Point Defence Drone trivia with Sahara and Grunt

[Aldrius]

Um, there's a difference between video and ingame?

Um... of course?

It's more detailed in-game because you can see it better.

[arthas]

The Hydralisk actually has a couple melee attack animations which it uses when it's attacking at point-blank range. I don't know why it didn't use them here - it was just a glitch, I guess.

That's why I was moving the Hydra around - I thought maybe it wasn't close enough to use its melee attack animation, but it was.

Hmm,maybe that was back in some battle report? I really liked the melee attack...And can you test if they have fixed the point defence not to waste it's energy on roaches(an by the replay it was really drained fast just by few attacks)

[GRUNT]

Interesting. Test any affected unit very close to it's target, to see if the PDD drone can still stop the attack. Maybe it needs a minimum amount of time to react.

I just tested this with Islandsnake - the answer is NO :]. Only the Hydra's melee attack is ignored by the drone . We tested with a Marauder, and even at point-blank range, its attack still gets nullified by the PDD.

I'll put up a video soon .

[Norfindel]

I just tested this with Islandsnake - the answer is NO :]. Only the Hydra's melee attack is ignored by the drone . We tested with a Marauder, and even at point-blank range, its attack still gets nullified by the PDD.

I'll put up a video soon .

Thanks for testing it.
Seems like for the game, it's really a different attack, even if they put the same dmg and cooldown there.

I find it interesting, as they could make a unit with a different ranged and melee attack, if they wish. If the melee attack were higher, it could be worth to micro closer between attacks, specially if this is put on a unit with a long cooldown on the ranged attack.

[Pandonetho]

I guess they couldn't figure out how to make it work graphically. For the Roach at least this should be really useful micro-wise. Walk up next to the enemy and start meleeing.

Uhhh, how does this affect the roach? The PDD doesn't even stop its regular ranged attack so there isn't a point in moving it close for "melee."

[Aldrius]

Uhhh, how does this affect the roach? The PDD doesn't even stop its regular ranged attack so there isn't a point in moving it close for "melee."

That's an obvious bug.

[GRUNT]

That's an obvious bug.

No, it's not. The Roach's attack is very clearly NOT listed on the list of attacks which the PDD is supposed to stop .

[SaharaDrac]

Also, it doesnt stop the roach's attack, it only loses energy and does nothing. BTW grunt did you submit this bug, or should I?

[GRUNT]

Also, it doesnt stop the roach's attack, it only loses energy and does nothing. BTW grunt did you submit this bug, or should I?

I made a thread in the bug submission forum on the bnet beta forums, but I don't know whether it's going to get noticed or not .


Here's that video of me and Islandsnake testing out the theory that the PDD ignores ALL projectile attacks fired at point-blank range and that the Hydra's melee animation doesn't actually have any effect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJlHEWE91E8

As you can see, if the Marauder is any indication, then the theory was wrong - the Hydra is special <3.

[The_Blade]

I still believe this is the tip of the iceberg.