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Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States66 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-20 06:40:42
October 20 2010 06:38 GMT
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I'm starting to doubt the ability for mech to truly compete at the top level - it seems more and more that I'm fighting uphill trying to use mech against protoss or zerg...and even against terran. Why you ask?

Well my problem is both toss and zerg can "macro it up" faster unless you risk an extremely vunerable fast expand and you cannot mech when behind economically. That and the potential of mech at higher ranks seems limited because their mobility is the most limited and lacking huge AoE damage.

Now the number one response to that is "OMG TANKS!" but I'm not seeing it anymore given their damage. It takes a huge amount of mech to hold a line and given general mobility in the game, you can usually force the terran to stay home to stop the "tank push". Thrors really have crappy AoE ability given the magic box trick used by any self-respecting zerg, helions are still great but only in certain situations given the famous helion drop got pretty nerfed given medivac speeds.....

Fungal growth, storm, banelings, colossus.....tanks just seem *eh*

In the end, I always think "man if I had bio, I probably would have won that" - marauders are a bit easy to use and extremely deadly. Having reached 1900ish diamond and heading down with mech to 1700s, and back up with bio.....I should really stop using mech but I just love it...and hate it Thoughts?

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Profile Joined September 2010
2177 Posts
October 20 2010 06:42 GMT
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On October 20 2010 15:38 sand wrote:.tanks just seem *eh*


I feel exactly this. Tanks are just so meh. I just plain don't like them. I can't quite explain it, although I suppose it would say it might be the number I have to get before they can start really being effective when sieged, and if I'm not sieging them (which never really happens anyway; people get tanks because of Siege Mode), I'd really rather invest in Marauders..
now run into the setting sun, and suffer, but don't mess up your hair.
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Profile Joined March 2010
United States355 Posts
October 20 2010 06:49 GMT
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I feel like...... I want my siege tanks back. I don't wants Transformers or Gundams, I want my Siege Tanks back. I feel like mech is just too plain now, and the maps just dont fit. Everything is designed for very "action-packed' games with action everywhere but short, meaning bio is better. I feel the same though, I love and hate mech.
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OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
October 20 2010 07:04 GMT
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As a protoss user (both SCBW and SC2), I feel it's easier to fight off mech in SC2 for obvious reasons... hehehe.
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