Project Blackstone, Green Fire Quest, Nerf to Patch 5.0 Raids, Blue Posts, TCG Art

[saltyharbls]

I like how theyve implemented a passive anti-warlock/anti-shadowpriest/anti-balance talent for mages.
Blizzard fails yet again...

[fmccloud]

Alright well this: settles it. At least that goes further in proving things then name-calling.

That being said, I really don't see the point of making a website very few are going to bother with just to create a little buzz among nothing but the most hardcore nerds for a game that is already prepped to launch. Oh well.




So you made an account on a game forum just to call one it's users stupid and ignorant over being wrong about some game-related topic. Yaaaaaa.... I dunno if I'm the definition of stupidity and ignorance but you're certainly not too far above me.

You're getting pretty close to the definition

Please stop posting.

[madrox]

If someone at Irvine farts these days you can bet someone will come along and say it's Titan related. Heart of the Swarm gets released in next month. It's the Zerg campaign of SC2. Use Occam's Razor people.

[Arganis]

You're getting pretty close to the definition

Please stop posting.

Why? Just because I couldn't imagine Blizzard would go to the trouble of making something like this "Project Blackstone" just to create some last-minute buzz around HoS? It still doesn't make sense to me, especially in that format but if that's what it is then, that's what it is. I only thought it might be related to Titan because of how little sense it made to me for it to have to do with SC2 and HoS at this point in time but I guess that just goes to show I'm rly not the target audience for this sort of promotional content.

Also, fuck off.

[lios]

Why? Just because I couldn't imagine Blizzard would go to the trouble of making something like this "Project Blackstone" just to create some buzz around HoS? It still doesn't make sense to me, especially in that format but if that's what it is then that's what it is. I only thought it might be related to Titan because of how little sense it made to me for it to have to do with SC2 and HoS but I guess that just goes to show I'm rly not the target audience for this sort of promotional content.

Also, fuck off.

Don't reply to someone like that, it'll only get you in trouble. You are entitled to your opinion (even though I disagreed) and I have no idea why fmccloud is making a fuss about that.

[Arganis]

If someone at Irvine farts these days you can bet someone will come along and say it's Titan related. Heart of the Swarm gets released in next month. It's the Zerg campaign of SC2. Use Occam's Razor people.

I guess I'm just not enough of a big SC2 fan to appreciate.

[Shibuya]

Would of been way cooler if it was called Treadstone. xd

[Beefhamer]

I don't need to. Dance studio much? Who cares what Blizz said aeons ago. They're here to make dough and maybe that many years ago they thought they wouldn't need to an already existing brand to bank on but they changed their mind. It really doesn't matter because even if it is a contradiction they can spin it like they do everything else:

"But you said it wouldn't have anything to do with your other franchises?! QQ" - Angry fanboi


"Ya well... this doesn't.... it's eurr you know a shooter and we haven't made shooters before, so ya, it's totally new. NEXT QUESTION!" - Blizz Corporate PR who gives a shit

They also stated in shareholder meetings that it would be a new IP. Lying to shareholders is a crime and is punishable with jail time. Honestly, Project Blackstone has to do with zerg research, it is under the SC2 website, and the next expansion for SC2 is all about the zerg. How can you possibly think it is related to anything else?

EDIT.
A couple of posts too soon.

[Arganis]

They also stated in shareholder meetings that it would be a new IP. Lying to shareholders is a crime and is punishable with jail time. Honestly, Project Blackstone has to do with zerg research, it is under the SC2 website, and the next expansion for SC2 is all about the zerg. How can you possibly think it is related to anything else?

EDIT.
A couple of posts too soon.

Ya ya, I got it. Also I didn't know they told "shareholders" Titan would be a new IP. If they did that, then it def is.

Like I said, I guess I thought it had to be Titan related because to me it makes no sense to make some obscure promotional website with wall of texts, nothing but the most hardcore of SC2 nerds could appreciate, this late in the game but whatever. Might have been wishful thinking too, because I have no faith in Blizzard innovating successfully and I think a Starcraft mmo shooter done right would be pretty neat.

