HotS - Multiplayer Unit Update Video

[The_Blade]

What are you talking about! Gameplay has always respected lore!

But seriously, the Swarm Host should have his own building. Zerg macro is way too easy, IMHO. Building something should "add" a little challenge.

[DeltaCadimus]

What are you talking about! Gameplay has always respected lore!

But seriously, the Swarm Host should have his own building. Zerg macro is way too easy, IMHO. Building something should "add" a little challenge.

Adding new buildings is the LAST thing Blizzard ever wants to do. In BW, Lurkers required Hydra Dens and Devourers needed the Greater Spire, remember?

[Sheliek]

What are you talking about! Gameplay has always respected lore!

But seriously, the Swarm Host should have his own building. Zerg macro is way too easy, IMHO. Building something should "add" a little challenge.

I actually had someone concept art a building for the swarm host because I knew it wouldn't get one, LOL.

Agreed, though.

[The_Blade]

Adding new buildings is the LAST thing Blizzard ever wants to do. In BW, Lurkers required Hydra Dens and Devourers needed the Greater Spire, remember?

They added a research for lurkers, too, which was quite expensive IIRC. Either a building, evolution or research is needed to help other races handle Zerg. The buildings would be best. I would hate having to guess if he is going Infestors or Swarm Hosts. We would face a similar problem to the scenario of the current TvP rant. If I see a Greater Spire or an Ultras Cavern I know what to build before the Broodlords or Ultras come stomping down the map. In a similar way we scout Terran's add-ons and Protoss tech buildings. I don't see why scouting a Zerg should be any different.

[Crazy_Jonny]

lol the only thing that looks terribly unbalanced is the tempest. Actually I think giving the carrier more range coulda worked out just as well. Otherwise give protoss a real anti air unit. If they don't either change the tempest back or buff the phoenix then nothing in the protoss anti air was really fixed.

I can only come to the conclusion if the Tempest stays 'as is' design wise is because they're holding out for LotV. Surely it shouldn't have 22 range by then. XD

[Aldrius]

lol the only thing that looks terribly unbalanced is the tempest. Actually I think giving the carrier more range coulda worked out just as well.

No it wouldn't... they have completely different kinds of attacks. Carriers basically have the attack of like 8 marines.

Tempests fire slightly weaker siege tank blasts.

[Amph]

they should make more mutation, roach--->swarm host(reaserch upgrade, like the lurker) and the vipers can have their own building

[Aldrius]

they should make more mutation, roach--->swarm host(reaserch upgrade, like the lurker) and the vipers can have their own building

Research upgrades are really dumb, you can't scout them at all. And eh, I don't think the roach is the right unit to mutate into the swarm host at all.

I don't think adding one tech building to each race would really be that awful, but I dunno. They don't usually add buildings to expansions. I don't think the Infestor and Swarm Host sharing tech really works that well, but I dunno what else the Swarm Host could share tech with.

[Amph]

i like research upgrade, the more the better for me, as it is now does not make any sense, at least they should give them their own building, but i prefer mutation, is more zergish

[RamiZ]

In a similar way we scout Terran's add-ons and Protoss tech buildings. I don't see why scouting a Zerg should be any different.

You mean right now, why scouting a Terran should be any different right? As a Zerg player, scouting what will Terran do is a big problem to me. You scout him, and he has Barracks, Factories and Starports. If he has Starports with tech labs, it could mean Banshees or Ravens(even though Ravens are highly unlikely, I've seen some games with massing them on high level, let's assume they are viable), if I see Factory with Tech Lab upgrading something, it could be Thor's cannon, Siege Tank upgrade or Blue Flame for Hellions. And from all this you are defending with different units.

And even if you scout for example one Starport with Reactor, few Barracks with some of them having tech labs and one Factory with tech lab, he can just switch add-ons and start massing Banshees with Cloak.