Who here thinks DiamondBacks and Vulture models >>>>> Hellion?

[Kimera757]

Edit: WTF? No one has mentioned that goliath? I just noticed it. I also noticed the blue lightning-ish attack for the Diamondback, I'm pretty pleased.

Way too late to be mentioning this, but are those goliaths? Not vikings?

[MattII]

Blizzard is no stranger to direct copying of other franchises. Why not stick with what works

The design is older than that, it dates back to WW1, thus it's a tried and tested design.

[spychi]

You guys know what? The Diamondback model looks the same as the Cobra model from the Terran release video... and you know whats funny? That alot of people here who say that Diamondback looks cool were saying that the Cobra looks like shit...now isn't this hypocrisy?

Way too late to be mentioning this, but are those goliaths? Not vikings?

yes those are Goliaths

[Aldrius]

That alot of people here who say that Diamondback looks cool were saying that the Cobra looks like shit...now isn't this hypocrisy?

Not hypocrisy, just inconsistency. And hating the Hellion enough to want to bring back the Cobra design simply because it levitates...

I still like the Hellion. If they want to touch it up a bit, then fine, but I don't think any of the art at this point needs major reworks. (But look at the new Lurker, I'm pretty sure that's just a redo of the old Lurker model, and it looks great. So they can do pretty amazing things just with a retexture.)

[spychi]

Honestly there were few unit models that I hate in the past but right now I don't understand the whole hate at the Hellion and Thor.
Those are great and useful units with nice models. The Hellion fits to the lore, as we all know that Terrans like buggy/motor-cycle-like vehicles.

[electricmole]

You guys know what? The Diamondback model looks the same as the Cobra model from the Terran release video... and you know whats funny? That alot of people here who say that Diamondback looks cool were saying that the Cobra looks like shit...now isn't this hypocrisy?
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well im not sure about that. not everyone hated the cobra, in fact people didn't really care. But from the looks alone the cobra seems a little bland and lacking so thats why it was gone but just for a moment.

Apparently in case of the hellion, some/most hated the moment it was revealed bcoz of its buggy design alone and now more people realized that the buggy could still get better or maybe needs to be changed completely to something else maybe like a hover car like the cobra.

[pure.Wasted]

About that: I think much of the design of the Hellion is largely based around the design of the Desert Patrol Vehicles that Navy SEALs currently employ which includes a gun similarly positioned.

The difference, as Eligor mentioned, is that in the design you show the machine gun takes up like half of the image. From above, your view would be, predominantly, of a big-ass gun on wheels.

The Hellion's design is of a big-ass buggy with a tiny fragile turret attached to the roof.

[Nicol Bolas]

The Hellion's design is of a big-ass buggy with a tiny fragile turret attached to the roof.

That's for unit recognition and silhouette purposes. A large gun on a turret will significantly change the silhouette of the unit as it points at other targets. It'd be better to not have that.

[Pandonetho]

That's for unit recognition and silhouette purposes. A large gun on a turret will significantly change the silhouette of the unit as it points at other targets. It'd be better to not have that.

Right, because we all know the Goliath and the Siege tank don't do this.

[mr. peasant]

The difference, as Eligor mentioned, is that in the design you show the machine gun takes up like half of the image. From above, your view would be, predominantly, of a big-ass gun on wheels.

The Hellion's design is of a big-ass buggy with a tiny fragile turret attached to the roof.

Actually, the Hellion's gun is pretty large as it is. Any longer and it would look too front-heavy.