13 Range Widow Mines!! - Avon: Overt Cops StarCraft 2 Custom Campaign - Pt 1

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3:25 - Mission 1
21:57 - Mission 2
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[@shadowssun1120]

Hi, this is ShadowsSun, creator of the mod! A couple of things to note: Mission 1: There *is* a change or two, but I agree that it's not exciting enough to show on camera. Go play for yourself if you're interested! Mission 2: Grant's right, this really is a level designed to show off the HERC as a frontline unit. A couple of people have noticed that one of the buildings got rescued in the bottom right: this is an armory, which I gave the player so theor mines would stay hidden while burrowed. Real hack stuff! Mission 3: The enemy will start hitting you with waves of mutas and even the occasional guardian, but obviously not soon enough to hit Grant! For the second part, the detection range markers: this is something of a perrenial problem, and one I thought I'd fixed. It seems to be something to do with the mess that is Operative upgrades that messes with the way the game auto-shows detection of you have stealthed units in your selection. I will get to the bottom of it soon hopefully. Or just paint the radiuses on the room floor! As for why they're missile turrets and not the usual ghosts, I was having trouble getting the stealth AI to work properly with multiple units. Shoutout to Synergy for showing me how to do it for the later missions!

[@double2254]

The idea for a customizable unit the player gets to tweak as the game goes by sounds so amazing! The design of the operative really is brilliant and would love to see it be used in more RTS campaigns

[@jell0goeswiggle]

I was hoping that lack of the detector range indicators was a special treat for Brutal.

[@lodthefraud4993]

I’m so happy you made this for NCO! I love that campaign, and sadly it doesn’t get much love from modders.

[@anonymususer1728]

Where can I find this ? I've searched all over the Custom Campaigns and Arcade.

[@Samissa806]

Great to see how it went in this end, I feel like this is going to be a treat to watch 👍

[@ChannelMiner]

Grant exposed as a barcode.

[@Leo.V]

So you're telling me there's a chance I'm against Grant when i face a barcode? Damn

[@HurremDurrem]

Coupon discount for the up coming 4th chapter of SC2

[@ColdLeg701]

I knew it

[@mikked01]

His secret identity, revealed to the world!

[@knpark2025]

37:00 That is me, trembling from physical pain, after seeing 10 minutes of Grant not noticing a single replacement operative he left behind.

[@TheVoidIsCold]

To be fair, I literally didn't notice them until I finished watching the video and went to the comment saw this comment

[@AleksanderDrako]

Yes! And the "select all army unit" button was suggesting there being one more unit joined to that pain

[@TheVoidIsCold]

@@AleksanderDrako I didn't notice that either, XD

[@kylerd5663]

2 actually. he had 2 in his hot bar that he was using and had 2 more units somewhere else.@@AleksanderDrako

[@grandthieflupingames3470]

@@kylerd566331:28 actually, somehow he has 8 units from the all army hotkey but just 7 on screen, probably 1 uncontrollable unit? 32:50 I noticed the reinforcement from right there

[@Oskanwhitchfather]

Grant not seeing the one Operative he got as reinforcements was equal parts funny, and frustrating. I was waiting for that last dude to die, only for Grant to be confused as to why he didn't lose xD

[@SirNoble10]

I also wanted to know why he has 8 guys in his F2 army when he only has the seven operatives.

[@mapron1]

@@SirNoble10yeah, not looking at minimap either.

[@grandthieflupingames3470]

@@mapron1nah, from 31:40 you can see nothing else from the minimap but 1 extra unit somewhere existing somehow

[@KingSizeUGP]

@@SirNoble10 I'm guessing the 8th unit is Nova, hidden somewhere safe.

[@fox2code]

​@@KingSizeUGPat 32:50 there is an operative handling the gates, it's this one that stayed put there until the end of the mission. You can check the minimap after this timestamp to see that the unit didn't moved.

