Forum:Categorization

Okay, to start clearing the difficult distinction within NPC, hero, and campaign.

NPC for starts is every hero unit controlled, or unit created by the computer. That is indeed a NPC, the Overmind is a NPC building. tower cannons are NPC units. Adding a NPC hero category one is unneeded.

Campaign is every unit that can be created by the player that is not on melee multiplayer, the swarmling is a easy one, done... the distinction on StarCraft II is a easy one... Difficult one is on StarCraft, the Elite Science Vessel a unit that is not directly created, but still it can be replicated creating the regular science vessel as the game replace it with the Elite Science Vessel. As it can be created by the player, is a campaign unit, of course it can be rebated by saying that is not directly created. So is fair to call it campaign unit, or is a hero unit?

Hero is a unit that is in control of the player, but it cannot be replicated, following the Mercenaries example, commander Hale is a hero unit.