Thor Drop

why drop the scv direct to the enemy base? is the thor build time short? that would be imba.

anyway how long do you think it will take to build a thor? im guessing exactly 2 minutes on fastest gameplay.

 

Nah, more than 2 mins. At least 2:30. 2 mins is way too short for something that big.

 

If two big Siege Tanks can fit into a dropship half its size, then one Thor would fit quite comfortably inside it.

 

I wasn't implying that a player drop an SCV into an enemy base and build a Thor. I mean dropping the SCV somewhere near the base out of sight and build it there. Then have it move in with an army to attack the base. And some of you talked about how large units in SC unbelievably fit into Dropships and Overlords. However, none of those units are constructed BY a worker. Thor is practically a walking building.

 

When you're on an island map, there's nearly no part of your enemy's base that he doesn't know about, unless it's a huge island that fills up about half the map, or your opponent's a total noob who knows nothing about the minimap, scouting etc.

 

Exactly. On Island maps, Thors would have to be transportable, there would be no way to do an "SCV Drop" and build a Thor. Rarely can Dropships even get into my base on island maps, and then they have time to drop one or two units, and I know they are there. No time to build a Thor, even if it only took 30 seconds.

 

I could see like 4 dropships latched onto a Thor hulking it over a canyon... Like no one would notice that. Considering they can be built with SCVs, I'd rather find a good spot to settle where the enemy won't find me, and im still in range of their base. Preferably opposite to where the rest of my forces are coming from. Start building and fire away, hopefully they'll think the shots are coming from the bulk of the forces... I REALLY hope the shots for the Thor don't leave a streak in the air like the artillery in WiC... It was easy to estimate where the enemy was because of that.

Pretty sure the developers didn't give it that much range so people could attack close-medium combat with it.

 

Imagine how OPed the Thor would be if it had the same range as the Mavor from SupCom.

 

Mavor wasn't that overpowered- probably because a nuke in SupCom is just about as common as... something common but not very common so its not all over the place.

 

It wasn't that overpowered in SupCom, just like you said, but in SC it'll be as bad as a mind control with an AOE.

 

This isn't a question about whether a Thor can be carried in a Dropship, it's a question of "How many Dropships can fit in a Thor?" My guess is about four.

...Maybe they'll give the Battlecruser a carrying ability (it had ship docks in the cut scenes) and let -it- worry about hauling Thors around. Maybe it'll have a Star-Destroyer-esque hatch in the bottom that can be used to pick it up.

Maybe, since the Thor is as big as a CC, it will have basic lifting engines like the larger Terran buildings. It would move slightly faster than an un-upgraded Overlord, and be unable to attack, but it would still be able to do it. That would make sense too, but Dropships? That would just be too weird.

 

i like the idea of it being lifted by a battlecuiser, or they could have it attached to 2 dropships with string

 

Duh! The answer is obvious on how Thor's would be able to move over water and other generally impassable terrain! Here is my equation along with the obvious answer:

 

and i thought red bull was made from our country.

 

Eh, BC's are tiny, that'd be odd seeing a huge bulky thing under my BC... but 4 dropships would look right... considering things are already carried with multiple choppers like that in real life. Having its own take off thing would be cool but.. meh

 

Hmm, I've never seen or heard of two or more helicopters carrying one object.

 

What on this green earth makes u think a thor will go into a drop ship. thats like trying to get a whale though a freakin door. and thors are so big there made by SCV's........ SO what makes u think a drop ship can get off the ground with a thor inside of it even tho they would have to build a drop ship around Thor...

 

they are scaled down for the game. watch the BW intro, the BC is huge in it.

 

I could see a Reaver in a drop ship, but Thor?? Maybe... but it appears, like, 300 times bigger on screen. It would look sort of silly. Who knows though; The Zeplins in WC3 were tiny compared to the units you could stuff into them...

 

and thats why thats WC3, and this is Starcraft.