Why would you want it to disappear?

Yes because those reapers should be only part of mass effect.

This comes from something Idra said two podcasts ago on the State of the Game. Although Idra is known to overreact, I have thought of this before as well. The only reason for Reapers is simple to annoy the shit out of people in the early game, and it makes life for the Zerg player unnecessarily hard especially if they want to go hatch first. I wouldnt mind Reapers if there sole purpose wasnt simply to harass in the beginning of the game. After the first few minutes, Reapers are a completely pointless unit. Keep in mind that Terran would still have Hellions which make for a great harassing unit, but they dont seem nearly as cheap and basically broken. 
 
Also note, this is coming from someone who personally plays Terran.

Idra is stupid. I don't care how fucking good at Starcraft he is, he has no excuse for being such a whiny bitch. If Terran is so overpowered, why doesn't he play as them?

" Idra is stupid. I don't care how fucking good at Starcraft he is, he has no excuse for being such a whiny bitch. If Terran is so overpowered, why doesn't he play as them? "

" This comes from something Idra said two podcasts ago on the State of the Game. Although Idra is known to overreact, I have thought of this before as well. The only reason for Reapers is simple to annoy the shit out of people in the early game, and it makes life for the Zerg player unnecessarily hard especially if they want to go hatch first. I wouldnt mind Reapers if there sole purpose wasnt simply to harass in the beginning of the game. After the first few minutes, Reapers are a completely pointless unit. Keep in mind that Terran would still have Hellions which make for a great harassing unit, but they dont seem nearly as cheap and basically broken.  Also note, this is coming from someone who personally plays Terran. "

I don't have any problems with Reapers as a Zerg.
Granted, I'm a 2 ranked Silver player right now so maybe they aren't used as much where i am now so that may change later.
They do seem pretty useless though once you reach mid game. Hellions are good with harassment but can still be used later on but Reapers just go splat.
I dunno, I'm up in the air about it. For now I'll just throw down a spine crawler, problem solved.

" I don't have any problems with Reapers as a Zerg. Granted, I'm a 2 ranked Silver player right now so maybe they aren't used as much where i am now so that may change later. They do seem pretty useless though once you reach mid game. Hellions are good with harassment but can still be used later on but Reapers just go splat. I dunno, I'm up in the air about it. For now I'll just throw down a spine crawler, problem solved. "

Did it ever cross your mind to only make MAYBE two larvae worth of Zerglings, forget a Queen, and simply make a couple of roaches and a Spine Crawler? 
 
Getting rid of Reapers won't improve the game.  Players adapting to the challenge and changing up their strategies to fight back those harassment units will.

" @DoctorWelch said:

" This comes from something Idra said two podcasts ago on the State of the Game. Although Idra is known to overreact, I have thought of this before as well. The only reason for Reapers is simple to annoy the shit out of people in the early game, and it makes life for the Zerg player unnecessarily hard especially if they want to go hatch first. I wouldnt mind Reapers if there sole purpose wasnt simply to harass in the beginning of the game. After the first few minutes, Reapers are a completely pointless unit. Keep in mind that Terran would still have Hellions which make for a great harassing unit, but they dont seem nearly as cheap and basically broken.  Also note, this is coming from someone who personally plays Terran. "

That don't mean reapers should go away, it just means the zerg should get a new unit that can deal with reapers.  "

" @StaticFalconar said:

" @DoctorWelch said:

" This comes from something Idra said two podcasts ago on the State of the Game. Although Idra is known to overreact, I have thought of this before as well. The only reason for Reapers is simple to annoy the shit out of people in the early game, and it makes life for the Zerg player unnecessarily hard especially if they want to go hatch first. I wouldnt mind Reapers if there sole purpose wasnt simply to harass in the beginning of the game. After the first few minutes, Reapers are a completely pointless unit. Keep in mind that Terran would still have Hellions which make for a great harassing unit, but they dont seem nearly as cheap and basically broken.  Also note, this is coming from someone who personally plays Terran. "

That don't mean reapers should go away, it just means the zerg should get a new unit that can deal with reapers.  "

Forgive me as I'm pretty much a Starcraft newbie but if they did add an extra unit for the Zerg specifically to take out Reapers, wouldn't that mean that Zerg would still be forced to shell out resources for early-game protection that a Protoss or Terran player wouldn't? "

I like them reapers. They remind me of Red Alert 2's rocketeers.

Just because that's all the unit is currently being used for does not mean it is the only thing the unit is good for.  Idra and Artosis, as good as they are, are not the final word on how the metagame of SC2 will go.  It's up to the player to figure out how to use the units properly, and as more and more zergs become very adept at dealing with the early reaper, the role of that unit will change.
 
