Brood Lord and Broodlings

[ArcherofAiur]

genetically engineered pain sensory removal,

Thats not hard. Did you know that you have no pain sensors on the inner layers surronding your lungs? Bonus points if you can tell me why.

[Nicol Bolas]

Whatever it is, the main problem is it's just silly looking.

That much is true. It certainly doesn't look like an attack that does more damage than the Mantaling's normal attack.

Bonus points if you can tell me why.

Because your lungs frequently move, and constantly sensing pain when you're breathing is counter-productive to the purpose of pain.

[Pandonetho]

That much is true. It certainly doesn't look like an attack that does more damage than the Mantaling's normal attack.

Agreed.

Because your lungs frequently move, and constantly sensing pain when you're breathing is counter-productive to the purpose of pain.

This made me laugh.

And, @blade, that's nice pointing out heavy animals that hit things with their heads. It still doesn't make a difference if they can't dent the side of a tank.

[ArcherofAiur]

Because your lungs frequently move, and constantly sensing pain when you're breathing is counter-productive to the purpose of pain.

You get bonus points! Well you left out the part about how you wouldnt get pain while normally breathing but still ill give it to you.

[The_Blade]

And, @blade, that's nice pointing out heavy animals that hit things with their heads. It still doesn't make a difference if they can't dent the side of a tank.

Actually there's a little shark, I don't remember his actual name, that takes a bite out of whales and then leaves leaving a unique sphere like scar on the whale. Several submarines, yes submarines, have reported being attacked by something that removed sphere shaped chunks of steel from their plating. As soon as I get a picture I will show it, but the only clue I have is that it appeared in a show called "The Most Extreme" by Animal Planet.

[Pandonetho]

Biting something is very different from ramming something.

Also, why sharks would want to attack submarines is beyond me. Sounds like fiction. But by all means, I'm actually interested in this shark that can take chunks out of submarines, let's see some links to articles.

[Triceron]

There's no ramming abilities in SC2 so I don't know why we're discussing it. Units stand and attack in melee, they don't take step back and charge like a battering ram. The only unit that comes close is the Zealot, and even then it's only closing gaps.

[electricmole]

the point is the flying broodlings looks silly and is a big trying hard gimmick. It looks corny, weak, and funny like.

just bring back the acid bomb..

[Kacaier]

How a flying biological bug manages to survive colliding with neosteel at high velocities and even cause damage to it is beyond me.

If I ran and slammed my head as hard as I could against a brick wall I would probably die and not do any damage.

Ever heard of rutting? It's where the male horned/antlered animals fight for dominance against another male for mating rights with the female.

It took me forever just to find a single tidbit of the force used in a rut, but a bighorn ram uses around and estimated 2400 pounds of force in their headbutting contest. That's over a ton and this is through natural evolution. Now imagine the zerg who have guided evolution and the greatest stocks of organisms to choose from across the galaxy. If they can evolve a carapace that can at least withstand some of the weapons dished out by the Terran and Protoss, then surely they can build a battering ram-like structure to dent in armor.

But yes, I also find it silly nevertheless, through aesthetic reasons.

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[B~E]

Actually there's a little shark, I don't remember his actual name, that takes a bite out of whales and then leaves leaving a unique sphere like scar on the whale. Several submarines, yes submarines, have reported being attacked by something that removed sphere shaped chunks of steel from their plating. As soon as I get a picture I will show it, but the only clue I have is that it appeared in a show called "The Most Extreme" by Animal Planet.

Perchance you're talking about the cookie cutter shark.

Which looks like this;



And leave bite mark like these;



I've never heard of them bitting submarines, though. No wait;

However, cookiecutters do occasionally mistake mandmade objects for prey. Cookiecutters made damaging cuts on the neoprene boots of AN/BQR-19 hydrophone arrays located on a retractable mast in the sail of some United States Navy submarines. The arrays were later protected with fiberglass covers.[5] Another animal took a bite out of a submarine's rubber sonar dome, forcing the submarine out of service until the rubber could be replaced.[6] Cookiecutter bites have been observed in undersea electrical cables.[4]

Source; Wikipedia.


Rubber and electrical cables. Hmm.