Terran Jackal

the magnetic railgun

 

AOE Rail guns!!

 

Hey, why not just rip off some more stuff and call it "C&C: Dawn of Starcraft"

Yeah, yeah I just think they're really losing touch here. I mean, the jackal has to be the most freakin' mindnumbingly boring, uninventive, most cramped unit since... well... ever?

 

I just looked at more screenshots..IMO the attack is ugly, like some sort of long spray-flamethrower. Weird.

 

Blizzard said that the attack was a placeholder so that they could show the screenshots, I am sure the attack looks better now.

 

Gmg, even so - the whole concept of the unit is tired and worn out. With better attack or not.

 

I am absolutely not defending the unit, just pointed it out. I definitely want to see the Jackal go, just like you.

I wonder if the Marauder and Firebat (replacing the Jackal) could be in the same build... They are quite different, and can be made even more. One of them could have the size of the current Marauder and be built in the Factory, and the other could be something in between the Marauder and Marine in size.

Of course Blizzard could just come up with something entirely new too.

 

Good to hear, gmg

I'm all for a half-infantry half-mech kind of unit replacing the vulture. Kind of like a "firefly" or "strider" from Mechwarrior 3 if anyone cought that. Fast, agile, pretty weak and not very sturdy. But perfect for scouting and support.

Overlapping? Probably.. I'd like to just re-do the whole terran roaster!

 

I would just like to point out that I like the design. Better than the hovering Cobra. It's actually it's attack and current role that I want out. There's enough Terran GtG units damnit.
They could make it lay mines like the old Vulture (it would not be the same kind of GtG), atleast get rid of the AoE attack.

 

Hear hear for kicking jackal in the nuts.

Yeah, I never liked the ultra-unrealistic and weird Nomad mine-tower-of-doom-which-cloaks. Give it to the jackal.

 

I'm not happy with the Jackal really.

I say bring back the Vulture, with the Marauder's grenade effect, and bring back the Firebats.

 

You mean like bringing back the old design?

I dig the Jackal's appearance. Wheels are badass.
[img width=198 height=195]http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7748/jackalpq4.jpg[/img]

 

I miss my Vulture though.

Speedy cussing harassment hovering chopper.

 

Ew that screenshot made it look ugly...

But yea the Terran are too broke and basic to make anything innovative.

 

Uhm yeah but still. A stick with a rock on it would still be more innovative.

 

The Jackal looks very gritty and sleek, those wheels are pwnage,

and Ayzee, there is now way the Jackal looks like a stick on a rock, if you want it innovative, why not make it look like a rock on a stick hm?

 

Even if the unit is not "innovative" it is to Starcraft 1. Taking the unit out and replacing it with the maurader or firebat and would be less innovative. Another unit that shoots things which damage an infantry unit a lot... cool. The idea of the jackal's damage has never been used before in the starcraft universe. This means there are a lot more innovative things you can do, like killing the supply line quickly or stuff like that C&C won't have.

I personally like the idea of the railgun attack, and i hope blizzards keeps the jackal or just the railgun attack.

 

The Lurker has had that kind of an attack for quite som time actually.

 

Oh god, i'm an idiot. Forgot about that.

Either way, I still like the unit. It isn't 100 percent similar to the lurker, becuase it doesn't have to burrow so there are a couple extra opportunities available.

 

i dont know why everybody is getting so worked up about the jackal, I personally think its one of the coolest terrian ground, expect for its attack, which isn't finished. Why does it seem that everyone hates the railgun idea, and think the jackal should go, except for DontHate?