Carriers

ive noticed that carriers are weaker now...3 carriers couldnt defeat a battlecruiser faster than sc1....

im happy that it has awesome graphics and all but...meh...weaker though

 

This is a post on the SC2 forums from karune regarding that video.

 

Yes it needs to be stronger. After all it is a capitol ship. In the original game I believe 2 carriers with only 8 interceptors each could take out a BC faster than the 3 with 12 fighters each took out the new BC. That's a major disparity.

Another thing that irks me is the fact that it appears to lack fighter bays. Its freaking hollow. Where do the interceptors come from because they don't appear to actually be carried. I say fill on the central section and add the appearance of 6 small ports on each side that the interceptors would dock with

 

pesonally i like the old model more, the new models make the carrier feel small even though it's not. i guess it's the problem is the thin body, the "arms" extending out do take up a bit of volume but there gaps between them and the main body which some how make them feel less substantial.

but the main point is that the head of the carrier is to small and pointy while it's ass it too fat, that just doesn't look good to me. the original carrier had a big head and is shaped rather like a whale, which i like

 

Yeah I liked the old as well. Although the old looked a little too big for 8 interceptors. that size for 12 though would be perfect

 

There's already a page for the carrier, but it's not functional as of yet.

http://starcraft2.com/features/protoss/carrier.xml

 

It was functional yesterday but now the profile of the Carrier is gone. I've seen this error message before though so it'll be fixed soon.

 

well I think the new design kicks arse on a whole new level. It is way more Protoss like than before. I personally think the old design kind of sucked. I meen, a whale?! whats up with that? I expected more from Blizz the first time around but still atleast its better now. I also think the tempest was ok to.

 

to me the new design looks to much like the warp rays design.

 

but the warp ray design was changed too

 

am i the only one having trouble adjustin to the shadows (being 45 degrees NW) of the unit. It made the interceptors and their shadows seem like DIFFERENT units

 

lol i think the new carrier is fine because mothership is a capital ship as well so one should be superior than the other

 

3 carriers taking a good minute 15 seconds to kill a single BC. Good thing there was not three BCs huh?

 

Wow you dont read do you? And i quote:

 

Its already been said in the other Carrier thread. The video was just to show the Carriers attack animation and it is not actually that weak. And if it was, don't forget that the BC might have been fully upgraded while the carrier might of hand none what so ever.

 

I am interested to see how much the Yamato affects the carrier because I heard that in one of the videos from PC gamer or something a Tempest was taken out with one shot. It was what gave rise to the myth that the Tempest is screwed against air and started th whole "we want the carrier back" thing

 

my guess is:

first yamato=reduces the entire shield

second yamato=reduces almost all hp.

third yamato=finishes it of.

at first i thought "hey, yamato+big things=no things at all" but the new carrier have probably gotten some extra hp/shield compared to the sc carrier, and yamato have been made so that it is weaker but can be more frequently used, I've heard.

 

2 yamatos killed a carrier in sc1, i doubt this will change

 

IO was just wondering because I heard claims a carrier was one-shotted with one. No word on if it had any shields left though I suspect not

 

The Tempest were 1 shotted by the Yamato Cannon back in the PC gamer video because they were suppose to be weak against air. However, to make up for that, they had a special shield that were effective against ground attacks.

The Tempest's special shield were completely scrapped. Therefore, I don't believe that 1 Yamato Cannon will take out the Carriers. Infact, I believe that the Carriers would be similiar to SC1's Carrier in that it would take 2 Yamato Cannon to bring it down.