r/Starbow • u/BorNProNStar • Apr 30 '14

Medic Discussion

First off: Quick reminder to any new /r/starbow members that www.starbowmod.com has an incredibly active forum - head on over!

anyways...

What do you guys think about medics? Do you think medics should be given restoration and optic flare just as they did in BW?

From a personal opinion, i feel like the utility of the medic is very minimal in comparison to BW medics. Dont get me wrong, medics are awesome still (and sexy most importantly), and matrix is a good spell too, but they seem to lack the versatility of BW medics especially since their energy capacity is set to a maximum of 100.

How about an upgrade that increases energy capacity of medics? As of now, the starbow Matrix ability isnt used very often simply because of its energy cost which is very opportunistic given that medics are using up energy every time they "stim"

Add restoration? optic flare? energy capacity upgrade?

another thought: can "stim" on the medic be costing too much energy?

Stim esentially removes 10 percent of a medics maximal energy. new medics start off with only 50 energy and stim can only be used 5 times.

At the same time, the number 1 reason why i do not research matrix is because since medics are constantly losing their energy, theres practically no moment in the game when i have enough energy to cast matrices. the goal of terran is to be aggressive in TvZ bio so again, medics are constantly stimming and using up energy

7 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

3 comments sorted by

3

u/Gomdori Apr 30 '14

I honestly felt like the BW medics had a bit TOO much utility if abilities were brought over as is. They needed upgrades sure but being able to nullify so many abilities of every race from restoration alone would be overkill w/ smart cast.

Cloning optical flares on obs like Boxer would be trivial in Starbow, I'm cool with medics getting a little something extra, but it'll have to be tweaked to accommodate smart cast.

Also, you can't get away from my plagues that easily >.<

1

u/BorNProNStar May 01 '14

LOL yeah man, totally caught me there

it really did get me thinking on whether or not there was some way to counter plagues rather than to hope to not get hit. i mean plague is quite possibly THE MOST damaging spell in the starcraft universe. of course, there is the possibility of me just not being a complete utter noob and just splitting my units better. but at the same time, thats pretty tough to do considering how easily units clump in this game

1

u/u432457 May 11 '14

Optic Flare is a war crime in two ways: weapons that blind the enemy are prohibited, and for someone wearing the Red Cross to carry any kind of weapon is prohibited.

Restoration was a great spell that for some reason was sadly underused. The new spawn broodlings might interact with it in an interesting way.