Also, what do you mean the zerg player will need to shell out extra resources compared to terran and protoss?  Speedlings on creep are fast enough to respond to the reapers, and speedlings are good in all stages of the game.  There is no "extra resources" being taken up.

Just remove marauders instead

From Developer Blog: 
The Barracks are going to require a Supply Depot, which will impact a lot of early terran reaper pushes.

• The reaper speed upgrade will require the Factory, which is meant to weaken a lot of the early terran reaper attacks that dominate so many matches, especially in team games.
• We're making a number of increases to the health of zerg buildings, which will make the very vulnerable zerg technology structures more resistant to raids.  We don’t expect these hit point changes to have a super significant impact on the game, but the current numbers felt way too low.

" @StaticFalconar said:

" @DoctorWelch said:

" This comes from something Idra said two podcasts ago on the State of the Game. Although Idra is known to overreact, I have thought of this before as well. The only reason for Reapers is simple to annoy the shit out of people in the early game, and it makes life for the Zerg player unnecessarily hard especially if they want to go hatch first. I wouldnt mind Reapers if there sole purpose wasnt simply to harass in the beginning of the game. After the first few minutes, Reapers are a completely pointless unit. Keep in mind that Terran would still have Hellions which make for a great harassing unit, but they dont seem nearly as cheap and basically broken.  Also note, this is coming from someone who personally plays Terran. "

That don't mean reapers should go away, it just means the zerg should get a new unit that can deal with reapers.  "

Forgive me as I'm pretty much a Starcraft newbie but if they did add an extra unit for the Zerg specifically to take out Reapers, wouldn't that mean that Zerg would still be forced to shell out resources for early-game protection that a Protoss or Terran player wouldn't? "

Hell no, Reaper Rushing is my favorite thing to do. 
 
RR them quick, build a second CC in their base.  
 
I love griefing out matches.

they practically take them out by increasing roach range, forcing depot before barracks and moving the speed upgrade to factory tier 
 
good timing on the thread.
 
 
 
sad thing is, while looking at the units pre-beta i actually decided on playing terran because of the reaper :( 
now all hope is lost! 
 
 
they should change them somehow to make them usable the whole game (and i dont mean parking them at some tower on a cliff) instead of nerfing them into uselessness because they are OP in the earlygame

Reaper's aren't over powered.  People just aren't mentally competent to deal with them.  I've only ever had a problem with Reapers in ONE game and that was when I made an early mistake by not getting a stalker out soon enough.  Know who's fault that was?  Mine.

After the next patch reapers are just about as useless as a magikarp. Like embarrassingly so.

Reapers should stay but they really need help in mid/late game.
Imho they should give them late game upgrades like they give zerglings for example.

" Just remove marauders instead "

Personally, it seems like many of the balance changes that have been happening are directly related to Reapers.  In turn, it would seem that is quite telling of just how much the Reaper breaks things in terms of balance. 
 
So yeah...I think taking the Reaper unit out of the game altogether could be a solution to all of these crazy changes.

" @Jeffsekai said:

" Just remove marauders instead "

Protoss can't handle the marauder :(? "

What's wrong with them then? They're a bit annoying to early pushes when I'm Protoss but that's it. Only use they really have against Zerg is roaches which arn't noramly out, ultras and banelings. The concusive shell should probaly be a bit of a later upgrade but apart from that they arn't amazing.

" This comes from something Idra said two podcasts ago on the State of the Game. Although Idra is known to overreact, I have thought of this before as well. The only reason for Reapers is simple to annoy the shit out of people in the early game, and it makes life for the Zerg player unnecessarily hard especially if they want to go hatch first. I wouldnt mind Reapers if there sole purpose wasnt simply to harass in the beginning of the game. After the first few minutes, Reapers are a completely pointless unit. Keep in mind that Terran would still have Hellions which make for a great harassing unit, but they dont seem nearly as cheap and basically broken.  Also note, this is coming from someone who personally plays Terran. "

" @DoctorWelch said:

" This comes from something Idra said two podcasts ago on the State of the Game. Although Idra is known to overreact, I have thought of this before as well. The only reason for Reapers is simple to annoy the shit out of people in the early game, and it makes life for the Zerg player unnecessarily hard especially if they want to go hatch first. I wouldnt mind Reapers if there sole purpose wasnt simply to harass in the beginning of the game. After the first few minutes, Reapers are a completely pointless unit. Keep in mind that Terran would still have Hellions which make for a great harassing unit, but they dont seem nearly as cheap and basically broken.  Also note, this is coming from someone who personally plays Terran. "

Yeah because zerglings don't do the same thing. /sarcasm "

No, but getting rid of medics would probably balance the Terrans out. Keep the medivac, take out medics.

