New units in singleplayer mode and in world editor !

Hey,

It's the end of NDA so I can write what I'v discovered during the play in singleplayer mode.

After the game crashed (like 5 times during the whole press day) I switched to skirmish mode and suddenly on the build list
I had those units (and also in help mode):

Medic - we know this very well,
Firebat - also very well known but with orginal sounds from sc1,
Spectre - new unit similar to Ghost - can cast lockdown, nuke, halucination (zerglings, hydralisk, mutalisk),
Grenadier - new unit - he throws grenades and are really effective against groups of zergs
Vulture - with great animation of spider mines - orginal sounds from sc1,
Goliath - orginal sounds from sc1
DiamondBack - its a hovercraft that can attack while moving - like Cobra but the model is different
Wraith - also with Cloak
Hercules - really biigggg flaying transporter - you can put there your whole army and there is space left :)

And ofcourse my favorite new building:

Tech-Reactor - a mix of reactor features and tech lab, so you can build like 2 units in the same time and have all of them unlocked in barracks, starport or factory

Source: http://www.starcraft2.net.pl/portal/...gleplayer.html

Sounds interesting. I wonder about the Firebat, are we getting a SC1 tech (ie, Barracks + Academy/Tech Lab) model or the 'old' (ie, Factory produced) one?

Did you, or anyone else who was there, play skirmish as the Zerg or Protoss? If so, can we get any info on their new units?

The moment I read 'Diamondback' in the article, I thought 'Oh, they renamed the Cobra?' I think it is a much better name.

It'd be interesting to get some screenshots of these new, single-player only units, but I get the impression that there aren't any.

Damn dude, you have an account here? I didn't knew that... nice heh.

yep, firebat requires factory

and to the question about zerg or protoss - this races was the same like in multi
so no new units there

and a diamondback is old cobra with upgraded cobra model

So you played the single player then? I was just watching the single player video for the second time and on that lava rising map I noticed there's these little bugs that scurry up to the terran base and burrow. Can you tell us if these are zerg units or some sort of critters?

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Originally Posted by Raisk

So you played the single player then? I was just watching the single player video for the second time and on that lava rising map I noticed there's these little bugs that scurry up to the terran base and burrow. Can you tell us if these are zerg units or some sort of critters?

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They're critters, lava crabs apparently.

to the first question - iv played sc2 single for 5-6 hours
and to the second question :

those are critters, and they are quite cool, always in group :)

ElemenT are you shure about this units, i havent found anything more on any other site about this. :p
And when i asked The SC2Armory Admin about this, i got this response:

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Um honestly, where the fuck did he hear those? Because I did not hear one single thing about any of that.

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I asked even more, showing this thread.

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Rofl wtf? I played Skirmish for like 3 hours, still no idea what they are talking about.

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Well I am 100% sure he is right, since he was there and thanks to him our (SCA) site got soo many content, including those shoots and video.

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Originally Posted by Perfecttear

ElemenT are you shure about this units, i havent found anything more on any other site about this. :p

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All of those units except for the Grenadier have been mentioned in articles and interviews before, and the new screenshot of the unit upgrade interface shows possible upgrade slots for both Ghost and Spectre. So this is 100 % credible. :)

Oh well thanks for the confirmation ;)
Was just a bit confussed that's all, no offense :p

Ps : The name Diamondback is so cool :D, would be even more if it would be Diamondblack :p

like I said, after the game crash all this units were unlocked

after I discovered those units the guy from PR team went to me and said that those units are not in multi (of course) and there is some way to unlock more in protoss race like dragons but i didnt menaged to do that co i cant confirm that

What I'm really curious about is the Spectre's ability to specifically create hallucinations of Zerg units. Wonder whether it ties into the Spectre's lore and origin in any way.

EDIT: Dragoons in single-player, now that's good news. Does it mean we could get the Defiler or Dark Archon back in Zerg and Protoss campaigns? Would definitely be cool. :cool:

he has normal lockdown with is well known from sc1
nuke like ghost

and hallucination - he can create 2 zerglings, one hydra and one mutal

Another thing to note is that at least if to judge by abilities, Spectres don't appear to be the "super Ghosts" that were so much hyped in "StarCraft: Ghost". Of course we haven't seen their stats.

