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cz
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3249 Posts
October 23 2010 19:43 GMT
#1
I don't really play sc2 all that much so I'm going to have to ask you guys this... What happened with respect to Terran being decisively overpowered? A month ago every thread in the sc2 forum was "terran is so easy, lol" or "zerg so weak, lol," but after Cool won the GSL that seems to have gone away.

So was Terran completely overpowered a month ago (and still is, as that patch did basically nothing to nerf Terran) or was the game pretty closed to balanced then?

Also, in your opinion, what races have natural advantages over which? (ie in BW it was T>Z>P>T).

NuKedUFirst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-23 19:46:28
October 23 2010 19:45 GMT
#2
once upon a time there was a patch that fucked terran over basically. The changes were SO retarded that everyone agreed. All of the zerg that switched to terran because over the overpowered ness went back to zerg and all of the "true" terran fans remain. The end.

In my opinion as the game is in it's current state. Terran is pretty weak.
FrostedMiniWeet wrote: I like winning because it validates all the bloody time I waste playing SC2.
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-23 19:48:19
October 23 2010 19:46 GMT
#3
Ever since the patch it's sort of evened out, with zerg possibly being OP.

Except I think it's more that Terran aren't adapting like zerg had to for 2 months or so. I mean, we won GSL while supposedly an OP terran and a UP zerg. Yet it seems, at least at 1800~ diamond level, that all terran have resorted to either cheeses or all in's. Like almost every single one complains zerg is OP, and they HAVE to do cheeses/allin's to win. Yet really, they haven't really tried anything else. I'm waiting for a savior like Idra/Cool was to zerg to come up with a new stable build.

And honestly, there are.
oh yeah, should mention patch changes

Barracks requires supply depot(so long for creativity)
Reaper speed requires factory(so long reaper builds)
zerg buildings hp was buffed, roach range to 4, protoss nexus hp buffed.
cz
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3249 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-23 19:47:28
October 23 2010 19:47 GMT
#4
On October 24 2010 04:45 NuKedUFirst wrote:
once upon a time there was a patch that fucked terran over basically. The changes were SO retarded that everyone agreed. All of the zerg that switched to terran because over the overpowered ness went back to zerg and all of the "true" terran fans remain. The end.

In my opinion as the game is in it's current state. Terran is pretty weak.


So there was a patch in the past month that nerfed terran considerably? Can someone link me to the game changes in that patch?
teamsolid
Profile Joined October 2007
Canada3668 Posts
October 23 2010 19:48 GMT
#5
On October 24 2010 04:43 cz wrote:
I don't really play sc2 all that much so I'm going to have to ask you guys this... What happened with respect to Terran being decisively overpowered? A month ago every thread in the sc2 forum was "terran is so easy, lol" or "zerg so weak, lol," but after Cool won the GSL that seems to have gone away.

So was Terran completely overpowered a month ago (and still is, as that patch did basically nothing to nerf Terran) or was the game pretty closed to balanced then?

Also, in your opinion, what races have natural advantages over which? (ie in BW it was T>Z>P>T).

It's probably the opposite right from BW right now. P>Z>T>P, though all races are really close either way and really hard to tell.
cz
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3249 Posts
October 23 2010 19:50 GMT
#6
On October 24 2010 04:46 Pandain wrote:
Ever since the patch it's sort of evened out, with zerg possibly being OP.

Except I think it's more that Terran aren't adapting like zerg had to for 2 months or so. I mean, we won GSL while supposedly an OP terran and a UP zerg. Yet it seems, at least at 1800~ diamond level, that all terran have resorted to either cheeses or all in's. Like almost every single one complains zerg is OP, and they HAVE to do cheeses/allin's to win. Yet really, they haven't really tried anything else. I'm waiting for a savior like Idra/Cool was to zerg to come up with a new stable build.

And honestly, there are.
oh yeah, should mention patch changes

Barracks requires supply depot(so long for creativity)
Reaper speed requires factory(so long reaper builds)
zerg buildings hp was buffed, roach range to 4, protoss nexus hp buffed.


