Predator

The predators only do 4 dmg! How can it be a nice combo? And Banshees can be invisible, so they don't need the predator to defend them. They would rather spoil their location than do any help, lol.

I think these 2 are not to be compared. Predators are a defensive ship, not a raider. Wraith's raiding abilities have been split between the Vikings and Banshees. So if you want to compare them strategy-wise, you should do it with them.

Now if you mean comparing looks, well I haven't seen predators' both forms! =) Neither their in-game looks. So I'll be on hold for the voting for the time being. ;-)

 

Predator because no point putting Wraiths in while there is another unit that can cloak and Predators are like Wraiths without cloaks and there are no need to put in Wraith or the Valkyrie since the Banshee does AoE bomb attacks

 

Predator is way better.

 

The wraith. The pred is incredibly ugly from what i've seen so far. Hell why not remodel it as a pimped out Wraith, and say they renamed it's newest form Predator. Oh yeah, also, they figured cloaking wouldn't be as effective as blah blah blah.

Boom there we go. The wraith is back.

*Edit*

Actually, looking closer at the pic. It has the same cockpit, the same wings, and the same tail fins. The only diff is it doesnt have a bottom piece and has these two fucking huge as I dont even know whats nearby the cockpit. So i guess it essentially is an upgrade or another form of the wraith.

 

Great idea! If it's regular form were to be called wraith, and it's second form Predator, it would be cool. The only problem is, it's first form has terrible atk and no ground atk (which doesn't change much from the old wraith anyway). It's better to keep it that way, and leave the air-fights for the vikings.

 

With terrible damage like that, it's blatantly obvious that it'll be 4 damage per laser shot from each of those barrels, OR it'll shoot ridiculously fast like the corsair.

 

Nah-uh! Turrets have in it's dmg description saying 'atks 2x'. Predators don't. Turrets also have it saying 'Speed: Fast'. Predators and Cobras have it instead 'Speed: Normal'.

I hate to disappoint you, but if these were about the unit's moving speed, Turrets wouldn't have any! So Predators DO atk only once every time, and atk regularly, just like the Cobras. They're not decent anti-air.

 

Then why the hell would they even consider them, I mean if they have low and slow attack that means that they can only attack ground units that cant fight back decently? They must be specialist air units, their interceptor mode must have a powerful ability.

 

maybe the predator shoots 2-4 lasers each doing 4 damage, each individually with a normal attack speed. that would give them 8-16 damage pre volley, and they would therefore be the counter to small air, but very weak to armored units.

 

They don't atk ground units. They're only air-air. As I said before, it would be awfull to have an air-unit that can only defend. It should be able to attack as well, otherwise people wouldn't easily make them. Depending of the situation, they can act as attack support, or air-defense system. But it's his interceptor mode is the one that justifies his existence.

@ burkid: that's what I said previously: when a unit launches several volleys of atks each round, it's depicted in their atk window, just like the Turrets'. If there ain't it written there, they don't have it!

 

wow, this predator idea is sounding like a stasis orb. a unit that's pretty much useless, but it's ability is only semi- decent.

 

I would guess that the Predator is like the Corsair in how their main strength is in their ability rather than their attack. It's probably like the Corsair in how its better in packs than just by itself. Blizz also has the power to increase its attack or give it stronger attack if the way it is now just doesn't work also.

 

Thats what I mean, its true strenght and usefullness lies in its ability.

 

Exactly. It'll probably be a cheap, fast unit that works well mostly in packs with a useful ability....just like our friend the Corsair

 

I hope its amix of the two, like having 1 predator in interceptor mode doesnt do much but as they are cheap, having 12 of them makes it a whole new ball game.

 

Ya... thats whats good about the terrans in SC2...everything is all about mass...queue up and move out!

 

and bomb the crap out of other who dare mass and move out

 

Just because people will use it MOST of the time doesn't mean its any less THERE for the using. Often a unit is never used until it is needed to counter another unit.

 

I just hope the predators ability to block incoming attacks make it a puerly defensive type of air unit. That would make it the only one in SC history (except if you count the arbiter)

 

i voted for predator both the look and name alone beats the wraith.