Jackal -> Hellion

Hellion, it sounds cool and i already think of flames in my head when i seen the name, great name and i must say, very different....sounds very powerful for some reason......

 

Well you do make a good point. And I agree with you.

 

There's also the Viking. The Banshee also comes from Northern Europe, being Ireland I think.

 

Hellion, cool name and im glad to see another flame unit back for terran. I think people will start to make use of a hellion and maurader combo, dont you?

 

I still think the most deadly micro in SC1 was

#1: Mutalisk

#2: Dragoon

If either of those units was properly danced it meant serious trouble and could do almost twice as much damage as normal.

 

Awesome.
i like the name hellion it does suits the the flamy kind of style and i have to agree with MaCo because it does sound quite powerful, but i'll stick with Hellion

 

i like the name Hellion. it gives an awe inspiring touch to the vehicle of its fire awesomeness.

jackel although i didnt mind it, was not the greatest pick. a jackel i picture a fast, jumpy (kinda like the reaper) unit. wasnt a jackel a Egyptian myth fox/human?

-Zerks

 

yes, in Egyptian mythology it was a human with a jackal head, his name was Inpu, but was called Anubis by the Greeks. he was the god of mummification and the afterlife in Egyptian mythology.

 

i like the helion name better now blizzard only need to change or redo the units model and design. it needs to look like a fiery war/battle vehicle not a racing buggy with a weapon attached on it.

 

Think Vulture on big wheels```

 

Because Vultures have flamethrowers.

 

For once, I completely agree with zeratul11.

 

Same here, the new name is great but at least they should remove the wheels and make it some kind of hovering vehicle, similar to the cobra/vulture.

 

Nah, I don't like the idea of having it hover at all. They tried it with the Cobra and it ended up looking extremely unlike Terran. It might have worked with the Vulture in StarCraft1, but I doubt they could replicate that for StarCraft2. Besides, having it not hover makes so much more sense.

 

On a battlefield filled with mines, small holes, corpses, bigger holes, stuff, craters, and so on a hovering vehicle somehow seems more useful to me than something with wheels. The Terrans have the hovering/anti-gravity tech, why shouldn't they use it? [lorewise]

 

It could be rocket-hover, like the SCV and the Reaper. It doesn't have to be "It just does" -hover like the Vulture. These have been established to be very acceptably Terran.

 

HELL-LION : hell for the flames

Jackal makes like a chacal or a jackass

 

either way the new names is better, but i would think they would use the hover tech to make it look a bit more futuristic.

 

3 cheers for Blizz on this one. I'm glad they seem to be focusing a lot of time on the Terrans atm.

I just wish they would change the viking's name. Its unoriginal and, well, ****ing retarded.
Vikings are known as fierce nautical mofos. This is starcraft not watercraft. Or war2. I couldn't care less what nostalgic 3 vikings BS they are trying to do.
The unit lifts off into the heavens; how about the Valhalla? That's viking heaven for those less educated forum goers.

 

Jackal rolls off the tongue easier in my opinion

also, Bloodhawk, Vikings were also known for their ability to quickly raid a village and then make off with the loot, which is something you could use the Viking (unit) for (minus the loot). I think it makes sense.