Suggestion: Multi-Command Option for Host

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I suggest the following for some future patch:

Allow an option for the game host when creating a game, along side custom hotkey and extended unit limits, allow for a “Multi-Command” option that will enable players to select more than 12 units at a time. The 12 unit at a time is very limiting and damages our ability to play many UMS games, especially now with extended unit limits, sometimes I command 200+ units at once in a war game, how am I suppose to play with 12 units at once when i have over 200? The option couldn’t hurt and it will help slower/lower apm players compete and will make a lot of high unit count games more fun and enjoyable and easier to play so we can focus on strategy instead of clicking quickly. I genuinely look forward to seeing this feature in one of the future patches. Thanks!!

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NO… just No… its just not how the game is meant to be playd man,

I understand WHY u would want that. but that would literally change the entire game. becuz this game was made so long ago there wasn’t a million ways to add complexity due to hardware limitations . so the max 12 unit select is like the cornerstone of the skill requirement that’s built into the game design

so again… just no.

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If you added multi command you remove a good portion of the game that requires skill. The micro management is what makes starcraft broodwar work. All maps and games would simply be disorganized mass attacks for the most part.

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Firstly, I restate that it would be an OPTION for the host, so people who didn’t want to play with the extended selection won’t have to. Secondly blizzard has already increased the amount of units the games can hold, and the amount of firelag, which are also both “cornerstones” I am simply suggesting to have an option to increase selection that pairs and goes along with the increase in units on the map. Options are good and many people would enjoy this one. And to the person who thinks being able to select more than 12 units at a time would turn the game into disorganized mass attacks, I say to you that you might not have much micro skill at all, and if you think otherwise i challenge you to micro tourney or a similar micro ums game.

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I don’t believe this is going to pan out well. This game simply isn’t made to select more than 12 units. I just see what will happen in future: lazy kids and SC2 peons will start only making and joining lobbies where you can select all units and this will lead to degradation of game mechanics because those kids won’t learn how to handle the game and 1a,2a,3a,4a etc. will be wasted and forgotten. So my answer is NO!

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There is no reason or way to do this.

Since the very start of the Starcraft Remastered Forums, and honestly, since the old Starcraft Forums, people have been requesting for changes to the game, the answer from the community and the developers is clear:

WE WILL NOT CHANGE OR ALLOW ANY CHANGE TO THE WAY THE GAME IS PLAYED AND HAS BEEN PLAYED FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS

Period, end of story.

Now, another reason you have to understand is that there is NO WAY of doing this, this would entitled a CHANGE OF THE GAMe ENGINE a CHANGE OF THE UI and THE DIVIDE OF THE STARCRAFT REMASTERED COMMNITY BETWEEN VANILLA AND THE NEW PEOPLE… so NO.

It is not possible or feasible by any means. And i think the DEVS should PIN a thread called “About changes or modernizing Starcraft Remastered” with comments disabled for anyone visiting this forum with those ideas.

If you want to try a modern Starcraft Remastered go Play sc2, there is an amazing Custom Game that is actually great !!! go try it, this game will and will always for the rest of time until the Universe cycles back will be 12 units only.

End of story.

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As a side note, i believe that more options should be added to the “Create Game Menu” like:

  1. Allowing Observers to chat in game ON and OFF
  2. Saving Game Templates and “config”: loading them with one click.
  3. Allowing observers to have “Production bar” of they wish to (Turned off by default)
  4. Allowing Extended Colors to be ON or OFF (OFF by default)
  5. Searching for maps in subfolder without having to CLICK the subfolder (Deep search folder)
  6. Have a way to “randomize a map” between a map pool.

And as we are in the matter:

  1. Let people Change Maps and modes INSIDE THE GAME ROOM, i know this is polemic and really hard, specially on how the Chromium browser is build, but it would be nice to just let people create “Rooms” in which people dont join for a particular map or mode, but they chose before the game Starts. This encourage the community growth by the way and brings people back believe it or not.
  2. Create a QUICK JOIN button that would join you to any room.
  3. Let people chose if they want to join the same room after a game, meaning that the HOST could chose to automatically recreate the room again after the game and invite the people back with one click
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what do you mean can you get more in those exmples you mentioned?