They have psi-blades for close range but what about ranged weaponry? are the protoss infantry really focused in only melee combat? they let the stalkers and other mechs shot from the distance?
for a high-tech race of mostly psionic individuals, it seem pretty silly training your forces in only melee combat, I can understand that they are a warrior race and is something they are for generations, but they should, well, be trained for in any art of combat? included ranged?
It-s probably a dogmatic thing, believing that if you are going to fight on your feet, you should face your enemy with your "bare fists" (IIRC, the blades are powered by the zealots and dark templar themselves). Anything other than actual infantry is ranged: Dragoons, Immortals, Stalkers and High Templars opt to not get too close to the enemy, the frist three because they are already wounded, and the last probably because it only acts as support.
They have psi-blades for close range but what about ranged weaponry? are the protoss infantry really focused in only melee combat? they let the stalkers and other mechs shot from the distance?
for a high-tech race of mostly psionic individuals, it seem pretty silly training your forces in only melee combat, I can understand that they are a warrior race and is something they are for generations, but they should, well, be trained for in any art of combat? included ranged?
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Curse PremiumIt-s probably a dogmatic thing, believing that if you are going to fight on your feet, you should face your enemy with your "bare fists" (IIRC, the blades are powered by the zealots and dark templar themselves). Anything other than actual infantry is ranged: Dragoons, Immortals, Stalkers and High Templars opt to not get too close to the enemy, the frist three because they are already wounded, and the last probably because it only acts as support.
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They had a ranged infantry unit in beta. I think it was replaced in functionality by the void ray, as they both had scaling attacks.
Some unused high templar heroes have a ranged attack.