Why not give the Carrier a weakened planet-cracker?

[protoswarrior]

It's not the Carrier that needs changing here, but the Mothership. Fleet Beacon is currently, like the Twilight Council, not a very viable tech building to build.

Agreed that the Mothership needs more "oomph", but I do not agree that the Fleet beacon is not viable.
For anyone going VR as their starting strat, there is no harm in keeping them, esp when using Immortals in conjunction. This combo can be really strong in PvP.

Since you're already getting a bunch of VR, to make them more effective why not get the Fleet Beacon and upgrade flux vanes?

Also, since when is the Twilight Council not viable? You need it for zealot speed, and if your army is stalker heavy, blink is a cheap upgrade (150/150) to get. Makes your stalkers that much stronger. Also, TC can enable you to unlock HT tech which is your lifeline in PvZ.

[arthas]

Agreed that the Mothership needs more "oomph", but I do not agree that the Fleet beacon is not viable.
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I think he is right,Fleet Beacon's ridiclous cost 300/200 makes it a pretty big obstacle...

[Pandonetho]

As we have seen, the Carrier is extremely underused. This ability would give a carrier the option to wipe out a mineral line, deal 1200 damage to a single building in 5 seconds or deal mobile AoE on the battlefield.

1200? Dude a Thor only does 500 to a building in 6 seconds. Don't you think 1200 is a little OP for a flying unit?

[arthas]

[QUOTE=Pandonetho;82702]1200? Dude a Thor only does 500 to a building in 6 seconds.QUOTE]
Thors deal about the same damage in 6 seconds with regular attack...,but yeah 1200 is just crazy ,Carrier will probably fit better with a debuff not a DPS skill...Interceptors are very strong already....

[newcomplex]

When you begins suggestions with "Why not", you've already failed :/

Posting suggestions is trying to covey why. Not "why not". Why not give ultralisk lazer beams?

I mean...WHY NOT?

[Pandonetho]

Really... why not? It sounds like a stellar idea to me. I say we suggest it to Blizzard!

Then we could have ultralisks to battle those pesky ninja bears that shoot lasers out of their eyes (the ones that invaded mortor!)

[Aldrius]

Seems kinda pointless to me.

People just don't seem to use the Stargate that often in general.

[SCpollo]

I got a GREAT idea for the carrier
Put an GTA shield under it, negating some damage which should give it a weakness to air. (no crit mass AKA takes no skill)

Color it blue for differentiation, make the interceptors shuriken like

Perhaps give it some dark templar origins since most of the templar were killed...

Call me Pollito el GeniusO

[Sietsh-Tenk]

1200? Dude a Thor only does 500 to a building in 6 seconds. Don't you think 1200 is a little OP for a flying unit?

I meant a group of twelve carriers. That was a little unclear.

[horror]

I got a GREAT idea for the carrier
Put an GTA shield under it, negating some damage which should give it a weakness to air. (no crit mass AKA takes no skill)

Color it blue for differentiation, make the interceptors shuriken like

Perhaps give it some dark templar origins since most of the templar were killed...

Call me Pollito el GeniusO

Being reasonable, you wonder why Blizzard doesn't throw the GTA shield into the mix in one of the patches. It would make the Carrier at least seem a bit more attractive to those unfamiliar with it

I think he is right,Fleet Beacon's ridiclous cost 300/200 makes it a pretty big obstacle...

Not only that, but the only thing it seems people want from it now is either mass Carrier or Flux Vanes. They only come when a player is going straight for the throat. I'd like to see, say, Carrier rush every now and again.

Seems kinda pointless to me.

People just don't seem to use the Stargate that often in general.

Yeah, Protoss needs a whole work over in that department. You only ever see 1 every so often.