Supply Depot

the best thing would be if only ranged units could target submerged depots

 

What difference would that make??

Just because melee couldn't hit the building wouldn't really affect the gameplay. It's not like the melee units will be stopped by submerged depots. So either your supply depot gets attacked or the melee units flood into your base.

Plus, its not really "submerged," it just allows units to go up and over it, like a ramp.

 

still leads to intresting strategy choices. instead of letting them destroying your "wall", you could let them in! they will run into heavy siege tank bombardment(you have placed them a bit behind your base), and if they try to escape, just raise the supply depots! These kind of strategies could be funny against zealots and lings

 

Can it be seen when submerged?
(Like Zerg burrow)

Can it lift up when something is above it?
(To cut attacking armies in half, etc)

If it can, what happens to the units above it?
(Pushed aside or killed?)

Thank you,
Private Parts

 

these questions were answered in karunes Q&A

1. yes, it can also be attacked while submerged
2. yes
3. it pushes units aside

 

Can be seen, units above it get pushed apart.

 

where did you see/hear that units get pushed apart?i thought you couldnt lift it with units on top of it.it creates multiple strategies,though like dividing zerg rushes into small groups hehe

 

Karune: "Units on top of the supply depot get pushed to the side they are closest to."
source: http://www.battle.net/forums/thread.aspx?fn=sc2-general&t=19090&tmp=1#post19090

 

Good strategy to divide zerg rushes. you create a wall of two or three supply, and then you close the "doors" when the zerglings approach you, and then, once trapped, you nuke them ! 8)

Humm :no: The supply depots can be destroyed, even if hidden. So the zerglings will destroy my walls, and flee, and I will lose my nuke

 

i dont think you will have many nukes to defend against zergling rushes,at least,i never had the chance to...!

 

LOL I'd love to see that! By the time the nuke drops there isn't a single Zerg to be found and you destroy your Supply Depots closer to you plus a few units behind it

 

The words "rush" and "nuke" dont mix.

 

Why? I think it's a great idea. Maybe build two walls so the zerglings can't escape?
#- Supply depot
.- Zergling
*- Ghost
===- Cliff

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#:.: # Base
# :.:# Base
#. :.# * Base
#:. :# Base
# :.:# Base
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Well they can't mix because they're at different phases of the game. Rush happens very early in the game while nukes come much later. Samir probably meant groups, flanks.

And LT, that's a pretty picture you got there But no Zerg player would fall for that plan, submerged Supply Depots are visible and can be attacked without the need of a detector.

 

Well the zergling rush can come in any part of the game.

 

nice drawing

 

Thanks owerup: me? LOL Maybe you shouldn't use nuke? Maybe bring the flying units to finish off the zerg? It's all up to your creativity.

 

yeah, that'd be awesome to like build a perimiter somewhere in the map and when the enemy goes over it, just raise it and they'd be trapped. until they destroy them that is.

 

and that is, in a few seconds... sadly. So, this is a tactic to be used when you have something to attract fire with. You dont want all your depots destroyed.

 

Well if you submerge them the enemy has to decide to waste time to destroy them or ignore them and risk being trapped. It is quite an interesting mechanic. And loads better than the boring old Depos.