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Ridiculous Ultra Buff Suggestion

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brad drac
Profile Joined May 2010
Ireland202 Posts
August 04 2010 21:54 GMT
#1
Right, I know what you're thinking; "but ultras are utterly beastly, they cream everything late game" and yes, that is true. The problem with them is that they only cream everything late game. An early mid-game ultra push is but a dream for any who don't like to lose to the first push that comes, and ultra timing attacks just aren't viable in the same way as thor or colossus pushes are.

So, my solution. I'm sure most have noticed the impossibility of that massive ultralisk popping out of that tiny little egg, and all zerg players will have noticed their agonisingly long build time. My idea is to cut their build time in half and to have them spawn as pupal mini ultras(just like the ones in the secret campaign level, piercing the shroud) with drastically lower stats to match their diminutive stature, with them gradually maturing into full ultras over the rest of their build time. This would allow zerg players to get their ultras in position for a push a lot sooner, but also create tension for the zerg player to ensure their key units aren't sniped before their prime.

Naturally, I don't think blizzard will implement anything like this, as it'd probably be a bollock load of work for them. But still, wouldn't it be neat?
Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know.
Floophead_III
Profile Joined September 2009
United States1832 Posts
August 04 2010 21:56 GMT
#2
It'd be neat if you put this in a blog so to not clutter the general forum with stuff nobody wants to hear.
Half man, half bear, half pig.
LF9
Profile Joined November 2009
United States537 Posts
August 04 2010 21:56 GMT
#3
At least you were honest and included the word "ridiculous" in the thread title.
HubertFelix
Profile Joined April 2010
France631 Posts
August 04 2010 21:57 GMT
#4
Ultralisks are fine.
If you think they are too late/it's too hard to get them, you should look at tier 2. I feel like zerg has a problem to contain his opponent before tier 3.
Psychopomp
Profile Joined April 2010
United States237 Posts
August 04 2010 21:58 GMT
#5
It'll never happen, but it's nice in a gloriously silly sort of way.

On August 05 2010 06:56 Floophead_III wrote:
It'd be neat if you put this in a blog so to not clutter the general forum with stuff nobody wants to hear.


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