What is your favorite race from Starcraft?

The World Is Flat · 12-04-2009, 08:09 PM

Very much so :)

VeljkoM · 12-04-2009, 09:07 PM

I like Protoss and Zerg but If I have to chose that it is Protoss. They just seem unique and every unit is powerful (but price...).

The World Is Flat · 12-04-2009, 11:28 PM

There we not that many 'organic' races out when SC came out, so the zerg are original and interesting. to me. and they also pwn.

PurplePoot · 12-05-2009, 03:08 AM

Protoss being more expensive than the other races is mostly false; many (most) Protoss units cost as much or less than the Terran units that you see in the same matchups (dragoons vs tanks, for example).

VeljkoM · 12-05-2009, 11:09 AM

How can you match Dragoon and Siege Tank? They are completely different units. Dragoon has smaller range and attacks air also wile Siege Tank has greater damage and range (in siege mode) but lack air attack.

JimBob · 12-05-2009, 07:23 PM

The Protoss do cost a lot. There tier 1 units are expensive, but powerful.

The World Is Flat · 12-05-2009, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by PurplePoot

Protoss being more expensive than the other races is mostly false; many (most) Protoss units cost as much or less than the Terran units that you see in the same matchups (dragoons vs tanks, for example).

Accually the dragoon is the p-toss eqivilant to the firebat. the firebat costs 50 c and 25 vg right? and the dragoon costs about 125 c and 25-75 vg right? very expensive.

VeljkoM · 12-05-2009, 07:33 PM

With great power comes great price.

The World Is Flat · 12-05-2009, 07:45 PM

Yeah, the dragoon does 20 damage to air and ground, plus it moves faster and has better range. also the firebats attacks are weak against armored units.

PurplePoot · 12-05-2009, 11:21 PM

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Accually the dragoon is the p-toss eqivilant to the firebat. the firebat costs 50 c and 25 vg right? and the dragoon costs about 125 c and 25-75 vg right? very expensive.

50 gas, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the Firebat. You seem to think that icon position is correlated with unit role.

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Yeah, the dragoon does 20 damage to air and ground, plus it moves faster and has better range. also the firebats attacks are weak against armored units.

20 explosive damage; big difference.

VeljkoM · 12-06-2009, 05:20 PM

Well Dragoon and siege tank have different roles so you aren't right either. There is no connection between them.

The World Is Flat · 12-06-2009, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by PurplePoot

50 gas, and it has absolutely nothing to do with the Firebat. You seem to think that icon position is correlated with unit role.

20 explosive damage; big difference.

No, accually, the dragoon is the protoss tier-2 unit and the firebat is the terran t2. not icon placement. blizzard and the guides say it all the time, the protoos are the most expensive/powerful.

PurplePoot · 12-07-2009, 12:21 AM

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Well Dragoon and siege tank have different roles so you aren't right either. There is no connection between them.

Do you play at all? While tanks at first sight might look like artillery/support, usually they are the firepower and health backbone of a Terran army (excluding TvZ of course). Similarly, in any matchup excluding PvZ Dragoons are more or less a given as the backbone of the Protoss force, and even in PvZ they will often show up.

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No, accually, the dragoon is the protoss tier-2 unit and the firebat is the terran t2. not icon placement. blizzard and the guides say it all the time, the protoos are the most expensive/powerful.

So? The Ultralisk is roughly the same tier as the Battlecruiser, but the two are nothing alike. Such comparisons are utterly pointless.

The World Is Flat · 12-07-2009, 02:00 PM

[QUOTE=PurplePoot;1398873]Do you play at all? While tanks at first sight might look like artillery/support, usually they are the firepower and health backbone of a Terran army (excluding TvZ of course). Similarly, in any matchup excluding PvZ Dragoons are more or less a given as the backbone of the Protoss force, and even in PvZ they will often show up.

So? The Ultralisk is roughly the same tier as the Battlecruiser, but the two are nothing alike. Such comparisons are utterly pointless.[/QUOTE]

true, but they are both final tier units. while looking and acting differently they play a slightly similar role for both; a massive, destroyer.

VeljkoM · 12-07-2009, 05:38 PM

Yes I play Starcraft. And I use "siege" tanks for guess what? Do they have long devastating and slow attacks for nothing? I am not saying they aren't good as backbone units.

Better to compare Goliath and Dragoon they at least attack same targets and have similar cost and similar range.