Not really sure why people thinking the new units are sort of a bad thing; if anything we should be happy.

Rejuvenation of the game. It's going to add a lot more dynamic to this wonderful game and a lot more strategies.

Not to mention how cool and awesome these units are; were getting alot more CHOICE of which tech to go now instead of WOL's minimal tech choices (Especially for Zerg)

Maxie

Sweden2653 Posts

October 21 2011 21:00 GMT

#3342

On October 22 2011 05:56 Capped wrote:
Replicants, see's tank, makes tank. Terran fucked.

Replicants, see's tank, gets shot in the face by tank. Protoss fucked.

Unless you can do some absurd copying with observers giving the replicant twice the LoS as usual, the tank's range should be able to shoot the replicant in the face, if it's sieged.

McFeser

United States2458 Posts

October 21 2011 21:00 GMT

#3343

On October 22 2011 05:53 msjakofsky wrote:

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to me, siege tank seems like one of the few units that is viable to be replicated, cuz it brings something unique to the toss army, in other cases mostly it will be ridiculously cost ineffective

What about medivacs? That might lead to some unique strategies.

Forikorder

Canada8840 Posts

October 21 2011 21:00 GMT

#3344

incoming hidden nexus in enemy base strats

Linoge

Hungary115 Posts

October 21 2011 21:01 GMT

#3345

HYDRA SPEED + BANELING + VIPER NERDGASM

Maxie

Sweden2653 Posts

October 21 2011 21:01 GMT

#3346

On October 22 2011 06:00 Cain0 wrote:
The warhound looks kinda cool. LOL.

Eh it looked better then second time I looked at it, but I still don't like the design, really.

theBizness

United States696 Posts

October 21 2011 21:01 GMT

#3347

Corruptors, the new ultimate base trade unit! (5)

McFeser

United States2458 Posts

October 21 2011 21:02 GMT

#3348

On October 22 2011 06:00 Forikorder wrote:
incoming hidden nexus in enemy base strats

Or hidden pylon into warpin? That seems a little less expensive.

rzys

Switzerland18 Posts

October 21 2011 21:02 GMT

#3349

hydra speed upgrade and ultra charge <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3

and i really dont get why warhounds need a splash attack vs air. marines are already super effective against mutas. also the design looks pretty shitty tbh. just reintroduce the goliath and be done with it.

Angelbelow

United States3728 Posts

October 21 2011 21:02 GMT

#3350

They should just replace the warhound with the golaith. Would be an immensely popular move IMO.

On_Slaught

United States12190 Posts

October 21 2011 21:02 GMT

#3351

I wonder what happens if you replicate a medivac with marines in it?

Well at least you get to heal your zealots now...

TimeSpiral

United States1010 Posts

October 21 2011 21:02 GMT

#3352

SC2 Devs love Stargate, lol.

I love it.

Forikorder

Canada8840 Posts

October 21 2011 21:02 GMT

#3353

the new corrupter change didnt change anything though its still useless after the collosus's are dead and you have no greater spire

Fishgle

United States2174 Posts

October 21 2011 21:02 GMT

#3354

What I'm liking about HotS so far is that lots of things are looking "OP" whatever that means. That's what made BW so good imo, every unit being insanely powerful.

roymarthyup

1442 Posts

October 21 2011 21:02 GMT

#3355

oh god. if the nexus really does have mass recall on it (be it 75 or heck even 100 energy)

that is the most overpowered thing in existence

as a protoss player, high masters, i find myself rushing to mothership against zerg simply for the ability to mass recall and defend multiple bases against mutalisks and use voidrays to snipe expansions and recall

if in HOTS every single one of my nexus's basically gets to have a free mothership flying over it that can recall for 75 energy... my god.... extremely overpowered

drops against toss, dead

muta harass against toss, dead

wow

MrSexington

United States1768 Posts

October 21 2011 21:03 GMT

#3356

I like the Viper grab ability but... they really need to add some new animations or something. The Colossus sliding completely vertically as it clips through the air looks really goofy.

Defrag

Poland414 Posts

October 21 2011 21:03 GMT

#3357

On October 22 2011 05:56 Sajaki wrote:

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Alot of those changes are terrible. Replicants at 200 / 200 early game? replicate a sentry (50/100) for emergency FFs? Turn it into an immortal (250/100?) Just buy a immortal. Doesn't work on massive? What unit am i gonna replicate worth 200/200? (Other then ghost ofc).

Oracle's ability sounds like a joke. Stop mining... temporarily stop a building from constructing... YAY... Whatever happened to units with attacking abilities?

Oh right attacking abilities. A capital ship with AoE air (yay) and a single attack to ground. It costs 300/300... uh... ok. Seems the least gimmicky of them all...

Truly disappointed with each protoss unit here... The only one that actually feels like it will get any use is the replicant... but for 200/200 that does nothing for toss early game... and its inability to target massive is rediculous when you consider the infestor... which not only aquires an enemy unit but removes that very unit from the toss player... AND costs less. Oh and there is also that tongue thing from the viper.

Disappointing...

Oracle ability sounds like its hugely overpowered and will be nerfed ( I have no idea if and how the field on minerals can be field atm ) but 45s of stopped mining time is game changing.