A bit of Blue on Add-ons

Source: Question about Terran Add-Ons

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In StarCraft, the main idea of the Add-ons being deatachable were so that you could "steal" enemy add-ons and use them for yourself.

The catch is, even a deatached add-on were considered an enemy building, making your units auto-target them and capturing it a bit tricky.

My question is: how this works in SC2? The units ai prioritize main buildings (I mean, things like barracks)? Do the ai consider deatached (or even atached) add-ons as "neutral" and do not auto-target them? Or in SC2 you can't steal add-ons at all?

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While I don't know about the 'main idea' of the add-ons being detachable is so the other side could steal them, this mechanic is still in the game. The AI does not prioritize the buildings over the the add-ons in StarCraft II. 'Stealing' is also a bit trickier to do since Terran players can salvage buildings like add-ons and bunkers to get 100% of the cost back over X period of time (in which X is subject to balance still of course).

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I guess it doesn't pay off stealing them, since the oponent can just salvage them. :)

I thought one of the main points of the new add-ons was to switch your own buildings around.

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Originally Posted by areese87

I thought one of the main points of the new add-ons was to switch your own buildings around.

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Of the new add-ons, yes. In the original, about the only real reason was to steal someone else's or to use your main building for something else.

Hmm, so the Add-on would appear in the other player's team color or just remain the same, but the other player can access said Add-On's features still?


-Psi

I think it currently works something like this:

Player 1 has a Barracks with Reactor attached where as Player 2 is attacking. Player 2 destroys the Barracks and the Reactor is now disconnected but still owned by Player 1. Player 2 moves in his own Barracks and connects it with the Reactor. The Reactor is now owned by Player 2. Player 2 lifts-off his Barracks, leaving the Reactor to be disconnected but still remaining in Player 2's control. Player 2 sells the Reactor for profit.

Actually, i think that only add-ons with connected buildings should be Salvageable. If there's no building attached it should be neutral.

Actually the only add-on i used to steal was the nuclear strike one and it was as likely as infesting a cc.

Currently there is only 2 addons and both can be build by any of 3 different buildings so i find stealing add-ons useless. Unless you are in a limited unit / resources battle.

If there's no buildings attached it should remain neutral. If it still remains in player control then he gets vision to everything around it.

Perhaps but if I remember correctly, add-ons don't change team color to gray (neutral) every time the player switches between structures. Therefore, it means they remain in their previous owner's possession.

With the salvage system in place, I think the add-ons should work no differently than in SC/BW, aside from players being able to salvage the add-on prior to the main building's destruction. If the main building is destroyed, it should remain an enemy building until/unless it gets taken over by another Terran building.