EPTNew Terran Unit in Heart of the Swarm - Page 94
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Ammoth
Sweden391 Posts
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Catch]22
Sweden2683 Posts
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grappasc
Belgium86 Posts
On October 06 2011 18:32 Ganseng wrote: grappasc, I like your investigation. Seems plausible that blizzard could want to misslead us with the "obvious" hellion tire on this thing. and then "chill" could be a counter-hint against hellion, couldn't it?  i'd love to see these things turn out to be mines! I'm happy at least 1 person read it and liked it. edit1: edit2: edit1 was pointless | ||
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Dephy
Lithuania163 Posts
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Rococo
United States331 Posts
On October 06 2011 18:21 grappasc wrote: "if it had tires, which it doesn't, it wouldn't have hellion tires". the picture is an answer to those making direct comparisons with hellions and saying the "tires" match, when that's false. sorry I made such a messy picture. I should've seen it coming. people can't read the text on it. The sizes don't match, but that's it. I see the same tire treads on the top set of tires and the same extruding hubcap on the lower set of tires. One explanation could be that the Hellion is getting a revised model with differing tire sizes to make it look more like a buggy and less like a toy race car. | ||
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sluggaslamoo
Australia4494 Posts
EDIT: Its probably a replacement for the Thor. My guess is a goliath/hellion or a helliath. | ||
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Latty
Germany567 Posts
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Grummler
Germany743 Posts
On October 06 2011 18:21 grappasc wrote: "if it had tires, which it doesn't, it wouldn't have hellion tires". the picture is an answer to those making direct comparisons with hellions and saying the "tires" match, when that's false. sorry I made such a messy picture. I should've seen it coming. people can't read the text on it. Your picture only talks about hellion tires. So maybe it doesnt have the same tires as the hellion, but it still has tires. You cant just say "the tires doesnt fit to the hellion, so it doesnt have tires at all" Besides that, they still look nearly identical to the hellions tires. They size might be wrong, but everything else fits perfectly. Also, we (probably) do get a unit with a flamethrower that can transform into a vehicle and is build from the factory. How can this unit have nothing to do with the hellion? Maybe the hellion gets a new model, but technically they belong together. | ||
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Abstract10
United Kingdom19 Posts
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Cabinet Sanchez
Australia1097 Posts
I am not trying to make anyone angry. I am not trying to whine about balance. BUT I do, without question 100% agree with Artosis saying that Terran is the "swiss army knife" race. They really do have a unit for all situations, with a great variety of skills / features and a counter for every situation. I find it,... frustrating that the first unit they post a picture of is a Terran unit rather than Z or P. It's a bit childish of me but really, that's how I see it :/ | ||
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ArhK
France287 Posts
On October 06 2011 19:36 Cabinet Sanchez wrote: This is not a troll. I am not trying to make anyone angry. I am not trying to whine about balance. BUT I do, without question 100% agree with Artosis saying that Terran is the "swiss army knife" race. They really do have a unit for all situations, with a great variety of skills / features and a counter for every situation. I find it,... frustrating that the first unit they post a picture of is a Terran unit rather than Z or P. It's a bit childish of me but really, that's how I see it :/ You are not alone with this feeling I think, I support you in that regard. It is so trollish, while we never ever had that many terrans in the GSL, with Terran being stronger than ever, Dustin Bowder stating rightfully that "Terran has already everything", to tease us with a .... terran unit, which looks like....a fucking HELLION... Well, I guess they want some memes out of this. | ||
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
On October 06 2011 19:36 Cabinet Sanchez wrote: This is not a troll. I am not trying to make anyone angry. I am not trying to whine about balance. BUT I do, without question 100% agree with Artosis saying that Terran is the "swiss army knife" race. They really do have a unit for all situations, with a great variety of skills / features and a counter for every situation. I find it,... frustrating that the first unit they post a picture of is a Terran unit rather than Z or P. It's a bit childish of me but really, that's how I see it :/ Pretty much everyone is pissed man, and feeling trolled. But Blizzard has announced new units for the other races too and that the release order was just to be consistent with the expansion's focused races. We just have to hope that they will complete their races much more than this one will complete (even more) Terran ;D. | ||
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rd
United States2586 Posts
On October 06 2011 19:44 ArhK wrote: You are not alone with this feeling I think, I support you in that regard. It is so trollish, while we never ever had that many terrans in the GSL, with Terran being stronger than ever, Dustin Bowder stating rightfully that "Terran has already everything", to tease us with a .... terran unit, which looks like....a fucking HELLION... Well, I guess they want some memes out of this. Just calm down until you see the next new unit silhouette that will clearly be a lurker. You can tell because it'll actually be a blank image. | ||
