The Terrans Have Landed!

[Chaos Overlord]

Is this really pictures of the new terrans? If so WOOOHHOOOOO! If not, I want to get that guy, and cut him. http://www.sc2armory.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=252

Now discuss!

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Will the reapers replace the firebats? I hope not. Firebats are freakin tight. Some of the units I felt were simply out of place. The omgwtf mech Thor was a little over the top in terms of looks. I preferred the old ghost looks, but the marine is fucking awesome. These are only a preview, so I shouldn't be saying too much, but I really want to see more remade originals.

 

[Massive_attack]

I want my f*cking wraiths back please, not some god damn transformer. F*ck no.

Otherwise the stuff is f*cking cool, i want medics tho.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

I want my f*cking wraiths back please, not some god damn transformer. F*ck no.

Otherwise the stuff is f*cking cool, i want medics tho.

I think the viking replaced the valkyries. Wraith was replaced by the cobras.

 

[Massive_attack]

"not some god damn transformer. F*ck no."

i was reffering to the vikings there.

The banshee is awesome, kind of like a multi-purpose gunship much akin the the modern-day Hind-D after all, the valkarie was retarded and preety well useless in most situations.

The cobra, i dunno, u would like it more if it had larger wings. ATM looks like a hover tank *Still usefull for Scumedit maps though i guess due to it looking good on land air and water*

The main reason i loved wraiths was: 1: they looked like zippy little fighters (viking is a fat ass in comparison)

2: They had those Pew Pew Lazors !!!! Rofl seriously i want them back ! carry on the legend lol.

Kudos for posting this man, your awesome.

 

[Kimbo]

Im very sure the reapers overtake the firebats and i know of this quite afew days ago.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Ddi you read about the reapers land mine? it only triggers when someone is standing still by it. So they have to stop. Crap. FEAR THOR!

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Im very sure the reapers overtake the firebats and i know of this quite afew days ago.

Aww crap. Firebats were so awesome and well familiarized... now they're replaced with someone else that has tanks on their back and dual weaponry.. IMHO, Bats > Reapers.

"not some god damn transformer. F*ck no."

i was reffering to the vikings there.

Was aware of that when you said transformer. Viking = Cooler than the cobra.

The banshee is awesome, kind of like a multi-purpose gunship much akin the the modern-day Hind-D after all, the valkarie was retarded and preety well useless in most situations.

Valks were pretty tight if they could still attack. Make a mass of them and watch them die without even attacking. Stupid sprite limit or whatever..

The cobra, i dunno, u would like it more if it had larger wings. ATM looks like a hover tank *Still usefull for Scumedit maps though i guess due to it looking good on land air and water*

The main reason i loved wraiths was: 1: they looked like zippy little fighters (viking is a fat ass in comparison)

2: They had those Pew Pew Lazors !!!! Rofl seriously i want them back ! carry on the legend lol.

Kudos for posting this man, your awesome.

You shouldn't compare viking with wraith, seeing as how the viking looks more like a valkyrie that transforms into a mech loads better looking than thor. Compare the cobra with the wraith. They're both zippy little fighters, and because the cobra has dual railguns, it will have "pew pew lazors" as well. If I have hate in my heart, it's for the Thor. Way too much omgwtfmechapwnage and not enough practical unit design. I definitely do not like the skulls on the reaper's jetpacks nor the gas masks. The marine is fucking awesome, but I would definitely like to see my favorite unit, the SCV. They should bring in starcraft: ghost units like the vulture with the laser. The starcraft: ghost designs of the ghost are way better.

 

[Mechanical Man]

Those terran vehicles remind me about those lame robots from Empire Earth.

 

[Massive_attack]

Watch some of the demo's and videos you'll see that the Terran SCV is back and pimped out to the max ! Please don't compare the cobra to the wraith, the cobra does not look space worthy, its design sucks while the wraith looks like a space faring fighter. The only way its lazers would apeal to me if they made a "Pew" kind of sound when they fired and looked like a lazer beam, then i suppose i could be fine with it, my hate rests squarely on the Cobra i guess since even the Viking fits in with the terrans mobile armour sort of style (not feeling the whole bad-ass military thing comming from it though).

