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I really only play the campaigns in single player mode, so my experience might be a little different Cannoli Send a noteboard - 01/09/2010 12:54:07 AM

What do you think about the Starcraft 2 units? Here are my thoughts...

Things I like

1. Marauder (Terran) - This is a very cool unit with armour-piercing capabilities. He's a little expensive but excellent in some situations.
What I like best about them is that they make sense militarily. An entirely seperate combat suit just for flamethrowers is kind of inexplicable for a military perspective. The marauder makes a lot more sense, for augmenting the infantry. I would also have liked some sort of indirect fire by any or all of the species, though I suppose that doesn't make as much sense in space.

2. Reapers (Terran) - These guys are cool.

3. Vikings (Terran) - I like the way they can transform from air to land. It's a fun gimmick that makes things slightly more awesome than if they could automatically attack land/air.


I have no clue about the zerg. Basically, I recognize them by the sort of threat they present and how to deal with them. I have never actually played the zerg in the new game.

7. Colossus (Protoss) - These guys are mean. They have huge weaknesses but they're amazing if used properly.

8. Mothership (Protoss) - Awesome and cool. It's basically a giant arbiter but still a lot of fun to use in a strategy.

9. Void Ray (Protoss) - An almost unfairly powerful unit, it's a huge addition to the Protoss fleet.

10. Sentinels (Protoss) - underestimated. They're awesome.
Dragoons with a twist.

Things I don't like/miss

1. Queen (Zerg) - It was nice when she could fly.
As far as the old queen goes, I thought it was misnamed. For a hive species like the zerg, a queen should be the equivalent of the protoss mothership, or possibly integral into the construction and development of the base and units, rather than a peripheral specialist unit like the arbiter or science vessel.

2. Defiler (Zerg) - He was always cool, and I miss his plague and other curses.

3. Templar (Protoss) - They're essentially useless IMO, and far less powerful than in the first game.
I also miss the balance between the archons. The specialist-support templar form a frontline combat archon, while the direct combat (Dark) templar form the specialist-support archon. But, yeah. I hardly used the templar except as archon fodder.

4. Arbiter (Protoss) - This was an awesome support unit. It's a bit of tragedy that they made the mothership into a massive arbiter with few added functions.
Not to mention, it looks like the humans seem to have stolen the body design for the Raven. It might have been a balance issue, however. Perhaps they feel that the new role the equivalent ship plays is more in keeping with its powers. I certainly respected them far more than the carriers.

Cannoli
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Your thoughts on Starcraft 2 units - 31/08/2010 11:22:45 AM 1077 Views
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I really only play the campaigns in single player mode, so my experience might be a little different - 01/09/2010 12:54:07 AM 884 Views
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