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StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
October 07 2010 16:27 GMT
#41
O_O

Interesting changes, but rax requiring a supply depot? That makes the early game very, very boring and mundane.
Biochemist
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States1008 Posts
October 07 2010 16:27 GMT
#42
I guess no more kiting roaches off creep with the range increase... will reapers be good for anything besides scouting now?
Jayson X
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Switzerland2431 Posts
October 07 2010 16:27 GMT
#43
Oh my god if they take in Gold, Silver & Bronze win statistics into their balancing we toss are going to get nerved once again...


"As you can see there are some issues with Protoss vs. Terran in many of the leagues..."
Arakash
Profile Joined March 2009
Germany124 Posts
October 07 2010 16:27 GMT
#44
some changes are really weird in this patch :X.

I don't think that i like the Barracks requireing a supply depot :/
Captain Peabody
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3128 Posts
October 07 2010 16:27 GMT
#45
Nice changes. I don't really know enough about the Supply Depot->Barracks change to comment on it.

I really wish they'd make Neural Parasite useful again, though...
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GGTeMpLaR
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States7226 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-07 16:28:54
October 07 2010 16:27 GMT
#46
-roaches do have really terrible range and this should help zergs out a lot (hopefully not too much)

-fungal growth stopping blink seems reasonable

-supply depo before rax personally doesn't bother me (not just because I never really open with it anyways) because it was mostly a cheesy opening to begin with

it also eliminates one of the openings terran has and if so many people are complaining it has too many openings, this should be a relief to them very much so. i just hope this doesn't eliminate the terran's ability to proxy rush because protoss still have said ability and zerg still have 6-pool (it probably won't though)

-this seems like a laughable change because who honestly builds reapers by the time your factory is up anyways and the barracks change seems like it already addresses early reaper-cheesing. i think they may have over-nerfed reapers but i never really used them anyways so i'm not complaining

-as long as they don't over-do it i don't really have too much of a problem with this change either

overall, pretty decent decisions so far, keep it up blizz
tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19189 Posts
October 07 2010 16:28 GMT
#47
On October 08 2010 01:21 GTR wrote:
Show nested quote +
The Barracks are going to require a Supply Depot, which will impact a lot of early terran reaper pushes.


This is stupid.

Zerg changes, I agree with. Nitro Packs requiring Factory...iffy.

But I wholeheartedly agree. Barracks requiring Supply Depot is completely idiotic.
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Seam
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1093 Posts
October 07 2010 16:28 GMT
#48
On October 08 2010 01:27 Uhh Negative wrote:
Wow a roach range increase. This is huge! I don't think speed reapers are really a big deal anymore but I guess it's nice that 5RR won't really be viable anymore, especially factoring in the roach range as well. I'm assuming roach range will be 4?


Would make sense, I don't see then giving a HUGE roach buff...(It's still huge, but not HUGE)

But I've been wrong before.
I only needed one probe to take down idra. I had to upgrade to a zealot for strelok. - Liquid`Tyler
Raevin
Profile Joined July 2010
246 Posts
October 07 2010 16:28 GMT
#49
Question is: Who is going to be bothering with Hydras now?

They are made out of paper and die too easily, going mass Roach against Toss now will never be a "bad idea". Not like Storm or Colossi are going to do all that much
Djeez
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
543 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-07 16:28:40
October 07 2010 16:28 GMT
#50
Stop saying the reapers will now be useless. It's true somewhat that they won't be the massive threat they were early game, but you can still use them mid-late game. For some reason nobody can conceive of making reapers mid-late game... but I know qxc does. When your opponent has 3 bases, maybe even 4 with zerg, and his units aren't spread out reapers can actually be really effective. Arguably more effective than early game, when you only have 1 base to defend.
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Thunderflesh
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States382 Posts
October 07 2010 16:28 GMT
#51
On October 08 2010 01:21 GTR wrote:
Show nested quote +
The Barracks are going to require a Supply Depot, which will impact a lot of early terran reaper pushes.


This is stupid.


I agree...

1) Most BOs build a depot first anyway.
2) This will only limit Terran's ability to do fun/cute cheese strats; less variety = bad.
3) In late-game stalemate/base-trade situations, this could be a big problem; e.g., a Terran player has three command centers, but all their rax/depots have been taken out; even though they have plenty of supply, they'll have to built a depot before a rax. blegh. I suppose this might make up for being able to float buildings.

