So… we had Stet (zerg,) Mengsk, (terran,) and I am guessing it’s time for a Protoss Commander.
Will the Golden Armada under Blimp Queen Selendis be fashionably late to the battle?
In general, who do you hope will come out next? I want Ariel Hanson. 
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Mengsk was the one who rounded up the Terrans to six, so now all races have an equal number of commanders. In theiry this could mean that any race could come next, though we probably won’t see another Terran next.
Furthermore I’d rather see a bigger round of changes before a new commander, making kits working in themselves and pulling up underperforming commanders. I would also rather have a map than a commander next. That having been said,
- For Terrans I wouldn’t mind some themed commanders, be it Umoja or KMC. Those subfactions are seriously underrepresented both in campaign and in lore and I generally find them pretty neat (even though I hate Umoja). I would also be okay with a UED themed army lead by Lt. Morales, or some Confederact Resistance Force themed lil’ number.
- As far as Protoss goes I am all ready for some of the less liked characters. I found Urun amusing in the campaign, Karass is just awesome but they are so obscure and unlikely I won’t hold my breath for 'em. Ji’nara on the other hand for an air themed Tal’darim faction would be pretty cool.
- Not very picky with Zerg, I only play Zagara and Stukov, not even sure what the others have. Does anybody have Guardians? I’d like me some of those.
Abathur and Dehaka both have Guardians.
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Thank you! I probably won’t pick up either but good to know. Thanks again, brother.
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I would like something different, like races from warcraft3, characters from overwatch or Diablo would be interesting to look at
I would like Selendis or Rohana
Rohana could have Brood war units like reaver, arbiter with some hero units like Fenix has
For Zerg I would want The Overmind.
What he would do I’m not sure? a lot of the commanders already use different Zerg archetypes, even Mengsk.
Maybe use buildings and call-downs? He is a massive physique organism.
For Protos it would absolutely have to be Selendis, why she is not already here I don’t know.
Make her the official skytoss, give her the mothership as a hero BAM! DONE!
For Terran I would go with Tosh.
He could be like Nova but instead of elite super units he would use units with lots of special abilities to get the job done, super physique commandos and experimental tech.
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Current top I’d like to see for each race
ZERG
OVERMIND : Infestor of Worlds
What if: After being driven into the void by Tassadar, the Overmind was eventually able to return free of Amon’s corruption. It now seeks to destroy Amon and reunite the Swarm.
Key ideas:
Infestor of worlds: enemy buildings killed on creep or while infested by a Matriarch/Empress become an “Infestation” that generates resources for the Overmind (more depending on size of building), Creep gradually spreads from Overmind+ Yggdrasills over entire map.
Special strains: the extra resources can be used to convert units from standard zerg strains to special versions for substantial expense
Essence of the Swarm: Overmind replaces starting Hatchery providing Supply (increasing with upgrade) and Larva (additional Supply from Yggdrasills, additional Larva from Matriarchs)
Unending Swarm : 230 max supply (299 with Mastery)
Units/Buildings:
Morphalisk Larva (produced by OM/Matriarch, produce units faster)
Zergling-Devouring One, BW Hydralisk-Hunter Killer, Mutalisk-Kukulza, Devourer, Defiler-Unclean One, BW Ultralisk-Omegalisk, Matriarch-Empress
Sunken Colony-Deep Sunken colony, Spore Colony-Spore Cannon
Creep Colonies produced by Overmind anywhere in vision+creep
Drop off resources at Overmind or Yggdrasills
Abilities:
Yggdrasill (permanent, max # on map, give supply and heals in area), Infested CC calldown, Warp rift (temporary gate between two points), global Swarm infestation
Also Niadra or Izsha
PROTOSS
SELENDIS : Shield of Aiur
Key ideas:
Mothership Only : Modules on the Mothership Core substitute for units (multiple copies can be built, boost stats, randomly lost if hp fall too low)
Golden Armada : Selendis can Temporarily recall ground reinforcements or portions of the Golden Armada
Modules:
Multitarget antiground, Heavy A+G cannon, AntiAir small splash, Vortex (delete nonheroic/massive), Thermal Lance, Escort bay (temporary purchased Escorts), Shields, Energy, Repair Drones, Teleport, Time Rift
Unit (all temporary)/Buildings
Recalled Ground Force: Zealots, Adepts, Phase cannon, Immortal, Archon
Golden Armada Detachment: Carrier, Tempest, Scouts, Void Ray, Phoenixes, Corsairs, Observers
Phase Cannon (has mobile form)
PsiLink Spire: can warp in Phase Cannons and Recall Ground Forces anywhere in visible pylon power
Abilities: Recall Reinforcements, Recall Golden Armada, Planet Cracker, Overshield (energy blocks damage to allies)
Also Jinara or Rohana
TERRAN
TOSH: Cloaked Combat specialist
Key ideas:
Cloak: all units can cloak in various ways, Tosh can shut down detectors
