On October 18 2011 11:34 SpeaKEaSY wrote:
it's one of those eagle toys you got as a kid that could balance on its beak. it has the power to balance the game for toss

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genius hahaha

Arisen

United States2382 Posts

October 18 2011 02:44 GMT

#483

I think this looks like an air unit, and I think protoss has a lot of options in the air, I think a newer ground unit that can fufill a better harass role (something like the reaver) is needed, though obviously you run the risk of making it too strong in conjunction with the colossus if it is kept through HotS, though maybe we'll have 2 from each race, one in the air, one on the ground.

0neder

United States3733 Posts

October 18 2011 02:45 GMT

#484

Blizzard, once again catering to the fantasy WC3/WoW crowd by making Protoss sharp and zerg-like. Intrigued by the unit concept. The art design, once again, disappoints.

This thing has as many spikes as an ultralisk...

hTRen

Canada55 Posts

October 18 2011 02:45 GMT

#485

It's a flying support unit that acts as a shield battery. By the looks of things it's a logical answer.

Telcontar

United Kingdom16710 Posts

October 18 2011 02:45 GMT

#486

So, is there a sad whatever-this-thing-is fanclub yet?

brachester

Australia1786 Posts

October 18 2011 02:46 GMT

#487

hahaha, my prediction was right. It is an air unit

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

October 18 2011 02:46 GMT

#488

On October 18 2011 11:45 hTRen wrote:
It's a flying support unit that acts as a shield battery. By the looks of things it's a logical answer.

If so...Immortal Archon whatever this thing would be a godly combo...

Pyre

United States1940 Posts

October 18 2011 02:47 GMT

#489

Hope this replaces the phoenix, the phoenix is so bad against air since almost everything is armored and mutas always produce faster. So really no use for them other then some kind of gimmicky harass openings. Perhaps a splash anti air unit like the corsair or a caster. It looks like it moves fast so I don't see how a caster could move fast and be balanced.

castled

United States322 Posts

October 18 2011 02:47 GMT

#490

On October 18 2011 11:28 OskO wrote:
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Couldn't resist.-

Lol he's even reading TL...

McFeser

United States2458 Posts

October 18 2011 02:47 GMT

#491

It's an updated sentry with a better attack. Nothing looks aerodynamic about that model.

Clefairy

1570 Posts

October 18 2011 02:47 GMT

#492

I hope it's a Protoss mule.

TheBomb

237 Posts

October 18 2011 02:48 GMT

#493

Its going to be a air harass. Blizzard said they want to give protoss a more viable harass unit and I think this is it. Its probably going to be very fast, quite beefy and able to fire ground and air.

To me it seems like it may replace the phoenix unit.

Captain Peabody

United States3126 Posts

October 18 2011 02:49 GMT

#494

Looks to me like an air spellcaster, possibly a replacement for the Mothership.

Either way, I'm pretty excited for HotS. Can't wait for Blizzcon.

gulzar

Israel5 Posts

October 18 2011 02:50 GMT

#495

who says it's a unit? maybe its some unique building (photon cannon morph, some advanced shield battery, some starship troopers ripoff) ? who says it doesn't come from the nexus?
so closed minded thread...

DeltruS

Canada2214 Posts

October 18 2011 02:50 GMT

#496

It looks like a beefed up pheonix but with a slightly redesigned role such that it has a slightly changed role. It could any number of harassment and mobility spells.

Tachion

Canada8573 Posts

October 18 2011 02:51 GMT

#497

There's an old RTS called Dark Reign(which I got my name from) that had a similar looking air unit called a cyclone.

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i_prime

United States8 Posts

October 18 2011 02:51 GMT

#498

OMG its BATMO-AIR!

Markwerf

Netherlands3728 Posts

October 18 2011 02:52 GMT

#499

The picture makes me think of a sentry like unit so at first I assumed some kind of dark sentry (aggresive spellls instead of defensive perhaps?)
That however doesn't seem to fit with what protoss would need so i'm just going to guess an air caster like everyone else.

Tsuki.eu

Portugal1049 Posts

October 18 2011 02:52 GMT

#500

wow wtf is this=o

looks like some air unit, but it can be some sort of annoying harrass floating mini laser helion/colossi.