Other than that, this patch looks great!
You'll worry less about what people think about you when you realize how seldom they do.
DaZe
Profile Joined November 2003
Sweden2111 Posts
October 07 2010 16:28 GMT
#52
Factory needed for nitropack? Hope that is just something they are experimenting with coz that will just make reapers non-existent in all mu's...
JustQuitWarcraftIII
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States679 Posts
October 07 2010 16:29 GMT
#53
They might as well remove the Reapers and add the Medics back in. Then change the Medivacs to normal Dropships.
hoovehand
Profile Joined April 2010
United Kingdom542 Posts
October 07 2010 16:29 GMT
#54
its not really a terran nerf, it's a huge buff to zerg
MrBitter
Profile Joined January 2008
United States2940 Posts
October 07 2010 16:29 GMT
#55
Being able to 14 hatch safely vs. Terran might break that matchup... If you look at the stats, It's already even.

Rough days in store for Terran players, imo.
Perscienter
Profile Joined June 2010
957 Posts
October 07 2010 16:29 GMT
#56
So the cycle currently looks like this:
Win % in Diamond (accounting for player skill)
TvP 50.4%
PvZ 52.8%
ZvT 50.4%

That maps my intuition quite well. Still, there are huge map imbas.
On October 08 2010 01:16 Woony wrote:
Show nested quote +
We're increasing roach range. This will allow roaches to be more effective in large groups, giving the zerg more options in the mid to end game.

Fungal Growth will now prevent Blink, which will give zerg a way to stop endlessly Blinking stalkers which can be very challenging to deal with in large numbers.

Nice.
On October 08 2010 01:16 Woony wrote:
The Barracks are going to require a Supply Depot, which will impact a lot of early terran reaper pushes.

The reaper speed upgrade will require the Factory, which is meant to weaken a lot of the early terran reaper attacks that dominate so many matches, especially in team games.

We're making a number of increases to the health of zerg buildings, which will make the very vulnerable zerg technology structures more resistant to raids. We don’t expect these hit point changes to have a super significant impact on the game, but the current numbers felt way too low.
[/QUOTE]
Not so nice. Reapers will be gone and I hope that they aren't talking about spine crawlers, hatcheries and pools. If they will allow any Zerg to get his fe through against Protoss, they will all die to masses of mutalisks.
Chylo
Profile Joined May 2010
United States220 Posts
October 07 2010 16:29 GMT
#57
Such huge changes between gold and platinum for ZvP, very strange.


52.8% win rate for Protoss when fighting Zerg. (Diamond)

47.3% win rate for Protoss when fighting Zerg. (Plat)

61.1% win rate for Protoss when fighting Zerg. (Gold)

Do all Plat toss 4 gate and none in gold know how to do it? Quite a difference there.
Chronicle
Profile Joined September 2010
161 Posts
October 07 2010 16:29 GMT
#58
Ok so increasing roach range helps them vs reapers fair enough but why not nerf the reaper range instead? Why do roaches need the extra range, they are good as they are. Now now only are Protoss going to be kited by them all day long it will mean that they will be able to hit cannons 1 space away from Protoss walls, which will make Mass roach really really hard to stop. As for the terran barracks requiring a depo it is pretty silly. Would rather that the Nexus gave off a power field so Protoss has the option of skipping pylons and are not instantly screwed the second their first is sniped.

Overall at least blizzard is "trying" this time, but they still are not hitting the mark.
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flyinfart
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States95 Posts
October 07 2010 16:29 GMT
#59
It would be nice if they made void ray require a fleet beacon. Proxy void ray is ridiculous, especially on maps like LT. Otherwise, I can agree with most of their changes. Though, 6pooling/other cheese is going to become way more devastating to terran.
Pekkz
Profile Joined June 2009
Norway1505 Posts
October 07 2010 16:30 GMT
#60
On October 08 2010 01:27 Biochemist wrote:
I guess no more kiting roaches off creep with the range increase... will reapers be good for anything besides scouting now?


Will also help against hellions. Hell yes!
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