Fungal Growth, Psi Storm, and Crucio Shock Cannon AoE

[Pandonetho]

Oh my gawd this is awesome! YES!

I hated the overkill in SC1, this is just beautiful.

[Norfindel]

Yes, when they get shot by one.

In the real world, generally, a direct hit by tank-class weapons pretty much kills what was being shot at. Tank battles are usually determined by who hits the enemy first: who has the better accuracy and position.

The only reason for multiple tanks to fire on a single target is to increase the chance of hitting it. And even that isn't necessary if you know where the target is; accuracy, even over miles, generally isn't a problem.

Tanks are generally moving, so shooting at them doesn't warrantees that it will hit. If it hits on a heavily armored part instead of a soft one, it won't penetrate, and ERA or some of the other defensive stuff can also ruin the shot sometimes. It's not as easy as pulling the trigger = enemy tank dead.

I doubt that the side with the numeric advantage would worry a lot about overkilling.

[Caliban113]

You know, I'm so used to tanks taking care of the job as is, I've never thought of ever microing them while in siege mode - Are we sure this cant be done via waypoints in the original SC? I dont have SC loaded to my machine at the moment, or I would test for myself.

[newcomplex]

Oh, yes, in the battlefield you probably know the exact moment the enemy is going to die by the attack of another tank

And seven marines cannot take out a sub-orbital capital ship firing from the ground with rifles.

SC is obviously not a literal representation of a battle, but a a representation. Look at unit versus capital ship or building sizes. Crucial victories are not achieved after ten minutes, building offenses and all, literally building defensive buildings half a mile away from the other sides defensive buildings.

In that same regard, several heavy artillery tanks firing at the same time are probably firing around the same time, with several MINUTES of difference between them.

[Norfindel]

And seven marines cannot take out a sub-orbital capital ship firing from the ground with rifles.

SC is obviously not a literal representation of a battle, but a a representation. Look at unit versus capital ship or building sizes. Crucial victories are not achieved after ten minutes, building offenses and all, literally building defensive buildings half a mile away from the other sides defensive buildings.

In that same regard, several heavy artillery tanks firing at the same time are probably firing around the same time, with several MINUTES of difference between them.

Did you see the video? Didn't you thinked "ok, WTF just happened there"?

Anyways, i'm not against it, but just looks silly when it's used.

[Nicol Bolas]

Did you see the video? Didn't you thinked "ok, WTF just happened there"?

No; I thought the Siege Tanks did exactly what they were told to: kill each of the units in turn. And they did.

That this happened faster than you might have expected is not the relevant part.

[Norfindel]

I realize it's much more predictable in terms of gameplay. It's just that it's strange to me that after queuing focus fire commands, no attack gets focus-fired.
Probably that's because i'm used to the way BW worked. The attack AI is orders of magnitude smarter in SC2.

[Nicol Bolas]

It's just that it's strange to me that after queuing focus fire commands, no attack gets focus-fired.

But you didn't queue "focus fire" commands; there's no such thing. You queued a list of units that you wanted attacked by these other units.

[Norfindel]

But you didn't queue "focus fire" commands; there's no such thing. You queued a list of units that you wanted attacked by these other units.

You have a group selected and right-clicked a target. In BW that's focus fire, now it still means that, just that only the amount of units needed to kill the target will fire, the rest will seek another target. But i understand what you mean: internally it's just attack this, then this, then this, etc.

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