Poll: If carriers got another ability you would want.....?

i actually voted for number 7, and i dont think that it needs to be a last ditch effort. i think my requirement is good, only exceptional carriers can do this(yes 15 kills is enough in gameplay) and not newbie carriers or else tassadar great sacrifice is a joke.

 

I reworded the 7th option Zeratul11.

 

nice. thats better.

and the requirement should be that of my idea. lol

well what other requirement could be better than that? its like ranking for the great carriers, and now they can serve better my sacrificing themselves for tassadar and aiur. ^^

 

I'm still not a fan of the Kamikaze idea though....seems like a waste of minerals and no matter how many requirements it has, it makes Tassadar's thing redundant imo.

 

Requirements change to keep balance thats why i try to avoid listing any.

 

A problem with the Kamikaze ability is that it was the force of both the Templar and Dark Templar energies that Tassadar had learned to control. Both those powers were incredibly hard to master to the level Tassadar had as he had completed The Shadow Walk (http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Templar) being the only follower of Khala to pass the test that SC mentions and then the second which remains unnamed by Zeratul. That being said think of it in realistic terms. A Carrier exploding in mid-air... Unless it was in the middle of a swarm of units it would be a severe waste of minerals/gas even if it was at weak hp. Just retreat it back and give its shield time to regenerate. So Kamikaze ability should be striked as Tassadar was special. Sorry.

(Kamikaze as in Carrier flying into the ground, not, interceptors. )

 

While i can see your point Templar the carrier pilots wouldnt need to use dark templar energey at all Tassadar only needed to kill the overmind while the average carrier would only need high templar energy which by itself is pretty distructive if you look at psy storm and archons.

Also I dont think anyone is suggesting anything as powerful as what Tassadar did but rather something similar that a carrier can do when it is about to go down anyways. Also i would imagine you have to be rather powerful High Templar to pilot a carrier because you are by yourself piloting a massive ship and commanding a small fleet of interceptors.

 

More interceptors would be nice.

 

The carrier can kamakazie its inteceptors like scarabs.

that'd be awesome

 

@Broken while the idea of more interceptors is good carriers already and if you mean ontop of that current up grade there would need to be a choice between them or something kinda like the plasma torpedos and yamato gun without that choice why not make the existing upgrade stronger?

 

Well, hardening their shield would make them too similar to Immortals.

Crashing their interceptors would leave the Carrier defenseless and is probably a sacrifice of the unit anyway.

So I vote for a kamikaze ability of the Carrier itself, since Tassadar did it, it definitely fits with the story of the unit.

The Carrier is actually a pretty vulnerable unit unless highly massed against an inexperienced opponent. That's why it has often been considered a "newbie's" strategy unless late game. I think sacrificing the unit would be a balanced trait that would add to the dimensions of the unit.

I'm also thinking that you should be able to transfer interceptors to another Carrier when one Carrier dies.

 

I voted for the one I mentioned in the other thread. The about the different types of interceptors.

 

I do like the idea of Shiriken, being able to damage units in its way of attack would be best; compare to Interceptors that only shoot the target~

Well, I like to have both

 

I just think that a carrier would carry diffrent types of drones like carriers today i mean one could be good vs air another vs ground and maby one to be good all around

 

That was what I said in the other post...
Welcome to the forum Smokie.

 

different options with interceptors is probally the most feasible and balanced option for a possible upgrade to carriers but it is nice to hope for something cooler, or atleast hope they will get something new.

 

Yeah. That is why I chose it what did you pick? I like the interceptor idea because it has a bunch of health and shield and everything and they swarm. It just ballances it out, if there is only a land strike, then only 4 (Or more or something if Blizard should add this) intercepters can attack. So the carrier can be used at full extent if there are ground and air. Or something else.

 

I chose the kamakazie carrier even im wishing i could change but the carriers do need some new evel of staying power becase units are doing more dmg in SC2 (atleast it seems that way) and i dont imagine the carrier doing anymore basic damage than it already did in SC1, so to equal that out i think the carrier needs to be stronger defensily. (which is the way i originally thought it should the battlecruiser doing massive dmg in bursts while carrier just taking forever to die)

 

Oh yeah. Well, I would have picked that second.

 

I think that a cool ability would be one that lets you choose which kind of interceptor. Do you want a melee attacker for ATA attack and then the regular interceptor with the GTA attack or any combination of the two.

~~dp02