Which Episode will Xel'naga appear in?

Which episode do you guys think Xel'Naga will first appear in?

When I say appear, I mean as an in-game unit, not cinematics.

I personally think they'll appear in the second episode ie. Heart of the Swarm. Since this makes up for the perfect surprise for Kerrigan and her broods.

The Terran campaign will most likely be Raynor hunting for artifacts, and finding more and more clues on Xel'Naga's return. Their main enemy will most likely be the Mengsk family. They will also most likely be defending and saving Terran planets along the way from Zerg destruction.

I expect the finale of the campaign to be a cliffhanger of the Xel'Naga returning.

 

Should be able to choose multiple options...

I think they will atleast have a minor appearance in all of them.

 

I would guess they want to add suspense so they'd put them in the final campaign. Plus, the protoss were their attempts at creating the ultimate life along with the zerg. I'd guess one of those.

But since the protoss is the last one (if i'm not mistaken) i am placing my bets into that. I think there might be traces and hints of them throughout the game, but they will appear altogether in the third and final campaign.

but I could also see them appearing in the second, posing a threat to Kerrigan's swarm. But I don't see them coming in during the terran campaign, seems a little far fetched. They've been working like crazy on the original three races, so expecting them to bring in the Xel'naga is stretching it.

 

because SC2 is a trilogy it wont have an expansion, because Blizzard was planning to have 2 expansion for SC2, but because of so much work they decided to split SC2 into 3 parts and fuse the 2 expansion to the later two parts.

that said, they will most surely appear in Heart of the Swarm if they havent appear in Wings of Liberty, but thats just me.

 

Why would Blizzard ever stick something so waited for in the first part of the game? =P
That's like giving the best part to the players first. People have been starving for the Xel'naga for forever, so I'm sure they'd put it in the second one at least.

But as I said, I think game producers prefer to save the best for last and are going to stick them in the protoss campaign.

 

They could tease you with minor appearances in Wings of Liberty, make you want to buy Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void all the more.

 

Remember, both Kerrigan and Zeratul foreshadowed the returning of Xel'Naga. Zeratul with the first hand experience, Kerrigan with a tingling feeling that was enough to cause her to withdraw and wait for this force to arrive.

That being said, I think Xel'Naga will FIRST appear in the heart of the swarms, since Kerrigan has been expecting it, so I would expect some sort of battle between them, with the Xel'Nagas brutalizing her swarm. Then we would probably see Kerrigan come up with a game plan to destroy Xel'naga strongholds. Like the end to the Zerg campagin of the original starcraft, where Zergs overrun Aiur, but this time, the Zergs will overrun one or few of the Xel'Naga strongholds, causing them to retreat for a short while.

This will leave space and time for the Protoss to deal with the Zergs in the third episode, and probably mid way through the episode. Xel'Naga will interfere with the battle between the Zergs and Protoss, destroying the majority of the army in both parties.

 

Maybe minor appearances in Cinematics, but I doubt in the gameplay itself.

 

If Xel'naga do appear in person i don't think they will be able to attack zerg and protoss and deal considerable damage. Considering what primitive zerg and primitive protoss did to the Xel'naga in their prime and they haven't been seen since i would imagine they would be few in number and not able to destroy their creation.

That said i think they might appear in Heart of the Swarm with a new overmind and try to take control of the swarm.

 

We can probably guess where the terran and protoss campaigns are heading, but not the zerg.

I figure the protoss will learn about the hybrids from Zeratul, and that likely won't happen until Legacy of the Void ... or the Zeratul mini-campaign in any of the three products.

I figure the xel'naga themselves won't appear until Legacy of the Void, even if the hybrids appear in the Zeratul mini-campaign in Wings of Liberty!

 

I don't think they will be in gameplay anyway, maybe Duran using unocvered Xel'naga technology but not the xel'naga themselves.

 

Well this depends on how we see the Xel'naga. If we see the Hybrids, which we definitely will, we will most likely see Xel'Nagas as well. That being said, I think it will be something like Warcraft 3, where special races can be used with their own unique units.

Although Blizzard confirmed that we won't be able to use any other race besides Protoss, Zerg and Terrans, I do think we will see special Xel'naga unit. Maybe we won't be seeing Xel'Naga in person, but I think we will at least see a new race with their own workers, buildings etc.

Perhaps the Xel'Naga owns another race outside of the Zerg and Protoss? I think we will either see Xel'naga units, or Xel'Naga owned races in units. I doubt we will be seeing just the Hybrid units.

 

If Xel'naga do have a naga like appearance in starcraft 2, i hope they only appear late Legacy of the Void and aren't playable, I don't want all the mystery to be shattered.

Duran or another race/individual could be controlling the hybrids, taking over from where the Xel'naga left off.

 

It's most likely that it will happen during the Protoss or the Zerg campaigns cause the Terrans got nothing to do with the Xel'naga why would they be most involved then?

 

Actually, I think Terrans may actually have more knowledge of the Xel'naga than any of the other two races, even if the Terrans are not aware of it.

Remember, Raynor has been hunting artifacts, lots and lots of them. I think all of them are Xel'Naga artifcats, and even Zeratul is aware of it. I think Raynor found a few that were really important, which was the reason why Zeratul went to find Raynor.

I think Terrans will actually uncover the majority of Xel'Naga clues in SC2, during which they fight the Zerg invasions along the way. I could see them, or at least Raynor, becoming more and more aware of a much greater threat.

Then, the Xel'Naga will finally appear in the second campaign, probably mid-way game. Since we will most likely be invading Terran Territories early in the zerg campaign.

 

my guess is that the hybrids appear at the last cinematic of wwings of liberty, and the Xel'naga either at the same time or at the end of the zerg episode

 

Ah, drie, i like your idea.that seems pretty plausible.
Cliff hangers and making fans kill themselves over the wait seems reasonable and a video game-esque tactic xD

 

I think Heart of the Swarm, just to give us a taste and build up tension and drama for Legacy of the Void.

 

Maybe we'll see them in WOL because Raynor is looking for artefacts and he might of found and activated a beacon or universal gps thingy that either finds artefacts or Xel'naga ships.
Inturn, he gets attacked by the zerg and has to defend for a while.
Then he helps zeratul find the Xel'naga and he finds new technology and lots of artefacts worth lots and lots of credits for him and his crew.
i doubt this would happen though lol because it would sorta end the game.

 

I seriously think the Xel-Naga is dead/wiped out/extinct cuase the zerg killed off there species a while ago when the overmind was in control at the time. IMO.