terran ended up getting cyclones anyway, why didnt blizzard just add diamondbacks instead of making a whole new unit?
Because Diamondbacks are completely OP so they had to be regulated to modes where balance isnât a concern. They could have completely reworked it just for Versus, but it would be a completely different unit in function which would confuse players coming from campaign to versus; as to fill the same roles as the cylone it would have to have a ~50% damage and Hp reduction, remove constant move while fire and instead make it a spell like Lock-On, allow it to target air units, and adjust its speed.
All that being said, youâre like 6 years late to make this complaint.
i wouldnt call them op, cyclones have some huge advantages over diamondbacks, they lock on at 7 range and can move away up to 13 to do a guaranteed 400 damage, pretty much siege tank range diamondbacks at that point, diamondbacks would probably be worse, wouldnt snipe buildings, wouldnt defend against void rays, etc, they would probably function as a runby unit, and with their cost, they would be a terrible option, the only scenario i can see diamondbacks being moderatlely strong in is against maybe kiting roach ravager, or poking marine tank pushes while tanks are unsieged, or diving into pure blink stalker without any immortals, pretty much everything cyclones already do (exept the last one).
Thatâs a long winded way of admitting you literally havenât even looked at their statsâŚ
Next time, you can just say âI havenât looked at their stats.â
You should try playing starcraft. Lockon doesnât do any guaranteed damage. It breaks with line of sight and, spoiler alert, Cyclone vision isnât 13. You can lock on, lose the lock on before the first shot, and do 0 damage while still activating CD.
Theyâre literally better in every way except speed. They do lockon damage without lock on and get +20 against armored. Their only worse states are theyâre ~1 point lower in speed and canât shoot up.
You have to understand. OP doesnât mean âI make 1 and boom I win every gameâ (though that would be OP), it just means overtuned for 1v1; which diamondbacks are.
apparently i was too bold in assuming you can use scanner sweep
Even with scanner sweep, itâs literally, by definition, does not do guaranteed damage. Donât get upset with me because youâre not precise with your language.
Hard to say for sure, if we look back the SC2 team was thorough experimenting with units for MP. We got the thor and hellion, which was cool. I remember back in a Q&A the team talked about how each unit had to serve a specific purpose, each one was chosen for a reason. Perhaps the diamondback couldnât fit into the mix. Cyclones can kite and hit air units with rockets, there was some intent in the design. The Diamondback shoots railguns, and this is stepping into Protoss territory, maybe to keep spectating more interesting they decided to stay true to each races identity, terran with explosions, protoss with lazers and scifi tech, zerg with goo and stuff.
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They could have made a toned version of diamondback with role that covers cyclone. The cyclone isnt bad as a unit but the idea that âwe need a stutter stepping mech unit like mech marineâ is a bit lame as an idea to make this unit.