What if the Queen could morph into a Hatchery . . .

[n00bonicPlague]

. . . but for less total resources and time than a Drone would?

For example:

Drone — 50M 17T
Hatchery — 300M 100T
Total — 350M 117T

Queen — 150M 50T
Hatchery — 150M 50T
Total — 300M 100T

[Wankey]

I like!

[TunaFish]

Interesting

[n00bonicPlague]

So far this idea made Wankey's wankey wank.

Anyone else?

[Krikkitone]

Actually This Idea would be good, but better if a Queen was Required to Morph into a Hatchery.

[n00bonicPlague]

You mean that if you want to build a Hatchery at all you HAVE to use a Queen?

[Krikkitone]

Yes, silly to have 2 ways to build a Hatchery and as it is the only Zerg building you can build Off of Creep/Vespene, it seems reasonable.

Have to bump up the Queens speed

[n00bonicPlague]

Someone in the beta forums suggested using built-up energy as an excuse for a ridiculously short build time. Make it cost 200M and 100E, but take only like 20T to build. The sacrifice here is that you're losing unit production for an insanely good expansion "mechanic".

[MattII]

Making it so that the Hatchery can only be morphed from a Queen? Well it adds uniqueness certainly, whether it would work, it might, it might not, but I think it deserves testing.

[n00bonicPlague]

I was about to post this idea on TL, but then I saw this.

I guess there's no reason for me to ever go back there again.

Gotta say guys . . . don't know where I'd be without SC:L