The Marine Shield

So Marine shield thumbs up or down

i say thumbs down they got enough armor I would like to see them have grenades. Come on even with the powered suit firing a semi-automatic gun and holding that is to cumbersome not to mention impractical there not even in the cinematics they have showed had so far.

 

they should have it becuase in starcraft 1 they were the most killed out of all the basic units (zealots,zerglings)

 

I say thumbs down if they get grenades. If not, thumbs up.

 

They were the only starting unit to attack ground and air out of all the races so they were balanced mabey one on one they were weak but they were cheap and with stim pack they became very deadly

 

I say thumbs down because Blizz is just beefing up the Medic armor

 

Dude...Marines were pimp if you rushed with them...I say no to grenades and to shields.

But they better as hell keep the stim packs.

 

keep i mind all the other starting units so far have special effects but i agree with what you said. i think grenades or fully automatic fire would be a good abitlity

 

How do you know this? :O

 

Look closely at the char models of the SCII Marine and the Brood War Medic. Even though they fiddled a bit and have a new engine, you can tell that it's the same base. Now, see, I think it looks cool, but I don't like recycled models.

 

NO shield for any terran units/structure, it should be exclusive to the protoss

grenades could be a good idea, it'll be a splash damage that can wipe out masses of zerglings easily. but it probably won't be as powerful as infested terrans

 

How about a choice? You can research either shields or grenades. One, but not the other.

 

I think y'all are a tad mixed up. I don't think the OP meant Plasma Shields.

Look closely at the Marines in the lower left....



They have actual physical shields.

EDIT: Sorry, big pic. You have to scroll.

 

If they did that, SC2 would transform into Diablo 2: "OMG look at my gosu terran build! I like maxed Stim Packs and Nuclear Mastery! Those 'Toss n00bs with their stupid PvM builds r gonna bite my excrements!!!"

My point is that if they did give you different reaserch branches you could pursue, it would make a more dynamic or mixed strategy impossible. And I hate ow the shields look anyway, so bad idea imo.

 

^To the person who linked the pic above.

Wow...guess we kinda got it wrong XD. I fully support terrans getting physical shields^^.

 

Yeah, I always wondered why medics got shields(and an armor upgrade) and Marines didn't. I mean, It is a big cheap chunk of metal that improves your chances in combat, how could that be bad? It is not like it would even slow them down, since they run on those exosuits.

Oh, since we have the screenshot, notice that Marines also have bayonets. I don't see them being as useful as the shields, but it looks like they can be upgraded to have a close-combat attack, instead of being totally owned when melee units close the gap. Maybe the Hydralisk will see a similar change.

 

Awsome! Melee and range attack for Marines and Hydralsiks!

Thumbs up

 

The shield look kinda crap. Can't they make them look cooler?

Melee attacks for marines would be very nice ;D

 

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It's just the teaser bro. It's gonna get a lot better!

 

i was thinking, what if the removed Vultures for Reapers. But gave Reapoers the spider mines & stim packs ! (i hope they have stim packs at least^^)

 

It's an idea, definitely, I personally never used Vultures!