Meh, its pointless to argue over such trivial matters, eventualy someone will model the wraith and extracting SC sounds has never been easier, so i shall wait and when the day comes to begin SC2 modeling, ill make my request.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

OMG THE VIKING IS COMING! AHHH SHOOT HIM DOWN!!! AHHH OMG HE IS KILLING ME WITH A CHAINGUN NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dont mess with the viking.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Watch some of the demo's and videos you'll see that the Terran SCV is back and pimped out to the max ! Please don't compare the cobra to the wraith, the cobra does not look space worthy, its design sucks while the wraith looks like a space faring fighter. The only way its lazers would apeal to me if they made a "Pew" kind of sound when they fired and looked like a lazer beam, then i suppose i could be fine with it, my hate rests squarely on the Cobra i guess since even the Viking fits in with the terrans mobile armour sort of style (not feeling the whole bad-ass military thing comming from it though).

Meh, its pointless to argue over such trivial matters, eventualy someone will model the wraith and extracting SC sounds has never been easier, so i shall wait and when the day comes to begin SC2 modeling, ill make my request.

The cobra has railguns. Those are actually pretty much like gauss rifles, but i'm almost certain they're going to make them look like lasers, like most other games (quake 4, cnc renegades, etc.)

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Yep rail guns are like lasers. They go through everything in the path of their shot too, so you can reallty wreak havoc with them. And you can beat the crud out of your guys too but wth.

 

[Massive_attack]

rail guns are like really f*cking fast bullets, essentialy energy is built up to an extreme point, then released very quickly in a general direction of the target. the idea is that when energy moves at an extremely fast and hot speed, it creates some kind of mass, allowing that mass plus the energy and heat around it plus the speed of the projectile to eventualy breach almost any hull.

Since the main thing we will see it shooting is the energy, it will likely look like giant lazers/globby plasma like energy being thrown from it.

So yeah, they will probably look like lasers i guess. i dunno i still hate the cobra when SC2 comes out im editing it to be a hover tank or car or something.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

A W E S O M E

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

No way. The thor is way too Big Mech-ish for an RTS. And it's named after a single being too. You don't usually see starcraft units named after single beings.

 

[Mechanical Man]

A W E S O M E

L A M E

Seriously, what Blizzard thinks. This is not Mechwarrior or Metal Fatigue, it is Starcraft 2. If they have a fetish to legged machines, do not do it too much humanoid and and with 1337 guns.

 

[Redeemer59]

I think the Thor is the Terran equivalent to the Protoss Mothership.

When I saw that big thing, I thought one and only thing.

KAFUCKINGBOOM.

 

[Massive_attack]

Stfu about the thor, its a fucking big mech, why SHOULDN'T it be in an RTS ? the goliath was in SC 1 so why not ? It's been 10 years, i would be insulted if the terrans didn't think of anything "awesome" in that time period.

Besides it has what ? 12 guns ? Thats just sweet.

O btw: you can have more than one (info may be wrong, but the general concensus is that its built from a SCV, and there-fore is most likely, not limited.

Im just wondering if this is the terrans mothership unit myself, so far im not feeling it, how can this thing fight that RIGGED ship ?

Meh, blizzard will pull it off, they always do, eventualy you will all either hate SC2 and not buy the game, or be masturbating to the game cartridge, is it really worth not buying the game over 1 units apearance ? of course not, I'm sure we'll all get used to the Thor's, massive, prescence in time.

Oh and mechanical man: Look at the terrans style : durability, mobility, bombardment and you'll soon realize that the Thor fits well with the terrans. SC1 had a fetish for legged mechs too with the goliath, so why not have more bigger badder ones in the sequel !

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Stfu about the thor, its a fucking big mech, why SHOULDN'T it be in an RTS ? the goliath was in SC 1 so why not ? It's been 10 years, i would be insulted if the terrans didn't think of anything "awesome" in that time period.

Besides it has what ? 12 guns ? Thats just sweet.

The viking is a sufficient succeedor of the goliath. 12 guns and the abnormally large size is overkill. It lost its coolness by looking like a brute among students.

O btw: you can have more than one (info may be wrong, but the general concensus is that its built from a SCV, and there-fore is most likely, not limited.

I'm not seeing anywhere in the thread of which someone contradicted that statement.

Im just wondering if this is the terrans mothership unit myself, so far im not feeling it, how can this thing fight that RIGGED ship ?

