StarCraft 2 Fansite Q&A 5 Available Now

May 29th, 2009

For a company who treats release dates as a complete non-issue, Blizzard does tend to stick pretty tightly to their fansite Q&A schedules. Every Wednesday / Thursday, depending where in the world you are, a new Q&A should be online somewhere.

What a boring Q&A. I usually love going through these, but it seems the people at SC2Armory decided to ask some truly disinteresting questions. Surely someone could have thought of a more interesting question than “Can you increase a Viking’s range?” Come on, you have to try just a little bit harder than that. The Admin of SC2Armory did note that none of the Map Editor questions were answered, which saddens me greatly.

The small glimmer of hope for those looking for interesting bits of information can be found at question 3, where Blizzard was asked how Terran will be able to deal with Mutalisk stacking now that irradiate is no longer in the game. They answered:

The ghost’s snipe shot, which deals 60 damage (and ignores armor) to biological units like the Mutalisk, can be a good defensive ability. The Thor’s anti-air attack also has +2 damage against Mutalisk’s Light armor. Additionally, the nighthawk’s hunter seeker missile gives splash damage, making it a great counter against Mutalisk stacking, considering it does 150 damage. One missile can effectively 1-shot a whole stack of Mutalisks if the Zerg player does not try to dodge the missile. Even though players can group up many more than 12 Mutalisks in a stack now, with abilities like the Hunter Seeker missile on the field, they may still want to think twice about it.

As a staunch Terran fan, that is useful to know considering how popular Mutalisk stacking is. I eagerly await the opportunity to launch a Hunter Seeker missile at a 20 Mutalisk stack, catching my opponent unawares, and watch hundreds of tiny little Zerg giblets scatter the battlefield.

A moment like that can make any day a good day.

Source: SC2armory