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hiddencorpse

What if: Overlords spewing creep onto units accelerated healing.

That would be cool eh? Just right below them. for instance 8zerglings/6banelings/5hyras/4roaches/3infestors/or 1ulra could be healed if placed directly underneath a spewing overlord. also being transported could accelerate healing as well.

Edit: I just feel like creep should do something else other than increase unit speed. So I thought hey maybe it could heal units .. but that would be OP as well (unless it was a very small amount of healing) So my train of thought moved onto this overlord spewing healing creep idea. What if it was an ability for over lords that used energy and healed (much slower than a medivac) but still some amount of healing over a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that if overlords are moving they cant spew creep.

Also - zerg units already heal on their own, although rather slowly. So what if their natural heal took a hit when not on creep, and was accelerated while on creep. that would be an interesting dynamic and I think you would see a lot more creep highways being built and a lot more anti creep harass going on by the other races.

ONE last final note ... Does anyone else have any ideas for something else creep could do other than accelerate movement speed and support structures? Like what if creep somehow negatively affected certain units of other races?

Posted Aug 10, 2010, 8:13 AM UTC · edited

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Syphon8Random•

It would be so ludicrously overpowered.

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RedditCommentAccountGama Bears•

Says the terran who can repair his units as fast as he wants.

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Syphon8Random•

...I'm a Zerg player...

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YoungAndAngryRandom•

I'll just go ahead and link this thread.

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WikipediaBrown•

These "what if" threads are ridiculous. You do realize that game balance is a serious part of game development, right?

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Syphon8Random•

Creep does do things besides increase movement speed and support structures.

It denies enemy base placement, and grants vision (if actively supported with tumors) for scouting.

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lethicZerg•

Tumors give vision, creep does not.

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Killraine•

(if actively supported with tumors)

You must be one of those people that skips over parentheses.

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lethicZerg•

No, creep does not give vision period. Only tumors do. This can be confirmed by the fact that tumors can see farther than the creep they've so far exuded.

Edit: This is important in a few cases. Most importantly though, if you put a creep tumor at the edge of a cliff, it can see quite far even if the creep can't spread. This works especially well on places like Lost Temple where your main has a cliff that borders air. If it were just creep that gave sight, putting a creep tumor on that cliff would be worthless, but in fact the tumor itself gives a buttload of sight so it's really useful.

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Killraine•

I'm aware that creep doesn't give vision itself. He specified "if actively supported with tumors", meaning that you only get the vision benefit of spreading creep when it is created through tumors versus other means.

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mathmexican4234•

I've given up with trying to come up with ideas to make zerg have more things to do so they are as interesting as terran. I have no idea why I still love zerg so much. I just do.

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