[@ilikedragons7928]

The custom hero design with dynamics pricing has always been one of my favorite things. I remember that the first time I saw it was in the game with the longest name, 'The Lord Of The Rings The Battle For The Middle Earth 2'

[@GreaterGood258]

Grant actually said he was going to do a playthrough of that a while ago. And then apparently someone's lawyer said no he isn't.

[@ChannelMiner]

I love that custom campaigns always find a way to incorporate the HERC somehow haha

[@nerdycus6935]

As someone who has never played Starcraft, hearing the SCV's line of 'AAGH- you scared me!' gets me every single time.

[@Argusthecat]

The 2003 'classic' Impossible Creatures allowed you to sooooooort of have dynamic unit costs. It's a much more chunky version of this, but kinda the same idea!

[@AzureGhidorah]

I legitimately thought I was one of like ten people who played Impossible Creatures. But yeah you’re absolutely right.

[@FenekkuKitsune]

Oh my god… I wanna see Grant play Impossible Creatures now… LOL I LOVED Impossible Creatures so much! I still have it, though that’s because I re-bought it on Steam way back when to play it all over :D Now I wanna play it again!

[@dakkath414]

Impossible Creatures FTW Love that game and all its snarky humor

[@flamerollerx01]

I saw a video on it and decided to buy it. It's pretty hard and how to win is very opaque. I ended up stopping on a late mission (a few after you "deal with" the crazy lady) and uninstalled for disk space.

[@alexis_ethos]

Was about to mention this as well. I still play that game occasionally to this day.

[@TheHappy115]

Neat, a Nova covert ops. I wish the campaign was longer. I actually really liked all the build section, but I never cared as much for the non-build stuff.

[@tabula_rosa]

The protoss version of the last stealth mission (beneath the enemies shadow or something) is actually the best stealth gameplay ive ever played in any game, but bc its buried in a mod for a campaign nobody played i never get to tell anyone about it You dont get to really experience it cuz nova's sniper rifle or mobility trivializes the systems they added but dark templar with blink, a single target damage spell & a shield-restore spell against enemies who can emp his cloak off using abilities that work like MMO raid boss attacks is actually crazy fun. I want a whole game of it

[@TheCuriousFan1]

That infinite spider mines on short cooldown is more than enough to justify massing HERCs, the acid immunity and ability to add psi disruptors to your defences are just icing on the cake.

[@gregoirebasseville4797]

+8 range on a widow mine is crazy! But the other one allows them to burst 4 missiles in 3 seconds ! Both are amazing!

[@Daemeous]

Some RTS games used to have that feature. Earth 2140-60 games let you design units from researched components that had different costs. Then there was Impossible Creates. Where you gather creature DNA and can create your own hybrids from them. Swapping out individual limbs. Get an Archer Fish (which spits water) and give it wings and you've got a flying ranged unit, for example.

[@ShermanTheMajor]

Company Of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault did something similar where you could upgrade your company where you could upgrade your abilities but it would cost more to call in or just decrease the cost with another upgrade. This was done with a resource called requisition which is also the thing used to heal your company after fights so there is some decision involved as well

[@FluffyZerg42]

You might be interested in Impossible Creatures, where you design your army roster by combining animals, determining cost based on stats and abilities.

[@calebbilling4984]

It was also the testbed game for the engine they used in DoW, IIRC. Great game, nice aesthetic, good music, voice acting's memorable enough, even if the core gimmick of the game is a touch jank at times (Which I can't blame anyone for, it was ambitious as hell.)

[@emperorlewd]

Oh boy that's a game i don't hear about in a long, long time... Good memories

[@dsharkey5569]

at 13:38 it looks like you actually gain control of the leftmost Factory at the Experimental Weaponry Lab base when you complete that objective at 32:50 it looks like you have another unit added to your forces once you reach the first communication terminal in the second (third?) mission.

[@Palnai]

Wow, Avon has taken a strange turn in the Koprulu Sector. From selling perfume and make up to covert ops.

