Firebat Taken Out!

New Terran Unit on the Horizon

Source: http://www.battle.net/forums/thread.aspx?fn=sc2-general&t=244026&p=1&#post244026

What will this new unit be, and what is to become of the Firebat?

 

make a variation of the reaper with a flamethrower instead of pistols that would be nice 8)

 

Where did it say that?

 

Where did what say what?

Anyways i was thinking of having the Nomad be equipped with flame throwing turrets for close range, maybe ones that burrow into the ground and spare fire over a area when units pass over it.

 

I thought the reaper somehow took it, two flame throwers, two machine pistols

 

new terran unit? nice. i hope its big heavy and mech. ^^

not a buggy warthog please. no wheels please. maybe its the new cobra. or the reaper may get a new weapon just like i always wanted.

 

Well another one bites the dust.... But anyway the new unit will have to be something along the lines of a semi melee unit with a short range (assuming it will be designed to fit the firebats role perfectly). Also by "new unit" they could just mean bring back an old one, maybe the cobra !(jk)
But still converting a unit that before seemed unsuitable for the task into a position where it is suitable has been done before by blizzard in the case of the anti air thor.

 

This makes me sad...

 

Where did they say the Firebat was out.
Preferably provide a link when you quote devs.

 

http://www.sc2pod.com/trackers/blue/?id=78#195

Sourced.

 

Wow, I didn't see this coming. I wonder what new unit Blizzard is cooking up.

I'm hoping it will be a mech unit since it comes out of the factory. I'm still upset about the cobra's removal, but maybe this new unit will make up for it.

 

Hm... It's supposed to take it's role, so are we to assume that it's a melee splasher?

 

Maybe Terran Grizzly?
http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Grizzly

 

Prolly not.

They already have a gound attack vehivcle in the Banshee

 

Is it just me, or is Blizzard more or less schizophrenic about the Firebat? Take it out, leave it in, we'll get used to it, but this constant swapping will cause a good amount of ire between lovers and haters.

The general idea seems to be 'Give Reapers flamethrowers.' Uh uh. First off, they'd be far too powerful, as the jetpack would allow them to be microed up and down cliffs, decimating any massed infantry unfairly (Think mass Reaver micro). Another thing, it's rather impossible to have both a jetpack AND a canister of flammable liquid/gas sitting on your back. You couldn't even stand.

I'm all for the flamethrower idea, but I wouldn't be devastated if they took it out and added something fresh, granted it was playable.

 

Maybe weaken Grizzly's ground attack and improve it's anti-air capabilities?

 

I am 99% sure that the Firebat replacement will be a ground unit, so it's not likely to be the flying Grizzly.
The only current unit (that we know of) that comes from the Factory is the Siege Tank. Nothing more. The Cobra got scrapped and the Viking was moved to the Star Port long ago, and I doubt that they will move it back.
I think there's currently a need for 2 Factory units and one Star Port unit (currently 4 Terran air units, while there were 5 Terran air units in SC1, and I doubt that they would decrease the number of units.)

 

Well, we know the unit will be similar in effect to the Firebat, I just hope you can get it around the same time as you did in sc1 so Terran can fight Zealots.

 

It will probably replace the Firebats spot in the Factory too, as it is meant to counter melee units (which as we all know are early units in the other factions) meaning that it does not require a Tech Lab and can take advantage of the Nuklear Reactor. So it still gotta be a little low tech, nothing grand like a Siege Tank.

 

This will break Indigent's heart

Well, as long as there will be a new (hopefully nice) unit for the same purpose, I support this change. Its a new game after all.

But theres no way I can tolerate reapers with flamethrowers idea :no: