[SC2] TvP Observer Sniping Tricks?

On November 22 2011 18:37 Cyro wrote:
Sick of this shit, there are games every day where i rally an obs to his base, it gets scanned and 1shot, i keep the second one home because i didnt confirm no cloak, built a third obs, scanned, dead, build a fourth, flies into missle turret and instantly dies... Perhaps i should give up on scouting terran.

On November 22 2011 18:56 MrCon wrote:
This trick is being used to spot unmoving observers.
Moving observers make a ripple, you can reproduce this ripple by zooming and unzooming, this will make an unmoving observer "move" (it doesn't move technically, but produce the ripples that a moving observer is producing).


Or perhaps you should micro your observers more.

On November 22 2011 18:37 Cyro wrote:
Sick of this shit, there are games every day where i rally an obs to his base, it gets scanned and 1shot, i keep the second one home because i didnt confirm no cloak, built a third obs, scanned, dead, build a fourth, flies into missle turret and instantly dies... Perhaps i should give up on scouting terran.

On November 22 2011 19:10 MrCon wrote:
Oh I know it's hard, but it's still possible. Retreat as soon as you see units, park them in dropping routes, poke with them, hotkey them so when you spot movement you can anticipate and not lose them. Easier said than done, but better than rallying to their base and losing them. You can do that with the first one, because usually in the still early game mules are used every 50 energy so you're safe.

On November 22 2011 19:18 Cyro wrote:


I just feel like making more than 2 obs is a massive risk if you dont know what they are doing, need the robo time for immortals vs a few pushes, its so painful to loose an obs and ive lost games to it before, the cloak doesnt really cloak at all on low shaders, ultra textures and effects and it seems everyone i face knows exactly where it is the moment i fly into sight range of his units/buildings.

I feel cheated having a cloaked unit that relys on being cloaked because it has only 40hp and is easily outran by a few marines with stim before the speed upgrade etc, when it doesnt actuly cloak well enough to hide itself for even a fraction of a second if it is on screen of the enemy.


Its generally a good scout, but it doesnt really do what it is advertised for if you cant ever fly near a unit that shoots up. Im pretty sure thors 1-2 them from like 10 range

On November 22 2011 19:18 Cyro wrote:


I just feel like making more than 2 obs is a massive risk if you dont know what they are doing, need the robo time for immortals vs a few pushes, its so painful to loose an obs and ive lost games to it before, the cloak doesnt really cloak at all on low shaders, ultra textures and effects and it seems everyone i face knows exactly where it is the moment i fly into sight range of his units/buildings.

I feel cheated having a cloaked unit that relys on being cloaked because it has only 40hp and is easily outran by a few marines with stim before the speed upgrade etc, when it doesnt actuly cloak well enough to hide itself for even a fraction of a second if it is on screen of the enemy.


Its generally a good scout, but it doesnt really do what it is advertised for if you cant ever fly near a unit that shoots up. Im pretty sure thors 1-2 them from like 10 range

On November 22 2011 22:56 HypernovA wrote:
What graphic setting do you need to be on to be able to see the observers?