Nukes are underestimated...

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Nukes are underestimated...

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This is the effect of a Starcraft nuke:

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This is what a real nuke does:

[img width=500 height=297]http://www.pa.msu.edu/~yang/NuclearBomb.jpg[/img]

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[img width=400 height=264]http://www.armageddononline.net/images/nuke3.jpg[/img]

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What is that Fo®Saken up to now? Well, it's quite obvious.
A nuke is on of the most devastating weapons ever made by mankind. The world of Starcraft is hundreds of years further in the evolution then ours, especially if you look at the technology.

But why is the Nuke in Starcraft so weak then? It is more like a regular bomb. Its power is about equal to a cruise missile. What I am saying is that "Nuke" is certainly not the right name for such a weak weapon, especially not in a sci-fi game like Starcraft.

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What do you guys think: increase the power of the "Nuke", or change its name in something that fits it more. Something like "campfire strike"...

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Full size nukes are outlawed (Though idk why Mengst follows THAT rule), so they use strategical, if not surgical, nuke strikes.

 

The name Nuke is just cooler (and the name is already coded into my brain, so I could not imagine a name change; Its like changing the zergling or marines name), but I must agree that it does not have the power of a real nuke, because perhaps the buildings/unit in the future are stronger, but so are the nukes too (i dont hope USA etc. will make them stronger, but I think they will..... Ghandi FTW!

 

Emm I am not sure if you know but the first "sc" picture you showed is not real, I think I have seen it between some arts

 

Yeah the first one isnt real!

 

Nukes = awesome and destructive.

Gameplay = priority one.

Blizzard wanted to put Nukes in the game, but obviously couldn't have them be on par with their actual destructive ability. Think of them as small, tactical warheads. It's not the only unrealistic element in the game and certainly is not worth complaining about.

 

You'd think that ground zero would be completely irradiated for a time, at least...Ah well, I still like the Nuke.

 

just think about it.. that would be overpowered, as it would be a trap for all biological units.. cough zerg cough

 

Well, if we wanted to be completely accurate, the nuke should not only fry everything, but should suck things into it as well. There should also be a massive EMP that covers more or less the entire map.

Real nukes aren't because in Starcraft they were used to level Korhal. Turns out nobody else wanted to have their planet incinerated, so the Confederacy banned anything other then tactical nukes. Mengsk wouldn’t use them because Korhal was his home (it was destroyed because of the rebellion), and so building them would be a political nightmare.

 

I've made points on the irradation thing in the past, kinda an AoE DoT thing. Not powerful, only organic. I'd also like to so a short range EMP built in (Nuclear fission kinda has that effect ).

As for the realism aspect, the Protoss have warships that can glass an entire planet. I don't them coming out of a Stargate =)

 

That's because the protoss wouldn't be stupid enough to risk such valuable assets. With their homworld gone and the zerg always a looming threat, they have to hold on to what they have.

And it's not like they can glass the worlds they live on. And live, anyway.

 

back to nukes

i think that the nuke was completely pointless but completely and insanely fun to use

 

The first picture shows a Terran base and a nuke going off. What's fake about it?
It's clearly an in-game screenshot.

 

I think that the nukes look cool.
If they had more power then they would just be out of control and all Terran would get them to pwn other people's bases. You can't fight something that pops out of the sky suddenly to destroy your base. XD

 

1st. The picture is real. It was posted by Blizzard in a magazine article if I remember right. Check the forum way back when for the actual thread.

2nd. The Nuke is a Tactical Nuke as Praetor Fenix said. Source as Apocalyspe nukes were outlawed after the destruction of Korhal's inhabitance.: http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Nuke

3rd. Not exactly sure of the entire point of this thread other than to run over how the nuke screenshot is "supposedly" fake or that it is underestimated. Both these points are now cleared up. Maybe lock this?

 

Still, a tactical nuke only capable of killing 50 units?

 

more than 50....it kills in a radius...whatever is in the radius of the nuke will get killed.

 

Yeah but a small radius, not even capable of killing a nexus...

 

yeah but if the nukes in the game were more powerful then they just wouldn't be fair to the other races.

 

This is a pointless argument. Nukes save resources and time. Would you rather do the same damage and waste all those minerals and time sending in an assult party, or would you rather spend a few minerals and gas on a Nuke which can do equal damage?