What must be done

[Wishdale]

1: Change the looks of the siege tank. It looks like something you get in a mc donalds happy meal. Just Stupid
2: When will the battle cruiser become a real battle cruiser? It is just rediculous with it's por lazer shot. Give it more firepower, a few rocket launchers, more small lazers etc. Decrease the damage on each canon or increase the cost.
Otherwise: change the name to space lazer canon... Battlecruiser (haha)

[GuiMontag]

I agree with the siege tank, the animation for changing is not crash hot aswell.
Cant comment on damage because everything like that will go through 10000 changes by the time blizzard releases the game

[markus]

Yes, the siege tank looks like a toy. It's too round a plastic looking. The marine shields look dodgy like this too.
A lot of people are complaining about the siege tanks, I hope blizzard listens.

Battlecruisers look crap when they die. They just fall apart... come on! They could at least explode honorably or something. Their yamato gun is weaker now I think but it takes less time to charge. Maybe shorter cooldown as well? Would you prefer stronger and longer cooldown or weaker and shorter?

[mc2]

to me the siege tank looks nice, especially the siege mode, looks poweful

but yeah the firepower of the battlecruiser needs to be upgraded, i propose giving the Valkyrie's rockets to the BC!

[orphean]

Give them fighters, missiles, turrets, SOMETHING. Battlecruisers have always blown chunks. All these minerals to destroy pylons ::)

[Fenix]

I think the BCs look sweet when they die.....

[reject_666_6]

If all or most of the other ships in the game are changed considerably, the Battlecruiser (and probably Wraith) are going to continue to play their familiar roles that everybody is used to, and that's a big bonus in strategy making. I think that a few things have to change, but some things just have to stay the same for the time being.

[orphean]

Yeah but strategies are against some known factor. With all the new air units the protoss have any old strategies with wraiths & battlecruises will have to be reworked at the least, or completely abandoned at worst. This game is going to be so different from SC1 that I'm going to go out on a limb and say that 99% of all the old strategies will have to at least be modified.

[reject_666_6]

:'( I like Battlecruisers

[PlatnumCy]

I think the new bunkers look like crap as well

[orphean]

Why's that? The 'plastic'ey look?

[reject_666_6]

I don't like how Bunkers look either. They should get larger windows so that you can actually see the units move around and fire from inside.

[PlatnumCy]

well...y not just keep the original round toped bunkers!? they looked awesome

[Bumbaloe]

well...y not just keep the original round toped bunkers!? they looked awesome


Because, as far as I can tell, everything is getting upgraded graphics-wise.

[hillzagold]

http://www.starcraft2.com/screenshot.xml?10

bunkers are the secks, seige tanks could use some work

[ZerglingRUSH]

I'd like them to make the missile turrets look more like the original too. It looks too cartoonish!

[mc2]

they will probably make the size of units and structures more proportionally accurate.
the command centre and barracks probably needs to be bigger, the starport will be much bigger because the battlecruiser is manufactured in there.
a zergling is around the same size as infantry, hydralisk is bigger than infantry.
i'm pretty sure there's gotta be new technologies in the year 2500, tanks were used since 1900s and probably should be replaced....

[hillzagold]

or given energy weapons, imagine a walking battlecruiser

[Fenix]

Meh, I actually think we're at the pinnacle of terrestrial weaponry. You really can't get much better than a bullet or a tank shell for blowing large messy holes in things.

[mc2]

whats about a neutron bomb or a hydrogen bomb?
or those particle accelerators?

[Fenix]

A neutron bomb would destroy all matter. Not good.

We have H-Bombs, and those aren't really "economically viable" to put in tank shells

Particle accelerators aren't weapons. They're for making experimental new elements.

[mmhdam]

Nude chics :-*

[markus]

Man talk about vague jokes. that was lame! ;)

[TheDarkTemplar]

I preferred the old tanks and bunkers, but tbh obviously the graphics are gonna be different and I'm not gonna be that bothered if that's how they are in the game!

[Fenix]

Man talk about vague jokes. that was lame! ;)


The funny part is, it's his only post. Ever.

[visom]

I don't really like the new siege tank's look as well, but I like their mode switching animations better. It makes more sense to quickly spread its leg than have 2 retrackable arms slowly reaching out, like those 2 small retrackable arms would really help me if it was real life, they'll probably get blown off.

For the battle cruiser, I really wouldn't want an "epic" death animation, that'll just lag SC2 and many people who upgrading their older computers just for SC2 and they wouldn't want to spend too much. As far as fire power goes, I don't think its a good idea adding rockets. Battlecruisers are known for having lots of laser cannons attached to it, that's why I don't mind seeing the new BC quickly shooting 8 lasers. I like the new BC's look, most of SC2's units matches the cinematics and real pictures (non sprites) better than the older units and people don't seem to notice that.

Some of you guys (no offense though) are just pulling throwing out bad ideas and expecting it to be good.

[Redlazer]

I love how the Battlecruiser looks and attacks, to be honest...

Hoever, what i'de like to see done is...
- Replacement unit for the Overseer
- Replacement for unit the Changeling
- More organic looking Zerg (Mucus, slimey shine, etc.)

[Boneblade]

1) I agree that the siege tank looks like it has been castrated - where did that giant Arclite cannon go? Give me back my 10 foot rod! Ahem..

2) Battlecruisers are fine. "Space vessels" and air units in Starcraft have always been tactically shrunken to be usable on a battlefield that is predominantly land based. That's why ten marines with gauss rifles can shoot down a Battlecruiser. It isn't designed to be realistic, it is designed to be balanced. Additionally, the fact that BC's can now target multiple units / fire several times in rapid succession is a nice perk. I imagine they are going to be roughly equivalent to flying Colossi, except with a Yamato Gun upgrade also making them viable for long range siege / burst damage.

[Zerks]

i think the tank looks just fnie, maybe a bit more metallic, the siege mode though imo looks incredible.

as for the battlecruiser. its a very nice thing to have, sure a lazer, but its a super lazer!! :D
i do agree that when it dies it should have more of a *BOOOOOOM* instead of a *ping*

-Zerks

[10-Neon]

Just say "no" to necroposts, friends.