EPTAnyways, Blizzard has already expressed concerns about the hellions role in the game, so i find it very reasonable to introduce some kind of new transforming flamethrower unit to replace it with. Probably makes it a bit harder to roast a worker line.
New Terran Unit in Heart of the Swarm - Page 51
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Mowr
Sweden791 Posts
Anyways, Blizzard has already expressed concerns about the hellions role in the game, so i find it very reasonable to introduce some kind of new transforming flamethrower unit to replace it with. Probably makes it a bit harder to roast a worker line. | ||
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tnud
Sweden2233 Posts
On October 05 2011 18:20 eviltomahawk wrote: I think Blizzard released a PR statement: http://sclegacy.com/news/23-sc2/1076-heart-of-the-swarm-unit-teaser-1 More then 3 new units confirmed. I believe that also indirectly confirms they are going to remove stuff too. CHANGE, IT'S COMING! | ||
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Ganseng
Russian Federation473 Posts
-factory unit with no tech-lab requirement -weak universal GtA and GtS attack -costs about 150m/50 g -can heal mech units for free (maybe some kind of drone that costs energy and fixes limited amount of hp over time, like up to 200 hp/30 s with a speed of up to 15 hp/s... you get what i mean) -can lay down spider mines -can replensih its magazine with new spider mines for about 15 m 25 energy and 8 s each -can drive to be quicker or walk to have more armor/durability and to utilize its spells. but it probably won't be how i wish it. hard to tell what it is, we have to wait for more mysteries to be unveiled  | ||
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Grettin
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On October 05 2011 18:20 Qikz wrote: Looks like a flamethrower or maybe even a healing gun on the top. Then again, I doubt they'd add a ground medic as banelings would just own them too much, that's why they made medivacs I think. Could possibly be some kind of engineer unit that heals mech? An engineer unit actually seems like an interesting guess. Considering that Blizzard may be looking to strengthen mech after strengthening bio with Marauders, perhaps a mech-supporting unit may be a possibility. Maybe the wheels are actually some sort of "spare wheels" that better represents this unit as some sort of field mechanic? The side shields would make actual weapons be very awkward to fire, and the gun on top would look kinda silly if it was a flamethrower. Maybe the double shields symbolize the unit as some sort of pacifist-ish unit like the Medic, which reinforces its possible role as a purely support unit. Perhaps the gun on top is actually some sort of mech-healing gun instead of a flamethrower? Blizzard did experiment with nano-bots as lore reasoning for the now-scrapped ability to heal a chunk of mech health as a spell from the Nomad, the predecessor to the Raven. It is also a possibility that this field mechanic/mech healer may also have several support spells to better compliment a mech build. Perhaps Spider Mines or something similar will be among its abilities? And it would also be interesting if the unit turns out to be a Barracks unit, as it would force a few Barracks to be on the field if a player is going for a full-mech build. | ||
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Jawra
Sweden146 Posts
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emc
United States3088 Posts
it's definitely an attacking unit | ||
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Qikz
United Kingdom12054 Posts
On October 05 2011 18:31 emc wrote: what would the point be in having a mech unit that heals other mech units? scvs cost 50 minerals and heal mech... it's definitely an attacking unit It could be a supporting unit as already said. Possibly a caster or someone who can use like spidermines. Mech badly needs some kind of supporting unit. Mech in TvP is impossible right now against a good protoss. | ||
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EchoZ
Japan5041 Posts
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Pulimuli
Sweden2766 Posts
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Nachtwind
Germany1130 Posts
On October 05 2011 18:33 Pulimuli wrote: Looks like a Marauder raped a Hellion and then the Hellion had a bastard child that was a bit "special" in school :b funny wow how old are you? | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
On October 05 2011 18:32 Qikz wrote: It could be a supporting unit as already said. Possibly a caster or someone who can use like spidermines. Mech badly needs some kind of supporting unit. Mech in TvP is impossible right now against a good protoss. I would also like to add that BW technically had two Terran ground spellcasters: Ghosts and Medics (who had restoration and that blinding flare). SC2 technically has only one: the Ghost (which is a damn good spellcaster IMO). Perhaps Blizzard sees enough room in the Terran tech tree to fit in another ground-based spellcaster, possibly to also support and complement Mech as well. Actually, I have a pretty strong feeling that it will be a ground-based infantry spellcaster that supports mech. While everyone else is guessing that it is a hellion-firebat transformer, I will beg to differ. | ||
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Umpteen
United Kingdom1570 Posts
Transformer hellion that changes armour type in 'firebat' mode. | ||
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gruff
Sweden2276 Posts
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KinosJourney2
Sweden1811 Posts
It'll probably be a remake of the Firebat  | ||
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Pulimuli
Sweden2766 Posts
Twelve and a half | ||
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zul
Germany5427 Posts
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gruff
Sweden2276 Posts
On October 05 2011 18:24 Mowr wrote: TIL that if zergs can't find something to balance whine about, they make up a new unit to balance whine about. Anyways, Blizzard has already expressed concerns about the hellions role in the game, so i find it very reasonable to introduce some kind of new transforming flamethrower unit to replace it with. Probably makes it a bit harder to roast a worker line. A hellion the size of a thor perhaps? | ||
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HeeTSynC
Australia44 Posts
On October 05 2011 10:09 BushidoSnipr wrote: They're seriously adding units to terran? If anything they should take away OOORRRRR, they could just make them more expensive/lower HP or something... | ||
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Gamegene
United States8308 Posts
On October 05 2011 18:37 eviltomahawk wrote: I would also like to add that BW technically had two Terran ground spellcasters: Ghosts and Medics (who had restoration and that blinding flare). SC2 technically has only one: the Ghost (which is a damn good spellcaster IMO). Perhaps Blizzard sees enough room in the Terran tech tree to fit in another ground-based spellcaster, possibly to also support and complement Mech as well. Just give the raven the ability to stop seriously. the raven's spells need work. | ||
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