Whats the Fate of the Lurker?

im not so sure if it will have evolved form. maybe a skill that allows it to burrow faster or run faster. that would be nice because it does take years to burrow.

 

it takes so long because once burrowed it destroys
if the lurker burrowed faster it would be imbalanced

 

in battle situations the lurker would get owned and most people have detectors when they move in for a battle so they would still be able to be attacked

 

thats because you didn't bring enough lurkers with you,
a large group of lurkers, can kill any ground units. The only thing you had to worry about with lurker was air, but you could just bring some Hydralisks with you and problem solved.

 

It isnt about how many, its about how you use them...
Try to sourond the enemy, coming with units from all sides... if you send your zerglings 1 second before the lurkers, the enemy will attack the zerglings, and the lurkers will do the damage!

 

then your zerglings take damage from your lukers and thats no good.
i hate killing my own units.

 

would you rather lose a cheap little bug that costs 25 minerals, or a big burrowing spider that cost 200 minierals and gas(i think) and destroys groups of units?

 

I think the lurker's concept is way too awesome to be thrown away completely. At worst, i see blizzard taking the lurker, changing it's name and maybe add another ability to it or make it stronger without changing the whole concept of burrowing and attacking.

 

If I had to pick over the Lurker or Jackal, I'd go with the Lurker straight away. The Jackals concept don't work and Blizzard will realize this. So the Lurker is probably safe.

 

Can't lose my lurker, that is the basis of my game with zerg

 

God I hated lurkers, so damn annoying.

 

there annoying to play against, or with for that matter. I hate it when my allies kill my units with their lurkers.

 

Reavers do the same thing.

 

As do firebats,
I know which units kill their allies. The difference between Reavers and Lurker is that Reavers kill the players own units so player are generally more careful with them, unlike Lurkers, which I've seen wipe out whole swaths of allied troops

 

lurker is a perfect in-battle protection plan, it is like buying a warrenty for your troops, so it better stay or else the zerg will be completely unbalanced in the attack category :thumbup:

 

I have never seen reavers killing allied units...

 

Any unit with splash damage can damage allied units. The only splash damage which can damage your owns units is Spiders mines, Siege Tanks and Valkyries.

 

If the lurker or any variation of the lurker with the same basic premise of the attack is returning, blizzard needs a simple way to make lurkers stop attacking enemies.

 

Yup thats all the Lurker really needed. I say a hold attack button, faster burrowing. Simple.

 

yeah, and if the lurker returns (im hoping it does), it will surely have it...