Moving while burrowed

Unless the Hydralisk could mutate into a Mutalisk...

 

Or it was just the origanal icon for burrow.... if the it's attack and defense pictures were changed back than it could just be the burrow command

 

i dont think it would be fare for most any unit (especially the lurker) to be able to move while burrowing. people have a hard enough time as it killing lurks without them being able to chase your units down when it needs to retreat. plus even if they go slower, a zerg player would never bring his units above ground, and i see alot of people saying its not a problem because of detectors. if you got a massive army of lings, hydras, and lurkers coming your way through the ground. it ain't gonna matter if you find out right when there at your doorstep. your dead.
i liked the idea of a unit that can move in the ground but comes up to attack. and while its up its stationary. kind of give the zerg a seige tank unit but at the same time, ain't that what the lurkers for?

 

Its better to have just one unit to do it. Imagine a Defiler could move underground, I'd be extremely happy.

 

ssjfox, why would the burrow command go in a direction? That would just confuse. It's a tunnel.

@Laz. The Lurker has too short range to be a siege unit, the mechanic is the unly thing that it has in common with the tank.

 

exactly its a tunnel, the unit is underground hiding in the tunnel.

And I know what your saying I'm just saying theres a chance it could be the old burrow command.

 

I hate chances. Makes everything so uncertain...

 

imo all tier one units should be able to burrow, but they would move at half rate
i also think that there should be a specialised lurker that could also burrow, but would have a weaker attack the regular one

 

I don't think the lurker should move. It was made to be basically like the current photon cannon a movable turret but with cloak. if you allow it to move even at a snail's pass you would be giving zerg a movable clocked turret that couldn't be countered by tos till final teir.

 

All ground units being able to move underground???
A bit owerpowered perhaps?!?!

 

not all grounds units just zerglings ,drones and lurkers
sorry if I was unclear

 

It's hard to balance tunneling. It would have to be reaaally slow, or perhaps work like the Nydus Worm; when the unit unburrows, it takes a certain time for it to get ready, and during that time, it is still vulnurable (even without detection).

 

If you asked me to choose one unit to move underground, I'd say the Defiler.

 

then the defiler would be sooooo expense you would hardy b able 2 afford it

 

Rabbits are just "beasts", worms and rodents are just "beasts", yet they can find their way underground without sonar. If zerg are a true evolution of "beasts", they should have no problem travelling underground.

 

ya they do that using special adaptions, so if they can the zerg can too
they shouldn't need some special unit just a simple upgrade like "sensitive glands"
or wutever






i think tau r weak as hell when u shoot them with any bolters

 

If lurkers, zerglings and drones had the abbilities, then they would be sooooo expense you would hardy b able 2 afford them.

 

Wow, since when were Defilers expensive, I could have like 8 wondernig around ready to be used in a long game.

Actually no. Worms and other burrowing animals are built specially to burrow underground, and that alone is only sand and soil.
This is hard rocks we are fighting on, also the Zergs are not built for tunneling... refer to spikes and limbs everywhere.
Could a Spider move underground? No it couldn't.

 

i agree with zergalicious the only instance a zerg could possibly be able to move while burrowed is on creep. Since creep is living it is feasable that it could morph to create tunnels for the zerg. Otherwise i think only nydusworms should be able to move while burrowed.

 

being able to move your zerg force underground would be totally overpowered as you could just pop up your entire force right in front of the enemy base and kill some stuff then burrow again.