In the screenshot with like 30 jackals coming down the hill, there is a scarab at the top right. If the Scarab could fire that far, it could easily obliterate a base in multiplayer without any difficulty seeing how indestructable it is in the E3 demo. ( assuming there is no mac bombardment). So could it take safety on a hill and destroy you while you have to send your army all the way up and around the hill to find the scarabs work is done, and you have lost. (again assuming there is no mac bombardment in multiplayer which would be equally as cheap.) 

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Who said it could fire that far?

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Im just assuming based on where that scarab was positioned, it could shoot that far with nothing shooting back. Sorry for the double post.

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There might have been some enemy units over there before the screen shot was taken.

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Maybe but unlikely... by the way is that a Rhino tank in the picture? 

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Mabye, I don't know.

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well it wouldn't be fun if 1 tank could take it out. and i could care less about the range and more about the firing rate.......

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And again I have to put the actual picture down. It can't hit the base at that range, its not even facing the base! It looks like the tank is a rhino as it doesn't have the correct shape of a scorpion.

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I doubt the scarab could reach that distance. Plus it probably has no clue the base is actually there. If thats the rhino then y do we have a scorpion? The rhino looks almost Identical to it.

 

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 Im positive the Scarab doesnt have that kind of range. Balance my friend, Balance.

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I doubt it aswell although if there are snipers on top of it then it would be able to snipe out units and then move in and destroy the base.

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Snipers would make it too powerful.

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I doubt the scarab could reach that distance. Plus it probably has no clue the base is actually there. If thats the rhino then y do we have a scorpion? The rhino looks almost Identical to it.

 

I think the Rhino is an artillery piece, like a modern Howitzer.  It probobly wouldn't do as good in a stand up fight as the Scorpion, and would have to be in the rear, where it could safely bombard the enemy.

 And I would certainly hope that the Scarab couldn't fire that far.  It would definitely make it a priority over the large number of enemies coming down the hill.

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