New Terran Unit in Heart of the Swarm - Page 28

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.

On October 05 2011 12:29 bittman wrote:
Hmm, I think a lot of people are probably on the money with some of the ideas, here are some that came to me looking at it:

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.

On October 05 2011 12:30 Namu wrote:


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.

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?

On October 05 2011 12:30 StarStrider wrote:
IMHO it's a combination of the hellion and the firebat. That's the one thing that Terran has been missing is a melee/close range/tank damage unit. I'm not saying they need this to balance anything as it stands, but other changes to other units in HOTS might neccessitate it. It would make sense as it kind of balances out with Zerg and Protoss.

Everyone missed the firebat. They are bringing that back, changing the hellion, combining them into a versatile viking-like transforming bio unit. Win.

On October 05 2011 12:36 Kujawa wrote:
I feel like this thread is just people saying Terran is imbalanced in a passive aggressive douche way.