Well after seeing all that the Protoss are now capable of, I couldn't help speculating further on what massive play changes lie ahead for the Zerg. The Protoss were always well armored and generally had the strongest air force, but now they also appear to teleport a whole lot which will make it easy for them to raid bases without a particularly designed defense. Looking at all the elements of the other SC missions, I wonder two things: 1) Will the Zerg be even more mobile than the Protoss, with multiple units capable of crawling up and down cliffs or something of the like? And 2) will they now have units that are more adept for ranged killing? I remember in that one extra mission where the ghosts are collecting random bits of data from an installation that one of them read "Biological Energy Weapon Limb Replacement". Could this be a far back hint at the Zerg ending up with Protoss' like energy weapons? Or at least one or two units that can channel the psi into blades like a Zealot? If this were the case, the Zerg might have some spectacular possibilities utilizing energy. Then again, if you can have an Infested Nexus this would take care of it too. Post your own theories for new Zerg capabilities or comment on mine.
I believe the Xel Naga will return to unleash their newest creation, the protoss/zerg hybrids. These creations of pure form, and essence will be fitted into the Zerg Swarm somehow with the help of Kerrigan's powers. . . Kerrigan herself may become another overmind, even more powerful then the first so she can control massive amounts of hybrids. Their addition to the Swarm will give the Zerg both psychic casters, and maybe even psychic-based ranged attackers.
I would be so giddy if I saw a new form of hydralisk run up, open it's mouth... then create a spear of psi energy and impale someone. Or even make like a blast of energy with their mind, that would be crazy shit.
I agree with only that first part. I bet the hybrids showing up will be a big part of the story but I don't see them joining the zerg. It seems to me like they would be a wild card attacking all three sides.
I thought so too at first capthavic, but then I thought it would make more sense gameplay-wise to fit the hybrids into the Zerg Swarm. Mainly because blizzard has no plans on creating another race, and I figured it may mess the story up if another race comes barging in the middle of the protoss/terran/zerg conflict and takes over the zerg's spotlight as the centerfold villainous race. To satisfy both element of story, and game play I thought it would make most sense to just throw the hybrids into the swarm. I think the hybrids will be 1 or 2 new zerg units that are high tier. But it’s just my own speculation as far as anyone is concern, we'll just have to wait and see for what really happens. Can't wait ^_^
Hmm Hybrids.... Expansion anyone? Heres a cool thought for the zerg** The more zerg there are attacking a single target the more damage each one does. this would fit with the theme of swarming. Also maybe the zerg could get some sort of unit to infest individual units (like what happened to kerrigan). This would kinda be a ripoff of halo flood but then again... its already been done in SC =) *Example* The Queen shoots a bunch of spores on enemy units. If they drop below 25% health their crews will become *something like a infested terran*. Maybe for each 1 *supply/psi/control* used for the unit you get 1 infested thing. (infested things are really weak) They last for 2 minutes.
I don't think it does fit the story, shogun. Why would they join the swarm? And Kerrigan didn't know about the Hybrids or who/what Duran really is. I just don't see it happening. But then I would never have thought Raynor, Fenix, etc. would help Kerrigan so I suppose anything is possible.
Maybe you are right about the hybrid units for the Zerg; I was jumping to conclusions too fast. Actually, after pondering about it I thought of a better idea. While I don’t think Kerrigan will be ruling over the hybrids, in fact I see her dead before the end of StarCraft 2. I do however, think the Hybrids won't be replacing the Zerg, I believe the Zerg will become the Hybrids in the campaign mode. For those of you who aren't familiar with the original WarCraft 3 Orc Campaign, the Orcs had an alternate race called Chaos Orcs. It was more of a single player campaign exclusive upgrade that made some orc units became new ones. Well, Blizzard could implement something similar for the Zerg in the campaign mode. Once the moment in the story has occurred, all Zergs (or most at least) will be transformed into an alternate unit, with a new graphic and new attributes to accommodate for their purity of form. Most likely the Hybrid alteration of the Zerg would have a terrible advantage over the other races, but would be incredibly fun and challenging to overcome in the campaign mode. This alteration would be exclusive only to the single player campaign, and not available in official multiplayer matches. Fortunately though, you would be able to add these units in your custom mods, or just use their graphics for custom-made units. *EDIT-->*And your question on my thoughts of Kerrigan’s involvement with the hybrids as well as why they would be fitted into the Zerg instead of becoming a race of their own I explain in this topic on my 2nd post . . . http://www.starcraft2forum.org/forums/index.php?topic=1055.0
Well it's not Warcraft in space. And that was really just a slight cosmetic change to the same units (red intead of green and slightly more powerful). We'll just have to wait and see. I'm going to bed.
That's a really good point, Shogun :good: Seeing how incredibly twisty was story for W3 and Frozen Throne (even more then Broodwar's), I expect something incredible from SC2 story.. I only hope Blizzard is NOT monitoring this forum - if they find your idea, thay might say "hey, he spoiled our surprise, let's do something else" - and that would be shame, this Zerg-becoming-hybrids idea would be superb for the story - why make hybrids from the scratch, when you can simly infest already existing Zerg (ridicoulous how it sounds) with Protoss' pure form.
Lol, well I hope they are listening to story concepts. I would like to see the Hybrids and the Xel'Naga somehow involved, that Dark Origin mission that lead to the whole concept inspired more anticipation and mystery then anything I could imagine. I am still hoping that Blizzard Entertainment will still be able to put things together to make the Story and how it comes to it's close even more amazing then the original. StarCraft 1's story had to have been the best ever in any RTS, or in any video game period, so there’s going to be a lot of pressure to make it even better for the sequel, or come close, I hope they will pull it off.
I really think that the Zerg will have some sort of Psi for their new abilities. Remember, they infested Kerrigan in SC1. They are bound to learn some Psi during all these years. Maybe that is why Blizzard is keeping a Hush Hush for the Zergs until the very end? Hopefully, we get to learn some of the new Zerg toys at BlizzConn.
I really dont care about the zerg. I'll be playing terran no matter what. The siege tank is my all time all game favorite unit. So is the marine with stim packs(hopefully they'll still have them) So it really doesnt matter what my army is going to blast into bits
Thought I'd revive this topic since it was doing ok before. Well now we are aware of more units and it's looking like the Hybrids would have to be EXTREMELY elite to withstand all the firepower they're facing. Blizzard has done so well with listening to fans on this franchise that I'm positive the hybrid will show up as at least one type of combat unit, maybe something more who knows. I've got two strong ideas for which direction they'll go. 1) Pure Power. With this route, the Hybrid will showcase it's superiority by bringing widespread death in it's wake without much effort. This could be psi-related attacks or just pure ravenous zerg violence but either way this would require heavy support to control. 2) Abilities. I actually favor this one - instead of taking down squads with energy or claws, they just have an array of very strange and previously unconsidered casts that massively change the tide of battle. In my mind this fits what is claimed for them. They can be pure of body (just some mix-match but solid body) and pure of spirit (keeping the zerg "feed me" mentality) by not being about physical strength, just large scale effects.
