet some people still do and call it OP when they get defeated by it lol
AckchuwhalE Probius himself only appears if you have all of the super units for Fenix in Co Op mode on the field at once.
No joke right that’s exactly what the lower level players sound like and the dev team couldn’t care less. There motto is gid gud when it comes to balance.
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There’s also history and momentum. SC was one of the all time, great PC games. SC2 was highly anticipated and had a large instant following. HOTs was pretty late to the game, and it’s hard to get people to switch from something they’ve spent time and money on.
If HOTs had been the first MOBA, people would never have switched from HOTs to LoL. The quality difference is too high. But since they were already in LoL with a bunch of experience, cosmetics, heroes, etc, they weren’t going to switch en masse.
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Actually, now that I think about it, it probably is because they cater to the neosteel enthusiasts.
I loved reading that in the recent patch notes!!