" @DoctorWelch said:

" This comes from something Idra said two podcasts ago on the State of the Game. Although Idra is known to overreact, I have thought of this before as well. The only reason for Reapers is simple to annoy the shit out of people in the early game, and it makes life for the Zerg player unnecessarily hard especially if they want to go hatch first. I wouldnt mind Reapers if there sole purpose wasnt simply to harass in the beginning of the game. After the first few minutes, Reapers are a completely pointless unit. Keep in mind that Terran would still have Hellions which make for a great harassing unit, but they dont seem nearly as cheap and basically broken.  Also note, this is coming from someone who personally plays Terran. "

Yeah because zerglings don't do the same thing. /sarcasm "

It's a good counter to Zerg, why the hell get rid of it?

" @DoctorWelch: I'm not saying they only harass, I'm saying that they're pretty annoying early in the game and unfortunately now with the requirement that a supply depot HAS to be built before a barracks they're going to be even more annoying. The fact that you're bitching about reapers like Idra (who apparently bitches 24/7) just means that you can't deal with a unit but refuse to acknowledge anyone elses complaints either. "

" @DoctorWelch: All I'm hearing is whine, whine, whine. Notice how even though I don't like several units in the game, I don't demand they be buffed or nerfed? Or even outright removed? Instead of learning how to beat a certain strategy people like you and Idra whine endlessly. It's a game, and unfortunately if you're taking it seriously enough that you need to whine about balancing, then you need to reevaluate your priorities in life. It doesn't really matter to me that Idra knows a lot about something as useless as Starcraft, what matters is that he's a bitch and instead of treating it like a game and just getting better at it if he so wishes, he bitches, and bitches, and bitches. That's just poor sportsmanship...well at least in sports, so poor videogameship? I don't know, point you guys are whiners and that's about it. "

" @RsistncE said:

" @DoctorWelch: All I'm hearing is whine, whine, whine. Notice how even though I don't like several units in the game, I don't demand they be buffed or nerfed? Or even outright removed? Instead of learning how to beat a certain strategy people like you and Idra whine endlessly. It's a game, and unfortunately if you're taking it seriously enough that you need to whine about balancing, then you need to reevaluate your priorities in life. It doesn't really matter to me that Idra knows a lot about something as useless as Starcraft, what matters is that he's a bitch and instead of treating it like a game and just getting better at it if he so wishes, he bitches, and bitches, and bitches. That's just poor sportsmanship...well at least in sports, so poor videogameship? I don't know, point you guys are whiners and that's about it. "

Hahaha, wow that's hilarious. At first I thought you were someone who just played Starcraft but didnt really know that much about it at higher levels, but now I realize you literally have absolutely no idea what your talking about and no concept of why these things are important in the game. Plus, Starcraft II isnt just "some game" like most others, it's a game with hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake. So to say something as idiotic as "if you're taking it seriously enough that you need to whine about balancing, then you need to reevaluate your priorities in life" is ignorant and fairly childish. I could just sit here and say everything you have ever done in your life and ever will do in your life is a waste, and how are you going to argue with that? You cant because ignorance always wins an argument, and you "sir" (I put sir in quotes because you are obviously a kid) are extremely ignorant.  Next, who is whining? Since when was I whining? I guess you didnt really understand me when I said I PLAY TERRAN!!! Do you understand that now? Hopefully you do (even though I highly doubt you will). I actually understand that Idra knows more than you and I, and anything he says when he is whining is more useful than anything you or I say at all. If you still dont understand that concept, than I really cant help you there. Now, if you actually knew anything about Starcraft you would understand why saying "just get better" is fairly stupid. Yes, there is a lot of room for improvement for even the top top players, but thats not the whole point. The point is that it is extremely hard to win with Zerg, yes it can be done, but it is too hard to win with Zerg, therefore discouraging players from playing the race. How is it fair that a Terran or Protoss player can get better at the race 100000000 times faster than Zerg because Terran and Protoss are so easy. The level of skill required to be a Diamond Zerg player is about 100 times more than that of a Diamond level Terran or Protoss, and that is the problem.  So basically, why dont you just stop responding by saying useless garbage that doesnt make any sense. If you actually have something logical to say, I will listen, but you probably wont. "

