[O] Q&A 49 - Page 13

On February 20 2009 17:33 Integra wrote:
Those swarm thingies that the queen produces. Are they permanent or are they on a set timer and vanish after a certain amount of time?

On February 20 2009 14:07 deathgod6 wrote:
Scanner Sweep: using a satellite in high-orbit, the Terrans reveal a large area anywhere on the map and detect all cloaked units within the target area.

Does that mean terran wasn't originally going to have scan?

On February 20 2009 20:40 adelarge wrote:


It was always there. Sadly, the most interesting "new" mechanic introduced for Terran in this batch is the more than 10 years old scanner.

May I ask all the people which think the new mechanic are actually good - which of you are going to use this calldown aditional supply nonsense? Because it use the same energy like scanner, I see no reason why don't use scan (or save the energy for future use) and just grab one of my scvs and build a new supply depot.

On February 20 2009 20:44 IdrA wrote:

presumably the calldown is instantaneous. having to wait for a missed supply depot to finish when you're doing a timing rush can cost you the game.
so ya its a shitty mechanic, the only way its gonna be used is as a failsafe for fucking up. but it would be useful in those situations.

On February 20 2009 21:25 IdrA wrote:
i think the fact that it draws on the same resource as scanning is gonna limit that severely. the really delicate timing pushes, where an extra 2 supply here and there would make a real difference, are almost always pretty early in the game, you're not likely to have a nighthawk for mobile detection by that point, so you're gonna need all the scans you can get with threats like burrowed banelings and dts.

and for later game timings like a 2/1 push with a vessel tvp or something, things arent as precise supply wise since its alot longer buildup and theres more variables going into little things like supply, and you're still gonna want the scans for checking on your opponents timings, since again there are alot more variables you have to account for (how much is he expoing, is he teching, whats he teching, when did he add gates, etc)

On February 20 2009 23:05 Unentschieden wrote:


Well that is the balancing act in it. It´s quite obvious between Sweep and MULE - if you think you can manage without sweep that extra energy turns into extra income.
Extra supplys do have factors going for it but IMHO 2 is a bit weak. With 4 extra supply you´d trade 50 energy for 50 Minerals (1/2 Depo) instantly.

On February 20 2009 23:05 Unentschieden wrote:


Well that is the balancing act in it. It´s quite obvious between Sweep and MULE - if you think you can manage without sweep that extra energy turns into extra income.
Extra supplys do have factors going for it but IMHO 2 is a bit weak. With 4 extra supply you´d trade 50 energy for 50 Minerals (1/2 Depo) instantly.

On February 20 2009 23:32 Santrega wrote:
I'd prefer being able to call down some sort of drone which can decrease the building time for an scv to make a building. Make it so it can be called while a building is under construction, and speed build time for 1 building by 25% or so. Basically, you call it down, and it hovers over a building and helps with the construction, then, when the building is done, it takes off.

Thats far more useful than "call down additional supplies".

On February 21 2009 01:05 SWPIGWANG wrote:
Additional supplies as is now, is almost useless. The only use I can imagine is that if the supply have significant hp, than it'd work as a insta wall that costs nothing and can be summoned quickly, especially if it is anywhere near cheap enough to be compared to normal supply.

Linking scan energy and macro spells really restricts what one can do with the idea. One can't make the building with low energy cap (say, 30 energy) to push the player constantly use them unlike more independent buildings, and a large pool of mana means it is not so time critical, and bad control only means looser timing as opposed to wasted time.

Its probably better to de-link scan and macro spells, by making one group be timer based ability (thus costing no energy) or just two sets of energy pool.
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It perhaps one can reorient terran into the base creep race with instant drop supply wall, flying buildings and more accessible (cheaper, lower tech) nighthawk spamming the map filled of mines, turrets and walls. Make nighthawk detection cost energy if it result in too much detectors (or just make mines really cheap energy wise, and turrets costs mostly energy than resources)

On February 21 2009 01:05 SWPIGWANG wrote:
The only use I can imagine is that if the supply have significant hp, than it'd work as a insta wall that costs nothing and can be summoned quickly, especially if it is anywhere near cheap enough to be compared to normal supply.

On February 20 2009 14:50 PH wrote:
I figured the kinds of mining boosts they gave to toss and terran would more likely have been given to zerg...even with the queen larva thing, zerg is stiiiill boned economically...):

On February 20 2009 21:25 IdrA wrote:
i think the fact that it draws on the same resource as scanning is gonna limit that severely. the really delicate timing pushes, where an extra 2 supply here and there would make a real difference, are almost always pretty early in the game, you're not likely to have a nighthawk for mobile detection by that point, so you're gonna need all the scans you can get with threats like burrowed banelings and dts.

and for later game timings like a 2/1 push with a vessel tvp or something, things arent as precise supply wise since its alot longer buildup and theres more variables going into little things like supply, and you're still gonna want the scans for checking on your opponents timings, since again there are alot more variables you have to account for (how much is he expoing, is he teching, whats he teching, when did he add gates, etc)