Siege Tanks

No, I mean you have the same number of units to choose from, not the same unit cap. Yes, they've said they want armies to be bigger, but the choice of units remains the same

 

Sorry, I should have been more clearer, but that was exactly what I meant

 

You don't have to be so aggressive about it. What kind of pathetic army would not have tanks in it? There are some units that not even Blizzard can account for if they take them out.

 

Who is acting aggressive?

 

Talk of shit and bollocks makes me imagine little elementary school British kids picking on each other...

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Those guys freak me out! :'(

I still shall defend Tanks right to the very end!

 

I was the one who sayd bollocks and I didn't say anything about the tanks, only that I thought the answer from blizz was stupid.

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;D Mother of all bollocks ;D

 

Have the sped up the change animation?
before the tanks took a little longer i think.
maybe they did it to promote rushing over base defence or something.
and in starcraft didnt the tanks say [font=courier_new]seige mode[/font]
or was that transformers?

 

I disagree - the Tank represents the best of Armored Ground Vehicles.

Something that moves fast, is hard to destroy, and deals lots of damage - that's a Tank.
Note the modern Siege Tank looks NOTHING like a real tank.
And also note it does wild n' crazy things like Siege Mode.

I think the Tank belongs in the postmodern Starcraft 2 world.
If for no other reason, because it was in Starcraft 1.

Also, these are the Terran we are talking about. Sporks came out and we didn't obsolete the spoons. We never obsolete ANYTHING; we let the enemy obsolete them by turning them to scrap, and get a bit more mileage out of em.
Heal, repair, and recycle.

We don't even obsolete our prisoners. We just re-use em' as glory boys.

 

Also I think the terrans are not technologically advanced advanced for all terrain walkers (goliath is good, but can't cross rough terrain I guess) while the tracks of a tank can cross over everything.
And also, machine guns have been around longer (starting with the gatling guns from the 19th century I guess??? Correct me if I'm wrong), still a weapon you see in almost every sci-fi.

 

I know this may sound corny, and take note that it is ;D, but why didn't the Terrans move to use lasers instead of bullets? I hate pew-pews but I'm just curious why they never did.

 

Let's look back 500 years from 2007....
in the 1500s, the Catapult was probably the most advanced weapon. Yes the 20th century tank is developed base on the catapult. But obviously the effectiveness is greatly increased.

Now let's look forward 500 years from 2007....
in the 2500s, humans would have deviced new ground vehicle weapons that look and operate very differently from tanks.

 

Ever since the PC was first created, computing power had doubled every year. In 20 years, a computer becoming even more powerful will be redundant. In 500 years, they'll be roughly the same as 300 earlier. There are just some things that can't be refined any further. Has there ever been a better sword produced than the old samurai swords, 800 years ago?

 

^ LOL well the fire fighters have scissors sharp enough that it can literally cut through metal locks with ease. I'm sure the samurai sword (LOL tom cruise..) wasn't that advanced though. And lets not forget the diamond blade that can cut through glass without cracking

anyway back on topic to the siege tanks....maybe reject's idea of laser can be utilize more in terrans. or prolly blizzard doesn't want to give an impression that SC is a cheap copy of star wars...............

 

I wondered why they didn't take on the laser as well, but I'm glad Blizz stuck to the bullets. I also hate the "pew-pew's" :

 

I don't know how you could tell there were too many explosions, etc. for me

 

I also wonder, although with their aircraft they did use laser a lot...

 

New Face of Destruction - The Seige Tank Facelift.

http://eu.starcraft2.com/screenshot.xml?2

Look above the lings, on the top right - there's two of them. Also on the far left, you can see one poking into the screen. And... yup, there's another. Middle, at the very top.

Now, they're facing the attacking lings, and they're coloured in the Terran colours, but they're not attacking.
Strange, no?
Anyone got any ideas/thoughts on what these strange things might be?

EDIT: It's a Seige Tank. Noted.​

So, what are other people's opinions on this new look?
A good direction for the classic Seige Tank, or a step backwards?

~Pix~

 

Re: Strange Unidentified Terran Structure...

FIXED your screenshot link in my quote. You refer to screenshot 2.

And you are looking at a TERRAN SIEGE TANK, unfolded in siege mode. You can see its four wheel-like treads are holding it up.

 

Re: Strange Unidentified Terran Structure...

That's the Seige Tank? Damn it's become so... ugly...
How does that thing move? It looked so static-defense-ish...
Ah well, that's a noobish mistake for me =P
So, what are other people's opinions on this new look?
A good direction for the classic Seige Tank, or a step backwards?
~Pix~

 

Re: Strange Unidentified Terran Structure...

MANY people are complaining the Siege Tank is ugly.