• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 21:29
CEST 03:29
KST 10:29
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
HomeStory Cup 27 - Info & Preview18Classic wins Code S Season 2 (2025)16Code S RO4 & Finals Preview: herO, Rogue, Classic, GuMiho0TL Team Map Contest #5: Presented by Monster Energy6Code S RO8 Preview: herO, Zoun, Bunny, Classic7
Community News
Weekly Cups (June 23-29): Reynor in world title form?6FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $8000 live event13Esports World Cup 2025 - Final Player Roster14Weekly Cups (June 16-22): Clem strikes back1Weekly Cups (June 9-15): herO doubles on GSL week4
StarCraft 2
General
The SCII GOAT: A statistical Evaluation Weekly Cups (June 23-29): Reynor in world title form? How does the number of casters affect your enjoyment of esports? Esports World Cup 2025 - Final Player Roster HomeStory Cup 27 - Info & Preview
Tourneys
HomeStory Cup 27 (June 27-29) WardiTV Mondays SOOPer7s Showmatches 2025 FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $8000 live event $200 Biweekly - StarCraft Evolution League #1
Strategy
How did i lose this ZvP, whats the proper response Simple Questions Simple Answers [G] Darkgrid Layout
Custom Maps
[UMS] Zillion Zerglings
External Content
Mutation # 480 Moths to the Flame Mutation # 479 Worn Out Welcome Mutation # 478 Instant Karma Mutation # 477 Slow and Steady
Brood War
General
BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion StarCraft & BroodWar Campaign Speedrun Quest ASL20 Preliminary Maps Unit and Spell Similarities
Tourneys
[BSL20] GosuLeague RO16 - Tue & Wed 20:00+CET The Casual Games of the Week Thread [Megathread] Daily Proleagues [BSL20] ProLeague LB Final - Saturday 20:00 CET
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers I am doing this better than progamers do.
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread Path of Exile What do you want from future RTS games? Beyond All Reason
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Trading/Investing Thread Stop Killing Games - European Citizens Initiative Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Russo-Ukrainian War Thread
Fan Clubs
SKT1 Classic Fan Club! Maru Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread [Manga] One Piece [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread Korean Music Discussion
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion NBA General Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 NHL Playoffs 2024
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Blog #2
tankgirl
Game Sound vs. Music: The Im…
TrAiDoS
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Heero Yuy & the Tax…
KrillinFromwales
Trip to the Zoo
micronesia
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 589 users

LotV closed beta announced to start on March 31 - Page 33

Forum Index > Legacy of the Void
2700 CommentsPost a Reply
Prev 1 31 32 33 34 35 136 Next
Thanks to Reddit sleuths, everyone can try the LotV test maps by following instructions here.

Note: This is not a beta key, it is simply access to Vs. AI and a Unit Tester. I have no idea how cool with this Blizzard is or is not, use at your own risk.
ZAiNs
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom6525 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-19 23:57:30
March 19 2015 23:56 GMT
#641
On March 20 2015 08:43 Elentos wrote:
Can we stop complaining about the invincible nydus worm already? When reacted to appropriately, it's not going to do more than it does currently and it's still going to die a horrible death.


The concern is about Nydus all-ins mainly against Protoss who barely have anything out when Nydus hits; and the players in that video weren't taking it seriously at all >_>.
CannonsNCarriers
Profile Joined April 2010
United States638 Posts
March 19 2015 23:59 GMT
#642
On March 20 2015 08:55 chipmonklord17 wrote:
Have they talked about whether the battlecruiser ability would require you to cast it for each individual bc or if you could control + click a group and select a point to warp them all to? If its individual (meaning you need to click a new location for each bc) I can't help but feel like the ability will be near useless. Though if you can warp all at once I think it would be awesome to use with ravens. Spend a few PDDs to keep them safe during the teleport and then warp them all to one location


The problem with BC warp will be, even if executed ... what will the BCs accomplish once they warp in? They are still hard countered by Vikings / Voids / Stalkers / Corrupters. And if you warp in 50 supply of BCs without the rest of you army, they will fare just as badly. Maybe you can warp out and let the rest of your army (Ravens / Vikings) die. If the warp in costs more than Yamato, then a huge portion of the utility of the BC goes away when you use that warp in. And you also cant use warp in to quickly reinforce newly built BCs (which would be the best thing you could possibly do with this ability).
Dun tuch my cheezbrgr
Ramiz1989
Profile Joined July 2012
12124 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-20 00:02:01
March 20 2015 00:01 GMT
#643
On March 20 2015 08:56 ZAiNs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2015 08:43 Elentos wrote:
Can we stop complaining about the invincible nydus worm already? When reacted to appropriately, it's not going to do more than it does currently and it's still going to die a horrible death.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8O2Bo0VaDQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=387

The concern is about Nydus all-ins mainly against Protoss who barely have anything out when Nydus hits; and the players in that video weren't taking it seriously at all >_>.