Do reapers have any use now? Isn't the new vulture (car thing with flamethrower) a better version of it @ factory tech level?
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
October 23 2010 19:54 GMT
#7
On October 24 2010 04:47 cz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2010 04:45 NuKedUFirst wrote:
once upon a time there was a patch that fucked terran over basically. The changes were SO retarded that everyone agreed. All of the zerg that switched to terran because over the overpowered ness went back to zerg and all of the "true" terran fans remain. The end.

In my opinion as the game is in it's current state. Terran is pretty weak.


So there was a patch in the past month that nerfed terran considerably? Can someone link me to the game changes in that patch?


You can't make a barracks without a depot and reaper speed requires a factory. Roaches now have 4 range which means hellion/reaper kiting them is basically impossible. The reason its a big change is that terrans had tons of options 2 standard ones (hellion and reaper) and lots of others to give them an advantage in midgame. Hatch first is possible almost every game thanks to no rax first. Now most of those options are shutdown zerg can get into an even midgame and is doing just fine vs terran..

TvP hasn't changed and I thats a very dynamic matchup right now. Arguments for "imbalance" can be made for either race.
Ikonn
Profile Joined October 2009
Netherlands1958 Posts
October 23 2010 19:55 GMT
#8
On October 24 2010 04:50 cz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2010 04:46 Pandain wrote:
Ever since the patch it's sort of evened out, with zerg possibly being OP.

Except I think it's more that Terran aren't adapting like zerg had to for 2 months or so. I mean, we won GSL while supposedly an OP terran and a UP zerg. Yet it seems, at least at 1800~ diamond level, that all terran have resorted to either cheeses or all in's. Like almost every single one complains zerg is OP, and they HAVE to do cheeses/allin's to win. Yet really, they haven't really tried anything else. I'm waiting for a savior like Idra/Cool was to zerg to come up with a new stable build.

And honestly, there are.
oh yeah, should mention patch changes

Barracks requires supply depot(so long for creativity)
Reaper speed requires factory(so long reaper builds)
zerg buildings hp was buffed, roach range to 4, protoss nexus hp buffed.


Do reapers have any use now? Isn't the new vulture (car thing with flamethrower) a better version of it @ factory tech level?


the hellion costs 25 more minerals than a vulture and has no mines

I prefer vultures
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
October 23 2010 20:24 GMT
#9
The latest patch made Z maybe a bit too strong so what we have now still isn´t a complete game, needs a bit tweaking. How much depends on what new stuff Terrans can discover now before the next patch.
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.Aar
Profile Joined September 2010
2177 Posts
October 23 2010 20:31 GMT
#10
On October 24 2010 04:46 Pandain wrote:
Except I think it's more that Terran aren't adapting


And yet when Blizzard said the same exact thing about Zerg a while ago nobody bought it and kept complaining anyway~
now run into the setting sun, and suffer, but don't mess up your hair.
Gogleion
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States534 Posts
October 23 2010 20:35 GMT
#11
On October 24 2010 04:48 teamsolid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2010 04:43 cz wrote:
I don't really play sc2 all that much so I'm going to have to ask you guys this... What happened with respect to Terran being decisively overpowered? A month ago every thread in the sc2 forum was "terran is so easy, lol" or "zerg so weak, lol," but after Cool won the GSL that seems to have gone away.

So was Terran completely overpowered a month ago (and still is, as that patch did basically nothing to nerf Terran) or was the game pretty closed to balanced then?

Also, in your opinion, what races have natural advantages over which? (ie in BW it was T>Z>P>T).

It's probably the opposite right from BW right now. P>Z>T>P, though all races are really close either way and really hard to tell.

