Starcraft – What’s so bad about queuing units in Starcraft 2

Although this is somewhat subjective, i will make a list of things that i like more on SC2 than on SC1. (Warning, spoilers might be found here!):

• atmosphere - i feel a lot more drawn into the game, all those references to the original story are also very cool + the large amount of ingame cutscenes and even mini-movies are awesome (the one with Zeratul and Kerrigan is my fav so far)

• micromanagement of units - far better. Great management of groups, no limit of units per group (as far as i know). The ability to schedule commands is the best improvement in the game regarding control of units. A base can be build in a few clicks and you can focus on the fight nearby without interrupting to get back to the base and build the next building.

• upgrades - clever design of upgrades, often you have to choose which one you want because you cant have all. In most games, when you are rich you simply buy everything and thats it. Not possible here (talking about the campaign).

• better feel of the races - even more different units and structures than in SC1

• saving - automatic saves at key points of the mission are handy. Not sure if this was in SC1 too but i think it was not.

• single player - playing against a computer is now much better customized so choosing easy gives you really and easy game. This was not the case in SC1 where even the easiest oponent was tough for newbies. This was sometimes really frustrating.

I think thats it, there are more things which i think are better, but they are really too subjective.

I don't think there is a way to do exactly what you describe. If I am wrong, I would love to know about it!

The second best thing I can find is to set a waypoint to follow a unit in your main attack group. To do this, select your production buildings, find a unit that isn't likely to die anytime soon, and right click that unit. New units being produced will follow your main group, and will attack nearby enemies and such.

However, they still won't be in the actual control group, so you can't easily use their spells and whatnot. In order to set that up, the easiest way I've found is to select the units as they're walking toward your group (it's good to listen for "construction finished" sound bites and hit Space) and then press Shift+3 to include them in the original group.

Two things to watch out for:

1. Units heading toward waypoints are using the "Move" command and will not attack stuff en route.
2. If the unit you are following is destroyed, the waypoint will end up wherever it was when it was destroyed. If this is right at the front of the enemy base, that's bad.