What is the proper way to control marine medic? How should they be hotkeyed- do you just move medics, tag them on the marines, or what? Do the hotkey groups change when you are using more (36) of them?

Luhh

Sweden2974 Posts

October 09 2006 02:02 GMT

This has just recently been debated in the strategy forum. I suggest you just skim the first page, there's a thread called "terran grouping".

SchOOl_VicTIm

Greece2394 Posts

October 09 2006 02:09 GMT

1 medics 2 rines 3 rines

OR

1 rines 2 medics 3 rines

OR

1 rines 2 rines 3 medics

you shouldn't get many, attack when they're few. if however late game u get many, hotkey 2 groups and have the rest follow the hotkeyed ones with right click on a medic and micro them in battle without hotkeys.

OR

learn to use the search function in this forum. this has been discussed at least 10 times and I'm not exaggerating

Chosi

Germany1302 Posts

October 09 2006 02:12 GMT

Just don't mix Marines or Bats with Medics.
I often mix Medics with Tanks and SCVs into a group.

tae

United States101 Posts

October 09 2006 04:21 GMT

I do 1-X Marines, X+1 Medics...I never mix them bec that takes away stim hotkey.

Midnight[yR]

Korea (South)164 Posts

October 09 2006 04:25 GMT

That's basic knowledge. You NEVER do that.

Anyhoo, you can try 1/2 - Marines and Firebats and 3 - Medics.

Later in the game when you have a crapload of units, make it something along the lines of

1/2/3/4 - Marines
5/6 - Medics
7 - Tanks
8 - Science Vessels
9 - Whatever you need
0 - Comsat

This is usually what I end up doing on pretty much all TvZs where M&M is required.

Mortality

United States4790 Posts

October 09 2006 04:29 GMT

It's extremely important late game to be able to handle a number of hotkeys of mnm units and dropships spread all around the map. That said, it should be obvious that it is important to attack earlier when you have fewer units, because as you battle a new army will be coming up, so if you wait too long you will end up with like 6 groups of mnm and you will need all of them because the fact that you waited also means the Zerg has a bigger army, and it's harder for Terran to properly micro large armies than for Zerg imo (I'm not counting defilers for the time being, but let's be real -- sci vessel micro to counter swarm is not any easier than the Zerg's defiler micro).

chiflutz

Romania1025 Posts

October 09 2006 07:44 GMT

Topic Hijack.

Okay, this kinda reminds me of some of the manuals that upped your stats in Vampire - Bloodlines (like "So you wanna shoot things?" ), but if you wanna improve your SC, definitely read this:

Starcraft FAQ

Be sure to post your impressions, now that you're both wise and powerful. And no, there will be no Korean translation! Their supremacy must come to an end

KoveN-

Australia503 Posts

October 09 2006 09:43 GMT

chiflutz your link don't work :S

A3iL3r0n

United States2196 Posts

October 09 2006 13:14 GMT

#10

Medics always on 1, that way you never have to re-hotkey them.

micronesia

United States24624 Posts

October 09 2006 15:21 GMT

#11

If you stim your marines every time you move them, then you never really have to hotkey your medics. I've seen skilled gamers do this but honestly I don't....since I don't play t much I just put the medics in the groups with the marines for simplicity, and then whenever I want to stimp I cntrl click on a marine portrait in the control panel.

GeneralCash

Croatia346 Posts

October 09 2006 17:24 GMT

#12

if find it good to hotkey rines on 5 and 6 so it's closer to T.

TiQ.SinGi

Norway385 Posts

October 09 2006 20:25 GMT

#13

Zerg Forever! <3

EmS.Radagast

Israel280 Posts

October 10 2006 20:55 GMT

#14

From what I see whenever there's a huge fight between T and Z with lots of tanks what usually happens is that all zerg units melt away in seconds. that's unless there's a huge number of ultras and defilers cast swarms everywhere. Even if T does nothing but siege and stim he's still going to kick ass. Obviously at better skill levels T does have to micro some, but I can't comprehend how big fight micro is in any way more difficult for terran. As the amount of units increases, ground fights tend to favor terran, I see that as a protoss player especially.

BlueRoyaL

United States2493 Posts

October 10 2006 23:28 GMT

#15

On October 10 2006 02:24 GeneralCash wrote:
if find it good to hotkey rines on 5 and 6 so it's closer to T.

lol.
WRONG
i just tried imaging hotkeying mareins on 6 and having to stim them like that, and my fingers went to some weird akward position hahaaha almost like having to cross over my other finger

Midnight[yR]

Korea (South)164 Posts

October 11 2006 02:28 GMT

#16

On October 11 2006 08:28 [sj]tacticz wrote:
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lol.
WRONG
i just tried imaging hotkeying mareins on 6 and having to stim them like that, and my fingers went to some weird akward position hahaaha almost like having to cross over my other finger

That's true - I guess if you MUST do something of that nature, just make it at LEAST 3 or 4. Makes hitting T a lot easier than 5 and 6. (WHY 5 and 6???)