The initial idea that the Thor can only be build with an SCV was pretty cool. Now it's just like any other unit; being build by the factory.

Thor was suppose to be something like a land version of Battlecruiser when it initially announced. The back cannons are used for long range arty that is further than Siege Tanks. I remembered that it has a very slow turning rate. The cannons used to be quite powerful.

It was a good unit to replace Goliath,visually but not so much on it's usage as it overlaps with Siege Tanks.

In the end,it become a lame unit like now. Just a giant boring Goliath with a over size model. I'll take Goliath back any day.

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Added on March 3, 2010, 4:33 pm

It's made by the same guy who made RA3 and Generals,Dustin Browder.

In the end,SC2 seems more boring than Generals or RA3.

It doesn't have to be OP, Blizz could made building Thors either cost, time or supply very high and so as to made the cost of building multiple Thors unpractical.

I like the idea of a massive unit like the Thor and the Mothership a single unit of destruction, with weaknesses that requires lesser units for support; Much like the Hero concept in WC3.

Anyway, it doesn't matter what Blizz would do to this units as I'm sure that all my ideas above are just wishful thinking. Since seeing how vulnerable the Thor and Mothership can be, I feel that the initial introduction of Thor and Mothership was just a marketing hype to gain interest.

As for the other "lower tier" units, it really depends on how Blizz is gonna balance them out.

I thought AI's in SC2 beta are incredibly bad 

Will the ai go mad like in sc1 where you bring a single worker to his base and attack his nexus/hatchery/CC, all the enemy workers will try to chase down your worker? 

I think if you have defences and a few 1st teer they dare not come in and attack.

If we do not post links and talks about the crack itself its fine.
That does not happen anymore.

Thats why its easy to harass com now. I wonder what are the conditions to make the AI generate the GG message.
If you have a zergling there it will just stop its econ. LoL and you can just dance around its base if they come wiv units.
its not just turtling you have to harass, I notice even thought they over power you if you have enough forces to attack its base and its base have no units they will go back no matter how undefended ur base is and make it dance like that, esp wiv reapers and dropship. ^^V

For me dancing around it makes all the diff, I can harass bad enough to win everytime. HAve not tried cheat AI yet.

Though i wish they introduce back that Macross like unit, it looks like it could have been a good assest for the Terrans. Take out the reapers and replace them with that and you got yourself a tactical unit that can micro like mad. And yes you can practiclly win the game just by rushing low tier units in multiplayer. Thats assuming the person your going against doesn't know how to rush or defend a rush. I personally don't like the rush method due to the non- epic scale of the battle, however starcraft was always played as a rush game by professionals.

The Ultralisk is by far the scariest thing you would ever see on the high teir. A group of these things plus hydralisks would decimate almost anything in their path. Due to the Ultralsk AOE attacks, they can swat multiple targets at once. Though im still wondering what the Immortal is meant for, if Blizzard gave it a passive ability to coffer extra sheild protection for your units tha would even it out.

I think thats what its called, that unit had great potential to flank and annoy your enemies. I have never played Terran or fought a guy that usses them. Are they actually stil in there?
Edit: ok my bad, i just checked on them and they are still there. But its weird that no one ever used them......i think its becuase most my games ends with me being rushed with scv's and and marines. And if im unlucky enough they will have 2 medivacs for support. GG for me after that. Never did like playing as Terrans, most of the time i prefered Protoss or Zerg~

i bet alot of ppl will prefer protoss and zerg than terran during release.
just hopefully they balance up the terran units

Yes but if toss get to mid or late game you all better focus toss if its a FFA. For Terran late game err what late game terran stucks at mid. BC and thor are just big pixels. LoL

maybe they should not nerv chrono boost from 15 to 25, for balancing.

Thats true but protoss AA isnt weak too. I guess the deadliest is still nuke I find. Thor and BC goes down too fast(thats my experience in the game), they walk too slow and do not stand enuf damage.

you do not have enuf resources could it be cos u do not use ur chrono boost fast nuf? lol

Well sometimes in this game all it takes is just 1 unit to turn the tide of battle.
Thats true, but now I have to get use to all the new hotkeys again.

Quazacolt.

StarCraft II Beta - Patch 3 (version 0.5.0.14219B)

Balance Changes
* TERRAN

o Engineering Bay

+ Infantry Armor: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
+ Infantry Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.

o Armory

+ Vehicle Plating: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
+ Vehicle Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
+ Ship Plating: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
+ Ship Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.

* PROTOSS

o Zealot

+ The maximum shield capacity of this unit has been decreased from 60 to 50.
Bug Fixes
* Fixed a bug where the Infestor's Neural Parasite ability could cause Reapers to lose the ability to move.
* Fixed an issue that could use an incorrect HDR format on some ATI cards.
* Fixed a crash that could happen on some ATI cards.
another wave of beta key being sent out. anyone got theirs? check your bnet account.

I doubt so too, in "BROOD WAR", terran gets medics and gollys, zerg got lurks and guardians,protoss get DTs etc etc etc.
I think every expansion will provide new units too all races.
Sadly SC2 still have some issues with latency

I am probably not qualified to give advice though if on a game which pits against players who have master their race such as terran they will definitely will not wait to reach their last tech which consist of churning out heavy units such as battle cruiser most of the time they will attack when they have already reach the build they are planning to do  such as siege tanks , valkyrie and other fast moving units . Don't give the chance for the enemy to attack you, you got to  take the initiative and lock him or her  down . I understand going against protoss is hard because of their alien tech shield and amazing unit but every unit has it's disadvantage but don't give up on the terrans they are arm to the teeth and good at attacking just you need to  to be more familiar with your unit abilities for example ghost can lock carriers try experimenting your unit's attack and then implementing strategy against your enemies . Knowing your unit's advantage and disadvantage is the key for your winning to chances increase in the game or to prolong your survival in star craft .

I have the idea of what is suppose to do though when I start playing I get so focus to only building and lose out on the strategic wars although that is my problem  ^^. The pro's they are able to play long term and short term  and change the pace of the game at their will they are truly masters of their own game . Happy playing starcraft 2 .

Yup the requirements is really low. 6 series GPU for Nvidia, I doubt the 7 series GPU even exist these days.

However, given that much time to development. It's quite disappointing in term of graphics.

Blurry textures and jagged lines all over.

I've to agree. Shows how better micro doesn't always guarantee you a win.

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Added on March 9, 2010, 10:48 am
The very reason I like StarCraft is the rock-paper-scissor rule / mechanism that was implemented into it. A player who rely on his luck with a small army of powerful units? Infestors are the answer! Imagine a Mothership being placed under Zerg's control!

Anyway, against Infestors, I guess you'll have to make a large army of basic units such as Zerglings, Marines or Zealots (looks like Fungal Growth does not require any research ). Else, High Templar's Feedback / Ghost's EMP would be pretty useful. One thing that comes to my mind: If your opponent Zerg has 5 Infestors & you only have 1, would it be possible for you (with good micro) to Neural Parasite all 5 of them? I can imagine the crowd going crazy if this was displayed in a pro-game.

Dude, better micro always results in a win in engagement lol (given the same amount of units etc etc etc). Its called better micro for a reason. Macro however is a totally different matter.

some how it got me wondered when the game is made available...
Defence Of The Astriods?