)Alien vs Predator: Warcraft is using a bit more simplified gameplay than SC or WC3. There will not be any WC-style heroes (unless it's possible to give all units some hero properties: a small-scale leveling system and inventory, for example. So it'll either be all or none). The unit cap is roughly 75, and there is only one resoruce, though it isn't gathered in the simplistic "5=best" system that WC3 uses. The major reason Aliens don't have an attack air unit is because
none of them do.
Each has a shuttle unit, which are simply used as high-mobility deployment of ground units a bit later in the game. Each Species has 1-3 anti-air attacks to hinder these kinds of attacks. I should also mention that since the building trees are significantly smaller, starting points need less space, meaning each map could hold numerous resourse outposts, chokepoints, and strategic areas; you could be running 3-4 outposts the same size as your main base, possibly, but i'd have to see how economics play out in testing.
I discarded the ideas for a big SC-esque battle royalle with gunships, Space transports, powersuits, flying aliens, and Predators armed with jet packs, plasma mini-guns, and rocket-launching robots a
looooong time ago, so don't expect that, 'casue it certainly isn't mentioned in the design document.
Come to think of it, While it's not the most effective strategy, The Xenomorph Transport's Crash ability could work against significantly large base defences, since the damage will be pretty high for their cost. It won't take them out, but it'll certainly soften them up for a balanced team of over a dozen or so Soldiers and upgraded Warriors. In AvP:WC, sinse buildings are less numerous, sieging is more difficult. The main factor in siege effectiveness is total attack damage, so as long as you've got some Explosive-type attacks or high-level Armor Piercing, you shouldn't have too much trouble. Also, turtling will probably end up being a dumber strategy in this game than in WC3, unless you play as the Xenomorphs, which have numerous abilities that make defense easer for them.
Oh and Tycho, considering most Predators already have 2 types of weapons and 3-4 skills in each mode, what kind of 'special skills' are you talking about?
EDIT: To answer Spanky's hazy memory (at least I know he listens sometimes. That's right, buddy; if I die early,
you have to make my games.
), I was considering adding a Predator ability, in case they needed a non-statisic/cost boost to be more effective, was an ability, similar to the Orc's "Pillage", where they would gain a % of resources for every unit they killed. It sounded interesting, and i'll definitely consider adding it during the beta (and no, I'm not making a lazy 'do it later' excuse; considering just how many research options Blizzard created and put in WC3 only after the closed beta started, I'm currently on a good track. At least I don't have Corpse Explosion, Ancestral Guardian, Barkskin, Pig Farms, Mage Towers, or Bear Dens crammed into
my pre-beta.
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