Starcraft II Q&A 6 + Swedish Scans

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Ych9 discovered and posted a few images of Protoss and Terran units and buildings from a Swedish magazine called Superplay. Whether these units and buildings are true or false (looks to be true though ^_^), this discovery is something very exciting! Thanks Ych9! ^_^

Edit: Added English translations to the images and cleaned it up a bit! enjoy


From Karune on Battle.net

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UPDATE: The article on Starcraft II in the Swedish magazine, Superplay, is translated in full by a member in Blizzforums.com. Click on the link below. An interesting part of the article (most we know already):

Hopefully before 2010? That scares me. There are other tidbits in the article too. Just read it and find out!

Related links
Karune's Q&A at battle.net
Discuss here about the scans + Rough translation posted by Fenix.
Full Translated Article in Superplay Magazine on SC2.

 

Re: Starcraft II Q & A 6

haha i was about to post this along with the swedish scans but oh well


I kind of like the alt button feature... its a good way to know which units to use as the front lines and which should stay in the back for support.

 

Re: Starcraft II Q & A 6

so no photon cannons, huh? Phase cannon rush will be so much easier.

 

Re: Starcraft II Q & A 6

Now what I want to know is if you need an upgrade to be able to make phase cannons mobile.

 

Re: Starcraft II Q & A 6

Yeah, I think the Alt button thing will help Protoss the most, as long as it also shows shields. It's a god-given for Archons if that's the case. Be able to see who need recharging with the push of a button.

Someone in the Bnet forums had an interesting idea with the critters......If you attack them, they fight back, but other than that they're peaceful. I think that's a cool idea, especially with the way the critters usually look.

And a phase cannon rush....Set up a line of Phase Prisms, so you can move them around.

 

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I don't mean to shock anyone and I do NOT know if this is true but I think the Phase Prisms pylon fields will cost energy...

 

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Nothing we've seen has any indication that it does, but I don't think anyone will be surprised or put out if it does. The Phase Prism is more like a quick fix if your Pylon dies, or for warping units in. It's not a long term thing.

 

Looks like theres gonna be a cooldown or something.. I see a number 2 by a clock

 

NOOOO!!! i shall miss thee my fair photon cannons, and you're awesome ridges that rise when u shoot.

 

i think the phase cannon rush is imba because its easy to make. in a one on one setting like in full circle map. you can build pylon and forge right away at the back of enemy base early on without them detecting it. after that build phase canon and start moving it right away. easy win.

i hope the warp (move) of the phase canon is an upgrade so that there will be no quick rush early on which is imba i think. (like that of a bunker rush where you put them plus marines at the back or side of enemy minerals (base) early on 1on1 map setting like 2 challenger and full cirlce etc.)

it was pretty obvious that they are going to remove the photon cannon and replace it with the phase cannon. whos going top make photon if you've got phase.

2 energy? i think it should be 20 or 200.


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i think that 2, since it has a protoss face next to it, provides 2 psi, so the phase prism acts completely like a pylon, even in unit cap. and if you watch the phase prism in the video, a bar on the phasing mode goes down while its active, so it will only last for a little while in my opinion.

 

meh they should had kept the photon cannons in and made phase an upgrade :-\
o well... nice update

 

[size=10pt]i don't see any bar on the Phase Prism going down. now the 2 next to the clock would be a obvious choice for cool down of 2 seconds but why a cool down? + the Protoss face next to the other 2 could be supply or something else?[/size]

 

my bad about the bar, i was thinking about the cooldown on blink, because there is a bar there. i think the 2 might be 2 minute cooldown after returning to shuttle mode, so you cant just "walk" phase cannons around with using 2 prisms.

 

like i said, it would prevent walking and would be combatable.

 

...The new Terran units brought a tear to my eye.
Thank you Blizzard.

And submergable Supply Depots. Retreat a group of marines behind them and bring the Depots back up for a Zergling shooting gallery.

 

I like all the new units and building however sensor dome sounds like a map hack to me. submerging depot great idea , thor might be humans answer to protoss mothership

 

Is it just me or does the ghost look like Robocop?
Anyways, I gave a chuckle to the Fortress and the Transformer. Fortress because I always imagined a Terran unit like that, and the Transformer because....well....its our own personal Optimus Prime! (plus it seems like a fun new way for Terran to be a dick...again)

<3 Terran

 

actually the ghost looks pretty much exactly as it did in SC ghost..

 

I still largely prefer the Delta Force look in SC1....made them feel so much more covert ops.