Of course its balanced. On the perfect map the game would be perfectly balanced. A map that is balanced on a newbie level doesn't have to be balanced on a pro level though and vice versa. You can easily find maps that are imbalanced in either direction given any matchup and you can find maps in between. If the current stats in one matchup is uneven its either because the people that are currently best happen to play one race more than the other or because the maps are imbalanced.

Qwertify

United States2531 Posts

January 21 2010 21:42 GMT

#28

Protoss is so imbal, omg, you has templars both light and dark, the high one can kill anything, and like when two of thems come together they can kill like 200 mutas in just a few hits. the dark ones can kill werkerz in like 1 or 2 hits and you cant even see them. they dont evan need manas to cloak like wriaths or ghosts. observers that do 50 dmg = d templar

and then you hav terran imbal, the vulture for example costs nothing, builds in 2-3 seconds and can plant mines which can kill like 4-5 hydras in 1 hit. and you get 3 of them per 75 min. that is 25 min investment to killz 4 hydra (300 min + 100 gas) and if you cant kill a bunch of workers with a run by your first time, you can just build more. irridiate can kill any organic unit with one cast except the ultra. emp makes arbiters worthless

then you have zerg, which can expandd to like 5 bases or more without penalty, and lings/lurkers/ultras are invincible in dark swarm except to firebats and tank splash dmg. plusyou can consume lings at 25 apop so you only need like 1 o2 defilers total to keep casting speelz forever. and plaguu can get like all the vessels you want so you can clean up them easily with only 1 muta.

JellyJesus

United States16 Posts

January 21 2010 21:43 GMT

#29

On January 22 2010 06:24 Mienio wrote:
That game is more balanced than Rock Paper Scissors xD

Fucking scissors is rigged.

vOddy

Sweden402 Posts

January 21 2010 21:46 GMT

#30

On January 22 2010 06:35 koreasilver wrote:
BLADEMASTER IS BROKEN.

Hahaha, nice trolling.

I am beginning to really love these forums, you guys keep up the trolling.

Kenpachi

United States9908 Posts

January 21 2010 21:48 GMT

#31

On January 22 2010 06:46 vOddy wrote:

Show nested quote +

Hahaha, nice trolling.

I am beginning to really love these forums, you guys keep up the trolling.

your going to get banned for this.

Saturnize

United States2473 Posts

January 21 2010 21:49 GMT

#32

Terran is so imba!!! Tanks do so much damages and so far away!! Vultures are so ghey!! frikin mines and so fast so imba -.- Marines can own zerg so easy in the early-mid game. Irridate is basically kill whatever unit you want for 75 energy -.- Nukes are so imba also!!1!1

Trezeguet

United States2656 Posts

January 21 2010 21:49 GMT

#33

On January 22 2010 06:26 jkillashark wrote:
Metagame, man. Metagame.

This, and the evolution of play for the 3 races. Balance swings back and forth.

Hugo(Sphere)

United States44 Posts

January 21 2010 21:53 GMT

#34

Actually with Chess, the imbalance is pretty high at professional levels, with the goal of white to get a win, and black is happy with a draw. I would say Starcraft is more balanced than chess in that sense.

Piy

Scotland3152 Posts

January 21 2010 21:54 GMT

#35

It's not so much imbalance as just the fact that one race has to work harder. They don't inherently have worse units or face impossible strategies its just that what they have to do requires more skill to execute than the other race.

The biggest, most noticeable disparity is probably in ZvT. That MU punishes zerg so so hard.

Triple7

United States656 Posts

January 21 2010 21:54 GMT

#36

Just get rid of psi-storm and irradiate, and maybe even stim. I think that would solve everything.

Kenpachi

United States9908 Posts

January 21 2010 21:59 GMT

#37

On January 22 2010 06:54 Triple7 wrote:
Just get rid of psi-storm and irradiate, and maybe even stim. I think that would solve everything.

Just get rid of hydra speed. and Mutalisks and maybe even Swarm. I think that would solve your world

etch

Canada176 Posts

January 21 2010 22:00 GMT

#38

The problem with this discussion is that balance is a function of many variables, among them: gameplay, maps and metagame as many people have pointed out. Each of these variables is also capable of influencing the other variables which makes the discussion of "balance" a somewhat ambiguous and messy affair.

Also, the sheer complexity of a game like Starcraft means that it's very difficult (if not impossible) for it to be perfectly balanced. That being said, it comes pretty damn close.

Crunchums

United States11144 Posts

January 21 2010 22:01 GMT

#39

people say that because historically those matchups tend to fall 55/45 instead of 50/50