Water Units

Re: Boats and ships!

I dont think boats would fit with starcraft because it would only work on the o so few planets that have water

 

Re: Boats and ships!

Exactly how would you use a boat on a space platform?

 

Re: Boats and ships!

Of course they have naval battleships and the like. It would just be impractical to build them on the battlefield when you can just as easily construct a battlecruiser which can fly anywhere and is not limited to water travel. Giving SCVs equipment to construct docks/harbors/whatevers would be a waste of time and make supplying an army more difficult.

Just because the Terrans can build something doesn't mean they will. You don't see Starcraft players building movie theaters and restaurants, do you?

 

Re: Boats and ships!

thats the point. we dont see them build it or have it. but they actually have all those stuffs, restaurants, movie theaters even boats ofcourse.

yah and nova's mens club

 

Re: Boats and ships!

never ever forget Nuke cola.

 

Re: Boats and ships!

Yeah... they do have restaurants, movie theaters, and boats. And? What are you trying to say?

 

Re: Boats and ships!

what are you trying to say?

what im trying to say is that: now since they have all those things (boats in real life starcraft), a starcraft game with water units on it is possible. get it.

just mixed it up and balance the new water units with the current ones. and guess what, we got boats and ships now in starcraft. 8)

 

Re: Boats and ships!

Except that water units are obsolete due to air units. Terran armies would never need to buid boats when they could build battlecruisers or wraiths instead. It's the same thing as them using spears and clubs instead of gauss rifles: THEY HAVE BETTER TECHNOLOGY NOW.

 

Re: Boats and ships!

steatlh submarine with nukes can still help the terrans. a heavy armored all in one naval transport battleships with long range rockets and cannons (much stronger that the siege tanks) can kill massive zerg units (enemy) when they dont have guradians or mutualisk to support them.

i think the starcraft universe do have all of this. the game and campaign mode only focus on air and ground units. and most planets (campaigns) they occupy dont have much water on it. thats why we dont see them.

but still its a great addition (water units and structures) i think. 8)

 

Re: Boats and ships!

 

Re: Boats and ships!

waste of time? of what? for blizzard to create them?

nah, blizzard can do it. they can add additional maps which compose more water. the only question is, will it make starcraft cooler or will make it suck?..i think their just sticking to whats keeping the game popular, which is, no water units included. heheh. but its still possible

 

That's exactly it, we already know the answer to that question: it will make it suck. If you include water units, players will expect to be able to use them in most games. That means maps will be (implicitly) required to have large chunks of water, and people will shy away from desert and space platform maps.

Additionally, water units would add another "dimension" to the gameplay that StarCraft fans are not looking for, and it is not the kind of feature that would draw in more fans, because it adds to the complexity and takes away from ease-of-use. There are plenty of games were water units are built into the game from the beginning, but as you might have noticed, StarCraft is not one of them.

Blizzard set the groundwork for what StarCraft II will be like when they created StarCraft. Yes, it is possible for them to include water units, but it is not something they will do, or should do, because it stands outside the game's established themes and mechanics.

"Boats and Ships!" merged with "water units and water environments in StarCraft 2". New Subject: Water units.

 

merging is complete. how do you guys merge stuffs etc. only the admin can only do this things right? thanks for the merged.

nah, i dont know about you. but im looking forward to something like this! water units for starcraft. yes the game may change and all that, but if blizzard really plan to create something new stuffs like water units, i know they will do it perfectly. but your right, this is not something they will do because it will be not starcraft anymore. it will be called star and sea craft. lol. the title alone sucks!