[Prism, Medivac, Overlord/seer] Cargo Space Upgrades

[Freespace]

Too limited, a Thor needs to actually fly one way or another.

It could wind up as unbalanced if it has total freedom of flight. Jump jets could limit that and involve some micro, in my opinion.

[MattII]

If it can't fly it's no use on island maps.

[TheEconomist]

An upgrade? How the hell do dropships magically get bigger? They'd need to change the model at least somewhat for that.

Anyways, I think drops are fine the way they are now. Besides, this would mostly only effect Terran in a positive way. The Protoss and the Zerg already have alternative methods of "dropping" so this would, again, either make those other alternatives useless or this useless.

[MattII]

The Terran have an alternative method of dropping as well, it's called 'flying buildings'. In fact, looking at it that way, the Terran were the first ones to have an alternative method oftransport

[mr. peasant]

But how viable are said flying buildings? How long does it take to get from point A to point B? And can they deploy units into a hot zone safely? As it stands, I don't see how moving your production buildings is a particularly good means of remote deployment. They would need to move quicker and produce units more rapidly to boot (which would introduce balance issues).

[MattII]

True, but then again, the Warp Prism has only 100/40 hp/sp, and the Nydus Worm/Canal needs creep, so neither of them can we put too far into the combat zone either.

[TheEconomist]

The Terran have an alternative method of dropping as well, it's called 'flying buildings'. In fact, looking at it that way, the Terran were the first ones to have an alternative method oftransport

But, can you drop massive amounts of Tanks and Marines in said buildings?

No? Then it's completely different. Yes, it is a form of transport and it is useful but it's not at all the same thing.

[MattII]

And nor should it be, this is about diversity.

[mr. peasant]

True, but then again, the Warp Prism has only 100/40 hp/sp, and the Nydus Worm/Canal needs creep, so neither of them can we put too far into the combat zone either.

But Pylons have considerably more hit points (proxy Pylon strategy). Plus, Warp-In is relatively quick (5 seconds), meaning the Prisms don't have to hang around for long. And while Nydus might require creep, Overlords can provide this (using creep offensively is/will be viable as Blizzard seems keen on this concept).

[MattII]

Then you have to bring in a Probe, which has only 20/20, and wait for it to warp in a Pylon, which kind of delays things. As for not taking long, you can only warp one unit per gate per cooldown, so you'll need a few gates to get a sizeable force in, so the costs will rack up. Warp in is useful, but it isn't a be-all-and-end-all.