True Hovering Units?

In SC1, there were several ground units that were considered to be "hovering": all workers, the Vulture, Archon, etc. I always felt that their hover ability should allow them to move over water and down cliffs. In the demos for SC2, they showed a couple of ground units capable of ignoring cliffs: the Colossus, which could just step down, and the Reaper, with its jump packs. This leads me to wonder, will they finally make hovering units hover? The SCV has rocket packs similar to the Reaper's, so it should follow that the SCV would be able to pull cliff-jumping as well. Do you tihnk Blizzard will make true hovering units, or do you think they will just ground them for good?

 

The probes they showed still have their jets. But maybe they are more like hovercraft (sans the air inflated skirt) and just use them for forward and lateral movement. If something hovers though it makes intuitive sense that terrain shouldn't bother it.

 

that would be so cool, probes could probably do that as well but it seems probably a bit to strong for a worker to do that.

I wonder if the goliath can step down walls, in sc it has quite short legs, maybe they might make it bigger

 

About the hovering, and that includes Archons and High Templars, if they do make them hover....How would that affect Spider Mines?

 

Well in SC1 they still triggered them....

 

did you guys see that instead to remaining in the air when they let the troops off, the terran transports actually set down!

 

so freaking awsome!! ;D Love the details=)

 

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. If they actually did hover, that totally change gameplay. Archons and Templars would just waltz right into the base, nevermind the mines.

 

I wonder if range units in SC 2 that get into melee combat, like the marines will pull out combat knives or something like that

 

Marines appear to have bayonets now, so it kind of leans that way, but in the videos they don't seem to use them...

 

Like those stupid shields....

 

Well the Terran race hasn't exactly been completed.. so maybe these are things they will actually be able to use later on.. would be pretty sweet if marines could knife those damned zealots when they came running up.. booyah!

 

^ then the 3 units wouldn't be balanced ^

marines are the most basic combat unit and its attack is ranged, and are able to attack air. if marines can have a melee weapon to take out the zealots, its not balanced then

 

They should not be able to take out Zealots with melee attack but it looks more awsome and its more realistic
The dmg could be the same

 

Well the Zealots have that warp ability now so they don't stay at range for very long. Maybe the marines were given a melee attack to counter that?

 

Ah, I love that Dash. Evens it out against Hydras.

 

I've always wondered how come Marines could attack air. In a realistic environment the air units should soar at a mile or two above the surface, only Mutalisks and Wraiths and such would be low enough to target.

 

Well I mean they are strapped in that huge vespene powered armor of theirs. I'm guessing they have a hud on their visor and computer assisted target tracking. Plus in paintings and such their weapons are HUGE. Even with all that though it would still only be realistic for low flying aircraft so I see your point.

Mebbe its just a game.

 

Returning to true hovering units, I don't think it would be too hard to implement if they haven't already and it would make for some interesting strategies. Imagine an Archon + Dark Archon + Templar rush.

 

logically speaking hovering units should be able to hover across water, but since that hovering units act and behave exactly the same as sticking-to-the-ground, they just made them into the catagory of "ground units", so they cannot cross water, larva.

the interesting thing is how they'll implement the movement of units in relations to cliffs.......can hovering units go up and down cliffs? will there be more than 1 level of cliffs?