HotS Balance Update #3 [9/20/2012] - Page 23

On September 21 2012 04:54 BookII wrote:
So, It's officially a firebat?

On September 21 2012 12:22 canikizu wrote:
It will take the whole mediac energy to heal them hellions lol. Those hellions have so much hp.

On September 21 2012 10:59 Mataza wrote:

How the hell would that even works? Do melee units also get the +1 range buff? What would it do to Ultra splash?
Mind exploding.

Good thing terran have no mind control then.

On September 21 2012 13:20 Firenza wrote:
A lot of people are citing the bio change as a rationale for including medivacs with mech which doesn't make any sense to me. Normal hellions are already excellent fast harass/counter-attack units. Lucifron was regularly getting over 50-70 worker kills at WCS Europe (his trick seemed to be to always send at least 6-8, never just 4, in addition to great timing, game sense, and strategy). Hellion, tank, viking seems to be a potent combo (add banshee, thor, mines, and/or raven for flavor), and it's also cool since they all transform in HoTS. It would be nice if the viking was just a slightly better raider. 7 vikings do the same dps as 8 stimmed marines while having twice the health which is about the same as having one medivac giving energy to the stimmed marines. But losing 7 vikings is 1050/575 vs 500/100 for 8 marines and a medivac. But really, aren't hellions and vikings mobile enough for mech play? I'm sure someone could develop a sick mech-doomdrop timing, but I can't see medivacs as part of standard mech play.

On September 21 2012 13:00 MasterCynical wrote:
Im extremely worried about archons vs battle hellions.

On September 21 2012 04:57 Qikz wrote:
I realise a stealth reason why battle hellions can be healed.

Gives mech terrans more reason to get medivacs. meaning MORE DROPS! :D

On September 21 2012 11:12 Evangelist wrote:
Seriously, this is like listening to a bunch of warcraft lore nerds complaining about Thrall.

All you guys should care about is when you hit the battle hellion button, your medivacs heal the hellions. Nothing else. Frankly it's an awesome solution to the main problem I was having with it. Maybe they will make hellions entirely biological.

On September 21 2012 13:17 Plexa wrote:
Woah good changes. Widow mine drops are going to be scary now.

On September 21 2012 13:52 R3demption wrote:

Drops should be reason enough to get medivacs... This change seems kinda weird. It doesn't make sense that a mech unit turns into a bio unit but if it improves gameplay then fine.

The real question is, what is the incentive to Terrans using tanks?

On September 21 2012 13:59 Shikyo wrote:
You really don't think lore is important in scifi? o_O It's one of the main things...

On September 21 2012 14:03 Existor wrote:
I want to remember you, that at tier1 at Factory you can build both Helion unit types. Only after Tech-lab upgrade, that is available when Armory is built, you can switch speedlion to battlion or vice-versa