Battlecruiser

yeah the damage must have been increased, there's no way each mini laser will only do 3 damage. this makes the bc stronger than before in small numbers, but as the numbers increase, efficiency decreases.

 

wait...mini lasers, what? the mini lasers are only animation, ti's the same thing as bofore, just taking too long

 

that's what we've been talking about isn't it? the animation comprises of 8 mini-lasers each one does separate damage.

 

...what?

no, it's the same thing as the old laser, it just takes too long.

 

no, watch the clip carefully, the first stalker dies from the second mini-laser. the other stalker dies from the 3rd mini-laser. this tells us that the mini-lasers does separate damage. another indicator is the stalker's shield animation when being attacked, halfway through the volley the shield no longer shows up, because it has already been depleted

http://www.youtube.com/v/3ThqUk7YBU4

 

whoa, i never really knew that. Hmm... i checked the unit stats on some site, and apparently the battlecruiser does 8 shots each shot. how many shots are in each volley?

 

by counting carefully i conclude that it shoots 8 lasers per volley

 

that sucks, the thor has base armor of 2, so it would get like 15 damage per volley.

 

so how much damage does each laser do from a battle cruiser

 

i guess it would be at least 5, so 40 damage per volley, which is more than the original 25, but it's offset by having to deduct armor 8 times

 

If the Battlecruisers actually do damge with each blast it makes them alot more like carriers in the way their base attack deos damage and it might actually mean carriers and battlecruisers are alot more equal in a 1v1 battle.

 

The BC will still win if it has Yamato since the carrier doesn't have a single, high damage weapon like that

 

do you think bc will attack faster than carrier? by that i mean the time between each barrage of laser compared with average time of 8 interceptors to attack

 

Well, I just saw a carrier / bc battle on SC2.com, and it looks kind of boring... I mean, it lasts way too long. 3 carriers VS 1 BC, and it takes a whole minute to destroy the carrier while it manages to get one carrier's shields down and its hp probably to half.. And, for the rate of fire, I'd say it depends... BC's do shoot faster now, but if a carrier has 8 interceptors it will still shoot pretty much faster.

 

the carrier is nerfed in that video, it was intended to show its attack animation

 

Oh, I do hope so... anyways, returning to the subject, I think the Battlecruiser's attack animation looks way cooler than before, and that the Carrier looked kinda the same... Well, I don't see why and how it could change anyways, either.

 

the carrier was originally planned to have melee interceptors. it was a meaningless change,b ut i thought it sounded cool nonetheless. oh well, at least they auto build


still hate the BC animation. if the colossus can have 4 lasers, the BC can sure as hell fire a volley of small lasers all at once.

 

I suppose they could speed up the volley but no matter what the volley is still more effective than the single large laser

 

for me the ideal attack for the battlecruiser would be:

- 1 big purple laser, damage 30, 5 seconds cool down
- 8 small red lasers, damage 6, 6 seconds cool down per volley

this way the purple laser will be out of sync with red lasers for 30 seconds, during this time the bc's attack animation would appear to be "random" after 30 seconds the lasers back in sync and the cycle starts again.

 

if it shoots them both then you would ahve to cut damage in half