“Active Terrazine”: generated by a special building over time, used for: Abilities, Spectres, mini Nukes (bigger than arcturus tac missiles), Shredders, and certain upgrades
Right Man, Right place: individual Spectres upgrade with Terrazine
Units/Buildings
Assassin (melee attack, mineral only), Reaper, Spectre (w mininukes), Diamondback, Predator, Shredder, Wraith, Liberator, Raven (spider mines, AAM, targeting drone, hunter-seeker)
Underground Planetary Fortress, Radar tower, Nuclear Silo, Psi Indoctrinator, Terrazine Refinery (special building generates “Active Terrazine”, can speed up with mineral+gas payment)
Abilities: all cost Terrazine
Blinding Terror: damage and blind detectors in area, “Vodoo doll”: all enemy units of target type (ie all zerglings/all banshees) take % of damage target takes, Zombie: control target enemy unit (slowed, takes/does less damage)
Also: Hanson Valerian or Dugalle
Other ideas: Tassadar, Zurvan, and Duran (he backstabbed everyone else, why not Amon too… shapeshift to be ally’s race…changing some units/calldowns, but mostly Hybrids)
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Selendis for Protoss.
As someone already said either a mothership hero unit or a calldown with the animation/effect of a giant mothership zooming down onto the battlefield is a curved line firing lasers everywhere. I forget where I saw it exactly; I’ll have to look again but I’m 90% sure it was in the 20th anniversary trailer, just not sure what campaign or mission they took that from.
I know Alarak has the Deathfleet already but that lasts a while. The above I mentioned would have to be a quick powerful calldown like HnH space platform re-allocation or Mengsk nukes.
I just think it looks amazing.
Otherwise a perma hero mo ship would be cool too.
For Zerg I’d like to see Izsha. Just not sure what her kit would be or her specialty.
Terran I still want Valerian…
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They ran out of ideas. There will be no new commanders, ever. Mengsk is the last and best.
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My top picks would be Selendis, the Overmind, and Valerian.
ideas no… funding (for coop specifically), personnel, yes
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Good Lord, no.
Because she was an absolutely underutilized and unimportant character in the campaigns.
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I would like to finish off coop with only one more commander that truly uses all 3 races stuff.
Only one I can think of is the xel naga that takes the form of Tassadar and gets replaced by Kerrigan, whatever its name was, thing was uninteresting. Perhaps masquerading as Tassadar in order keep some semblance of continuity with nobody knowing who he was in the epilogue.
After that all I want is maps, bug fixes and some balancing, and new and interesting mutators for weekly mutations and Brutal+ that are fun/unique mechanics
Charging a few bucks for maps to keep what’s left of the coop devs employed would be fine imo
If we get Selendis this what I’d want her calldown ability to look like, at 1:13 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg3F9A0YhP8
If she is a hero unit I’d love to see some of the original mothership abilities, mainly the old “planet cracker” laser beams that you can see here around 1:06 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsrao0Vy4MM
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No no no no no no…
First, Warcraft 4. AND THEN we get single-race commanders and variations on each race in there (if the multiplayer factions are multi-race and not single-race anyway).
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I want Tosh and Donnie Vermillion.
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I was betting on Tosh before they annonced Mensgk. Donny would be fun but seriously…
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Tosh; bi-form commander who has a generic force but has two exclusive set of upgrades he can take. Equip your troops with advanced black op/black market tech, or enhance them with jorium and terrazine. Deploys pirate units (i.e. pirate troopers?, Pirate Liberators and Vikings), some elite mercenaries, and Reapers and Spectres (of course).
I imagine the druggie route (terrazine), would have various combat buffs, give units psionic abilities like shields. I especially want to see Pirate troopers fill a similar niche to Alarak’s Supplicants, with them being sacrificed for certain abilities (becoming psionic bombs, for example).
Not sure about the black market tech route, but it has better endurance in comparison.
Maybe lifesteal rounds as a potential upgrade?
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Kate Lockwell
She has a “reporting mechanic” where her buildings and units are geared towards that. Sufficient amounts of reporting attracts attention of other COs, who came in with a subset of their units and/or CD to aid in Missions. Otherwise, she’s limited in combat options.
Kate Lockwell + Valerian Mengsk
Alternatively, her reporting is able to bring in Valerian’s units and abilities to aid in missions. Another duo commander like HH. Hell, make them married! (Kate Mengsk)
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