Infested Terran Ability. Yay or Nay? (0.6.0.B14259B)

[Rogueleader89]

I voted "yay" as I do think it is a decent idea, it just needs some tweaking in numbers(wouldn't mind seeing the blizzcon09 version of it in beta..)

[Visions of Khas]

To be fair, the SC manual, in the Zerg Broods section, mentioned something about escaped breeders, which hints that the zerg may keep species contained for breeding stock.

So really -- what is it about this method of infestation that has people bothered? Zerg capture alien species, this we already know. They contain them. They experiment with them. They produce them. How is "spawning" Infested Terrans silly? (Forgetting the fact that Infestors literally shit them across the battlefield in what looks like a green bouncy ball. I admit, that animation has to go.)

[SoFool]

If only infested terran right arm was a bionic weapon juz like the one from sc ghost.

[MattII]

Maybe it 'is' bionic, I mean, we can only see what's on the outside, maybe the magnets have been replaced by muscles similar to what the Hydralisk employs.

[Shadow Archon]

it's lame! do they have terran farms or something? how often do the terrans let their marines disappear to be swallowed up? do marines in stasis get brought to the infestor from other worlds or something? it's just stupid.

I got the impression that they were dead Terrans gobbled up. That would make more sense and would be less stupid. Though, the fact that the Zerg Hyper-evolutionary virus can re-animate the dead........

[unentschieden]

It´s basically the only way to get Infested Terrans into Multiplayer though. Having to somehow get them from Terran opponents
1. Limits the unit to 1/3 of a Zerg Players Games
2. Makes the Terrans avoid whatever allows the Zerg to get Infested Terrans.
Zerg having Terrans in "stock" makes sense the same way Marines never have to Reload even though Lorewise they don´t have unlimited Ammo (or the endless amounts of Creep spewn by Overlords.
Infesting Terrans makes sense if that Takes advantage of Unique Terran features. They don´t WANT smart zerg units so they are stuck with using looted weapons. No other Zerg unit but the Queen (Created in Kerrigans image) has HANDS.

[Shadow Archon]

Zerg having Terrans in "stock" makes sense the same way Marines never have to Reload even though Lorewise they don´t have unlimited Ammo (or the endless amounts of Creep spewn by Overlords.

Game mechanics, not explanation in lore. There different.

Infesting Terrans makes sense if that Takes advantage of Unique Terran features. They don´t WANT smart zerg units so they are stuck with using looted weapons. No other Zerg unit but the Queen (Created in Kerrigans image) has HANDS.

You do know that the Zerg do have ranged weapons that are superior to that of Gauss Rifles, such as the Hydralisk spines and Roach acid. They don't need bugs with guns, but it still helps their war effort to steal Terrans. If the Zerg can ever get that infestation down right, we might see Ethan Stewart level infesteds running around, which won't be pretty.

[MattII]

You do know that the Zerg do have ranged weapons that are superior to that of Gauss Rifles, such as the Hydralisk spines and Roach acid. They don't need bugs with guns, but it still helps their war effort to steal Terrans. If the Zerg can ever get that infestation down right, we might see Ethan Stewart level infesteds running around, which won't be pretty.

Well they don't 'need' bugs with guns, but ITs are ranged attackers, and since they don't get spawned from eggs, said eggs are free to be used for other units. They do also show a sort of progression, at least from the early days when the only thing ITS were useful for was walking bombs.

[Norfindel]

I would give them an AoE spell that works like Corruption used to be: flag the units for corruption, and when they die, they're turned into:

- Infested Terrans directly, if it's Terran Bio unit.
- Explodes and spawns Infested Terrans, if it's a Terran mech unit.
- Explodes and spawns special Zerg ranged attackers that feeded on the "host", if it's a unit of any of the other two races. Spawn Broodlings is a precedent, so it doesn't conflics with lore.

[don]

Voted Nay because we all know Blizzard can do better.

Make the summon have a random unit model but with the same unit specs (timed life, hp, damage, range etc)? Just name the damn spell "Spawn Infestation egg" and an infested marine with armor comes out sometimes. Other times its:
a. infested terran civilian with spike launchers
b. a NAKED infested terran (girl?)
c. an infested terran dog with a vomit gun
d. an infested ranged critter
e. "sick" or "modified" or "experimental" versions of the current zergling/roach/hydra/drone
f. a new zerg unit

If the DT can have different models, why not the temporary summon?