[@JawnMancer]

On the note of games that let you change unit costs, most of the Earth 21XX series of RTS games was built around that to an extent. 2150 always stressed me out with the campaign time limit, tho it was cool to see certain missions physically change depending on how long you dragged your feet; early game everything is frozen, then it goes to temperate with water now being an issue, then hellscape with lava as the planet literally burns.

[@op4000exe]

Warzone 2100, an old RTS game has dynamically costed units. It came out in 1999.

[@Thalas96]

"Sparta: The battle of Thermopylae" allowed you to build your units based off three basic infantry models that you could customize to be melee or ranged warriors with technology developed weapons or ones looted from enemies. The 2nd game "Conquests of Alexander" allowed you to change your units equipment in the field, losing the units' veterancy.

[@perrycarters3113]

The Operative Kit idea is actually similar to something I did some personal brainstorm-writing on(I have no coding/modding skills but I love coming up with ideas and fleshing them out as best I can) and applied to the Terran as a whole. ie you could kit out every single unit in the Terran roster and modify them between missions, including their weapon choices and special abilities. This could affect their costs and capabilities and specialties. I even started applying the LotV Protoss 3 units per unit 'type' choice as well. As one example, the Marauder, Firebat, and HERC were the three different suit types for your Heavy Infantry choice. Marauders could be equipped with Impact, Concussive, or Shredder weapon types. Impact removed all extra effects but made them a little bit cheaper, Concussive was, well, Concussive, and Shredder gave them anti-light AoE damage.

[@Arcadopocalypse]

Same! I thought Marine, Marauder and Specialist (Ghost/Spectre) armor types with Gauss/Caduceus/Plasma weapon types for marines, Flamethrower/Grenade/Minethrower weapon types for marauders and Shotgun/Sniper/Rocket weapon types for specialists Even tried to apply this to helions and other vehicles, but stopped after realized, that I'll just make myself sad as I would gladly pay for that type of game, but that will never happen

[@perrycarters3113]

@@Arcadopocalypse Tfw you have creative energy but no technical knowledge

[@gingerdynamite]

There is old series of RTS called Earth 21XX. Earth 2150 and newer lets player customize (create) all units - base, weapons, shields, other modules, price etc.

[@-Raylight]

Versus players : *"Nooo, we need to nerf OP widow mines!"* Chad mod creators : *"Haha widow mines +8 range go brrrr"* That one poor one Operative that Grant didn't notice tho... He's having a field day while his Operative friends dying xD

[@MajoraZero]

Differences on unit design between campaign vs ladder in a nutshell

[@SS_BAJA]

John Covert Ops: "Every Covert has its Ops"

[@southpawdevelopment]

I like that we’ve reach the point of mods where I barely even understand what Grants video title means

[@GrimlanderMG]

Earth 2150 did the custom unit thing where you pick a vehicle chassis and then what weapons you want it to have. Some factions were more customizable than others iirc.

[@Arcadopocalypse]

5:26 they, in fact, do exist! One of them is "Fate of Hellas" (in USA -- "Great War Nations: The Spartans" and "Sparta II: Alexander the Great"). There you can even get weaponry used by your opponents after killing their units and use that weaponry in training new units in the barracks

[@flibbernodgets7018]

Impossible Creatures as well, you mash two animals together and pick whose limbs go in what slot, and the more powerful a creature you get or the more special abilities it has (which are granted by specific limbs like an electric eel tail allowing an aoe shock attack) the more it costs.

[@AbdielKavash]

@@flibbernodgets7018 I've been hoping that Grant would play Impossible Creatures for years now. It seems like a game right up his alley!

[@ivlaox7359]

I think, units in Earth 2160 also have different costs, depending on types of systems you give them in the constructor.

[@vladislavkaras491]

On 2nd mission I really liked that at the end you really had to become sneaky! :D Like a real assassin or a somewhat rouge, being afraif of being exposed (34:50), using the zerg and other possibilities. Thanks for the video!

