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Just a small bit of information:
I'm quite sure I'm the one working on Ion projectile.
And I thought everyone who answered thought it would be better if Ion Attack was actually an ability..

Just to rewrite (and improve the wording) on my ability idea..

Ability 1:
One short burst of Ionic force that takes up energy, a quick burst of destruction.

Ability 2:
One long beam of Ionic force that takes up energy with time, and keeps attacking. Much less damage per second then ability 1, but you can somehow change where it moves as your target moves.

Question: Will ion cannon be able to attack air units?


The Ion Cannon will only have 50 range? I thought it would be a bit more destructive, not so it would be able to attack across the map, but maybe an army moving in your direction? I may have forgotten, but 50 doesn't seem like a lot of range.

Sorry about the questions, but questioning is a trait of a perfect student (as long as its not 2 often ) .

I agree it should be larger. (Especially if it gets the 5% self destruct chance.)

75 sounds good. And the problem with the Ion Cannon's attack being a standard attack is if it Auto-targets stuff. I don't want to see my expo wiped out because my Ion Cannon auto-targeted an incoming ling.

Zerg Arch-Queen

HP: Low (200-300)
Shield: None
Armor: Low (1)
Attack Ground: Psionic Parasite
Attack Air: None
Min Range: 0
Max Range: 10-25
Type: Manually Targeted (Spell)
Charge-Up Time: 0
Cooldown: 0
Damage: Medium (3-35/s[Depends on range between Queen and unit)
Splash Radius: None
Damage Type: Psionic
Background: The Arch-Queen puts a parasite on a unit using its mind, leeching its life out.
Built From: Infested Command Center
Requires: Queen Thingy(I forgot name), Infested Command Center, Hive
Mineral Cost: 250-500
Gas Cost: 100-300


Dark Archon/Archon Warp

HP: Very low (5)
Shield: Low (75-125)
Armor: Very Low (0)
Attack Ground: Radius Mind-Control
Attack Air: Radius Mind-Control
Min Range: 0
Max Range: 0
Type: Area Affected (Spell)
Charge-Up Time: 6
Cooldown: 0
Damage: None
Splash Radius: 5-20
Damage Type: Radius Mind Control
Background: A dark archon and archon warp together. After being completed the new being explodes and all nearby units become under the control of the new being.
Built From: Dark Archon, Archon
Requires: Dark Archon, Archon, Dual Archon Warp Upgrade
Mineral Cost: 0
Gas Cost: 0

And thanks Dt fot the team thingy I asked for good idea no?

I think so for spells. I'm almost 100% sure useweapon will work as long as you have a target. Here's what I'd do.

1. Make the weapon - Dat Editor job
2. Give the unit any spell(Reqs and button). - Memory Patchers job to make it have the spell
2. Edit the Iscript animation so that it uses Useweapon instead of castspell - Iscript writer job, must have weapon Id from Dat editor.

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As for the Archon/Dark Archon Warp, HOW? Archon Merge/Dark Archon Meld are hardcoded. Only HT/DT can use the action(respectively), and the ID of the unit they become is hardcoded too. I'd love to see it work, but I have to be realistic. You have to hack apart the game to do what you want.

So... the Ion Cannon is going to take an hour to produce?

Good balance move, though I think it will end up simply not being used.

For the Dark Archon/Archon Merge we could use the Cloakable unit group. Then edit their iscript... maybe using a spell and changing the iscript reference...

Can I have more details on how to make the Ion cannon projectile?
Im thinking making a regular shot, with beam and ending, a just beam, and a beam with ending for when it hits. 18 of each for 36 directions.. yet somehow, when I count, these grps end up with 34, not 36.. Oh well.
Just give me more details on how you want it.


Ionic Discharge sounds cooler, doesnt it?

We should make a protoss attack (or spell) 'Psionic Discharge' if we keep this one Charged Ion Blasts.




It really needs a new name..


Maybe so, but critics like it when new spells are observer. New spells are more interesting then new attacks.



My own new unit

Protoss Dargon
Health: Medium
Shields: High
Armor: Medium
Cost: Very High
Speed: Medium
Energy: Average
Damage: High
Cooldown: Medium
Description: A powerful protoss interplanetary battleship, used in large groups as support. Can Sacrifice its energy (and when that runs out, its own shields) to restore the shields of allied units. Uses latest technology to shape its shield.
Ability:
1) Boost Shield: Sacrifices its energy/shields to restore shields to another allied unit with shields.
2) Warp Shield: Change the shape of shields (if any exist) to reduce damage taken by outside attacks. (It's like an ability to increase defense) Temporary, drains energy.

The name isnt good, you can change that, I was in a hurry.
But this is a decent idea.
Copy paste everything from the Shield Battery ability, give it to a flying unit.. replace a Ganthridor.
And it is highly strategic.

I have an idea for the name.

Since the original expansion was Brood Wars and we got all the high-end units going, why not call this the "Tech Wars"? It'd be short and simple enough for a first mod and has a nice ring to it.

Sounds.... not so good. I think that following the same pattern would be stupid. They didn't call Brood War Broodcraft.

Starcraft: Zero Point
Starcraft: Apex
Starcraft: Desolation
Starcraft: Apocalypse.

It's still better than coming up with a generic name that simply sounds cool, which is what most mods do now.

Starcraft: The next age?

And why dont we have the HT and DT warp together then??? Then create something else??? something like that.

Generic name that sounds cool> Meaningful name that sounds stupid.

Anyways, should somebody do a campaign? I could do it.
Starcraft: Triad of War

What about something thats meaningful but storyline-inclined?
Tech Wars doesn't exactly describe a storyline, as Brood War did.
A campaign might also be a good idea. Shame this can't go on bnet D:

StarCraft: War of the Ancient





...As in the Protoss and Zerg fighting on Stage A, with a side Terran campaign telling of a different war, between Raynor's group and the Dominion.

Ooo, I like that one.

I will be designing a Protoss unit. But, it will take some time.

ADDITION:
Name: Protoss Tempest
Shieled: Yes
Spells: Yes
Can attack: No

I have HP set up but am trying to model it now.

ADDITION:
We need someone thats good at 3D modeling on this team! I cant make my own model in 3d. Its way to hard! Also makeing its other animations! I can edit them but damn!

Hmmm... let me try something and get back to you on that.

I see no problem using the Cloakable group. But, after that, what would we do? If we did use a spell, we'd have to change the Iscript reference of that spell(because of the High Templar), but what would it look like? You couldn't get the two units next to each other with just Iscript. Ideas on this would be helpful, since this kind of unit will take a Data editor, mem patcher, and iscripter working perfectly together to get it to work.

Yeah, that could be a problem.