Questions about a screenshot....

[masterofhobbiton]

http://www.starcraft-source.com/images/media/screenshots/101.jpg
This is the screenshot we were talking about.
http://starcraft2.com/images/screenshots/ss88.jpg
This is the shot blizzard just replaced it with a few minutes ago.

So, there's some weird things in this screenshot I was wondering if someone who was more up-to-date about all the units and stuff could clarify.

1. I see the flamethrowers of Jackals, but, uh, where are they? The one on the bottom could've just blown up, but on the left the flames are coming from nowhere. There is one jackal at the top (OMG IT HAS WHEELS??), but it's not firing. What's going on?

2. Is the swarm guardian in the middle.... on... the ground? It's shadow looks like it's at the same level as the hydras, and it's being attacked by a Jackal with the flame particles going above it. Through it, I could understand, like the hydra (if the jackal can even attack the air), but above it? What, can it land or something? o_O

3. What the heck is the giant green zerg on the spike legs?

4. Does the roach do line damage now like the jackal, or is the line of acid just part of its firing animation?

5. When overlords/overseers spread creep, do they have to then stay there or the creep goes away?

[DarkMirror]

WOAH. Yeah, wtf is the big green thing with spikes for legs?
EDIT: Wait... could that be a sunken colony?
EDIT 2: And is that a Terran buggy/vehcile I spot by the big green thing?

[masterofhobbiton]

That's the jackal. Turns out it's looked like that since it got flamethrowers, I just didn't notice.

[Protogod]

1. I see the flamethrowers of Jackals, but, uh, where are they? The one on the bottom could've just blown up, but on the left the flames are coming from nowhere. There is one jackal at the top (OMG IT HAS WHEELS??), but it's not firing. What's going on? This is a weird situation. Bearing in mind SCII is still alpha, I'm just gonna guess that the jackal is glitchy. The one on top is firing, btw, its just that theres stuff blocking most of yor view. Nothing new here, its just scII being weird.

2. Is the swarm guardian in the middle.... on... the ground? It's shadow looks like it's at the same level as the hydras, and it's being attacked by a Jackal with the flame particles going above it. Through it, I could understand, like the hydra (if the jackal can even attack the air), but above it? What, can it land or something? o_O
Seems more like a camera angle thing. It doesn't land, iirc. Its your eyes playing tricks on you.

3. What the heck is the giant green zerg on the spike legs?
That's new to me. It looks like a new building (and it also looks really out of place, and since ive never seen it before, I'm guessing its their first try at it)

4. Does the roach do line damage now like the jackal, or is the line of acid just part of its firing animation?
That's just it's attack animation.

5. When overlords/overseers spread creep, do they have to then stay there or the creep goes away?

I think that's still subject to change, but it will most likely go away over time.

[ForTheSwarm]

That is a noob terran player, using marines without a medic/medivac dropship.

[NoobOfLore]

I daresay that is the weirdest screenshot I have ever seen...And I guess since SC2 is still Beta, Some of those are likely visual glitches.
And about that green thing? I have No idea what that is. Maybe it's...AN INFESTED COLOSSUS!!!!

[Basan]

No screen shot in here, but that maybe has something to do with my 'groovy' internet connection. :P

[masterofhobbiton]

Haha, blizzard just took down the screenshot for a second and uploaded a new one with the same battle, but at a slightly different time. Now the glitchy flames are gone. XD

[Mattimeeleo]

Maybe that big green thing is a testing unit... or some change to the Queen... I thought I heard that the Queen level up or something like that.

[DarkMirror]

Except that theres already a Queen in the pic.

[Faiien]

Probably just Blizzard fine tuning the zerg.

[mranderson]

Well the green thing could be a high tier queen or a hero model (dun dun dun!). And they could have just put two queens in for playtesting but who knows? *shrugs

[ForTheSwarm]

Could be the new overseer.

[Lithium]

Seems more like a camera angle thing. It doesn't land, iirc. Its your eyes playing tricks on you.


If that's the case, why is the Hydralisk covering it, as opposed to vice versa?

[DarkMirror]

Not an overseer, since the "overlords" have a sort of mist heading down from them and circles of flatter creep below. Looks like those are the Overseers.

[ForTheSwarm]

That was very contradictory.

[Lithium]

That was very contradictory.

What he said.

[Protogod]

If that's the case, why is the Hydralisk covering it, as opposed to vice versa?

Glitch? Or maybe thats not even really the swarm guardian? That was just an assumption that its the SG, on his behalf.

[DarkMirror]

How is it contradictory? The big green thing probobly isn't a Overseer since the "overlords" seem to be spreading creep.

[masterofhobbiton]

I don't think it's really the swarm guardian. Swarm guardians in the videos look like worm things. I just assumed it was a newer one since it looks like an SC1 guardian.

[ChimTheGrim21]

Maybe that big green thing is a testing unit... or some change to the Queen... I thought I heard that the Queen level up or something like that.
Naa, the queen gets teirs just like a hatchery. You gotta evolve her to make her stronger.

[apostolos]

Originally Posted by Karune
The green spidery-like building on the top left is the new art for the Baneling Nest, the prerequisite building to morph Zerglings into Banelings. The new art in the middle is the Infestor Pit, which allows Infestors to be built. Infestor upgrades are also available at that building.

As you can see, the Terran Jackals no longer have a single front wheel tire, but instead have two, giving it more of a 'buggy-like' feel.Behold the true answer of 3.

[DarkMirror]

Blech... work on that baneling nest graphic kkthxbai.

[masterofhobbiton]

Thank You.

[ForTheSwarm]

How is it contradictory? The big green thing probobly isn't a Overseer since the "overlords" seem to be spreading creep.

Not an overseer, since the "overlords" have a sort of mist heading down from them and circles of flatter creep below. Looks like those are the Overseers.

Look at the words in bold. ;)

[DarkMirror]

Saying that the Green Thing wasn't an overseer, and that the Overlords were.

[ForTheSwarm]

Oh, now I get what you meant. Sorry, what you said just sounded weird to me.