[@VeneficusCubes]

The game with this exact system is for example Forged Battalion Which is kinda meh on it's own otherwise For better game, although much older I suggerst Warzone 2100 (which is open source and thus free as well btw)

[@martinhorenovsky5016]

There was actually a period of time where being able to design your units (which often included changing their costs as well) was seen as the new standard for RTSes. It still exists in some current games (e.g. Stellaris). I don't miss it much, it tended to allow crazy OP builds or completely trap builds and was lot of busywork, but maybe a little bit.

[@inertjohnjunk]

Some Homeworld 2 mods did it really well, with being able to specialize only capital ships to certain roles, while your fighters, corvettes, and frigates remained standardized.

[@zenoen]

was a fun run the fact that the specialist part became so much more difficult made it more entertaining and interesting. Glad you toughed it out and succeeded at the end with only one guy left so you didn't have to reload.

[@MajoraZero]

Two actually! I wish he had lost that one, not get a game over and then find out he left one behind haha

[@fritslec1277]

Love seeing you play mods like this with adjusted units and would def enjoy seeing more!

[@hugomendoza5665]

I love the idea of customizable units. idk why it reminded me of this, but Hearthstone just released their first customizable cards. You combine effects that come w their own stats and cost and result ultimately in your own creation that suits the needs of your deck. Having that kind of thing in games is so awesome.

[@Astrad-Antares]

5:26 there is old strategy game called Earth 2160. You can choose what gear will have units you construct in real time, or create presets for what you want. You don't even limited by number of presets, and you can do all types of units with all types of armour, weapon and all other stuff.

[@inductivegrunt94]

HERCs just became so much more fun than they already were. Grapple deploys Spider mines and being able to build Perdition Turrets is so cool. Widow mines having insane range is also very beautiful to see them being able to hit half the map wherever they are.

[@MrDARKJAK]

I always have such a grin on my face when i see a new mod, people make some crazy fun stuff :)

[@dakkath414]

If you want a game with dynamic unit costs then I wholeheartedly recommend Impossible Creatures. Physical stats cost coal (minerals) while abilities cost electricity (autogas). Switching around the parts on your creature can change their health, defense, attack damage, speed, vision radius, and abilities. I love the campaign and the writing is great.

[@totallynotavoyeur6977]

Dawn of War... kinda has a "Create you own unit" system, where you can outft infantry squads with different weapons and leader units, and most vehicles have the opportunity to upgrade individual weapon systems to change their role

[@DamnDaimen]

I suspect that a rapid fire widow mine that shoot 8 times in 8 seconds is better than 14 range single shot. Which is WILD because 14 range is banana.

[@calebadam2576]

They probably don't start at 200 energy, though, so in those sustained assaults like that mission has, it is better to have the range, since they likely have normal energy regen rates.

[@DamnDaimen]

@@calebadam2576 Lets see, most units spawn in with 50 energy, and have .75 energy regen, giving it a charge every 32ish seconds. So unless its triggering on cooldown, the energy system is more widow mine shots if the long range widow mine has a normal cooldown, 29 seconds, apparantly. A good arguement is that it can shoot down detection, but the energy mine is WAY more damage.

[@calebadam2576]

@DamnDaimen Huh, neat. So it is a tradeoff of being more a siege unit. I'd probably still take the range-- it seems like an overall more practical choice to me since they can hit hydras or tanks while being behind a defensive line, but good to know the energy mine has a potential benefit even without having a huge store of energy.

[@ixzine9383]

5:25 Dynamic unit costs is essentially a core concept of Warzone 2100 and Impossible Creatures. You build your own unit, basically. I can recommend giving Warzone 2100 a shot. It's free and decently fun, kinda weird but not in a bad or overly clunky way. Impossible Creatures seems like a potentially fun game too, but may have a number of elements that make it a "product of its time" lol...

[@cyanomical]

100% want to see more of this series

[@tonysanchez5760]

Very much would love to see more of this mod

[@sagasino]

Absolutely love the custom campaigns

[@jell0goeswiggle]

Not an RTS, but Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri had you design units. You'd pick chassis/armor/weapon/move/special mods and those would all affect the price (and thus build time, since that's how Civ works). There was also an increased prototype cost for the first unit of a new design (or maybe it was just first use of a new tech? First use on that type of unit? It's been like 25 years; I don't remember exactly...)

