Supply Depots lowered down?

you could run out ear;y game and burrow supply depots in different resource nodes so enemies cant expand until they get detectors : P

 

So now supplies automatically low down when friendly units need to pass or you have to click a button?

 

the idea of the supply depots having this power is basiaclly to make a drawbrigde effect, to let ally units pass but to make a protection and a staller to slow down enemy units from entering your base, I.E say you had a very small base you had a small bottleneck entrance you could build a heavy aromour defence behind and then for a quick counter by lowering the suply depots and moving your army out to attack their weak base

 

I have to say, that there is no wall in the current concept of SC2, only some natural, like the rocks you can destroy.

I don't really know what is your problem with using the supply depots as walls. You must construct them, to gain food. Why don't take other advantages too?
The zerg overlord is a great scout
The protoss pylon is needed to construct buildings
So why is it bad to make the cheap supply depots useful somehow? I think they won't changethe prise, and maybe it will take less time to build. (because Blizzard said, the matches will be faster than in SC)

 

that doesn't sound very logical. if the terrans really need their supply to fight why are they risking all of it in exchange for a small, cheap "wall"

 

Because it is easy to re-build, in no time.

 

@Hunter: I totally agree that its useful for the player strategically Buuut, what troubles me is the military logic; a supply depot is, from its name, a depot of military supplies. What sane commander would put his military supplies in a wall on their base perimeter to block the way of their enemies and allow their soldiers to shoot from behind (or over, I have no idea how the marines actually shoot through buildings XD)

Oh and a side thought, since its depots containing military supplies, wouldn't it be dangerous is someone shot at or near it? (since it contains explosifs, ammunition, etc...)

And what about SCV walls which can repair themselves? :]

 

SCV's have too low of life, they would die extremely quickly even when being repaired. Besides, why make a wall out of them instead of collecting resources, you're sacrificing a ton of ecomony for a wall that will last about 2-3 seconds against the enemy befor it goes down.

 

Hey this gives me an another idea. What if when the Supply Depots are lowered they are harder to kill, and nuke affect them less?, when their HP is down while lowered the cover will break forcing it to go up with less fortified (Armour) and the same HP all over again.

Ex. lowered: 150 with Heavy Armour (When those HP are gone it raises)

Raised: 350 Normal Armour (Has Same amount of HP)

PS. When they are burning and they are lowered they completely blow up (Everything gone and its closing door things when it goes down can look like they are all bent upwards, and thats another suggestion for the animation).

 

That means everyone will lower the Supply Depots, so the only reason they'd be raised is if they was making a wall.

And with people talking about Supplies are needed why would they waste it, Sc is more of a game were you do anything to win, plus if you don't wanna lose a supply count simply make more were the enemy can't go. Thats what I did with zerg if the game went on to late, continuously pump out Overlords that way Corsairs couldn't dent the supply count and I could use them as bait/scouts/maks/drops etc. So there is another important unit being put at risk for the benifit of winning.

 

i cant wait to make a ring of supply depots and then lower them into the ground and as a thor walks into the circle lift up the depots and make the thor twitch uncontrollably
but then again i took that from some one on these forums and i cant remember who

 

Hey, everybody will be able to see the depot when lowered, won't they? It won't be invisible I think..

 

Nope theres no change except the ability to walk over it.