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Proper M&M micro?

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SoLaR[i.C]
Profile Blog Joined August 2003
United States2969 Posts
April 24 2004 14:40 GMT
#1
I've wondered this for awhile but never bothered to ask. What is the correct way to hotkey and micro marines and medics? I have tried hotkeying marines and medics together as well as in separate groups. When I put them together and send the marines in to attack. The medics just rush forward in front of the marines, leaving them to die. The other way I've tried is sending in marines with one hotkey, sending the meds to marine area and pressing stop, allowing them to heal. This seemed to long. Whenever I see see pros or really good people they seem to move all in one group but with the medics following right alongside the marines healing them all the time. How is this done? I think this is one reason why my TvZ sucks...
VdP]TwistedEcho
Profile Joined February 2004
United Kingdom847 Posts
April 24 2004 14:41 GMT
#2
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STIMEY d okgm fish
Profile Joined August 2003
Canada6140 Posts
April 24 2004 14:43 GMT
#3
if u have them all in the same group ud have to ctrl+click a marine or marine wireframe before stimming then. or to a little box and try not to get any medics. to move just the medics, same thing. putting them in different groups would seem to make these things easier. dont know how ur supposed 2 do it, id like to know 2
SoLaR[i.C]
Profile Blog Joined August 2003
United States2969 Posts
April 24 2004 14:53 GMT
#4
LoL it's amazing how stupid I am for not asking this before... It'd probably help a lot of people. If only boxer were a TL.net member...
STIMEY d okgm fish
Profile Joined August 2003
Canada6140 Posts
April 24 2004 14:56 GMT
#5
maybe a korean could translate the common korean explanations and advice that must be on the net somewhere D:
useLess
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4781 Posts
April 24 2004 15:44 GMT
#6
spam 1-a-click 2-a-click 3-a-click onto one spot. keeps them together.
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hasuwar
Profile Joined April 2003
7365 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-04-24 16:17:59
April 24 2004 16:14 GMT
#7
I might be an ass..but how hard is it to figure out how to use marines? Why would you group your marines and meds in 1 group so you can't stim? and your medics are dying because they are going ahead? Maybe click them backwards if they are walking into battle and dying? lol

If you want your medics to stick to your marines, just 1a2a3a and stim when you run into enemy units so they go straight to healing your marines
Diablo3 ID: Exalted#1710 -------R.I.P. http://hasuwar.isgsa.org. Much love to Toptalent
0wNaG3
Profile Joined April 2004
Canada95 Posts
April 24 2004 16:27 GMT
#8
It is actually really easy.

Just simple, start of game as example.

Maines - 1
Medics - 2

So you engage some zerglings, and move to attack.

1-t-a-right click THEN 2-a-right click

"A" is attack for marines and Heal for medics. To stop medics from charging off ahead of ur marines, hit "T" for stim, so they turn back and start healing ur rines.
To micro, move the marines at the front of the group to the back. And repeat until enemy units are dead.
That is many tank? Yes?
Twisted
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands13554 Posts
April 24 2004 16:50 GMT
#9
Do what that guy above said, and spread your marines vs lurkers, and target them with shift click ^_^
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Asta
Profile Joined October 2002
Germany3491 Posts
April 24 2004 16:51 GMT
#10
better try a-left click instead of right click. =)
Sir Alex
Profile Joined March 2004
United States159 Posts
April 24 2004 16:54 GMT
#11
Keep marines and medics in separate groups. When they get into combat, make sure you do NOT have both groups just A-clicked on the other side of whereever you're going - this will result in the medics charging forward and moving to that spot, while the marines are left behind because of their ranged attack, and die. Make sure that when combat starts, you keep the medics "attack-moved" to where the marines actually are.
Mydnyte
Profile Joined October 2003
3306 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-04-24 17:04:22
April 24 2004 17:03 GMT
#12
I actually liked using Terran m&m when I used to play around in BW for fun. What Sir Alex says is pretty much what you gotta do.

Head up against Lurkers, try to keep your rines spread apart, to make the Lurker do as little/no splash damage as possible.
And keep them controled in separate groups, I usually went with 1-3 all marines, and 4 as my medics, and when in battle I just made sure the medics were spread around them. Using attack + A click works, but you have to set back the medics, or manually move them in battle.
lastas
Profile Joined May 2003
Sweden1219 Posts
April 24 2004 18:03 GMT
#13
On April 25 2004 01:27 0wNaG3 wrote:
It is actually really easy.

Just simple, start of game as example.

Maines - 1
Medics - 2

So you engage some zerglings, and move to attack.

1-t-a-right click THEN 2-a-right click

"A" is attack for marines and Heal for medics. To stop medics from charging off ahead of ur marines, hit "T" for stim, so they turn back and start healing ur rines.
To micro, move the marines at the front of the group to the back. And repeat until enemy units are dead.


umm. right clicking will just make them stand still. try left clicking instead.
gg
FusioN
Profile Joined November 2003
Sweden72 Posts
April 24 2004 18:52 GMT
#14
On April 25 2004 03:03 lastas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 25 2004 01:27 0wNaG3 wrote:
It is actually really easy.

Just simple, start of game as example.

Maines - 1
Medics - 2

So you engage some zerglings, and move to attack.

1-t-a-right click THEN 2-a-right click

"A" is attack for marines and Heal for medics. To stop medics from charging off ahead of ur marines, hit "T" for stim, so they turn back and start healing ur rines.
To micro, move the marines at the front of the group to the back. And repeat until enemy units are dead.


umm. right clicking will just make them stand still. try left clicking instead.


Not if you press "a" - for attack, as he wrote.
BG FU
PoP
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
France15446 Posts
Last Edited: 2004-04-24 19:06:42
April 24 2004 19:06 GMT
#15
On April 25 2004 03:52 FusioN wrote:
Not if you press "a" - for attack, as he wrote.


A then right click == A then cancel.
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hasuwar
Profile Joined April 2003
7365 Posts
April 24 2004 19:12 GMT
#16
Way to self own yourself, Fusion
Diablo3 ID: Exalted#1710 -------R.I.P. http://hasuwar.isgsa.org. Much love to Toptalent
Casper...
Profile Joined October 2002
Liberia4948 Posts
April 24 2004 19:47 GMT
#17
if they can be stim->moved to where they can all fire together, do so.
if not, stim->spread them laterally so they don't stumble around.
you want them all shooting.
if they are in a clump when you are fighting lurkers, that is bad.
JAM THE FUCKER!
Casper...
Profile Joined October 2002
Liberia4948 Posts
April 24 2004 19:47 GMT
#18
this is total kindergarten shit man.
JAM THE FUCKER!
Twisted
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Netherlands13554 Posts
April 24 2004 19:55 GMT
#19
That's what you get with kindergarten bw players.
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Yang
Profile Joined October 2003
Lithuania231 Posts
April 24 2004 19:57 GMT
#20
newb thread?
dfgh
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