I agree with teamsolid here, it feels like my mu's are going this way. Sorta weird to have a tough time with ZvP now, just never thought that it would happen.
EffOrt. That is all.
Butigroove
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Seychelles2061 Posts
October 23 2010 20:56 GMT
#12
On October 24 2010 05:31 .Aar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2010 04:46 Pandain wrote:
Except I think it's more that Terran aren't adapting


And yet when Blizzard said the same exact thing about Zerg a while ago nobody bought it and kept complaining anyway~

Zergs were underpowered for much longer than Terrans have been 'underpowered.'
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3clipse
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Canada2555 Posts
October 23 2010 21:33 GMT
#13
The game is approaching balance and Terrans aren't used to it. Zerg went for weeks without balance changes so we could see how the game would settle; I suggest Blizzard keeps this policy. At this point we can't definitively say if Terran is still overpowered, balanced or underpowered. The possible openings of the game have changed drastically and we need to see how it evolves.
dcberkeley
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada844 Posts
October 23 2010 22:07 GMT
#14
On October 24 2010 06:33 3clipse wrote:
The game is approaching balance and Terrans aren't used to it. Zerg went for weeks without balance changes so we could see how the game would settle; I suggest Blizzard keeps this policy. At this point we can't definitively say if Terran is still overpowered, balanced or underpowered. The possible openings of the game have changed drastically and we need to see how it evolves.

Isn't "approaching balance" and "can't definitely say if Terran is ..." contradictory?
Moktira is da bomb
SubtleArt
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
2710 Posts
October 23 2010 22:10 GMT
#15
On October 24 2010 04:45 NuKedUFirst wrote:
once upon a time there was a patch that fucked terran over basically. The changes were SO retarded that everyone agreed. All of the zerg that switched to terran because over the overpowered ness went back to zerg and all of the "true" terran fans remain. The end.

In my opinion as the game is in it's current state. Terran is pretty weak.


Really? I still find TvP pretty Terran favored. TvZ is pretty hard now though
Morrow on ZvP: "I'm not very confident in general vs Protoss because of the imbalance (Yes its imbalanced, get over it)."
3clipse
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Canada2555 Posts
October 23 2010 22:15 GMT
#16
On October 24 2010 07:07 dcberkeley wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2010 06:33 3clipse wrote:
The game is approaching balance and Terrans aren't used to it. Zerg went for weeks without balance changes so we could see how the game would settle; I suggest Blizzard keeps this policy. At this point we can't definitively say if Terran is still overpowered, balanced or underpowered. The possible openings of the game have changed drastically and we need to see how it evolves.

Isn't "approaching balance" and "can't definitely say if Terran is ..." contradictory?

I'm saying it's obviously more balanced than before when it was really damn obvious that zerg was weak.
OutlaW-
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Czech Republic5053 Posts
October 23 2010 22:25 GMT
#17
Basically, T had to make a huge blow of Z's economy to be EVEN in the mid game. Now that a lot of options (reapers, hellions) are taken out and that the Z can always (at the moment) go hatch first, it's really hard for T. The easiest way for terran to win atm is some kind of 1 base possibly 2 base all in, not letting zerg to get to the mid game. I am not even talking about late game, that is completely unplayable. T will adapt soon, it will just take some time. Still, at the moment, ZvT is heavily Z favored.
Delete your post underage b&. You're incestuous for you're onee-chan so you're clearly not a bad guy, but others might not agree
Cyanocyst
Profile Joined October 2010
2222 Posts
October 23 2010 22:38 GMT
#18
Heres what happened. Zerg players who had been playing for months with an underpowered race, and had learned how to tread water vs Terran players early aggression due to superior skill.

Then they buffed Zerg roach range, and forced Terrans to make a supply depot before Rax. Since Zerg players were use to stopping much more aggressive early pressure from Terran, Zerg can now deal with much of the harass easily comparatively.

So now Zerg are OP if your a Terran player, cause you simply cannot harass a Zerg to death. Terran's actually need to actually have fair mechanics to be successful vs Zerg. This causes Terran's to complain.

In the long run i think this will actually be good for the match-up. I think Terran's are going to have to start setting up slow methodical death pushes, that take patience and skill.









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