JoeTang Wrote:What do you think of the units and balance so far?
I'm loving the Zealot's new movement skill. Looks so awesome when you have multiple squads intercept enemies.
Why can't you play as Zerg?
I'm not a pro at Starcraft, so I can't really say for sure. At first glance, a lot of things seem overpowered, simply because they work as a perfect counter to existing units. Zealots in SC1 were known for their tanking ability, but with minimal micro skills, a small group of 5-6 Reapers with Nitro Packs can easily wipe out an army of Zealots without Charge and Stalker/Sentry backup in seconds. I think one of the patches addressed this, because it takes longer to tech up to and build Reapers now. Infestors also seem pretty OP, with their ability to almost instantly spawn 8 Infested Terrans each. Drop a dozen of those in an enemy base (or hell, burrow them into their base - you actually need a significant amount of detection vs. Zerg now) and you can quickly spawn a massive army of temporary marines. They also have a 50 energy no-shield-draining "MC", and a 75 energy "Maelstrom." Yeah what the pineapple.
Other things that seem to need balance to me:
- ZvZ seems to be nothing but make a lot of Roaches and Hydras just like how in the original it was nothing but make a lot of Mutas/Scourge.
- Zerg can flood the map with Creep Tumors. Nydus Worm is insane. Zerg ground can move across the map faster than Zerg air.
- Terran needs more anti-Air? They don't have a specific unit to counter air anymore but Vikings are pretty good at the job. Air in general seems to have been moved further down the tech tree, and there's a lot more focus on ground battles. Terrans have nothing to fight air with except Marines and Thors until they get a Starport.
Toss has a lot of sweet stuff. I'm loving the Sentry + Zealot synergy. Force field traps things trying to run away, Guardian shield lets Zealots take greatly reduced damage from things as they charge up to them. Void Rays are pretty badass, and Phoenixes ARE SO FAST and tear up anything that isn't massed or too big to Gravitation beam.
MasPan Wrote:No zerg killed this thread for me. I wanna know about 4 armed ultralisks. I'm also desperate to know if Defilers are going to exist in this one.
Ultras kick ass. They cut pomegranate up with massive AoE attacks instead of their old tusk butting. Defilers don't exist, and neither does Dark Swarm, but Infestors make up for that loss.