my favorite comment from /r/starcraft

The person who did this is being factious, they clearly stated when they showed it that it was merely a concept that one of the artists had put together and they had no current plans for it.
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Yeah... infested supply depot / garbage dog will never be in game.

Autobeat

United States53 Posts

October 24 2010 02:24 GMT

#44

Its just concept and seems cool enough. Even if it made it into the finished product I feel like it would undergo so many changes before then that we might not even recognize it. Or maybe they just make some small changes like the thorr which originally was going to have to be built by an SCV like a building. In any case it makes me want to try and pop a nydus up under a bunker now for the lols.

Ocedic

United States1808 Posts

October 24 2010 02:27 GMT

#45

On October 24 2010 10:55 Red. wrote:
would be so kind to give us defiler and lurker ;(

No thanks, new units please.

Fanatic-Templar

Canada5819 Posts

October 24 2010 02:29 GMT

#46

I want to see what happens when this thing tries to infest a Terra-tron.

Incidentally, when they started talking about how they could change names many times, I expected them to say "for now we think we'll call it the Nomad".

Red.

Spain228 Posts

October 24 2010 10:16 GMT

#47

On October 24 2010 11:27 Ocedic wrote:

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No thanks, new units please.

its just a personal preference, i will always like more lurker to counter bio ball rather than baneling, and infestor only has fungal growth, to me its a boring unit. But yeah, new content is always fun!

frucisky

Singapore2170 Posts

October 24 2010 10:28 GMT

#48

As cool as this is, I don;t think it can be a very balanced idea.

coddan

Estonia890 Posts

October 24 2010 10:30 GMT

#49

On October 24 2010 19:28 frucisky wrote:
As cool as this is, I don;t think it can be a very balanced idea.

Eh, you have absolutely no idea how it works. How can you possibly say it doesn't seem balanced?

LittLeD

Sweden7973 Posts

October 24 2010 10:41 GMT

#50

On October 24 2010 10:30 Slow Motion wrote:
Is the Blizzard design team a 12 year old boy?

He turned 13 in september actually.

Jk, I think this is awesome!

Grummler

Germany743 Posts

October 24 2010 11:07 GMT

#51

On October 24 2010 19:28 frucisky wrote:
As cool as this is, I don;t think it can be a very balanced idea.

Yeah, the dps is way to high! And for so low gas cost...

Deleted User 101379

4849 Posts

October 24 2010 11:20 GMT

#52

It could be a turtle-breaking caster which can use a spell to infest and transform the bunker. As a Tier 3 unit i don't think it would be too unbalanced as there aren't many bunkers in the game at that stage. Or it could just be a blizzard joke, who knows...

Herculix

United States946 Posts

October 24 2010 11:31 GMT

#53

well there's only 2 rationalities that i can make out of that picture: it burrows under the bunker and destroys it and then infests it, OR it is a zerg unit that can transform into a bunker which is either an aesthetic or for zerg units to hold a position better in (predicting the former since most zerg units would find a bunker completely useless for their melee/short range attacks).

i conclude it to be the latter, and that its purpose is to mimic the terran siege tank but with a zerg flavor somehow. perhaps as a bunker its armored shell allows it to withstand more damage and hold a position on the map better or something, while 'unbunkered' it has mobility... i doubt blizzard would be so stupid as to make it just like the siege tank but that's really what it looks inspired from imo.

nyshak

Germany132 Posts

October 24 2010 11:32 GMT

#54

Samwise classified all that was shown for Heart of the Swarm on that panel as "brainfarts" from the art team. The bunker-thingy is meant to, pardon the pun, crack people up. A joke. It will never make it into the game.

DwmC_Foefen

Belgium2186 Posts

October 24 2010 11:41 GMT

#55

On October 24 2010 07:53 ZaaaaaM wrote:
just gimme my lurker and scourge and gtfo with this thing^^

This man speaks truth

Looky

United States1608 Posts

October 24 2010 11:43 GMT

#56

bring back the scourage.

Zakka

Netherlands762 Posts

October 24 2010 11:50 GMT

#57

I think it looks kind off stupid especially because it apparently has guns : / (check the video)

Not very zerg-like imo. I want PLAGUUUUU back

AyJay

1515 Posts

October 24 2010 12:05 GMT

#58

I hope they do something extremely crazy with multiplayer expansions. I mean having 1 unit and 1-2 upgrades per expansion would be LAME for todays gaming standards.

HwangjaeTerran

Finland5967 Posts

October 24 2010 12:10 GMT

#59

Seeing how it is quite big and comes from the ground... maybe it´s something you activate from the nydus network?