EPTNew Terran Unit in Heart of the Swarm - Page 27
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Dalguno
United States2446 Posts
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S2Lunar
1051 Posts
On October 05 2011 12:20 LordofAscension wrote: Here's a bit more info: http://sclegacy.com/news/23-sc2/1076-heart-of-the-swarm-unit-teaser-1 Here's a bit I haven't seen here yet. + Show Spoiler + As war rages across the galaxy, the terran, zerg, and protoss are all vying for supremacy in the Koprulu sector. When StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm is released, all three races are sure to unleash new weapons of war as they adapt to changing conditions and tactics on the battlefield. Blizzard will showcase new multiplayer units and abilities for StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm at BlizzCon. For those that can’t wait, we’ll offer a teaser silhouette of one new unit on the official StarCraft Facebook page each week for the next three weeks. The first one, a new terran unit, is already featured. New silhouettes for the zerg and protoss will be unveiled on the official StarCraft Facebook page on October 10 and October 17, respectively. What are they, and how do they fight? The answers will come at BlizzCon. These three units, as well as the rest of the new Heart of the Swarm multiplayer units and abilities, will be unveiled and playable at the show on October 21 and 22. | ||
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Nausea
Sweden807 Posts
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H0RNET
Thailand138 Posts
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Bayyne
United States1967 Posts
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10372 Posts
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ObserverSix2One
Israel115 Posts
is it just me or do you guys share this feeling too? | ||
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Gamegene
United States8308 Posts
On October 05 2011 10:32 Roe wrote: anyone else kind of reminded of gundam wing type stuff? ![[image loading]](http://images.wikia.com/gundam/images/2/23/Z-13MSX2_Mercurius.jpg) lol if terran gets a giant shield emitter we better get the Mercurius's partner with the giant friggin beam cannon. ![[image loading]](http://www.thatanimeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Gundam-Wing-21-25-04.jpg) | ||
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Fig
United States1324 Posts
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Exigaet
Canada355 Posts
On October 05 2011 12:25 Yoshi Kirishima wrote: playable at blizzcon? wow HotS is coming along faster than I thoguht The first few missions of HotS were available for play months ago. | ||
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kcaZyz
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NicolBolas
United States1388 Posts
1: A Marauder replacement. The Marauder is generally supposed to be an infantry tank unit, but it's general power vs. armored turned it into the backbone of TvP play. This unit looks (as far as you can tell from a simple silhouette) to be more defense oriented. Marines in this composition would be the main damage dealers. Perhaps this unit would have some kind of AoE slowing effect, but would do fairly minimal damage. 2: A Reaper replacement. Again, it's hard to tell from a simple silhouette, but it could have jetpacks on it. My personal fears: 1: A SC2 Goliath. Seriously, if this thing is a Factory unit that's relatively cheap, comes from the Factory, and has ridiculous GtA damage and range, I'm done with SC2. We had to suffer through "all-Mech-all-the-time" in SC1, and I'm tired of it. It's time for something new, and "something new" doesn't mean "the same crap we've been playing for 12 years." I want Terrans to have to build something that doesn't come out of the Goddamned Factory. Getting rid of the Goliath was one of the best moves they made in SC2, and I'd hate to see them declare surrender and just basically turn Terrans into "people who build Factory stuff". Again. 2: A transforming unit. I'm fearful of this because Blizzard isn't going to give Terrans 3 transforming units. Blizzard categorically refuses to remove Siege Tanks, which means Vikings will have to go. Just when Terrans started to realize that Vikings on the ground can be pretty damned strong in some situations. I'm not a huge fan of Vikings (I think putting that kind of range on a flying unit causes more problems than it solves), but I really like the dynamic that their ability to drop to the ground can create. | ||
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S2Lunar
1051 Posts
On October 05 2011 12:26 ObserverSix2One wrote: I don't get blizzard, Terran is in the top of korea, fallowed up by zerg and protoss is barely even exists, why do they choose to show a new Terran unit? it's what I'm least excited about, more like worried >< is it just me or do you guys share this feeling too? Why would you be worried? They are releasing silhouettes for new Zerg and Protoss units on the 10th and 17th. | ||
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NicolBolas
United States1388 Posts
Also, why wouldn't they show the silhouette of a zerg unit first? You'd think that with it being HotS and all.... Just saying. They're doing it in campaign order. And campaign order is Terran->Zerg->Protoss. | ||
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bittman
Australia8759 Posts
A) Could surely be a "neo-goliath" that can shoot ground and air, but would obviously need to stand apart from the Thor B) Could be a mech "support" unit. Perhaps like a "mech caster" to go alongside the bio and air casters. C) Perhaps Terran units will be able to "upgrade" ala Zerg morph. D) Honestly doubtful it's a new bio unit, because though someone put a big circle over a "flamethrower" to me it looks like a robot head. E) Ground melee mech unit. From the sillouette, it's totally guessable that this might be a terran non-ranged unit for a change. I'd prefer B or E. Terran melee would be interesting to add in. Mech caster / support would be good of course, though completely reliant upon abilities regarding balance. Anyway, pretty interested in what else there is to come. Also ignoring the nay-sayers who think Terran should have nothing interesting in the next expansion. Blizzard needs to show shiny new toys for all races, sometimes balance isn't about simply nerfing again and again, but throwing in more variety. And yes, terran already have that variety aspect, but from a design / marketing perspective it'd be stupid to ignore one race for an expansion because it's already good at what it does. | ||
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windsupernova
Mexico5280 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Seriously Dustin Browder jokes are like Gabe Newell jokes. You are not funny! Anyways, speculation on what the new Zerg unit will be? I really hope for a lurker type of unit | ||
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Sarang
Australia2363 Posts
On October 05 2011 12:28 Toppp wrote: Why would you be worried? They are releasing silhouettes for new Zerg and Protoss units on the 10th and 17th. Plus I've got a suspicion the 'Chill' comment is directed towards people worried about this terran unit. | ||
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LAN-f34r
New Zealand2099 Posts
And seriously guys, stop complaing about how this will make T (more) OP. Who knows what they could take out? If they take out marines for this, will it make T stronger? Almost certainly not. And who knows what P/Z will get as well. | ||
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Darpa
Canada4413 Posts
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Namu
United States826 Posts
On October 05 2011 12:28 Toppp wrote: Why would you be worried? They are releasing silhouettes for new Zerg and Protoss units on the 10th and 17th. yeah, not like they're not releasing new units for other races.. it would be an awful idea to not release a new unit for a race anyways, even if it is "complete" right now. | ||
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