@shio

It's a relief that I can play online as the Zerg starting with the Terran campaign disc. However, if each subsequent release contains additional online content I will surely want all three discs. If the combined cost is considerably higher than having an abbreviated single-player experience then I will still be displeased with this development.

One thing people are also forgetting with this is that the campaigns teach you how to play the game.

How the crap am I supposed to learn how to use the Zerg and Protoss if I can't play their campaigns? Play against the people that have already finished and gotten good with the Terran campaign?

I guess I could just experiment around against the computer but the campaigns in games like that have just always been a great way to learn that race.  Terran players will have a huge advantage until the Zerg campaign is released and then it's only going to suck to be Protoss players.

i think this is the polar opposite of Valve and the release of The Orange Box, lol

Well that's you. I just want the single-player to be as great as possible, and Blizzard's decision is one I support because I think it's the better way to achieve a better result.

Also, having the 3 campaigns in SC2 from the get go doesn't mean it's bigger, because they would have to cut alot from them. Which means, that even though you would be able to play Zerg's campaign earlier, it would only 3-4 times smaller than the way Blizzard is doing now.

So for bouzane: Would you rather have a Zerg campaign 3-4 times smaller but can play earlier, or wait a bit more and have a campaign 4 times bigger (and likely better)?

There is only one developer that I fully trust their PR statements, and that is Blizzard. They have never failed on me. If they say each SC2 campaign will be 3-4 times bigger and epic I believe them.

Where's the problem? Expansions do that all the time. Blizzard isn't cutting multiplayer content from the main game, they are instead adding more content in the expansions. No PC gamer has problems with this.

Blizzard will likely add a few units, Battle.net features, new modes, etc... Anyone interested in a improved online experience will buy the expansions, so I don't see where's the problem. I would seriously be pissed off if Blizzard didn't improve the multiplayer in the expansions.

If it the expansions feel like full games, then I definitely wouldn't mind pay $10 more for it. Blizzard is that great, and it's not like they're selling their games at $70 (which many console games do).

Battle.net will have a subscription, and I don't care about it. So what your point? We've already known about it for like a year. Blizzard will probably add some features like "pay $15 per month, play all Battle.net games", "avatar customization", etc... Blizzard will never sell in-game items that will unbalance their games, they've said it themselves.

Also, it's funny you mention WoW, because WoW has by far the biggest value for a subscription-based game. It's content beats other MMOs by the dozens. Blizzard keeps adding content and content, tweaking, optimizing, etc... Infact I would say that it was the quality of the game that made it so popular and successful.

@twesterm: Now that's a valid complaint. They need to atleast make some sort of tutorial for the other 2 factions.

@shio

I would rather a shorter campaign if it would equate to an earlier release date and/or cheaper price. I'm concerned almost entirely with the multi-player portion as you can undoubtedly tell.

@ shio
Me trolling? Honestly? The only thing I heav heard out of you is a variation of this:
"each campaign will be bigger then SC1" and that is your response to EVERY argument people have presented you with.

How is their idea different than say having 10 missions from each race in each game, instead of having 30 per release but for only 1 race race? Why can't they just give us all the 3 races right off the bat? In the end it won't matter how epic the story is, it will still be 90 missions, but at least you'd be able to play all 3 in every release, and just maybe get some really badass intertwining of stories. Just have each release continue from where the last left-off. Pricing should still be $15-25 for each and no more.

twetrm also brought up a very good point. Single-player was your tutorial to multiplayer. If we get to play as only terrans then we have to suffer being destroyed online until we pick up the other races? Bullshit idea.

dgm6780 also brings up a GREAT point. We got 3 of the best games ever conceived in one package for $50 bucks, released at the same time. Why should Blizzard do the exact opposite?

Hopefully, the "changes and upgrades" will simply be patches that will also become available to people who only bought the Terran campaign.  This would basically eliminate the complaints about multiplayer, except for twesterm's argument that non-Terrans will be handicapped by not having a campaign to practice on.  (I think that the online plays so differently from the campaign that the problem will not be too hard to overcome, but it's a legitimate gripe.)

Having to pay for three separate campaigns will be terrible, yes.  But I'll do it if my above speculation is accurate, because it's StarCraft, it's worth it, and I "kinda have to".  

AS LONG AS BATTLE.NET STAYS FREE, FUCKERS.  

I really hope that they do the patches and stuff, but with Activision there now you never know....

I too will probably buy SC2, since there's something in my head that's saying "you will buy these and that's final," of course unless the gamnes come to a total of about $100+ in which case I will excerices my awesome knowledge of The Pirate Bay to get the. Same goes if they make me pay for B.net.

I still don't see why they can't make starcraft 2 + 2 expansions where they have 10 missions per race per game, instead of sticking 30 missions in each game, but for only 1 race. I want someone to give me a GOOD explanation for this.

Uhmm, I highly doubt that all 11 Mill. accounts are active. I can believe 5 mil. though are active any given month.

What are we talking about now?