It's been a long time since I've heard about the Nomad. If I remember correctly, I think they wanted to remodel it, but we haven't seen the result yet, am I right? Is the unit still in the game?

On the balance side, in the latest round of changes, the Nighthawk builds mini defenses such as the auto turret based on resources now, instead of energy. This effectively forces players to think more in how they plan to use the Nighthawk's support functions based on their resources. Additionally, these 'almost instant' drops on the battlefield could easily change the tide of a battle or even wreck havoc on an unsuspecting enemy economy.

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Q u o t e:
Will these nighthawk abilities cost energy as well?

Will the nighthawk have any castable abilities that doesn't cost resources (like emp or defense matrix)?

Roughly how much resources will things like mines and auto-turrets cost?

edit: is it to be expected that other energy based abilities that created permanent units to cost resources as well (such as the queen creep tumour ability or the overseer nydus worm ability)?

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1) Not at the moment (all subject to balance)
2) Not at the moment (all subject to balance)
3) Costs are a bit irrelevant at the time since everything will be tweaked through more balance testing.

Additionally, the defenses set down by the Nighthawk will be permanent and not on a timer.