Aura abilities in SC2

[Norfindel]

I doubt anyone is interested in my opinion. I'm sure Flabortast will want to kick me for this. But I have to say it.
To hell with auras!!! People, do you want to merge WC and SC or what? Those who adore auras can play WC, but, please, do not mix it to where it's not suppose to be! It is not necessary, it is not needed, it does not fit. Phew.

To be against a mechanic just because WC3 uses it isn't reasonable. In fact, it was even on SC1 (Arbiter).

[Kknewkles]

I just said, I can't consider Cloaking Field to be aura. Maybe some sort of, or what may be called an aura as a slang expression, but not really aura.

[supersonic]

I just said, I can't consider Cloaking Field to be aura. Maybe some sort of, or what may be called an aura as a slang expression, but not really aura.

No cloaking field/aura is definitely an aura..

[Kknewkles]

Hm... well... yeah, according to definition of aura it is something like it...
Maybe my main point is that Arbiter uses technology to make units invisible, and what I got used to consider as aura is usually a magical power of some characters, like the Unholy Aura of the Death Knight. Guys, do you see what I was thinking now? Do you get me?

Hm... and what if Zeratul can make units around him invisible? Maybe auras should be in SC2?

[DemolitionSquid]

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[Kknewkles]

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Eighteenth "because" is not needed.
And yeah, after all those... circulars my head's... wizzy... oh.

[Triceron]

You're too caught up in the semantics and not the mechanics.

Aura is just a name for a passive ability that radiates around a unit.

[Kknewkles]

Ok, I accept my defeat.
But still, lorewise aura is something more like an effect of living things, various heroes; machines cannot have auras... they can't, right?...

But ok, if you wan't to put a random term on a passive - feel free. Seriously, no offence.

[Triceron]

There's nothing that says auras are generated from living things. If you're worried about lore explanations, then it's irrelevant, because it can be explained by anything.

If you can accept shield generators, medivac healing beams and teleportation, you can accept a vehicle with technology that enhances surrounding troops. I could even bullshit an explanation, like a short-ranged psi-emitter that stimulates brain activity and enhances reflexes of troops, or a magnetic field generator that helps deflects damage of ranged projectiles.

[Nicol Bolas]

Doesn't Irradiate technically count as an aura? It gives a unit an aura (temporary though it may be), and with the Eraser technique, can even be used on itself.