[Assumption] First Shot Of The Brood Lord

[0neder]

I think it looks pretty sexy, although very reminiscent of the original Guardian. But I'm okay with that.

However, if they're gonna give it the same looks and nearly similar role to the original Guardian I wish they would just retain that name. Also, save the original model for the Swarm Guardian for an expansion unit...because that thing looked cool as hell.

I agree. I wonder how many people would hate the current model if it was just called "guardian" to begin with? Probably fewer...I have no problems with the current model, and guardian is better than brood lord.

[ManjiSanji]

and guardian is better than brood lord.

Why, exactly?
It doesn't really guard anything. It's a unit designed for offense, not defense.

[RamiZ]

Why, exactly?
It doesn't really guard anything. It's a unit designed for offense, not defense.

Cuz it simply is better, it is better name then Brood Lord....It doesnt have nothing to do with a name....Like if it have Guardian name, it must defend something...well no...that is just plain stupid....Like i would say that Marauder is ba name cuz it doesnt have anything to do with a unit....

[Garius]

Damn, I thought it would be more better. but it looks exactly like the Guardian in 3d. Hell. Blizzard just rename it the Guardian since it looks exactly like it.

[TheEconomist]

@ManjiSanji: I don't like the idea of a Zerg air-to-ground Reaver. See Nicol Nolas' post for an opinion similar to my own.

Also, save the original model for the Swarm Guardian for an expansion unit...because that thing looked cool as hell.

I hope they do this as well if they keep this current model. I enjoyed even the caterpillar look much more than this. Granted, it is unfinished and the Zerg models have changed a lot since they were announced. I doubt I'll be disappointed with what they do with this model in the end so I'm not worried at all.

[ExT]

Oh big sadz. Could have at least made a new model that didn't look like the Guardian. I always felt it just looked like a flying crab.

[MattII]

Guardian was really too ambiguous, any of the races could have had a unit with the name. Brood-Lord on the other hand is a properly Zergish name. As for the model, that's just a placeholder, I've no doubt they'll improve it later (hells knows they need to, it's nearly the ugliest Zerg model in SC2, secong only to the original Infestor).

[ManjiSanji]

@ManjiSanji: I don't like the idea of a Zerg air-to-ground Reaver. See Nicol Nolas' post for an opinion similar to my own.



I hope they do this as well if they keep this current model. I enjoyed even the caterpillar look much more than this. Granted, it is unfinished and the Zerg models have changed a lot since they were announced. I doubt I'll be disappointed with what they do with this model in the end so I'm not worried at all.

Actually I have Nicol on ignore, so if he replied to my comment, I have no idea what it said.

I'm fine with there being no Reaver-like unit, but I thought the idea of paying for high-powered ammo to be a really neat and fun dynamic.

Also, to RamiZ, no, it is not just plain stupid for the unit name to have some reference to what it does. Not at all. In fact, the opposite is true; it is odd for the name of something to have nothing to do with the unit, and, worse, the complete opposite. Frankly, I'm confused as to why you're arguing for something that is, frankly, wholly without logic.

How about we change the name of the Banshee to Defender? Change the name of the Observer to Destroyer? It doesn't work.

Brood Lord is, agreeably, not the best name ever, but at least it relates to the unit; it produces Broodlings. Even the name of the Phoenix, which, in another thread, I was arguing for a change, makes sense, because the unit flies and appears bird-shaped. "Guardian" for a unit that is not designed to guard is just...weird.

[sandwich_bird]

looks like a guardian to me.

[ManjiSanji]

looks like a guardian to me.

Ok, could you please explain how?