The Starcraft Thread - SPOILERS for Heart of the Swarm inside

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1. It's really quite simple, you don't immediately throw down an ace that you got, that's why he didn't use it, Mengsk had other strategies, they failed, so he pulled out his ace, it didn't work cause of raynor(which it would have otherwise, and he would afterwards have been able to use it on the rest of the zerg)

2. Tychus isn't that much of a douche, cut him some slack, the deal was Kerrigan dies, he goes free, that was it, he was in no other way obligated to communicate and help Mengsk, it's also quite possible that Mengsk didn't care what else they did and only considered the Queen of Blades to be the real threat

Those reasons don't work.

1. Mengsk's entire fleet got pulled back to defend Korhal and was decimated, at this point he has already lost. The only thing it would do is kill Kerrigan, he's still got no power left and since the last game established that due to Raynor's broadcast his loyal subjects were rioting, he'd be dead soon.

There really were no other strategies - it's been well established even in Brood War that Mengsk's Dominion barely has any power, the UED took over in a blink and the Swarm was big enough to overrun them. Kerrigan, once infested, has made a career out of toying with Mengsk, Korhal stood no chance without the artifact yet he chose to keep it hidden until it stopped being of use.

2. The final cinematic of Wings of Liberty makes it pretty clear that Mengsk hears everything Tychus does. Tychus doesn't communicate, Mengsk just listens to everything to make sure Tychus does his freaking job and if he doesn't, he'll flip the switch and the suit fries him up like bacon. If Mengsk wasn't listening in, what's to stop Tychus from just telling Raynor "hey, get me out of this suit"?

I disagree with the sentiment that you can't enjoy things if you analyze them. I thought both campaigns were awesome. They just have flaws and flaws should be pointed out so they can be fixed. One of the reasons Heart of the Swarm had more a more serious focus was because the Blizzard fanbase made sure Blizzard knew how schizophrenic parts of Wings of Liberty were. Criticism is good.

Speaking of Narud (I thought everyone knew he was our old friend from the moment Kerrigan claims to recognize him in Wings of Liberty), why did he pay Raynor to steal artifacts from the Tal'Darim when he turns out to be in control of the Tal'Darim? I know he's a chessmaster but... that just seems like a waste of resources.