"Starcraft 2 isn't just some game"  That is fucking rich. It's a fucking video game buddy. Just like everything else on this site. Everyone one of here plays video games because they're FUN. The ONLY reason that competitive gaming exists is because of advertisers and some mental viewers in Asian countries. The fact of the matter is that Starcraft players aren't being paid to play, they're being paid to have "Intel Extreme" plastered on their fucking shirt. "Competitive gamers" are just another tool that can be tossed away once tech companies have no more use for them. They're disposable.  And don't pull that philosophical bullshit on me; no one in their right mind would say that a doctor, lawyer, police officer etc. is on the same level of utility to society as a kid who plays video games. Video games! Just saying that makes my head spin. All that Starcraft is making you delusional buddy, I suggest you get out once in a while and get some fresh air. "

" Just because that's all the unit is currently being used for does not mean it is the only thing the unit is good for.  Idra and Artosis, as good as they are, are not the final word on how the metagame of SC2 will go.  It's up to the player to figure out how to use the units properly, and as more and more zergs become very adept at dealing with the early reaper, the role of that unit will change.  Also, what do you mean the zerg player will need to shell out extra resources compared to terran and protoss?  Speedlings on creep are fast enough to respond to the reapers, and speedlings are good in all stages of the game.  There is no "extra resources" being taken up. "

" The thing is that every player who tries to act like they know what they're talking about sums stuff like this to just be the other races crying instead of actually listening. its plenty of people that play Random and Terran as well that find them to be an overall stupid unit.    So yes, take them out of the game, and separate the terran players who actually know what they're doing, from the ones who climbed ladder just by reapers. "

" From Developer Blog: 
The Barracks are going to require a Supply Depot, which will impact a lot of early terran reaper pushes.

• The reaper speed upgrade will require the Factory, which is meant to weaken a lot of the early terran reaper attacks that dominate so many matches, especially in team games.
• We're making a number of increases to the health of zerg buildings, which will make the very vulnerable zerg technology structures more resistant to raids.  We don’t expect these hit point changes to have a super significant impact on the game, but the current numbers felt way too low.

http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/761331#blog 

  Bye bye reapers. I hope you like staring at that Xel'naga tower all day. "

" @RsistncE said: 

"Starcraft 2 isn't just some game"  That is fucking rich. It's a fucking video game buddy. Just like everything else on this site. Everyone one of here plays video games because they're FUN. The ONLY reason that competitive gaming exists is because of advertisers and some mental viewers in Asian countries. The fact of the matter is that Starcraft players aren't being paid to play, they're being paid to have "Intel Extreme" plastered on their fucking shirt. "Competitive gamers" are just another tool that can be tossed away once tech companies have no more use for them. They're disposable.  And don't pull that philosophical bullshit on me; no one in their right mind would say that a doctor, lawyer, police officer etc. is on the same level of utility to society as a kid who plays video games. Video games! Just saying that makes my head spin. All that Starcraft is making you delusional buddy, I suggest you get out once in a while and get some fresh air. "

Yup exactly like I was saying, your are a simple minded ignorant child. So you're basically telling me that sports are just sports, they mean nothing, and anyone who plays them is wasting their lives away, great argument moron. Your also basically saying that anyone whose life and career is involved in entertainment is wasting their life away. So essentially your saying that anyone who is an actor, musician, singer, athlete, writer, ect, are all wasting their lives away....wow...there are few as simple minded as you. Entertainment is one of the most important aspects of human life and culture, but I can see you dont really understand that. Also, dont sit there and think that sports arent all about raking in the money, because they are. Why the hell do you think the NFL is trying to make an eighteen game season. Yeah, Esports arent at the mass entertainment level yet, but with things like the GSL they will eventually get there. Your logic is so insane its not even funny. I also love how you try to completely change the subject by spewing out insanity whenever you know your obviously wrong. Finally, it's hilarious to see you harping on the same points even after I give the obvious reasons why you are wrong. It's like I said though, ignorance and stupidity will always win an argument. Have fun thinking they way you do and then eventually finding out you're as worthless as anyone else in your flawed childish view of things. "

Aw c'mon man. Don't fear the reaper.

No but with the new patch they might as well be removing them.

I love how you had to start talking about REAL sports and completely ignored how I was talking about competitive gaming. How can you even compare a couple of nerds playing computer games to athletes participating in sports?

  Sports are entrenched in society for many reasons, most of them pretty damn positive.    

   There is very little that is positive or productive for society when it comes to playing video games. They are just like any other hobby. How many competitive model car builders do you see out there making big bucks and dominating the television channels? None.    

  Use your brain dick weed, video games ARE NOT sports and they never will be.     

 Sure on a relative scale something like a doctor is of far more value to society than an athlete    

Haha, what a loser. "