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The games are just very different. As Kurt said I think SC gets a lot of bad rep because of BGH$$$ style maps and stuff like that, where everyone just turtles up and then masses 1 unit or something. With good players on legit maps though (maps that force you to expand) the game can get really interesting, IMO. You're dealing with many expansions all over a map coupled with a fairly large number of units, but small enough that micro DOES matter in certain situations. Your base gets bigger, you establish footholds, make little raids, scout, what have you. You get a large and varied army that can be all over the map. What you get is a precarious balance between micro and macro, often with many different things happening at once and many different tactics possible.
Warcraft 3 is practically 100% micro: a small number of high HP units with every swing of the axe pretty much meaning something important. Your army rarely is in more than one angry mass (except perhaps in deviant base-destroying strats) and extreme emphasis is placed on 1 or 2 units of absolute importance. Creeping, heroes, items, a lot of the key elements are just completely unappplicable to SC (or for that matter, generally found in RTS games).
Is that more or less "strategic" than SC? Eh, it's just what I'd call a very different sort of strategy. You are much less a grand general and more like a squad leader. Different strokes for different folks.
Warcraft 3 is practically 100% micro: a small number of high HP units with every swing of the axe pretty much meaning something important. Your army rarely is in more than one angry mass (except perhaps in deviant base-destroying strats) and extreme emphasis is placed on 1 or 2 units of absolute importance. Creeping, heroes, items, a lot of the key elements are just completely unappplicable to SC (or for that matter, generally found in RTS games).
Is that more or less "strategic" than SC? Eh, it's just what I'd call a very different sort of strategy. You are much less a grand general and more like a squad leader. Different strokes for different folks.