multiple portraits

right now all units of a given type have identical portraits.

i've always thought - wouldn't it be great if a unit, like a marine for example, had 3 or 4 different portraits and voices? the render of the suit and all could be the same, just a different face. every time a marine is generated it randomly picks a portrait.

i'm sure it wouldn't be difficult to implement at all, and the only drawback i can think of is maybe very slight confusion if you can't recognize the portrait immediately, and i guess more space required on your computer. but at least not every marine in your army looks like the same clone

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Anyway, it'd get annoying pretty fast, hearing multiple versions of the same exact unit. They made this mistake with the DT's two models, although that is at least minimally tolerable. Things need to stay reasonably simple so stuff can be quickly identified.

This might be ok in the campaigns...but not in multi.

I agree with the last post.

yeah but models can be identical. the only difference is the portrait. it's not like you identify units on the battlefield by their portaits. you identify them based on their models and wireframe, which would still be the same if you went with my idea.

Dark templar have this, actually, but it seems like a waste of computer time. This shouldn't be a problem if you have a souped-up machine, could be a high-graphics option.

The progamers will hate it (like anything new, though) as it might confuse them.

dark templars diffrent portraits, diffrent character,diffrent names but the same voice same quotes..this is not make sense.

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dark templars diffrent portraits, diffrent character,diffrent names but the same voice same quotes..this is not make sense.

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But it is to prevent confusion. You don't check the portrait to identify the unit, but you might hear the voice and quikly know you HT is under attack no matter witch model it is.

3-4 marine portrait (already got 2 in portrait section) could be easily doable. Art team would be so pleased. If you have the same model and voice, multiple portrait is not a problem at all. And if progamers whine, just make an option to always have the original one. This should not be difficult to implement too, isn't it?

It isn't difficult at all.

The problem is that Blizzard won't give that option.

They didn't do it for the DT's model.

They won't do it for anything else.

They won't.

They just won't.

It's what they do.

They don't do it.

So don't expect it.

Ever.

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Anyway, it'd get annoying pretty fast, hearing multiple versions of the same exact unit. They made this mistake with the DT's two models, although that is at least minimally tolerable. Things need to stay reasonably simple so stuff can be quickly identified.

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Such an ironic comment; seeing as how they only did it at the behest of the fans. :D

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hmm. . .