Lurker Strength - Page 7

On August 06 2010 06:38 Reborn8u wrote:
I would like to see them in the game. Being hive tech means they wont affect timings or build orders in any drastic way. Also zerg needs some better defense IMO. I also feel that having units with overlapping roles is a good thing.
I play Toss btw, it just seems like zerg has 3 units most of the time, lings,roaches,hydra. Then they add one or two of these things >infestor, broodlords,or ultralisk.< BORING, they should be giving lurkers just on the basis of how lame thier races unit diversity is.
Iv'e watched plenty of zerg matches where the only units made are the ones I've listed. Let's not forget mutas or banelings, but when zerg goes mutas or banelings then their diversity that game is even more lame. Thats only 7 units. (queens and overlords are equivalent to supply depots and orbital command)
To compare, things I see comonly in terran 1.marine 2. marauder 3. hellion 4. ghost 5. tank 6. viking 7. medevac 8.thor 9. banshee 10. raven
Protoss 1.zealot 2.stalker 3.sentry 4.immortal 5.colossus 6.warp prism 7.void rays 8.phoenix 9.DT 10. HT 11. Archon (I won't count obs, motherships are rare)

Just think about it, if you watch 10 games of each race. How much diversity do you see game to game compared race to race. I guess since with zerg there are changlings, broodlings, infested terrans, overseers and corrupters they felt there was enough diversity.
But so many of these units are not a real stand alone type units to me.

Many times with zerg, if you see certain units come out, it means zerg will be only making 2 or 3 things for quite a while. A lurker would be a great damage dealing unit to mix in with almost any zerg army. So I feel it will not be another one of these units that once it arrives, the zergs unit diversity goes completely null. Overall, I guess it's not just zergs unit diversity game to game that sucks, it's also the total # of different things that will get made in any one game that sucks as well.

Just throwing my opinion out there, as a non zerg player, they really need lurkers.

On August 06 2010 09:16 koOma wrote:
Reaper + Lurker in expansion plzzzzz

On August 06 2010 05:41 Archerofaiur wrote:




lol a Bring back the lurker 2010 tournament would be awesome



Its also against Blizzard terms of use I believe

On August 06 2010 06:03 G3nXsiS wrote:
Im just opposed to any starcraft 1 units making it in there.

On September 07 2010 23:59 blindsniper wrote:
Actually, lurkers would be pretty balanced.

As seen here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNx4pRU32jA

On August 05 2010 04:30 HardcoreBilly wrote:
Just a tip, if you plan to make a series of video, please get a mic, and if not a mic, then don't type at all, the viewers will usually get the gist. Or if you must note something, have it in the description or have a black screen of text (and not type in the actual video).

Now to the actual video: You have Lurker all wrong. It is in no way like a Siege Tank. Any competent player, or in this case, a Terran, would scan and then kill the Lurkers.

Lurkers were great in SC:BW mainly because of the Dark Swarm, seeing as though that isn't in the game, it will drastically be less effective and be used differently in SC2. In SC2 I would imagine Lurkers being more defensive, and never come in packs (as one detector would annihilate all Lurkers). Instead, a player would probably have one lurker at each base, or used to prevent enemy mining (assuming you sneak one to the back.

On August 05 2010 04:30 HardcoreBilly wrote:
Just a tip, if you plan to make a series of video, please get a mic, and if not a mic, then don't type at all, the viewers will usually get the gist. Or if you must note something, have it in the description or have a black screen of text (and not type in the actual video).

Now to the actual video: You have Lurker all wrong. It is in no way like a Siege Tank. Any competent player, or in this case, a Terran, would scan and then kill the Lurkers.

Lurkers were great in SC:BW mainly because of the Dark Swarm, seeing as though that isn't in the game, it will drastically be less effective and be used differently in SC2. In SC2 I would imagine Lurkers being more defensive, and never come in packs (as one detector would annihilate all Lurkers). Instead, a player would probably have one lurker at each base, or used to prevent enemy mining (assuming you sneak one to the back.