The Marine Shield

They should make all Marines like Tychus, that way we know they'll all be badass.

Imagine Marines with the Zealots' charge ability, Hydras with the shield, and Zealots with borrow. ;D

EDIT: Oh, and Remy, what's that unit in your avatar? I just can't put my finger on it at the moment.

 

i think they should make it slimmer and take the crest off and put your teams color their.i think remy's avater is the defiler.

 

Hmm, I really can't remember... The only defilers I come in contact with are enemy ones (and boy, some enemies can sure wipe the floor with me with Defilers...)

 

Hint: can kill an ultralisk in a single move.

Oh wait, ugh someone already gave it away. >_<''

 

Blizzard just made a post on battlenet and confirmed that with an upgrade, Marines could be carrying a shield for defensive purpose.

http://www.battle.net/forums/thread.aspx?fn=sc-general&t=186087&p=1&#post186087

He also stated that this is a work in progress.
Sounds like a good idea. I wonder how this new defensive thing would help the Marine.

 

Nice!

Battle.net ally one: Man! Your marines keep on dying HARD, upgrade them with the shield because we won't win this way.
Battle.net ally two: Nah, they look whack.

 

I can't believe they actually made a petition this early in the development stage! ;D Well, at least now we have confirmation of what the shields are from. I just hope they're not a vital upgrade, because I hate them just like the next guy...

 

What is the function of the shield? Increase the overall defence? Chance to block attack?

 

It probably just makes the Marine invulnerable to all attacks. Or, it makes them more resistant to "piercing" damage ( damn Warcraft and it's stupid footmen!).

 

I think the shield feature in the year of 2400+ is kinda lame anyway... They should have come out with a more sophisticated thing.. Yea, you are right reject, I think they just copy the idea of the footman shield...

 

I think the shield adds to the realism and grittiness. It is more believable when soldiers from the year 2400+ are willing to go any length to gain an advantage in battle, and even more believable when the steps they take are economically efficient compared to alternatives.

Plus, you can rest assured that any masculinity lost by the inclusion of the girly shields will be more than made up for by their wonderfully phallic bayonet upgrade. -_-

 

ROFL ! 8)

 

Nice find. 1UP Ych9.

 

i hope u can form a shield wall to counter large zergling attacks,but then again a baneling will make one spectacular explosion if it touches the shield wall ;D

 

I don't like the idea of building walls unless you're defending a town or city.

 

There could be a shield generator thing that can cast an energy shield over a large area and it resist enemy attacks. It would be good to place in the middle of a cluster of photon cannons....

 

I hope they get other offensive/defensive upgrades too that aren't just general increases in power and armor.

I would love to be able to give my marines a variety of weapon; shotgun for close range, grenade launcher for crowd control, etc.

 

Planning to face rioting civilians? ;D

 

Actually I was thinking of zerglings...

 

Dude... 1 word: joke