A lot of information is being released at BlizzCon, but the most drastic and interesting update yet is the return of the Carriers, and removal of the Tempest from StarCraft 2.

ScLegacy’s LordofAscencion got to meet with Blizzard’s developers, and was told that “Tempest didn’t feel right and that there was too much of an emotional connection with the original unit“.
And rightly so – the Carrier is a symbolic unit of the Protoss, just like Siege Tank is of the Terran.

This is the second unit to be completely removed from the game, after the predictable removal of the Soul Hunter.

Additional Protoss Updates include :

Twilight Archon has Feedback ability, and will hover (not have legs, meaning the Archon will not trigger mines).
Star Relic is now a ground unit now known as Stasis Orb.
Mothership now cloaks all ground units underneath it and appears to have weak anti-air.

Some Terran action : Leaked StarCraft 2 live gameplay video !

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4 Comments to “Carriers Are Coming Back”

1. WhiteKnight — August 4, 2007 @ 1:19 am
   

   I think tempest look cooler.

   the Carrier is a symbolic unit of the Protoss
   ????
   if talk about protoss i will first image about dragoon.

   however i don’t play protoss so much

   Twilight Archon has Feedback ability, and will hover (not have legs, meaning the Archon will not trigger mines).

   Yes he sould not has leg(so he will not triger spider mine ?)

2. home_run758 — August 4, 2007 @ 9:57 am
   

   this more pertains to the terran-focused tail end of this article: i had read at some point that marines may or may not have made the cut into SC2. in the updated starcraft2.com under features -> terran -> command center there is a terran unit with a white shield with a red cross on it located just above the upper right corner of the description text box.

3. Crow — March 7, 2008 @ 12:34 am
   

   I like the design of the Tempest…
   But still Protoss rocks!!!
   {no offense to the Zerg and Terran players}

4. Crow — March 7, 2008 @ 12:34 am
   

   I like the design of the Tempest…
   But still Protoss rocks!!!
   (no offense to the Zerg and Terran players)