just give it a huge radius from the nexus, make it so big it easily covers every base. that way you'd have to proxy a nexus to use offensively, and you would still be able to use it on any building you need to when defending.

Fleebenworth

463 Posts

October 23 2011 19:52 GMT

#244

What world are you people living in where you get a gateway if you're cannon rushing? A solid plurality of this thread has their heads so far up their asses and is simply viewing any new game developments through the narrow, tribal prism of their favorite race in SC2. There will be some cheese featuring this ability, but people really seem to be overreacting to a build that has been used once against a (shitty) unprepared opponent.

Jonas :)

United States511 Posts

October 23 2011 19:55 GMT

#245

On October 24 2011 04:18 ShamTao wrote:
This will also make cannon rushes even stronger

Then you are just buffing Horror Gate, lol

You should make the arc shield be an upgrade on the cybernetics core. So you have to get it after warpgate finishes (or if you really want, get the arc shield upgrade before warpgate)

Dommk

Australia4865 Posts

October 23 2011 19:57 GMT

#246

On October 24 2011 04:55 Jonas wrote:

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I think they intend this to be used to defend things like 6pools and Marine/SCV all-ins, otherwise they would have done that from the start.

The fact that they didn't tack on the Cybernetics requriement from the start might mean that they want Protoss fast expands also be a little safer at the cost of a slightly worse eco

ThisGS

Germany255 Posts

October 23 2011 19:59 GMT

#247

once more i have no idea how blizzard can create such a think so carelessly without thinking about it or noticing in their tests.

they truely must be pretty skilled players with a huge understanding of the game (hi @ replicant)

Arco

United States2090 Posts

October 23 2011 19:59 GMT

#248

On October 24 2011 04:55 Jonas wrote:

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That would be dumb, because the whole point of Arc Shield is so you can fast Nexus without dying to early bio or scv/marine all ins

ThisGS

Germany255 Posts

October 23 2011 20:00 GMT

#249

On October 24 2011 04:04 zeehar wrote:
the sanest solution would be to just not have it be castable on pylons and assimilators.

cannonrush would get stronger.

just dont let it be available for the first 5 ingame minutes, should be enough

iSometric

2221 Posts

October 23 2011 20:01 GMT

#250

Pylon rush lol!

SolidZeal

United States393 Posts

October 23 2011 20:13 GMT

#251

I think arc shield is an awesome idea, I'm glad that blizzard is giving protoss more option with their nexus energy. The assimilator rush does seem a bit off, but easily fixed. Only targets within pylon radius sounds like the best option to me. I like pylons as a target because it prevents lings from killing forward pylons too easily, but roaches can still be pylon hitmen no problem. Marine drops and ling run by got weaker, but they were really good and could end the game or at least swing it to zergs/terrans favor very easily. I'm glad they took some pressure off protoss. Marauder drops are still going to be good, though more counter able with SG tech, yay.

Gazape

Finland17 Posts

October 23 2011 20:20 GMT

#252

easiest way to fix it is to make it require gateway or some another building.

dragonblade369

Canada464 Posts

October 23 2011 20:29 GMT

#253

On October 24 2011 05:20 Gazape wrote:
easiest way to fix it is to make it require gateway or some another building.

It already requires gateway

Phoobie

Canada120 Posts

October 23 2011 20:31 GMT

#254

what if it required a Cybor Core?

Exigaet

Canada355 Posts

October 23 2011 20:33 GMT

#255

On October 24 2011 05:00 ThisGS wrote:

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cannonrush would get stronger.

just dont let it be available for the first 5 ingame minutes, should be enough

This is by far the best choice, imo.

mango_destroyer

Canada3914 Posts

October 23 2011 20:51 GMT

#256

I am pretty sure this is easy to fix in many ways. No biggie and not broken.

DarkRise

1644 Posts

October 23 2011 20:53 GMT

#257

just wait till beta before you guys go crazy about it...

RoarMan

Canada745 Posts

October 23 2011 20:53 GMT

#258

Why not just give it a range instead of making it global.

Anyways it's cool to see people getting so creative with the HotS play testing already xD.

willoc

Canada1530 Posts

October 23 2011 22:10 GMT

#259

On October 24 2011 02:30 dangm24 wrote:
I'm just wondering how terran is going to drop now :/ Dropping is a huge part of tvp. With this arc shield, plus warp in plus mass recal, how will we drop?

Most likely by using medivacs? Toss doesn't get to use these new abilities for free...

opisska

Poland8852 Posts

October 24 2011 01:00 GMT

#260

This thread is one of the biggest failfests I have ever seen on TL. How is it possible that people are still repeating the same false statements over and over for a dozen pages? (Needs to require gateway, kill it with our own arc). I would expect that if you can write, you can read as well!