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Archerofaiur
United States4101 Posts
http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=16137710658&sid=3000 The thread focuses on ways to make the Changling a Zerg Terror weapon. The basic gist is that the changling would be able to kill small units and take there identity. Many players have put forth their version of this. So I ask the TL community "How do you think the Changeling should function?" | ||
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Tsagacity
United States2124 Posts
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Motiva
United States1774 Posts
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Kuja900
United States3564 Posts
On April 14 2009 12:55 Motiva wrote: Yea, it's a neat idea, but it just isn't practical... 30seconds of work for 1 marine/zealot/hydra... I like the idea of the changling as a free (0mineral) unit that the overlord drops, and is pretty much just a really easy and practical scouting unit. With easymode macro you may have alot more free time on your hands | ||
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Murkyith14
United States111 Posts
Hopefully they make this unit so that it shows up on a pro level :D | ||
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DeCoup
Australia1933 Posts
2) The changeling should become the same unit as the majority of the 10 closest ground units within x yards. This will (a) allow it to blend better regardless of the enemy's build, (b) provide more visual clues that it is an impostor if it changes forms based on the units around it during the game. With these 2 changes it becomes more useful for the Zerg as the enemy is able to command it, and it will more likely travel with a group of raiders. It will also put more fear into the enemy and keep them more alert to the possibility of subterfuge. It would also allow more choices for how to deal with a discovered changeling. You could (a) Kill the unit, (b) Click the unit and tell it to run into the fog of war (possibly making it change back to zerg form as it is not close to units), (c) Send it in a small 'fake' raid to trick the zerg player into moving its armies to certain locations while you send a real strike force from a different direction. Basically using their own unit to feed false information to the player. This idea adds more intensity to all parts of the game, from scanning over units to find intruders to mind game tactics on both sides. | ||
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Augury
United States758 Posts
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YianKutKu
United States142 Posts
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poor newb
United States1879 Posts
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Beaudereck
Canada140 Posts
I love the changeling, it forces the player that controls it to always be aware of what the other player is doing (if you have a marine that reacts late or not at all to orders, you can guess it is a changeling). And when being the player controlling it, you have to pay extra attention to it, since it has to behave exactly like the other marines. The changeling can accomplish things like scouting, obviously, but imagine you spawn 8 or 9 changelings to give your opponent the impression his army is bigger than what it is for real, or if you can spawn changelings that look like your own units, you can do this to for your army too. I think that with time and imagination, uses of the changeling will grow in number. | ||
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KissBlade
United States5718 Posts
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-orb-
United States5770 Posts
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Pholon
Netherlands6142 Posts
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WoodenSpider
United States85 Posts
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CommanderFluffy
Taiwan1059 Posts
On April 15 2009 04:52 Beaudereck wrote: wow, poor newb, this is low... I love the changeling, it forces the player that controls it to always be aware of what the other player is doing (if you have a marine that reacts late or not at all to orders, you can guess it is a changeling). And when being the player controlling it, you have to pay extra attention to it, since it has to behave exactly like the other marines. The changeling can accomplish things like scouting, obviously, but imagine you spawn 8 or 9 changelings to give your opponent the impression his army is bigger than what it is for real, or if you can spawn changelings that look like your own units, you can do this to for your army too. I think that with time and imagination, uses of the changeling will grow in number. i dont think its worth the time to baby these units to trick your opponent. if anything parasite is probably a better choice since it forces the opponent to give up information or kill that unit off. | ||
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Beaudereck
Canada140 Posts
On April 15 2009 09:41 CommanderFluffy wrote: i dont think its worth the time to baby these units to trick your opponent. if anything parasite is probably a better choice since it forces the opponent to give up information or kill that unit off. Yeah probably... I was just already dreaming of all the pimpest plays that would involve changelings, like changeling wall to block lurkers... :p | ||
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armed_
Canada443 Posts
On April 15 2009 08:45 WoodenSpider wrote: or a high level (where they can make sure it always does the right thing). This is impossible against a high level player. By the time you even know what command your opponent has given, he'll probably have noticed the discrepancy in behaviour. No amount of attention or speed would allow you to be able to give the commands fast enough on reaction. | ||
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GhostKorean
United States2330 Posts
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lordmordor
United States209 Posts
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omninmo
2349 Posts
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