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Originally Posted by Perfecttear

ElemenT are you shure about this units, i havent found anything more on any other site about this. :p
And when i asked The SC2Armory Admin about this, i got this response:




I asked even more, showing this thread.

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The article on the main page (SCL) contains info from Blizzard stating that the singleplayer would include unique units as such and even stating the Wraith and Firebat. I'm not sure if that list in the OP is 100% valid but some of those are confirmed at least.

PS: I want a picture of the Brutalisk!

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Originally Posted by Perfecttear

Ps : The name Diamondback is so cool :D, would be even more if it would be Diamondblack :p

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Err... Sounds a tad too refined for the down to earth and utilitarian Terran army. But then, I think I liked Cobra best as a name. Was appropriately menacing and fitted the whole concept of a fast moving, hard hitting vehicle.

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Originally Posted by Dragoonx

The article on the main page (SCL) contains info from Blizzard stating that the singleplayer would include unique units as such and even stating the Wraith and Firebat. I'm not sure if that list in the OP is 100% valid but some of those are confirmed at least.
PS: I want a picture of the Brutalisk!

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You know, i represent oficial starcraft 2 fansite, so this info is confirmed :)
iv been there, iv played sc2 and i crashed the game :D

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Originally Posted by Eligor

Err... Sounds a tad too refined for the down to earth and utilitarian Terran army. But then, I think I liked Cobra best as a name. Was appropriately menacing and fitted the whole concept of a fast moving, hard hitting vehicle.

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Er... well, a Diamondback is just a particular variety of Rattlesnake anyway. Not that different.

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Originally Posted by Aldrius

Er... well, a Diamondback is just a particular variety of Rattlesnake anyway. Not that different.

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Is it? Damn... I knew my Zoology was getting rusty. Take it back then, Diamondblack is fitting (tho' I still like Cobra best).

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Originally Posted by ElemenT

Hey,

It's the end of NDA so I can write what I'v discovered during the play in singleplayer mode.

After the game crashed (like 5 times during the whole press day) I switched to skirmish mode and suddenly on the build list
I had those units (and also in help mode):

Medic - we know this very well,
Firebat - also very well known but with orginal sounds from sc1,
Spectre - new unit similar to Ghost - can cast lockdown, nuke, halucination (zerglings, hydralisk, mutalisk),
Grenadier - new unit - he throws grenades and are really effective against groups of zergs
Vulture - with great animation of spider mines - orginal sounds from sc1,
Goliath - orginal sounds from sc1
DiamondBack - its a hovercraft that can attack while moving - like Cobra but the model is different
Wraith - also with Cloak
Hercules - really biigggg flaying transporter - you can put there your whole army and there is space left :)

And ofcourse my favorite new building:

Tech-Reactor - a mix of reactor features and tech lab, so you can build like 2 units in the same time and have all of them unlocked in barracks, starport or factory

Source: http://www.starcraft2.net.pl/portal/...gleplayer.html

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The game crashed? any details, error messages, (just curiosity)
Anyways, Goliath with orginal sounds from sc1 is great news, but what about the Wraith just says "also with Cloak"... anything wrong with orginal sounds from sc1???
I hope it does have the orginal sounds from sc1,
otherwise... WTF??? ?:confused:

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Originally Posted by Eligor

What I'm really curious about is the Spectre's ability to specifically create hallucinations of Zerg units. Wonder whether it ties into the Spectre's lore and origin in any way.

EDIT: Dragoons in single-player, now that's good news. Does it mean we could get the Defiler or Dark Archon back in Zerg and Protoss campaigns? Would definitely be cool. :cool:

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Great news, if true.
If you ask me Protoss seem to lack something withouth Dark Archon's Mind control.

Sorry, guys, I can neither confirm or deny Element's claims. Yeah, I was there, but since I was pretty much working alone, I had to focus on getting everything I could out of the single-player, and I didn't have any time to look around beyond the campaign.

I think this is "Hercules"

http://www.ressim.net/out.php/i137085_881.jpg.jpeg

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Originally Posted by Josue

The game crashed? any details, error messages, (just curiosity)
Anyways, Goliath with orginal sounds from sc1 is great news, but what about the Wraith just says "also with Cloak"... anything wrong with orginal sounds from sc1???
I hope it does have the orginal sounds from sc1,
otherwise... WTF??? ?:confused:



Great news, if true.
If you ask me Protoss seem to lack something withouth Dark Archon's Mind control.

