A Few Suggestions

I dont know exactly were the suggestions go in this forum, so im just gona post them here.

-Squads

one thing i always wanted out of SC1 is the ability to split units into groups and select them from a list such as squads these squads as you make them would appear on the left hand side of the screen, maybe even name them? you could click on a icon with the name of the squad and information about the squads health and units inside the squad aswell as clicking on it would change your view to that squad and let you control the units in that squad.

-Marines

I was thinking some upgrades for the marines could be rocket launchers though they slow the marine down they can be used as anti air, aswell in replacement for firebats you could also upgrade the marines with a flame thrower.

 

Welcome to the forums!! This is a good place to post suggestions.

Your first idea....I'm not sure how that's different than hotkeying groups.

As for your second, I like it. However, Marine already have the ranged upgrade and their shields. Also, at the moment, firebats are out/

 

yes i heard about the firebats being out, but i have yet to hear about the marine upgrade for range attacks? link?

 

It's the same as in the first one.....The U-293 Shells or whatever.

 

Ah but rocket launchers are so much cooler lol

 

Oh hell yes they are.

 

yeah U-238 shells...nothing like depleted uranium to turn a horde of zerglings to smoky Swiss

 

It would be neat to have the marine kind of like the New BC.

But that would take FAR to long with the new add-on to double production, and the build time is so short, there isn't much of a point.

 

yes rocket launchers for the marines would be cool.

i think marines should not have anti air, they need to research the rocket launcher first. so when they are shooting ground enemies they use their guns and on air units they switch to their rocket launchers.

it will make more sense to have rocket launchers to attack air units since a bunch of them with "guns" can destroy carriers and bc etc.

 

Yeah we had a discussion like this very early on. We had ideas like rocket launchers, shotguns, genade launchers, and various grenades. They would be nice but I don't think it will happen.

 

the first one is a good idea... maybe the marines can be "deployed", staying in their position, and gaining a missile attack (like a mobile turret)....

 

personally i think rocket launchers would be a bit out of date

 

That would make Marines more important than they are supposed to be. It is fine in a game like DoW but Starcraft has more emphasis on vehicles and Spacecraft.

 

Rocket launchers for marines would be a terrible idea. Im glad the people on this forum arent actually working on SC2.

 

Laser buildings, for the Terran would be so good.

 

Rocket launchers are never a bad idea out of date maybe put it would be cool and more powerful than there rifles besides one the opening movie for brood war one of the guys had a rocket

 

Rocket launchers are good idea so it would be called as Mini-nuclear silo. And rocket lunchers are effective against buildings if ever.

 

cuban-missile crisis all over agian

 

i think blizzard should rethink a lot of the names
"nomad" ????
"shadow ops" ??? what was wrong with covert ops ?.. cov ops seems much more appropriate for a clandestine military hq, and shadow ops seems too lotr fantasy-ish

personally i liked the names that blizzard gave to the units in the original, ex:
for the protoss, their names reflected the image of the protoss as holy warriors (zealot, templar ...) and the names had a touch of obscurity in their reference, so they had a little bit of high brow appeal. ex: archon, arbitor ('citadel of adun' was such a good name for a building, shame it only had one purpose)

i thought the names were much more thought out, and original in their application to certain units in sc1, but it seems the names in sc2 are a little too juvenile (shadow ops, thor, stalker), and it doesn't look as if blizzard payed as much attention to the names.

personally i think the names really give depth to the game, and make the units much more distinct and likeable.
but, although i am concerned with some names, i will admit some names are great: the colossus, immortal,

just some thoughts

btw "hydralisk" should be included in the American Heritage Dictionary, or the Encyclopedia Brittanica its so ownage

 

Well if that is your opinion im happily respected it.