User talk:Locke64

=StarCraft II=

I am eagerly awaiting the release of StarCraft II, and in the mean time, I want to know as much as I can about it. If you find any information, please post it here for me. I'm too lazy to check all the different web-sites.

For now, I'll list all the units I've seen in videos and artwork. It is important to note that many of these names are not officially announced, and abilities are only determined from my observations of the units' performance in the gameplay vids.

Units
SCV: I am glad to see that they can be stored in the Command Center in this game. It will me so much easier to colonize new mineral fields when you have four or five SCVs come out at once instead of one at a time. I do assume, however, that you would have to build these SCVs beforehand, and store them like in a Dropship.

Marine: Updated with a shield attachment on the power suit. I don't see much more difference though.

Siege Tank: Same as usual, but I really didn't see any footage of it in Tank mode, only Siege mode. I love how the tracks move out in Siege mode though. :P

Battle Cruiser: They still have the Yamato Gun ability, though I don't know if they've changed the name or not. I don't see any reason why they would...

Ghost: Same cloaking and Nuclear Launch abilities, but I haven't seen the Lockdown ability demonstrated.

Reaper: Capable of leaping walls.

Structures
Command Center: It can liftoff, moves a lot faster than it did in SCI, and can carry SCVs, all of which greatly help the colonizing process.

Refinery: Same as before. (image)

Barracks: Same as before.

Bunker: It appears to be the same, but I haven't looked very closely yet. (image)

Missile Turret: Though it looks a bit different, still the same ability. It can, however, attack Protoss Colossus, which is a very large ground unit. (image)

Units
Zergling: Drawings have wings, and my friend said that they could fly, but I'm not sure if that's true. I have yet to see this ability in the vids. Also has a new ability to morph into a Baneling.

Baneling: Suicide bomber, just like Infested Terran from SCI.

Hydralisk: Though it appears in drawings, I haven't seen any real footage of it.

Ultralisk: I saw it in one vid fighting some unit, but I forgot which one it was.

Mutalisk: I'm not sure if it still does splash damage or not.

Structures
I didn't see any structures in the vids, but I think I may have seen a glimpse of a Hive in one of the drawings.

Units
Probe: Not focused on at all in the vids, but it was in them, doing the same thing it's always done.

Zealot: New rush ability. If they are in range, they will dash toward the enemy to attack. (image)

Immortal: They have shields that activate if hit by powerful attacks. (image)

Stalker: The Blink ability allows them to teleport short distances. This includes up and down cliffs, as long as they can see their destination. (image)

Phase Prism: It is basically a mobile Pylon. It powers buildings, as well as transports units. (image)

Colossus: A very large ground unit. So large, in fact, that it can be hit by Missile Turrets. It is capable of climbing walls, etc. (image)

Pheonix: An air unit that can use a special super-charged attack that can target multiple units at once. It uses a lot of energy, however.

Warp Ray: Its constant laser gets more power as it continues. (image)

Structures
Nexus: Nothing special. It was attacked in the gameplay vids, and had the same plasma shield that all the other Protoss structures have.

Pylon: Same, but you now have the ability to warp units anywhere in the field created by the Pylons.

Photon Cannon: The shields are more visible. I don't know if they're stronger or not.

Gateway/Warp Gate: Builds Zealots, Immortals, Stalkers. When used in conjunction with Phase Prism, it can transport units directly to the Phase Prism's location.

That's not all!
This is just a quick list I threw together. I will examine the vids more closely and research other sites soon enough. I know I'm a noob and everyone already knows this stuff, but I just like to organize my thoughts and make lists. :P