Anyway, I'm outta here before more ppl come whining about how stupid and ignorant I am just because I was wrong about the purpose of "Project Blackstone". Seriously who gives a shit.

[jumpilek]

"Raiding is too Difficult and Time Consuming"
Like why do I have to sit around in normals for 3 months wiping 8 hours a week to get anywhere? It was cool to release 3 raids, but whats the point if you're gonna make them so hard no one will even get to the second one before next tier? I thought normals were supposed to be easy and hms were supposed to be the hard raids? Wiping isn't fun... bring back DS difficulty. That was perfect for normals, people could actually do them in a respectable amount of time.

no bring back ULDUAR difficulty... now that game be too easy

[Guinzil]

Project Blackstone

[YukiGidd]

How about other class specific quests and some love for the elemental shamans. Nothing big, just shorter CD's

[Isiildur]

Ya ya, I got it. Also I didn't know they told "shareholders" Titan would be a new IP. If they did that, then it def is.

Like I said, I guess I thought it had to be Titan related because to me it makes no sense to make some obscure promotional website with wall of texts, nothing but the most hardcore of SC2 nerds could appreciate, this late in the game but whatever. Might have been wishful thinking too, because I have no faith in Blizzard innovating successfully and I think a Starcraft mmo shooter done right would be pretty neat.

Anyway, I'm outta here before more ppl come whining about how stupid and ignorant I am just because I was wrong about the purpose of "Project Blackstone". Seriously who gives a shit.

If your posts weren't so condescending, you might not have people so willing to fight with you.

[Gurbz]

If your posts weren't so condescending, you might not have people so willing to fight with you.

Or not arguing with people who are providing evidence contrary to you position, which pointed out serious flaws in your reasoning, with nothing more substantial than "I don't think it can be that so you, and every major Blizzard fansite, are wrong and I am right". Seriously, Blizzard gave you 1+1 and somehow you ended up with potato.

[Sarevokcz]

There isn't a whole lot more it could be friend. They're not making web pages and fake twitter accounts for fun and it certainly isn't about SC2 or Dota, so that leaves only one option. And let's be honest we all knew the next-gen mmo had a very high chance of being nothing more than World of "Insert remaining Blizz franchise". Also, this isn't an announcement, it's a teaser for those who have a clue. The big announcement will come at the next Blizzcon or w/e and it'll be Titan aka Project Blackstone is World of Starfaft: SUPRISE! mark my words.

Have you, like, SEEN the logo behind blackstone project homepage? Why would Titan have SC2 terran logo?

[Omnink]

Warlock green fire quest looks awesome. I am jealous. Might want to level a lock for the quest

[Xiphan]

That's some kinda nice character progression and it's good to see what Akama's been up to. Guess we'll see Kanrethad Ebonlocke again as a proper boss at some point.

[Adrim]

Shades of Black Mesa?

It seems a lot like they are cribbing quite a bit from Valve here. What's next, a subcampaign or standalone minigame where you play a scientist at "Blackstone" who has to deal with a sudden explosion of Zerg-related creatures that have broken out of their lab?


Actually I take it back, given that this was already done several times waaaay back in Starcraft 1 campaigns, it's actually not cribbing from anyone. Anyone remember Project Ghost or Nova or whatever it was that was going to be Blizzard's take on a FPS game? Maybe this might be the start of resurrecting that?

[Scot]

without a single reason to promote HoTS just before expansion release.

I'm not so sure you would do well in marketing.

[choww]

HTML5 and standard compliance in all its glory!

When I access it with the fully updated Chrome, the login form doesn't show.
I have to go to Internet Explorer to make the "access prompt" show up.

Hundreds of JS lines (http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/js/b...-modern.min.js), different versions based on what flavour of browser you use (http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/js/b...-legacy.min.js) . Different functions for every browser (http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/js/b...stepper.js?v25). Even more code for basic sound output (http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/js/b...debug-jsmin.js) and much more (http://eu.battle.net/sc2/static/js/b...erscore-min.js) that makes any nerd have a wet dream right now.

And then it just doesn't show up.

<html version="5" is="awesome">

rite.