[@shinyvictorcarp]

The hercs are kind of like the Norse units in Age of Mythology, neat.

[@bluesbest1]

The whole "Warriors are also builders" concept is neat and fresh.

[@tabula_rosa]

@@bluesbest1theres a factionmod in here somewhere where SCV's sacrifice themselves to build buildings & can't build defenses or repair, and HERCs have your faction's repair, build defenses, and the defenses are much cheaper because they only function when they have a HERC loaded into them. so a HERC that's grappled up a cliff has value even tho it can't shoot down cliffs bc it can build a LMG or something up there & man it, and when the enemy is gone and the HERC moves on to somewhere else that abandoned LMG is still giving value by giving vision of the area around it like a spylon, and the enemy has to deal with it like it could be a threat bc they don't know if there's a HERC on their way to man it again

[@flibbernodgets7018]

28:10 that's nutty! I knew Stetman was Robin, now I wonder who else was on that show that got in here.

[@15gloriousminutes]

The only other game that does dynamically changing unit costs based on loadout is Warzone 2100 where you have to design your vehicles. Propulsion, hull, turret, and they have different stats and use cases. you even have to design support units! Also its a persistent RTS where your main base supports you on multiple away missions throughout the campaign. worth a look as its entirely freeware now too

[@Brownsheep1]

Loving this mod so far. Looking forward to the adventures of Avon Arret and her Overt Cops.

[@avsbes98]

5:32 I think Codename Panzers: Cold War might have had a system like this but i'm not sure if i recall correctly. The soon to be released Broken Arrow also changes unit costs based on Unit Modifications (though that game uses a Points-System instead of Resources gathered), such as a M1A2 SEP v3 Abrams Tank costing 290 points normally, but that cost can be increased by 20, 30, 70, 90 or 100 points to upgrade it with different Armor packages, making it way more survivable but extremely expensive.

[@craken1566]

5:28 I remember Sparta 1 and 2 by FX Interactive having dynamic costs for units based on what weapons and armor you put on them. I wish more RTS games had that kind of unit design

[@Galax94cz]

Glad you went with this one next Grant, this mod is extremely hilarious with how busted you can make your units and it is absolute blast (Literally, since a lot of things explode) I can't wait to see your reactions to some of the later upgrades cause hooboy are they fun

[@unforseenconsequense]

Great mod, very enjoy, much fun

[@navynahibel873]

One example of dynamic cost units I know is Ancient Wars Sparta, where you have no prebuilt unit, but you can unlock weapons, armors and mounts/vehicles and build units by mixing them together (You could also take weapons from dead enemies and build units with these so you wouldn't have to pay for their weapons)

[@fulguratingbean9489]

Mmmh Mech Platoon was a fully functional RTS on the GBA that had dynamic costs for its units. Pretty interesting concept, you would salvage enemy parts on missions and use them to design a decently wide variety of unit models in between missions.

[@oliviaaaaaah1002]

This seems like a fun mod! Would love to see more of it. Honestly, I know you were hyping up the field engineer parts of the HERC but when I was watching them in action in the first mission, being able to deploy free spider mines every ~6 seconds felt completely busted. Like, if you'd been super active on the map constantly HERCing about, you probably wouldn't have ever even seen a zerg until the brutalisk arrives.

[@badluckbrian46]

5:30 about games with dynamically costing units: i once ran into one called "ancient wars: sparta", where you could make your own unit by selecting from sets of armor/weapon/shield. Im not a good strategy player, but it didnt seem too balanced to me.

[@joaocaju3061]

I believe Warzone 2100 had a system where you custom-built different types of tanks, with different stats.

[@manolgeorgiev9664]

Awesome mod! Reminds me of the junker mod.

