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Infested Protoss
Feb 1 2009, 9:01 pm
By: Black Knight  

Feb 1 2009, 9:01 pm Black Knight Post #1



About the Infested Protoss, they have been removed from the curret build of sc2. But any thoughs about this? Do you think the Infested Protoss should be brought back or it's removed for the better? I personally think Infested Protoss units would be awesome.



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Feb 1 2009, 9:26 pm KrayZee Post #2



They should.



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Feb 1 2009, 10:20 pm MillenniumArmy Post #3



They had infested Terrans in SC1, why not infested Protoss.

In fact they should even have Infested Zerg :P



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Feb 1 2009, 10:46 pm chuiu Post #4



I won't be satisfied until I see infested bengalaas and kakaru!



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Feb 2 2009, 1:12 am Syphon Post #5



IIRC, currently, the infested Zealots are out.



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Feb 2 2009, 1:15 am ForTheSwarm Post #6



We already know that. I would really like Infested Protoss, but....



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Feb 2 2009, 1:37 am Black Knight Post #7



Quote from Syphon
IIRC, currently, the infested Zealots are out.

"About the Infested Protoss, they have been removed from the current build of sc2."



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Feb 2 2009, 5:13 am ClansAreForGays Post #8



Syphon doesn't read b4 he posts.

Anyways, has there been any leaked concept art? More than anything I want SC2 because I want to see wtf was in Duarn's test tube, this is bullshit.




Feb 2 2009, 5:23 am KrayZee Post #9



Quote from ClansAreForGays
Anyways, has there been any leaked concept art? More than anything I want SC2 because I want to see wtf was in Duarn's test tube, this is bullshit.
No.



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Feb 2 2009, 2:06 pm Grand_dracolich Post #10



I think the Infested Protoss units were removed because story-wise, they'd be too powerful, and they're supposed to be hard to infest (otherwise, they'd've done it a long time ago).

It'd also steal the thunder of Duran's experiments. The bonus mission set everyone up for these super-powerful hybrids, then, for no apparant reason, those hybrids are in melee mode and aren't anything special.



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Feb 2 2009, 4:12 pm LoveLess Post #11

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Quote from Grand_dracolich
I think the Infested Protoss units were removed because story-wise, they'd be too powerful, and they're supposed to be hard to infest (otherwise, they'd've done it a long time ago).

It'd also steal the thunder of Duran's experiments. The bonus mission set everyone up for these super-powerful hybrids, then, for no apparant reason, those hybrids are in melee mode and aren't anything special.
Well, now you gotta think back to how you couldn't build Infested Terrans even though I am sure the Zerg has infested the Terran race a billion times before. Then there's also Kerrigan and Duran.

There are many different types of infest that the Zerg can use, so I think about it a Queen's infesting is different than the assimilation of a race into the Zerg genus. So I would use the back-up that it's just the ugliest thing ever's spell.

Besides, I think an infested zealot with long, fleshy/bony blades for arms would look awesome.



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Feb 2 2009, 5:56 pm Syphon Post #12



Quote from ClansAreForGays
Syphon doesn't read b4 he posts.

Anyways, has there been any leaked concept art? More than anything I want SC2 because I want to see wtf was in Duarn's test tube, this is bullshit.



Possibly infested Protoss?



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Feb 2 2009, 6:46 pm ClansAreForGays Post #13



Quote from Grand_dracolich
I think the Infested Protoss units were removed because story-wise, they'd be too powerful, and they're supposed to be hard to infest (otherwise, they'd've done it a long time ago).

It'd also steal the thunder of Duran's experiments. The bonus mission set everyone up for these super-powerful hybrids, then, for no apparant reason, those hybrids are in melee mode and aren't anything special.
Not to mention they almost never actually die, just get warped out.




Feb 3 2009, 1:58 pm Grand_dracolich Post #14



@Syphon: If I recall correctly, that screenshot had the caption "Infested Dragoon Factory". While I doubt it'd produce Infested Dragoons, it's likely a Zerg hive in a Protoss structure.



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Feb 11 2009, 12:25 am UnholyUrine Post #15



No.. look closely..
there's an eye on the top.
it's the Overmind.



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Feb 11 2009, 12:30 am Echo Post #16



I have a feeling they are going to do something like this. Fenix's destroyed body is recovered by Duran's forces which is then used for an experiment to create hybrids. Therefore making an "infested" Fenix.



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Feb 11 2009, 12:33 am UnholyUrine Post #17



They're already made infested razagal.. i wonder how they did that in the first place anyways?...

Infested Protoss'd be awesome =D.. just one unit (like infested terran) is good enough.. and then, have them totally own terran and protoss.. and the xel'naga steps in on the expansion and destroys the infested protoss population and thus stops the zerg's rampage.. .
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Brilliant!



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Feb 11 2009, 2:15 am ForTheSwarm Post #18



The more units, the better.



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Feb 11 2009, 4:01 am Syphon Post #19



Quote from UnholyUrine
They're already made infested razagal.. i wonder how they did that in the first place anyways?...

Infested Protoss'd be awesome =D.. just one unit (like infested terran) is good enough.. and then, have them totally own terran and protoss.. and the xel'naga steps in on the expansion and destroys the infested protoss population and thus stops the zerg's rampage.. .
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Brilliant!

She was more brainwashed by Kerrigan than flat out infested.



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Feb 11 2009, 5:03 am LoveLess Post #20

Let me show you how to hump without making love.

Besides, the Hybrids are more like... Built from the ground up as the two races being one. Not just infested/mutated, but a full fledged unity between the two. Infested Protoss would work fine :/



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[2026-6-23. : 3:29 am]
DarkenedFantasies -- Probably just didn't care. For example, at some point before release, they've updated the graphics of some of the Protoss buildings (Forge, CyberCore, Citadel, Observatory, Arbiter Tribunal), but instead of properly re-rendering them with edited 3D models, they did crappy copy-paste jobs on the rendered graphics.
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Ultraviolet -- :wob:
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Symmetry -- :wob:
[2026-6-21. : 4:56 am]
Ultraviolet -- I suppose we'll likely never know, but my guess would be that they already saw it operating successfully and there was no monetary incentive to finish the original work. And the dev cycle in old school Blizzard was so hectic, it's possible it just got forgotten about after the original game got released. Plus there's an element of existing MPQ files that were packaged with the original discs becoming outdated if they updated it. And it's not like they remade the original MPQs, they just made new ones for BW specifically
[2026-6-21. : 4:26 am]
Oh_Man -- so that makes me think maybe the theory they are unfinished is not true and its a deliberate design decision, coz why not finish them wen ur making brood war?
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Oh_Man -- the thing is thos buildings are from classic. that means they went ahead and made brood war without ever finishing the 'unfinished' buildings
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Ultraviolet -- Yeah he's talked about a lot of that stuff in his casts before. It seems plausible. Especially knowing how Blizzard of yesteryear operated.
[2026-6-20. : 3:47 pm]
NudeRaider -- to clarify: couldn't recall the behavior for every single Protoss building but I was aware the disparity exists.
[2026-6-20. : 3:43 pm]
NudeRaider -- Contained nothing new for me. Didn't know all building's behavior, but very much all unit's. Also Terran balance whine - also nothing new :lol:
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Oh_Man -- makes me wonder if SEN knows anything about the topic
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