[I] Dustin Browder, HotS + General Q&A - Page 2

On August 02 2011 12:24 ChoiBoi wrote:
This is probably biased since I'm a Zerg, however:

They should implement scouts, dark archons, defilers, lurkers, vultures, goliaths, overlords with detection, shield batteries, hydra speed, and a super capital ship for zerg.

They should remove hellions, thors, planetary fortresses, phoenixes, double-usage dropship/medic (medivac reduced to two separate units), warpgates (reinforcement to any corner of the map instantly, really?), banelings (idc if they remove banelings as long as lurkers are back), and supply depot lowering.

They should fix: moving while using auto-repair along with max number of workers per unit (e.g 6 max per mech unit), mules being able to repair, forcefield SIZE (currently 3x3 hexagon, reduce to 2x2?), switch roach and hydra tech tiers (and reduce hydra damage, but increase roach damage), reduce marine range and put in range upgrade, banshee damage, this isn't specific, but the "armored but no armor," or "light but has armor," moving to attack enemy unit priority (especially of queens being baited out immediately after an inject), spine crawlers to sturdier defenses that can't unroot, but are definitely more defense oriented, ling surround ai (especially when marines are dropped into between a mineral patch, and when you actually take the time to micro some lings around, they actually go back all the way around to target that ONE marine in the front), and etc.

This seems more like rant, but meh, it should work out effectively.

Right now, there's arcade where we overhaul our custom game interface to make it easier for players to search for custom mods, as well as filter searches so that it'll display the most popular, the most-played ones and new ones off the assembly line.

On August 02 2011 13:18 emc wrote:
thanks for making this thread, I was going to post something on the other one but instead of the mod asking for more material in the OP, he just closes it .

Anyways...

Terran doesn't really need much as Dustin has mentioned, they have pretty much all they need. However, I'd very much like to see Thors replaced with cheaper goliaths just because thors are basically BC's that can't fly and is a very boring unit. I'd love it if the science vessel came back and replaced the raven, I'd take irradiate over hunter seeker missile any day.

Zerg also seems decently well rounded but I suppose the lurker would be nice. If the lurker comes back then the infestor needs to be removed because the infestor is covering the lurkers function. I'd like to see a caster that really buffs zerg when they have a lot of units rather than a unit that can deal DPS by itself. The infestor is a unit you can mass and basically counter a lot of different types of units. The BW queen would be cool to see with spawn broodling on tanks or workers and the defiler would be sick with a modified dark swarm for sc2. Remove the corrupter and bring back the scourge, I think zerg would really benefit from a massable unit from an expensive tech structure. I also hope they don't remove the overseer because it's more than just a scout, it's also a harass unit. Contaminate is probably one of the best harass in the game because it can stop production pretty severely, it's especially good against armories, factories, robos, forges and hatcheries. Plus spawn changeling is pretty awesome and unique, changeling also feels very zergy.

I don't think protoss needs a dedicated harass unit. Protoss already has the phoenix, when you get 4 of them they are amazing in PvZ but I suppose they aren't particularly useful in PvP nor are they exceptional in PvT like they are in PvZ. But a harass unit? No they don't need it, they have warp gates and warp prisms for that. If anything, the warp prism needs to be better, I've heard of suggestions for increasing it's maximum HP or swapping it's shields with HP for better survivability. In any case, protoss doesn't need anything more than replacing the mothership with arbiters because the MS is basically a joke.

On August 02 2011 13:24 Icekommander wrote:
I want raven HSM replaced with the ability for it to plant spider mines. How cool would that be, have four or five ravens zooming around the map laying mines and turrets. Make the Spider Mines cost energy, instead of giving them a flat three maybe as well.