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Sandro
897 Posts
On October 06 2011 19:36 Cabinet Sanchez wrote: This is not a troll. I am not trying to make anyone angry. I am not trying to whine about balance. BUT I do, without question 100% agree with Artosis saying that Terran is the "swiss army knife" race. They really do have a unit for all situations, with a great variety of skills / features and a counter for every situation. I find it,... frustrating that the first unit they post a picture of is a Terran unit rather than Z or P. It's a bit childish of me but really, that's how I see it :/ This is just blizzard having fun watching us squirm and rage at them really. And then Zerg and Protoss will get silhouettes that aren't lurker/(insert BW protoss unit) and we'll forget all about this and be happy with blizzard until the next time they piss us off lol. | ||
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
On October 06 2011 19:51 Tyrant0 wrote: Just calm down until you see the next new unit silhouette that will clearly be a lurker. You can tell because it'll actually be a blank image. Wait, I thought the blank image was a new transformable banshee? | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
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Cabinet Sanchez
Australia1097 Posts
On October 06 2011 19:47 ZenithM wrote: Pretty much everyone is pissed man, and feeling trolled. But Blizzard has announced new units for the other races too and that the release order was just to be consistent with the expansion's focused races. We just have to hope that they will complete their races much more than this one will complete (even more) Terran ;D. I didn't read the thread and considering the mods at TL, it's best to err on the safe side. Frankly, I want some units REMOVED for the races when they make this addon. I still agree with the fundamental position some people have expressed that Blizzard didn't put real deep analysis into the races when adding units. Dustin admitted this himself "we'll add cool stuff and see what sticks" (something like that) I never appreciated SC1 (or War 3) as much as I do until I saw SC2, which I do still love - but those 2 previous games both felt like they took the heart and soul of each race and gave them distinct strong and weak points, SC2 doesn't have that feel to it. Just how in an RPG the magician plays differently to the warrior, in SC2 however the races feel a bit similar. I thought Protoss was meant to have less units, that are more expensive and stronger than anything else? but slower to build (you get the idea) Anyhow, hopefully they address some of this for the expansion. I still enjoy watching the GSL but I must admit my passion is waning for the game. | ||
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aksfjh
United States4853 Posts
On October 06 2011 18:07 NeoLearner wrote: My very first impression was: Blizzard is trolling us. That just Wall E ![[image loading]](http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2008/04/Ultimate%20Wall-E%20GI.jpg) Then I saw the Hellion transformer thing and it looks nice, but I don't really see it. The left hand (in the right of the picture) is clearly a hand holding a weapon. The top thing looks like a flame thrower or a laser or something. But I would find it weird to have wheels on the back. Could it be Reaper wings? ![[image loading]](http://images.wikia.com/starcraft/images/b/bd/Reaper_SC2_DevGame2.jpg) EDIT: Why would a Hellion transform? Into what functionality? I mean, Hellion is fast and high damage, so the only "upgrade" would be extra armor. How does one transform into something with higher armor? Better rate of fire, wider AoE, and more DPS are a few things I could see. Believe it or not, hellion DPS isn't actually that great. Compared to marines, you have to hit 2-3 light units to come out ahead, which is surprisingly hard with such narrow splash. You have to either catch stacked workers or tiny units converging through a choke. | ||
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nibbl
United Kingdom8 Posts
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aksfjh
United States4853 Posts
On October 06 2011 19:59 Cabinet Sanchez wrote: I didn't read the thread and considering the mods at TL, it's best to err on the safe side. Frankly, I want some units REMOVED for the races when they make this addon. I still agree with the fundamental position some people have expressed that Blizzard didn't put real deep analysis into the races when adding units. Dustin admitted this himself "we'll add cool stuff and see what sticks" (something like that) I never appreciated SC1 (or War 3) as much as I do until I saw SC2, which I do still love - but those 2 previous games both felt like they took the heart and soul of each race and gave them distinct strong and weak points, SC2 doesn't have that feel to it. Just how in an RPG the magician plays differently to the warrior, in SC2 however the races feel a bit similar. I thought Protoss was meant to have less units, that are more expensive and stronger than anything else? but slower to build (you get the idea) Anyhow, hopefully they address some of this for the expansion. I still enjoy watching the GSL but I must admit my passion is waning for the game. Blizzard has always done a magnificent job with expansions. They have already stated concerns with bloating SC2 unit choices, so replacements are more likely than additions, especially for Terran. | ||
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