Zerg Hydralisk stab or spit?

There are two things that make the Hydralisk different from the Zergling. Its' looks and the fact that it spits on ground and air targets. If it was melee, they would be too similar. They are fine as they were in SC1 imo. Except that they should be able to swim over waterpools.

 

THATS BLILIANT! THE ZERG SHOULD BE ABLE TO SWIM, unless of course that whatever there made of is to dense and they sink.

 

I remember clearly somewhere that it says they have an acidic attack. I think it was the game manual or strategy guide.

 

i just checked the manual. it just says "The spindly, snake-like Hydralisks house hundreds of armor piercing spines within their upper carapace plates."
nothing about acid.

 

Oh. Maybe I was hallucinating.

 

Hydralisks have never been described as being poisonous. I remember somewhere that Zerg blood is supposedly kinda acidic, but I'm assuming it's not enough to burn through metal or anything....

I think a cool animation for close-combat fighting would be fine so long as it was aesthetic and not any different from the spine attack. I mean the entire point of SC2's graphics is to build on the way the units move. Like the Zealots... now they run kinda funny and have a completely different attack animation... only fair other units get them too.

I'm also assuming there will be some major adjustment in all of the Zerg units just like there were with the Protoss. Although the Terran base units were suprisingly lacking really effective new features. Also, of course there will be Hydralisks in SC2. That's like taking out the Zealot.

 

yeah, taking out the hydralisk would be like taking out the dragoo... i mean the fireba... i mean the reav... OMG THEY ARE GONNA SCRAP THE HYDRA

 

NO don't scrap the Hydra they are awesome plus they are one of the most important Zerg unit ever since they attack air as well as ground but back to the topic i think Hydralisks should just spit, it's their kind of style, there are too many melee units for Zergs

 

dont tell ME to not scrap the hydra...

 

... am i telling YOU to scrap the hydra?? hmm?? ;D

 

omg read properly. you are telling me to NOT scrap the hydra. wich makes no sense. i dont decide the faith of the hydra.

 

No i am telling BLIZZARD not YOU

If you read more deeply then you'll understand but please we are not allowed to argue in this forum website make love not war

 

okay sry...

 

Ummm.... They took out the Dragoon despite the fact that it attacked both ground and air and replaced it with the Immortal, a short-ranged ground-only attacker.... They could very well remove the Hydralisk, but I think it would severely hamper the way that the Zerg play.

 

actually, the immortal only replaced the dragoon in the lore. Gameplay wise, the stalker is the dragoon replacement as its the gateway GTG and GTA unit with decent range. blink is just icing on top.

 

Well they made two walkers to make up for the Dragoons, but still, the Immortal was supposed to be the "replacement" for the Dragoon.

 

which is why i say "the immortal only replaced the dragoon in the lore".
for functionality, the replacement is the stalker.

 

Lol. Okay, okay . So the Dragoon has just become a tank-killer pretty much, eh?

 

Yes
Maybe hydras will be replaced by some other better unit? ???

 

Well that was my point, replacing the Hydralisk with a "better" unit would mean a unit with better capabilities than the Hydralisk. The same goes for the Dragoon and the Immortal... I would assume that the Immortal, in replacing the Dragoon, would have greater capabilities instead of becoming even more specialized. It just seems backward from the mentality of the Protoss' development of Technology. They traded flexibility from power. That sounds more like Terran.