Re: Protoss and Terran information from a German Magazine

YES! DESTRUCTIBLE DOODADS AND ENVIRONMENT! Oh... the Thor is the BattleCruiser of the ground.

 

the capturable observatories sounds very interesting, it will put more emphasis on map controll.
I thought we had seen all the screens from this article allready, or is this another new one?

 

yay more new stuff!
yay star relic has passive cloak, but does the sationary thing apply to the units or the relic?
yay the cost for the mothership (minus abilitys) isnt obscenly high!

 

oh i wasnt saying that the relic could cloak, i was just asking if it was the relic you were talking about that needed to be stationary to cloak other units or if the other units couldnt move with their cloak.
i see what you were saying now with the parentheces (or however you spell it)

 

thumbnail pics of the thor B and C. the marine looks so small compared to the thor. if only it move faster then we got transformers. thor is the most badass unit of all. wow, you can hide on tall grass and destory rocks etc. now thats COOL.

 

This game gets more and more incredible
GG

 

Good stuff but the viking has less armor when on the ground?

 

dam thor looks sexy

 

If the Colossus costs 2x the Reaver, assuming the Reaver still costs 200/100(which is a weak assumption, I admit), the Colossus costs almost as much as a Mothership. Jeez.

I still don't like the Thor. It's too much like a Commander unit from SupCom: going for human proportions instead of a proper combat chassis.

 

Star Relics "Detonation" ability sounds horrible. First of all the hole idea doesnt sound like something Protoss would do. Putting an expensive unit into danger just to kill of one unit like that is unreasonable. If the time it takes to kill one unit depends on its size or amount of health then it will be useless. This kind of reminds me of Queens brudlings but those were more useful because it didnt taker time to kill the unit. In my opinion id rather use my mana on some other skills Star Relic has to offer.

also iv noticed that in the damo and other pictures we've seen there is no sign of the black mist (the uncharted areas) i hope that will bring more depth to the game

 

With all these great units comming. You kinda start wondering, how the hell are they gonna pull off an expansion to this. Considering Blizz always make an expansion to their games, and the expansion in it self always make the game better, imo.
To early to talk expansions I know, the thought just hit me ;P

Wouldnt a army of Star Relics just pwn everything with there "Detonator Beem"? ^_^

Anyway, nice post. Good going Blizz!

 

I think that the Star Relic's detonator beam is its default attack, not an ability that requires mana. (I think it was implied in the PC gamer article, or elsewhere on this forum).

Every new piece of information added gets me more and more excited about Starcraft II!!!!

 

Hey great job on the translation and find guys. This is awesome stuff!

One thing occurred to me though regarding the almighty Thor: due to the fact that it's built by SCV's as if it was a structure, does it cost any supplies? Or if you're rich enough it means you can have an unlimited amount? I'd think that they'd HAVE to cap it somehow cuz theoretically I could just build about 50 of those mothers and pummel through just about any base... especially if it's a money map like ZC or somethin...

 

so how do you transport star relics to where you want them? Will you have to warp them there?

 

Damn thor looks freaking amazing, the minerals look nice too, got a nice glow

 

Just a minor thing you forgot to mention, it says that there are still forges for upgrades.

Also the german guy claims that the zerg are still in the concept phase so it's safe to say they won't be playable at blizzcon.

 

The interview with Dustin Browder has been translated aswell at blizzforums. Nothing new except that they are refining the engine.

http://blizzforums.com/showpost.php?p=236205&postcount=9

 

is it just me or do i see some random gibs on the first screenshot? Them Thors did really pulverize those poor marines...

 

man, those terran units look mean! My main might change ot terran in SC2

 

Simple. In the Flying mode, it has large plates of metal over everything. In Robo form, a lot of conduits are exposed because it's simply not feasible (Maybe not even possible) to put in enough hinges to cover everything.