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checked in my notes from press event :]
wraith had old sounds, but really cool turning animation

"and also with Cloak" referred to Spectre - i didn't mention but spectre has also cloak ability

and the screen - its normal dropship (with was also present in the game but only in 1 mission and it was npc)

this one is hercules: http://www.starcraft2.net.pl/dokumen...niki/2-768.jpg

and there are also two cannons - flamethrowers

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Originally Posted by ElemenT

checked in my notes from press event :]
wraith had old sounds, but really cool turning animation

"and also with Cloak" referred to Spectre - i didn't mention but spectre has also cloak ability

and the screen - its normal dropship (with was also present in the game but only in 1 mission and it was npc)

this one is hercules: http://www.starcraft2.net.pl/dokumen...niki/2-768.jpg

and there are also two cannons - flamethrowers

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Any URL to your notes?
Relieved about Wraith, cool for spectre...
Hercules??? WTF??? :confused:?
http://ads.battlenet.pl/kradziez.gif
Is it Me or it says "I'm a thief, I'm stealing others properties "

That's an anti-link property on the website to prevent bandwidth stealing. If you go to the core website and find the picture of the firebats standing next to 3 large titanium looking ""space ships" with the numbers 1,2 and 3... you can see what he's attempting to link.

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Originally Posted by Gifted

That's an anti-link property on the website to prevent bandwidth stealing. If you go to the core website and find the picture of the firebats standing next to 3 large titanium looking ""space ships" with the numbers 1,2 and 3... you can see what he's attempting to link.

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Copy pasted the URL instead of clicking... guess what: no picture, just something rare, what language is that thing!
Anyways is there any URL to those notes?

Could someone download it, and post it here so others could see it ;) ?

Let me get you a guide.. I went there myself:

Goto: http://www.starcraft2.net.pl/
click on the header "StarCraft 2 Press Tour - Lipiec - Temat: Singleplayer" in the red news box
Click on "Galeria : Tryb singleplayer" in the listing on the article
Picture is greyish, 2nd row, first picture. Click on it to enlarge.

Hope that helps.

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Originally Posted by Perfecttear

Could someone download it, and post it here so others could see it ;) ?

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Here's the screenshot in question:

http://sclegacy.com/features/events/...eenshot054.Jpg

Fittingly enough the Hercules Dropship is more like a building rather than conventional aircraft.

http://www.thefenceline.net/kevin/he...nconfirmed.jpg

Oh damn, duplicate...
/sadpanda

As everyone else is so fond of pointing out, DiamondBack is a much better name. This way, we leave the GI Joe references at the door, and fewer people will claim the unit looks like it was made by Hasbro.


Also, the Hercules looks awesome. Its a super-dropship, and it definitely look the part.

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Originally Posted by Gifted

Let me get you a guide.. I went there myself:

Goto: http://www.starcraft2.net.pl/
click on the header "StarCraft 2 Press Tour - Lipiec - Temat: Singleplayer" in the red news box
Click on "Galeria : Tryb singleplayer" in the listing on the article
Picture is greyish, 2nd row, first picture. Click on it to enlarge.

Hope that helps.

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Thanks a lot for the tour man! lots of interesting screen shots

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Originally Posted by Eligor

Here's the screenshot in question:

http://sclegacy.com/features/events/...eenshot054.Jpg

Fittingly enough the Hercules Dropship is more like a building rather than conventional aircraft.

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Thank you!
like a building? how? tough but slow?

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Originally Posted by Josue

Thanks a lot for the tour man! lots of interesting screen shots


Thank you!
like a building? how? tough but slow?

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I meant visually, the bulkiness and the greyish textures. In fact, it's rather easy to assume it to be a doodad.

As in, look at the freakin size of that thing!

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Originally Posted by Eligor

I meant visually, the bulkiness and the greyish textures. In fact, it's rather easy to assume it to be a doodad.

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I know what you mean. I had initially thought they were doodads. :eek:

Yeah I would really like to see Brutalisk! NAO!!! :D
I dont understand pl, but it seems that he is a size of 3 Ultralisks or got something to do with 3 ultralisks! ^^

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Originally Posted by mr. peasant

I know what you mean. I had initially thought they were doodads. :eek:

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Me too. Took some time to realize what they actually were.