[@Ninjamilk_]

Seems fun. I'm keen to see more

[@SpaceElvisInc]

Nova launches a nuke, Reigel: BOOYAH!

[@thegod9539]

I love, just how long, he didn't notice that he had 2 additional operatives in the second part.

[@Dagnot]

Supreme Commander has dinamically costing ACU units. Also you can set loadouts/customize finished units to a point of costing 2-10 times more, make them teleport, sacrifice for instant field constuction or even make them into mobile economy.

[@TheKillianKanVT]

The impossible creatures had a very in-depth unit creator.

[@vonriel1822]

...Damn, this mod is doing something I've been dreaming of having done for HotS. Kinda cool to see that it could be done, gives me hope that there could be a similar overhaul for the zerg campaign, too.

[@federicopederson4271]

I think a game that had something similar to the operatives in this mod was the old RTS Warzone 2100. You could customize units and depending what you pick the cost changes.

[@RyuuSeichi]

Hell yeah this mod looks like some amazing comedy you have to keep it going xD

[@kabob0077]

20:23 GOOD LORD THE WINDOW MINES ARE NOW SIEGE UNITS!

[@uggron666]

"Dynamically costing units... there's gotta be a game that does that somewhere" Impossible Creatures! I bet you've heard of it but you ought to give it a go if you haven't. Custom units are the crux of the whole game.

[@GaryFromLiberty]

I'm sold, this looks very fun

[@GaryFromLiberty]

hopefully they can fix the flashbang white background for the pre-mission upgrades because ouch my astigmatism eyes

[@LithmusEarth]

I'm enjoying re-watching all of these 4 campaigns but with twists, Here's a question I'm curious about, did anyone ever recreate the first starcraft in starcraft 2? Using all these beautiful new assets.

[@123mibu]

Ancient Wars: Sparta has a system which units cost changes depending what weapons you give them with shield or without , high level weapons cost more , range and melee cost different too and light , medium and heavy unit have different basic cost too OG game out 2006 , recently got a DE version on Steam

[@skylarheitzman7958]

Absolutely beautiful. xD I am so hype for this run. I adored Enhanced Swarm so much but this looks like it will be hilarious fun. Also damn grant no deaths flawless on that second map. >_> XD

[@ComissarYarrick]

There are suprisingly a few RTS-es with custom units creation, at least from games I rember There is Warzone 2100 and it's (sort of) Spiritual sequels Earth 2150 and 2160. Pick chassis, fill in weapon slots +/- support systems. E2160 even allow to chose armour type, tho this game rock-paper-scissors balancing was more like boulder-bed sheet-chainsaw 😅. There is Impossible Creatures where you can mix-match parts from 2 diffrent animals ( from list of like 60-70 ?). Hundreds of options, only like 10 of them viable There is Refulx ( aka Robo Rumble ) from 1998. There is even a minigame where you can win discounts for buying new parts between missions (or pay extra if you lose :P ). Tho this is more of a puzzle game than RTS And there is Battle for Middle Earth 2, where you can build your own custom hero, tho only for skirmish and war of the ring mode, not campain. When to think about it, most game that tried this idea are either preety old or not exactly succesfull. I can see why it's not a popular idea - it's time consuming and probably impossible to balance well.

[@alamei]

Definitely want to see more of this funny mod, even if it's just to see how buff the HERCs get by the end. I desperately want to see a gaggle of HERCs somehow take down the Xanthos.

[@Meto_50]

The only similar memory I have of building your own unit was in Battle for Middle Earth 2, where you could create your own hero unit

[@Shiizi]

This mod seems realy fun, keep playing it please :D

[@ryansmathers3252]

That poor operative that was left by himself after the first checkpoint

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks for the blast! ^^

[@NightKolm]

Games i think of with dynamic costing units are the earth series (2140-2160) and warzone 2100

[@darkout706]

looks like a good mod, i am interested to see the rest for sure

[@LithmusEarth]

28:12 he sounds like if Cyborg worked for Hive the enemy faction in teen titans, I think it's been a few years.

