Arbiter vs Mothership Poll

[ArcherofAiur]

Frankly, Arbiter, it's more attainable and can keep up (sort of) with the other flyers, where as the MShip is tough and powerful, but oh so very slow. The best thing they could do with the MShip is to drop it as a multiplayer unit, and replace it with an Arbiter, or Arbiter-analogy (maybe the Star Relic).

Thats the other thing. You can no longer run around with a cloaked fleet. Fact you cant really cloak any sort of mobile army. And the "warp to proxy pylon" loses a bit of its flare since its already done when you warp-in.

Or we could just make the MS move faster.

Then you lose the "Independence Day" huge epic unit of doom feel. Really everything about the mothership screams Single Player. And theres always the option of including the Mothership as a SC2 expansion unit after you find a good role for it.

[MattII]

Or we could just make the MS move faster.

Duh.

At a cost of making it even 'more' expensive, and thus less attainable.

[Pandonetho]

Then you lose the "Independence Day" huge epic unit of doom feel.

Nothing about the MS really gives off that vibe though. It's not a super weapon of death. It'll still die without support.

[ArcherofAiur]

Nothing about the MS really gives off that vibe though. It's not a super weapon of death. It'll still die without support.

The model and lore suggest a ultra weapon. But yah its kinda suffering an identity crisis in its current form.

[Aldrius]

Mothership with beefed up Arbiter abilities.

I have absolutely no problem with the Mothership being a beefed up Arbiter, as long as it's REALLY beefed up.

Tons of HP/Shields and damage, with Summon, Time Bomb (freezes all air-borne enemies and attacks in a target area) and activated Cloaking Field, as well as wormhole.

I personally think that'd be perfect. The massive destruction abilities are friggin boring.

[sandwich_bird]

Or we could just make the MS move faster.

Duh.

Yes for god sake

[ManjiSanji]

The speed at which the Mothership moves is just plain ridiculous. I understand it has Wormhole, but it easily flies as slow as a Reaver crawls, if not slower. Battlecruiser speed is slow enough.

If it moved faster, it'd definitely be a keeper. I loved what you could do with the old Arbiter, but new=better for SC2.

[Jabber Wookie]

Originally Posted by DemolitionSquid
Or we could just make the MS move faster.

Duh.

Originally Posted by MattII
At a cost of making it even 'more' expensive, and thus less attainable.

I don't understand. If the unit proves to be ineffective at the rate of speed it travels, then why would Blizzard raise the cost of the unit if they chose to make it faster in order to increase its use and effectiveness?

[DemolitionSquid]

I don't understand. If the unit proves to be ineffective at the rate of speed it travels, then why would Blizzard raise the cost of the unit if they chose to make it faster in order to increase its use and effectiveness?

Or you know, you could increase its speed at the expense of a few shield points. There's more than one way to balance.

[Crazy_Jonny]

Mothership please. If you are concerned about speed, thats something they can change without bringing the Arbiter back. Its warp should compensate for its speed (providing it doesnt eat up too much energy). And I really like the majestic feeling of the mothership more. Blizzard already explained too that for lore reasons (something involving the end of the conclave/judicator), that the arbiter wont come back.