New HotS Units/Abilities in Blizzcon - Page 339

On October 23 2011 10:46 Reaper51 wrote:
The Phoenix and the Tempest both have overlapping roles.
Imo they should just merge both units into 1 somehow...

On October 23 2011 11:24 Paper117 wrote:
Question, guys. Someone in another thread mentioned the possibility that Blizzard could make the Replicant transformation temporary. Do you think that would that be a nerf or a buff? If it could copy long enough for a battle, then turn back and copy again for another engagement, would that make it more efficient? Maybe give it a timer or energy system? Protoss could invest some of their resources and supply in a portion of their army that's reactionary and can modify army compositions based on the situation. Maybe you need just a few more sentries to survive an attack. Later, you could turn them into immortals or something like that when you decide to go on the offensive.

On October 23 2011 11:24 Paper117 wrote:
Question, guys. Someone in another thread mentioned the possibility that Blizzard could make the Replicant transformation temporary. Do you think that would that be a nerf or a buff? If it could copy long enough for a battle, then turn back and copy again for another engagement, would that make it more efficient? Maybe give it a timer or energy system? Protoss could invest some of their resources and supply in a portion of their army that's reactionary and can modify army compositions based on the situation. Maybe you need just a few more sentries to survive an attack. Later, you could turn them into immortals or something like that when you decide to go on the offensive.

Question, guys. Someone in another thread mentioned the possibility that Blizzard could make the Replicant transformation temporary. Do you think that would that be a nerf or a buff? If it could copy long enough for a battle, then turn back and copy again for another engagement, would that make it more efficient? Maybe give it a timer or energy system? Protoss could invest some of their resources and supply in a portion of their army that's reactionary and can modify army compositions based on the situation. Maybe you need just a few more sentries to survive an attack. Later, you could turn them into immortals or something like that when you decide to go on the offensive.

On October 23 2011 11:27 RushtheFront wrote:
I dont like the new nexus abilities. I for one hope they have extreme tech requirements or extremely low effectiveness. First of all there are terrible things already being suggested about arc shield for offensive possibilities, this will be patched, then there will be the problem of never being able to touch/harass a protoss base (a planetary defense for protoss) which doesn't seem very creative or meaningful. We already have warp gates for defense, and any decent toss already cannons the crap out of his hard to defend bases.

Moving mass recall to the nexus is just stupid, in the Q A they said they hoped this would solve problems with sentries being caught in a retreat and only being able to escape with stalkers, and this would change that. That comment pissed me off more than anything else, for one sentries have forcefield, which in a decent position will allow them to block of enemy movements and allow an escape, this is a good mechanic that promotes good micro and competitiveness. I would hate to see protoss devolve into an "oops i moved out at the wrong time, good thing I can just recall and lose absolutely nothing for a fundamental mistake that /should/ be punished."

Just give us back the fucking arbiter and give us back fucking kydarian amulet, it solves both of those problems for the late game and doesn't involve some stupid easy mechanic that instantly provides a defense.

As for the units, just work on the warhound, that thing looks like shit. In fact, just bring back the Goliath, after you rework ITS sc2 skin TOO. I am going to love my oracle, and the tempest looks like it will synergize amazingly with late game armies instead of how carriers are now.

On October 23 2011 11:30 Reaper51 wrote:


Yelling and swearing to bring sc1 units to sc2 won't get you anywhere

On October 23 2011 11:30 Mereel wrote:
u realize that mass recall costs 75 energy?
thats 75 from 100 that u will never have when u use chrono all the time.

On October 23 2011 11:30 Mereel wrote:
u realize that mass recall costs 75 energy?
thats 75 from 100 that u will never have when u use chrono all the time.

On October 23 2011 11:26 WhiteDog wrote:

No I think you obviously don't understand what I've said. Nowhere it is said that you will have to use the replicant to counter the viper.

You whole idea of "omg you can go out of the cloud because of the fungal" is also kinda retarded. If you get fungalled then cloud, just put a wall of FF between you and the zerg army until the end of the fungal then reposition yourself ?

There is a ton of ways to prevent the scenario you are talking about from happening. The viper is a air unit ? Fenix could be useful ? It's all idea, what I'm saying is, you don't know shit about the specific, why whining already? Judge only the idea behind units, the unit design, the specific are still in progress and can / could be balanced.

On October 23 2011 11:36 RushtheFront wrote:


You did a pretty good job of completely avoiding my points, here let me fix my post by removing the obscenities and still have the exact same amount of information. Actually no, you're not worth it.




Don't chronoboost any more? Or at least save it for when you attack? I'll miss chrono but having recall instead is obviously Superior.

On October 23 2011 11:38 Ghola wrote:
Is it me or does the swarm host look like the most useless unit in the game?

On October 23 2011 11:38 Ghola wrote:
Is it me or does the swarm host look like the most useless unit in the game?

On October 23 2011 11:39 Reaper51 wrote:


It is just a ground broodlord...