Terran Unit Roster: A Review (with suggestions)

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even that's not quite true

there could be consequences that upset the balance if you take something away, so there are no "easiest way" to balance anything

 

Well I'm not going to start an argument about how things are balanced....

But you said it was the easiest way to balance lockdown. That would mean changing lockdown... that doesn't take into account anything else. The easiest way to balance lockdown is to not include it.

Seriously it's gonna be stupid if you spend 1200 on a Thor and it gets locked down. It's already amazingly slow.

 

lol where did that "you can" come from in my previous post?

i'm only fooling around as it seems like you were nit picking my usage of the word easiest so i did the same.

 

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I don't know what you're talking about. This conversation never happened.

 

yes they are not exactly the same, sure ghosts are lower in the tech tree but if i'm not mistaken, they also cost a lot more, the original ghost cost 25min/75gas/1supply. the new ghost cost 100min/100gas/2supply, massing ghosts for isn't really an option since they can't kill anything apart from infantry.

 

i agree with jon. lockdown shouldn't be in the game anymore due to increase in mechanical units.

 

good points

any thoughts on the issue of Nomad vs. Science Vessal? does anybody know the lore reason Blizzard provided for Science Vessals no longer being used?

 

nah, nomads haven't been added to the official site yet, so no info is available about why sv is scrapped.

 

It shouldn't be added until it stops looking like crap. Still no word from them regarding its makeover, etc....

 

hmm... it just seems odd to me - it isn't like the Terrans have stopped innovating - the unit list we've seen so far has demonstrated that they've been doing plenty of teching in the last 4 years.... so why no more mobile science stations? I like the science support unit a lot better than the mechanic support unit

Professors > Greasy Joes

 

The SV was a civilan vessel. The nomad is supposed to be the military counterpart I guess.

 

Or perhaps Blizzard just felt like being retarded about a couple units.

 

Most likely they wanted to change the SVs abilities while keeping the "idea" of the SV. Since the result was so radically different from the old SV they had to change the unit or answer some questions like "where is irradiate?" - story wise.

 

yeah, which seems kinda silly to me - because there are easier ways to explain taking an ability away besides scraping a cool unit in favor of a dorky looking one... it's like they killed their warhorse and pulled out a donkey

Let's say they wanted to take away Irradiate because they thought it was an unbalanced ability... well, why would the Terrans stop using Irradiate? Easy answer - the Zerg mutate. So why not just say the Zerg have adjusted their strains to resist biological attacks like that?

 

... because they are still susceptible to other biological attacks?

While I have no problem with changing the unit itself, it should at least be more attractive than the Science Vessel.

I, also, don't understand the logic of the Nomad, but hey.... none of us do.

 

What is unlogical about the Nomad? It would be wierd if the Terran military relied on civilian vessels for 4 years, especially as the Broodwar showed the importance of such a support unit.

 

the nomad isn't exactly a military vessel. plus science vessels actually fit the theme and blended in well with the fleet - since when you have an expedition, it's wise to bring along scientists

 

wordems... plus civilian scientists are often practically conscripted into assisting the military

the only reason I can guess to switch to the nomad is that it would be cheaper... the military is using technicians as support instead of scientists basically

 

The way you put it, sounds something like a metal gear and the shagohod combined.

 

never played either of those so I don't know, do they have a unit like that or something?