Thor Transportation [Opinions and Suggestions]

[Eligor]

Also, I like Eligor's idea. Granted, I'm not sure about penalties but maybe they should have it be able to move through certain depths of water like it was on ground but at slower speed.

My suggestion wasn't really serious (although technically such a mechanic would be curious, even if only for the reason that I don't know of any strategy game that seriously experimented with incapacitating terrain). I do like the idea of water hampering a unit's speed (not just the Thor's, but any unit venturing into the water), may make for interesting strategies that involve luring your opponent's units into the water.

P.S. As for the Thor, I'm firmly in support of it being transportable by Dropships (on a one Thor per Dropship principle).

[DemolitionSquid]

... not really ...

So giving the Thor jumpjets is better? Or a periscope as it swims? Or requiring two MedEvacs to string it between them as they decrease their speed by 30%?

[Santrega]

What about giving the thor some boosters which would help a dropship carry it. When the dropship moves down to pick it up, the thor will grab on to the side of the dropship, and no other units can be inside for the thor to be picked up. The thor will use its own boosters to help reduce the weight burden on the dropship, and to help keep it at its normal speed. Or simply give it the boosters which reduce the weight burden, and slow the speed of the dropship while the thor is latched on.

[The_Blade]

Then we would get naval units. units that we will never see on a starcraft game because most maps wont support them, although it might be a nice add on to camping.

Not to mention that maps would require shores for the thor to get in and out of this sort of terrain. Not just the river crossing bridge thats currently on the builds. (units move through them like normal)

I agree with DS the medivac is the most realistic way it can be transported, and this can be complemented with a visual effect.

[Eligor]

Oh boy, do people take my post about an aquatic Thor seriously... It was a very tongue-in-cheek suggestion (I guess I should have thought of something even more ridiculous).

[TheEconomist]

Try to keep the trollery to a minimum, Squid. This is a shiny new forum.

But, seriously, I never said any idea was better than the other. I only said your idea wasn't the perfect solution you make it out to be. And, I never said Eligor's idea was implementable.

[Eligor]

I think that the question that should be asked is what is the problem with the Thor being transportable by Dropships?

[TheEconomist]

Nothing. I think it fits very well as long as the effects are taken into consideration.

[DemolitionSquid]

I only said your idea wasn't the perfect solution you make it out to be.

Than you're wrong. Accept it and move along.

[Santrega]

Nothing. I think it fits very well as long as the effects are taken into consideration.

You mean that such an enormous unit will have some effect on this dropship carrying it? The thor is at least as big as a drop ship, and in my opinion way bigger. In this case, how could it possibly carry a thor?

It has to make some sort of sense, as everything involved with sc has been explained through lore. There is absolutely no way to explain this without some sort of transformation or added help to transport it.