I'm sure we can all contribute to this, even if we feel like this game is perfect the way it is. There are some things we go "Man... I wish I had this unit" or "Man, I wish I could do this strat..." etc. These are not to be confused with "I hate starcraft cause these things aren't here anymore" but rather these posts are just a discussion :)

My top 5:

• Reavers - Easily my favorite starcraft 1 unit. Not only were they cool looking, they were an extremely devastating alternative to the terran seige tank.


• Scouts - Awesome air unit. It was intimidating to be harassed by these because they could take a few hits before going down.


• Goliath - Reminds us all of every movie or animation of futuristic armies. Starwars, Aliens, Gundam, W40k... there's plenty of lore out there involving mechs. They just feel like man's attempt to play god on a mechanical level.


• Hydralisk - Tier 1.5, its size. It felt more at home here. Plus, you got to see it more often. Now most games all I get to see are roaches dying to my marauder armies *cough* :)


• Maps with open starting areas - I don't remember every single map in the original game having ramps or bridges stemming from the main start location. I felt like I had to prepare differently depending on what kind of map I play. Now every map (except one I think is called Scrap Station?) has a small ramp coming from the main.

Now it's your turn! gogogogo111!


Here's a running tally of everything everyone's input! Wanna jump on the bandwagon with some other people? Look here:

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Q u o t e:
21 - golath
13 - vultures / vulture mines
11 - reavers / reaver drops
11 - dark archon / mind control
11 - lurker
7 - critters
6 - hydralisk / hydra speed upgrade
6 - scouts
6 - firebat
6 - arbiter
5 - corsair
5 - defiler
5 - medics
4 - science vessle
4 - unit sounds
4 - dragoons
3 - f-key binding
3 - scourge
3 - music
2 - chat rooms
2 - BGH
2 - valkeries
1 - dark templar
1 - battlecruiser voiceover
1 - guardian
1 - wraiths
1 - WaF (we are friend)
1 - collecting depleted vespene
1 - maps with open starting areas
1 - fa$te$t map ever
1 - ghost / lockdown
1 - the overmind
1 - dark swarm
1 - queen
1 - infested kerrigan's voice
1 - optical flare
1 - caster units that "feel valuable"
1 - templar
1 - lan play
1 - making all selected units do the same command simultaneously (such as group-firing yamato)
1 - protoss speaking in their native tounge (in order responses)
1 - epic TvT tank-line battles
1 - cloak effect
1 - seige tanks
1 - race-specific victory/defeat screens
1 - building/morphing all units at once with zerg
1 - sound effects
1 - native tounge
1 - male voiced zerg general npc
1 - overlord
1 - chat rooms
1 - lan play
1 - air units that stay bunched up
1 - hydra speed boost
1 - playing the race-choosing mind game in lobbies
1 - the zomg color cycling display option
1 - knowing zerg might do something besides roach rush

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I really liked dragoons from the original StarCraft.

I'd have to say the Dragoon and Arbiter are two of my favorite M.I.A. units.