Ok, couldn't find this in search so thought I'd post:
SC2 is my first RTS so if this is pretty low skill have some sympathy for your noobie kin. What kinda got me into starcraft in the first place was seeing a video of the 2 inch drop with terran in sc1. So I present the sc2 equivalent...
This works with any race but I suspect is most useful for protoss as you can have the warp prism warping at the same time and you tend to have very low numbers of transports, otherwise you need to hold position to stop the transport from moving. Basically this works on the principle that the range at which units load into things is larger than the block created by it being up a cliff.
The same method can be used to retreat, just make sure the transport is just over the edge.
I am 100% positive that people can do this cleaner and faster than I can. Enjoy!
Thats some sick elevator action, i could see that being very effective. When you're retreating, the prism is giving your ranged units sight, too Just make sure to get the ranged expensive units out first!
Damn.. that is really cool. I use warp prisms ALOT in PvT but its hard to find as much use as I would like with them. I am sure I will use this sometime..
Lol maybe you can combine the queue trick. Have the army queue into the warp prism and move. Then queue also the warp prism to spam unload. Will test it. :D
Wow very cool stuff. Will be very interesting to see pros catch on to this and use it, eliminates some of the one-dimensional aspects of having ramps everywhere on ladder maps.
On November 10 2010 12:10 Hurricane Sponge wrote: Sorry, I'm missing the big 'Ah ha!' of this. It looks like standard elevator (or 'manual labor drop' to you, SuperDanielMan!) play to me
Is it just the hold-position transport over the cliff edge?
Typically you have to move a transport back and forth, using this method you can leave the transport where it is and just manage the units.
On November 10 2010 12:10 Hurricane Sponge wrote: Sorry, I'm missing the big 'Ah ha!' of this. It looks like standard elevator (or 'manual labor drop' to you, SuperDanielMan!) play to me
Is it just the hold-position transport over the cliff edge?
Typically you have to move a transport back and forth, using this method you can leave the transport where it is and just manage the units.
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