[@huynhphucm445]

Hercs grappling and placing spider mines, which is the reason they will be known as the Spider-men :>

[@goliver9991]

in Earth 2160 you could custom build units but cant remember it very well

[@MetalMan1245]

I love that grant just ignored the extra operative he got because he didn't use the god tier all army hotkey.

[@thatoneguynobodylikes8553]

Nova Covert Ops is my favorite campaign, so love to see new stuff for it!

[@shadowwolf2970]

Oh no, the unit assembly made me remember KKND Krossfire. Makes me wonder if that can somehow be brought to run on modern systems ...

[@AbdielKavash]

Now I want to play HotS, with Kerrigan replaced by Nova (and Nova units too). Instead of new abilities you would unlock better gear and unit upgrades as the campaign goes on.

[@tri99er_]

This is a good one

[@yessir6919]

0:10 'We ballin' and jank strats are in the near future. 6:46 Baneling immunity and unlimited spider mines if you could rotate control groups properly, that's pretty broken ngl. 12:58 Widow mines, the one unit that almost made Grant ragequit. 20:24 Breathe, Grant! I know that upgrade is busted, but still, breathe! 23:13 "Can they take this down down without being contested? I think so actually," said Grant, seconds before an Overseer casually shmooves into view. But seriously, isn't NCO kinda has a mixed reception because while stealth is the main theme, literally everyone and their dog has detection up to their fucking armpits? 32:12 "Damn! Who did this?" Call me crazy, but I think the ones who are shooting at you might be the culprits.

[@firestuka8850]

He isn't Hercules, he's HUNKULES

[@playwars3037]

The poor replacement operative, left behind in the failing base on Tarsonis, having his own New Gettysburg cutscene with Nova leaving him behind. He will return as the King of Swords, mark my words !

[@ahuman7027]

About dynamically cost changing units, It makes me think about the game Impossible creature. Also, i'm eager to see you play more of that mod!

[@Seratoninas]

Go Nova! (campaign) Mod seems very creative and fun, and we don't see many mods for Nova campaign so I'd be more interested in this than yet another Train mission :D

[@fairyknight3931]

it pain me, that you didn know, you got 2 extra unit at the last mission

[@ACEYGAMES]

I'd thougth initally they were replacements for his lost units, but they seemed to be reinforments. Helariously neither Grant nor editor Grant noticed them.

[@dsharkey5569]

the F2 shows 8 units at the start 31:28 , so maybe one of them was a placeholder for Nova? I only saw one unit added at the communication terminal objective.

[@nhiayisama]

Grant, I wondered if you noticed. During the computer cutscene in the 2nd mission, you got an extra Spectre and it was just chilling there the entire time. I was hoping you would somehow lose your last Spectre and then wonder why the mission wasn't ending, only to notice you had one last forgotten unit.

[@djenei2564]

10:42 best part

[@avinotion]

Wouldn't it be more fun to just pave the access routes in mission 2 with spider mines, using all that downtime in the beginning? Also, build psi disruptors on the cliffs, and perdition turrets to defend? See if anything comes anywhere near the entrance of the base

[@alexfranz817]

Earth 21xx is the only strategy game I am familiar with that has variable cost units.

[@aradan3913]

5:15 I dont know if it's people realizing the power, or people seeing other creators not just make cool things and ideas, but made them fun. And making things fun washed over any criticism you may have over it, if it's fun you will recomend it.

[@QuestionableObject]

rapid fire energy widow mine sounds pretty good

[@Burnlit1337]

Wonder if there's like a shared wiki for sc2 modders. Most of these mods introduce a great feature or QoL change. If there is a place for these talented modder can share their processes then everyone benefits Like one from the CnC WoL mod that allows you to switch your research after your initial pick. Or that shared ability bar for missions with multiple heroes on Coop Tycus and is implemented done in real scale, or at least it was real scale Pretty sure there was another Nova mod, a redus or something where they were able to modify the Load out menu and added their own units and loads