Roger. Wilco. EDIT - Oops! I forgot to follow article submission guidelines. I'm making the news banner right now!
I think the idea of using Archons to fight off light flying units needs to be reevaluated. The developer gave mutalisks as an example. Mutalisks are extremely fast units that are mainly used in 'hit and run' tactics. Given that the range of a mutalisk is far longer that that of an archon, and the fact that the speed of mutalisks is faster than that of an archon, not to mention that mutalisks are flying units that can trespass cliffs and other physical obstables easily while the archon cannot; combining all these factors and anyone can come to a conclusion that archons cannot effectively counter fast moving light armoured flying units. As far as the original starcraft is concerned, Archons were rarely used in competitive matches. Usually the only time you'll see an Archon is when templars ran out of mana and were pushed to a corner. I actually favour adding an ability that deals 'burst damage' for Archons. Reavers are history now and we all know that the Colossi are weak successors to the esteemed reavers, mainly thanks to its lack of any burst damage and flexibility.
No, muta's and archon's have the exact same range of 3 last I checked. Archon's had many other uses then just a fall back unit. If you needed to deal with large amounts of small or medium units, and were overstressed or too far extended to use HT's, then archon's made a great alternative. They were pretty good sponges when bigger units came along too, say reaver's, ultra's, tank's. If you get backed into a corner and you need archon's now, you've already lost, because of the time it takes to make them.
Regarding the archons vs muta, I agree with pentha... mutas can easily micro the chons. It will take a while, but mutas will win. WTF? That is so awful D: If someone was concerned about your apm, there's your answer, god dammit. This is the first time I hear abot that ability :S TOLD YOU SO TOLD YOU SOTOLD YOU SO TOLD YOU SOTOLD YOU SO TOLD YOU SOTOLD YOU SO TOLD YOU SOTOLD YOU SO TOLD YOU SOTOLD YOU SO TOLD YOU SOTOLD YOU SO TOLD YOU SOTOLD YOU SO TOLD YOU SOTOLD YOU SO TOLD YOU SOTOLD YOU SO TOLD YOU SO Btw, I hate the new gas mechanic.
I hate you Imno!!! You made me think there was a fresh batch in this drought of news! Damn your fashion handbags to hell!
Perhaps... HQ portrait + news about the Reaper would be the ultimate combo. Man, I remember when there was a new batch almost every week. Now I'd be satisfied with anything, even stupid repeated questions. Well maybe not.
