Starcraft 2 noob friendly?

I have never played a Starcraft game in my life, but this game really interests me.

I have played Warcraft 2 and 3 and a few Command and Conquer games, but that is all the RTS experience I have.

Would it be easy for me to pick this game up?

In general? Yes. Online play? No, not at all

In general? Yes. Online play? No, not at all

wis3boi

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In general? Yes. Online play? No, not at all

Trinexxx

It is a very easy game to pick up but hard to get good at. That being said, you will lose a bunch of your early matches but you will start winning once you really learn how to play. Things like managing the economy, how many workers to build before units, the most efficient resource gathering, proper ramp blocking, what units counter what, are all things that you wont simply be able to know. But the game has very good tutorials and training missions to teach you and improve your micro management. Things like forcing you to use hotkeys only, or limiting your forces to be divided up to counter different units are all in the game to help you improve.

To reiterate: Is the game easy for a noob to pick up? Yes. Will you lose a lot? Yes. But in losing you will learn how to play so you wont be a noob anymore once you start wining.

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In general? Yes. Online play? No, not at all

wis3boi

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In general? Yes. Online play? No, not at all

wis3boi

they put you in different leagues so it's noob friendly - i had never played sc in my life and was put in a bronze league and did fairly well (around 60% win), if you start doing REALLY well you will get upped to a more skillful league - all of this is done gently

It has one of the best and most fair matchmaking systems out there, IMO. Don't expect to have a winning record though. Blizzard designs it so you will be right about 0.500 if all goes right.

You play like 5-10 games forget then get ranked into your skill level so yes it is noob friendly.

You play like 5-10 games forget then get ranked into your skill level so yes it is noob friendly.

JAYSC81

And there's the practice league before that. It gives you plenty of time to learn the game before screwing you.

Tip: Pick a race to primary and memorize hotkeys. Improves your performance tenfold.

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In general? Yes. Online play? No, not at all

wis3boi

Don't project your noob reality like it would be the same to him :p

Seriously, he could be far more talented and smart than you and thus being good at it even in competitor level one day.

but odds says you are probably right

First off SC2 is highly competitive, but in order to enjoy it you need to play play play, i started off in the bronze ladder and worked my way into gold, and now i play plat players to see if i get to go into the next league. But enough about me, if you played Warcraft 2,3 you're pretty familiar with macro/micro, and you should pick it up fairly quick. And also it depends on your race, you need to learn your hot keys for what ever race you play to be more effective online. And practice, it sounds lame but each game you play the more you learn about the over all game and what to look out for

Is it noob friendly> - YES it is, you can look up strat. from www.Teamliquid.net. they have a community full of SC players from Broodwar to SC2 and other games as well, you can also check who's streaming (pro's like EG Idra, ReSpOnSe, oGs clan, ect) and they give advise while they play, you just need to take the time to learn build orders to make your playing stile alot more tight.

Just don't play multiplayer expecting to win a lot. The matchmaking is designed so that you lose half your games. Even the people at the top of the ladder are losing a lot of games (pros much less). The only thing with SC2 is when you make a mistake, it's usually an instant loss unless you are really good. The games also last a lot longer than many online games such as FPS. In FPS games a lot of times the matches are very short and quick. You capture a few points, kill a few enemies, games over, and it restarts. In SC2 you have to be ready to play 30 minutes for a single game (assuming 1v1). It's pretty tough to play at the top of your game for that long (constant multitasking).

It's easy to learn the mechanics, but insanely hard to master. This is coming from a platinum player who played over 800 games. I still learn something new every day. The single player is very accessible, and so is the multiplayer once you play 10-20 games and get used to the pace. The system does a pretty good job matching you up against people of similar skill so you won't get steamrolled by "pros" all the time (aside from the occasional portrait farmer). If you want to improve, get ready to spend a lot of time learning and practicing.