Auto gas harvesting is my favorite upgrade! The few commanders that get it just make things so simple on the early game; you collect gas at full speed instantly, you don’t need to redirect your probes or SCVs so get a lead on minerals, and save 150 minerals per gas collector at the beginning of the game!
What I never got was why none of the Zerg commanders get it, closest early speed boost you get is Zagara with duel drones per egg.
I don’t think it would be far off to have Dehaka have auto gas collection since they’re build from your main structure/creature. Just need to maintain range and can collect from underground, plus it would really help the early Dehaka micromanagement trying to build your base and get Dehaka essenced up early!
Because Autogas is a feature which where originally developed by the Protoss and then copied by the Terrans. So it makes sense that Zeratul has it as he should have the high Xel’naga Tech while also being used by Nova as she is the Elite. Now what is left is Zerg where the Plan whas with Niadra having a Hero Broodmother with her Eliteswarm using Protosstechnologie so that we have the last racecombi.
Well sadly development whas cancelled before Niadra whas finished.
We could’ve gotten it eventually if they didn’t discontinue coop. A shame what could have been.
But from a lore standpoint the most fitting one to get it would be Kerrigan. She had it as an upgrade in the Zerg campaign, and she is one of the most gas hungry commanders.
The designers in a diary mentioned autogas was something they watned to REALLY limit. It was far too powerful to give to more than a handful of COs. It looks like Nova, Vorazun, and Zeratul were it. I’d like to think Niadra would’ve gotten it too for “racial symmetry”. FWIW, not everyone has, ‘everything’.
I find I’m more OK with gas, but I’ll acknowledge I may be far from a strong Kerrigan player. Also, my preferred comp is Ling, Hydras, and Worms. I don’t bother with Mutas.
Oh I do agree it is very effective! Reason I wish it was on Dehaka is because he’s heavy on that early micro trying to get him essence collected! One of the main reasons I like playing Vorazun is because she gets it so early in level up, but I don’t see a true need for her to have it other than they wanted to get it on an early Protoss Commander.
It also makes sense from another designpoint.
Someone pointed out that Raynor, Kerrigan and Artanis are from the Design more like the original Terran, Zerg, Protoss playstyle so that Versus player would feel familiar.
Meanwhile Swann, Zagara and Vorazun are still kinda similar but also way more different in a specialised way if you want an alternative playstyle.
So if we limit Auto-Gas it also made sense why only Vorazun have it while Kerrigan not despite her being more Gashungry. Because as you said before, if you are not good enough and no desire to mass mutas you can still go mass lings and Hydras with maybe some Ultralisks for front breakers. But Zagara, Vorazun and Swann really depend on the Gas which is why they got some specialities for overcomming it.
Vorazun has for it the Autogas, Zagara get researches that heavily reduce gas while also produce automatic Berstlings for free and Swann get the drones which produce automatic addional gas for him and the allied commander.
Well that is the standard kerri build but I main P1 so no worms for me. Properly massed, her mutas wipe out waves with their bouncing glaives that deal full damage per bounce when fully upgraded (ofc they are overshadowed by abby’s better single damage mutas).
Refinery no longer requires SCVs to harvest vespene gas.
"We have adapted Protoss warp technology to transport gas canisters straight from the Refinery to the Command Center, eliminating the need for SCVs to carry them back.
Why the Protoss never thought to transport vespene in this fashion is a mystery. Perhaps they lack Terran creativity or pragmatism, or possibly their primitive superstitions forbid the practice."
The terrans were the first to develop it using protoss tech. If the protoss did utilize it first, they kept it secret.
Zagara also has Drones that are half supply, and cheaper + quicker to build. You could argue that it’s mostly due to her 100 supply cap, but I think it also fits that bill!
I’m guessing there may have been 1 or few factions that utilized that. But the superstition does go towards that (although it seems to be leaned on a bit too heavily at times). At least the covered why the Spear of Adun was never used in the first Sc game.