New HotS Units/Abilities in Blizzcon - Page 115

On October 22 2011 03:46 ApocAlypsE007 wrote:
-The Viper's "come over here" ability will make for interesting tactics and spectator material, I just hope that the t3 status of the unit won't make it too rare to see on the battlefield.
-Where is the Mommaship? The flying sentry was actually useful in PvZ and sometimes absolute joy to watch with recall tactics and archon toilet. I hope that the 3rd spell on the nexus is actually recall so the option for non commital attack will still exist.
-Probably as we never saw the Carriers in action in a real game we probably wont see the Tempest as it's too painful to get there.
-The second Nexus spell is very interesting. If i implemented right, it can potentially fix PvP by giving a defender's advantage against attacks that target early expands, as well as in PvT help against FE busting attacks.
-The visual design for the Warhound is HORRIBLE, looks like some SCV with overly long legs and rockets on his back. Plz change that Blizzard. On the function I can't comment much.
-The Hellion transform is an obvious attempt by Blizzard to make use of the factory in bio type compositions or to encourage mech.
-The flying caster thingy of the Protoss is an interesting way to harass, but I think Sentry drop blocking mining can do the same job just fine. I guess Blizzard try to put here more use to Stargate tech.
-Collapsible rocks? Oh boy... Dustin Browder trolling us again with another gimmick. Expect Blistering Sands kind of maps in the beginning of the HotS era to take advantage of this.

On October 22 2011 03:48 cosmo.6792 wrote:
Is HotS still in the alpha stage? Or is it close to release? Frankly, some of these changes look downright game breaking.

Late game toss with 3+ nexus will have a virtually unlimited supply of recalls. Previously, there was only 1 mothership per game so recall wasn't so bad. But with the ability moved to every Nexus on the map, it's downright insane. Protoss will never have to leave any units at home, ever. And that means they can "harass" with the entire 200/200 army. Crazy.