Have you played the first starcraft? Have you seen screenshots for starcraft 2? Battlecruiser, fool.

Meh, blizzard will pull it off, they always do, eventualy you will all either hate SC2 and not buy the game, or be masturbating to the game cartridge, is it really worth not buying the game over 1 units apearance ? of course not, I'm sure we'll all get used to the Thor's, massive, prescence in time.

Odd how I don't recall saying "OMG THOR? DIS SUX I NO PLAY SC2 COS THOR IS TEH GHEYS". I've only said the thor = ungoodly.

Oh and mechanical man: Look at the terrans style : durability, mobility, bombardment and you'll soon realize that the Thor fits well with the terrans. SC1 had a fetish for legged mechs too with the goliath, so why not have more bigger badder ones in the sequel !

1. Congratulations. You've found one two legged mech in starcraft. Now they have a fetish for it. That's the mother of all generalizations right there.
2. Bigger badder ones are entitled to the viking. As I've said before, Thor is overkill.
3. Durability, like having an infantry unit as one of the advanced building creations. Bombardment, like those overwhelmingly heavy powered wraiths. The only one you got me agreeing with was the mobility, of which the thor doesn't look like it has much of. Fatty.

 

[Massive_attack]

Have you seen the f*cking demo?! the mothership took on 3-4 battlecruisers at the same time, pwned them all no sweat. Still it seems kind of foolish to me now to complain about balance i guess, i mean it WAS a beta, but still, blizzard will find a way i guess.

Why so much hate for the thor? In fact, why so much hate for me ?

Meh, if you want to argue then i wont bother with this thread, im not in the mood for flaming lately, Personaly i like the thor and dont like the cobra, thats basicly all my comments lined up right there, well no sense in wasting even more space with posts here i suppose.

 

[Mechanical Man]

Let's see:
Terrans have two-legged mechs, protoss four-legged mech, how many-legged mechs will have zergs?6? XD
At the end the zergs will have the least legged units.

No panzer battallion for me.

As for other units:

1. Viking:
Actually I like this unit as it incorporates two previous units into one, goliath and wraith, a good deal as Blizzard said they will not increase the number of units. Just wondering if it will be avalaible in starport or factory.

2. Banshee:
Maybe too similar to orca, but finally a bomber unit, the unit terran lacked. Also the design is cool, but this is more likely they resemble another aircraft from popular series

3. Reaper:
I think it will replace the firebat nicely, if the terrans will get a fast response to mass zealots.

4. Thor:
Nuff said, but I can continue to argue, if you want.

5. Cobra:
To be honest, vulture was more good looking, but this is not bad either, just I wonder if they will be more useful as the vulture was as it seems it gonna replace it. Attacking while moving is very important for modders.

For all old units, only that marine's shield seems not to fit in sci-fi theme. At least they do not have swords (for those who played Dark Planet, a terrible game). If the terran will not get medics, blizz should think about other method to regenerate infantry hitpoints (ex. in bunkers), so the infantry actually would not be useless.

 

[Massive_attack]

IMHO supply depots should be able to heal, gives more usefullnes to them than just : Lol walls !

the terrans still have siege tanks and since panzer means tank in german (i think ?) then you can still very well have your batalion of tanks.

Edit: Massive senses some massive tension brewing.

2nd edit: Massive also just realises the cobra replaces vultures and, since vultures were retarded, dances.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Lol teh reapers really are bad. there mines only detonate if the enemy stops near one and then stands there, which will not happen if they are moving through your base killing everything, and even if they stop to demolish a building and the mine blows up, its gonan damage the building too, so then people wont want to put them in their base so the Zealots will just pass them by and nothing will have happended whatsoever except for the death of terrans at the hands of mass zealots.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

IMHO supply depots should be able to heal, gives more usefullnes to them than just : Lol walls !

supplies maybe?

the terrans still have siege tanks and since panzer means tank in german (i think ?) then you can still very well have your batalion of tanks.

Noun

Panzer

1. Armor, Shield
2. Short for Panzerkampfwagen (literally: "armored fighting vehicle"). Refers to German WW2 tanks when used in other languages.

