What is your favorite new Terran Unit/Building?

I think the Reaper is definitly in my top 5 for sc2 units as it would be similar to using a large group of Zerglings with range

 

I honestly sat in front of my computer for about thirty minutes watching the Thor videos on SC2's website. Watching the marines assualt a terran base, get wasted by seige tanks, and then having the three Thors come in from behind and start wailing on their wussy little defenses, and then seeing MORE marines come in from behind... i'm speechless.

 

Well, arent you heartbroken now the thor is greatly nerfed and pretty much an empty shell of his former glory? I am. I voted thor, but now I just wish I could change it

 

Yes I am dissapointed in the Thor downsizing also.

But I was thinking, if I decided to wall at a choke point, I'd use supply wall then block with Planetary fortresses. They will be a nice addition to Terrans as they'll be stronger then bunkers and any other defensive structure.
These could also be used offensivly by floating a Command center then while your units engage the enemy base you have these Planetary fortresses getting ready to own the base which is kinda of like a Thor that flys anyway isnt it? same cost if not cheaper?

 

I absolutely love the Viking. It's an awesome idea. I mean, you could play the entire game only using these things. You could have massive all out multi-front assaults. This unit will definately make me play some Terran, as well as Protoss.

 

Yes, I agree, it will be awesome to use, and since I only use Terran, I'll benefit a lot from it. But you're still going to need other units to win a battle.

 

That is exactly what Blizzard is trying to get away from. They do not want any unit to be massed and causing immediate victory. That is why many units, both terran and protoss, have distinct disadvantages that make them vulnerable to the right counter attack.

examples:
thor- now unable to hit air units again, so air will destroy them without having to worry much about counterattacks.

marine- weak vs fast melee units, especially against the charge ability of the zealot. It can also be countered by units with heavy armor stats.

battle cruiser- slow rate of fire, and is very weak against anti-armor and AA units.

banshee- no AA attack makes it very vulnerable to AA fighters like the phoenix and can be defeated easily with a good AA defence/force.

viking- vulnerable during transforming stage, and is weak vs anti-armor units. If they scrap the GtoA attack ( becoming either AtoA or GtoG again), it will be very vulnerable to its counter-type.

 

Viking owned by stalkers...
BC owned by viking...
Etc.

But i think he just was talking about the feeling of trasforming 30 vikings and then own a PC or what ever.

 

im just gonna go out on a limb and say that the radar tower is probably going to be the most powerful building in starcraft 2, you build these around the map, espacially on high ground where they cant be seen from below and have complete information regarding enemy troop movements. think about waiting with a force outside of an enemies base and then waiting until they send a force out to attack you to completely destroy their base while its not as well defended. Also being able to know where they are going to try to attack you is huge.

 

However, enemies can see the radar tower's range limit. So if you put it on a cliff, they will know it's there because they can see where the tower's limit is.

So they will know you are watching and will move accordingly.

 

oh i didnt realize that. still gonna be huge tho.

 

Hey one thing I just thought of, with the Sensor Tower, it only displays the units passing thru the FoW as small circles, even when the BC crossed it the circle was small. Shouldn't it be sized according to unit size?

 

maybe. i mean that really is up to blizzard. perhaps one of its weaknesses is that it cant so 12 carriers would look like 12 immortals or something like that. However it would make it considerably more useful if you had an idea of the size as well as number of units traveling in the fog of war.

 

The viking by far, it looks so cool, like a mini mech/thor and soooooooo sweet
I hope they keep the GtA even through in makes it unbalanced
otherwise I think its fine as long as it isn't 2 powerful

 

Agreed with CannonFodder, Viking is awesome. The whole transform concept is just so cool.

 

Ohhh, i like unbalanced units!
I think the VIking is very very very COOL, but the GtA is really off.

 

Agreed. I should gather some votes on the GtA attack to show its nub.

 

ya u should because the rest of us r way 2 lazy

 

i think that thor is the coolest new unit for terran by far. It's huge and does tons of dmg what more can u want!! Also if you support it with marines or goliths it could be used as a siege tank and we all know how awesome those are

 

there are no goliaths is sc2
also it has an anti air attack but it is slow that any air unit faster than retarded lama can outrun it
but looks wise, it is very cool