Lol teh reapers really are bad. there mines only detonate if the enemy stops near one and then stands there, which will not happen if they are moving through your base killing everything, and even if they stop to demolish a building and the mine blows up, its gonan damage the building too, so then people wont want to put them in their base so the Zealots will just pass them by and nothing will have happended whatsoever except for the death of terrans at the hands of mass zealots.

Yes, but think about their jump pack ability. They are probably the earliest made unit to bypass terrain.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

I like the Thor, because it does fit with Terran style, even though it does seem like overkill (same for Mothership, though). Terrans DO have this tendency to go with badass stuff.

Now I can't wait to see The Zerg ultimate war thing. Green Eye anyone?

 

[Massive_attack]

i hope its not the green eye, the thing wont ever green-die !

(yess thats the best humor i got, roll with it)

 

[Tyranid]

I think the Thor is the Terran equivalent to the Protoss Mothership.

When I saw that big thing, I thought one and only thing.

KAFUCKINGBOOM.

Actually. . . No. . . Blizzard said on the Battle.net forums (Karune there, blizz employee) that you can have more than one Thor. They want to keep every race unique. Protoss are the only race to get a 1 unit-only unit. So Zerg won't get no uber super gigantic 1-only monster.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Aawww... And I wanted to see a Giant Zerg...

 

[Mechanical Man]

Ultralisk.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

the first starcraft left zerg with no real mothership, so it's kinda disappointing to see none in the second, but then again, the zerg always was about quantity over quality, rushing, and speed.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

BTW, Green Eye has 20 legs. I counted.

I still think it would be fun for zergs to have a "mothership" unit.

 

[Massive_attack]

Instead of a mothership unit, the zerg should simply have MORE UNITS, like instead of a 200 unit cap, make it 300, that would more than make up for the lack of mothership unit.

O btw: i havent heard anything on zerg mothership units, in fact there is no reason to think the zerg wont have one.

 

[Tyranid]

Instead of a mothership unit, the zerg should simply have MORE UNITS, like instead of a 200 unit cap, make it 300, that would more than make up for the lack of mothership unit.

O btw: i havent heard anything on zerg mothership units, in fact there is no reason to think the zerg wont have one.

All races have the same amount of food . . If they didn't it would shake the balance of the game. The difference is how much do their units REQUIRE food. For example in SC 1 you could have 400 Zerglings since it cost 1 food to produce 2 of them.

 

[Massive_attack]

Yess but a mothership unit could easily lay waste to them, that is my point. Who knows though, maybe they will end up with a mothership, ya never know.

 

[Thunder_eye]

Damn, what is this? Some kind of C&C wannabe mod? Too much NOD.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

Damn, what is this? Some kind of C&C wannabe mod? Too much NOD.

So futuristic + Red and Black = NOD?

 

[Chaos Overlord]

I was thinking that the big huge zerg unit would be something like a brumak

Rawr

 

[Massive_attack]

Zerg dont carry guns.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

I know but I couldnt find the picture of them without guns. There was one somewhere without guns but I couldnt find it. But you get the basic idea.

 

[Tyranid]

Zerg having a mothership-type of unit would be WRONG! IT just would be! Zerg are all about numbers. A Mothership-unit would be really stupid for them.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

the brumak looks more like a potential strogg.

 

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

I'd prefer a corpser please.

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

that is so screwed up..

 

[Massive_attack]

Whats with you people and GoW, look with any luck we'll find out before the years end allright ?

Edit: oh, and i would perfer some sort of uber-lisk thing

2nd Edit: why does the corpser have a beer belly ?

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Everyone likes beer, and idk the locust just kinda remind me of Zerg :/

 

[MySpaceBarBroke]

2nd Edit: why does the corpser have a beer belly ?

It hasn't really been dieting.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Ok as suprising as this was to me, these are the real terrans... wow. I didnt think that they would be but sure enough, WE HAVE THE TERRANS!

 

[STARS-ZombE]

im wondering if missile turrets will be able to attack Thors, like how they are able to attack collusos or whatever
also, ive thought of a strategy, i dont think even blizzard has thought of this sinec they probably wouldve demonstrated it
have vikings as your main air unit vs protoss, if their air unit starts to overload, transform to the ground form and not be hurt, then while the units are stunned transform back into air mode and kill em off.

 

[Massive_attack]

No, the overload targets land units too i think.
instead, just send half your force to fight the toss and when they overload attack with the rest.