Yes but for that to happen you need to:
-miss the Nydus Network in the Zerg's base when scouting
-miss the Overlord giving vision to the Zerg player at the edge of your base
-miss the Nydus Worm emerging inside of your base for 20 seconds

If all of that happens, I might as well kill you with Overlord drops.
"I've been to hell and back, and back to hell…and back. This time, I've brought Hell back with me."
ZAiNs
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom6525 Posts
March 20 2015 00:05 GMT
#644
On March 20 2015 09:01 Ramiz1989 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2015 08:56 ZAiNs wrote:
On March 20 2015 08:43 Elentos wrote:
Can we stop complaining about the invincible nydus worm already? When reacted to appropriately, it's not going to do more than it does currently and it's still going to die a horrible death.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8O2Bo0VaDQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=387

The concern is about Nydus all-ins mainly against Protoss who barely have anything out when Nydus hits; and the players in that video weren't taking it seriously at all >_>.

Yes but for that to happen you need to:
-miss the Nydus Network in the Zerg's base when scouting
-miss the Overlord giving vision to the Zerg player at the edge of your base
-miss the Nydus Worm emerging inside of your base for 20 seconds

If all of that happens, I might as well kill you with Overlord drops.

How are you meant to kill the Nydus Worm when you opened Forge expand and have a Zealot, Stalker and MSc? I think the worker change could change the timings so you just about have enough if your units stay at home and don't wander off on the map.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55510 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-20 00:11:35
March 20 2015 00:10 GMT
#645
On March 20 2015 09:05 ZAiNs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2015 09:01 Ramiz1989 wrote:
On March 20 2015 08:56 ZAiNs wrote:
On March 20 2015 08:43 Elentos wrote:
Can we stop complaining about the invincible nydus worm already? When reacted to appropriately, it's not going to do more than it does currently and it's still going to die a horrible death.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8O2Bo0VaDQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=387

The concern is about Nydus all-ins mainly against Protoss who barely have anything out when Nydus hits; and the players in that video weren't taking it seriously at all >_>.

Yes but for that to happen you need to:
-miss the Nydus Network in the Zerg's base when scouting
-miss the Overlord giving vision to the Zerg player at the edge of your base
-miss the Nydus Worm emerging inside of your base for 20 seconds

If all of that happens, I might as well kill you with Overlord drops.

How are you meant to kill the Nydus Worm when you opened Forge expand and have a Zealot, Stalker and MSc? I think the worker change could change the timings so you just about have enough if your units stay at home and don't wander off on the map.

If you get a full surround on the worm, there is not enough space for units to come out, meaning you can kill it with a full worker surround without losing the workers. Or you build pylons all around it and wall it in. Or something like that. Then it does nothing and nyduses are too expensive to do nothing.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
ZAiNs
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom6525 Posts
March 20 2015 00:13 GMT
#646
On March 20 2015 09:10 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2015 09:05 ZAiNs wrote:
On March 20 2015 09:01 Ramiz1989 wrote:
On March 20 2015 08:56 ZAiNs wrote:
On March 20 2015 08:43 Elentos wrote:
Can we stop complaining about the invincible nydus worm already? When reacted to appropriately, it's not going to do more than it does currently and it's still going to die a horrible death.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8O2Bo0VaDQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=387

The concern is about Nydus all-ins mainly against Protoss who barely have anything out when Nydus hits; and the players in that video weren't taking it seriously at all >_>.

Yes but for that to happen you need to:
-miss the Nydus Network in the Zerg's base when scouting
-miss the Overlord giving vision to the Zerg player at the edge of your base
-miss the Nydus Worm emerging inside of your base for 20 seconds

If all of that happens, I might as well kill you with Overlord drops.

How are you meant to kill the Nydus Worm when you opened Forge expand and have a Zealot, Stalker and MSc? I think the worker change could change the timings so you just about have enough if your units stay at home and don't wander off on the map.

If you get a full surround on the worm, there is not enough space for units to come out, meaning you can kill it with a full worker surround without losing the workers. Or you build pylons all around it and wall it in. Or something like that. Then it does nothing and nyduses are too expensive to do nothing.

If the worker surround works then it'll be fine, but I don't think it will. Building a wall of Pylons? You aren't going to have 1000 minerals to waste, and there will still probably be room around it for units to come out.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55510 Posts
March 20 2015 00:17 GMT
#647
On March 20 2015 09:13 ZAiNs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2015 09:10 Elentos wrote:
On March 20 2015 09:05 ZAiNs wrote:
On March 20 2015 09:01 Ramiz1989 wrote:
On March 20 2015 08:56 ZAiNs wrote:
On March 20 2015 08:43 Elentos wrote:
Can we stop complaining about the invincible nydus worm already? When reacted to appropriately, it's not going to do more than it does currently and it's still going to die a horrible death.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8O2Bo0VaDQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=387

The concern is about Nydus all-ins mainly against Protoss who barely have anything out when Nydus hits; and the players in that video weren't taking it seriously at all >_>.

Yes but for that to happen you need to:
-miss the Nydus Network in the Zerg's base when scouting
-miss the Overlord giving vision to the Zerg player at the edge of your base
-miss the Nydus Worm emerging inside of your base for 20 seconds

If all of that happens, I might as well kill you with Overlord drops.

How are you meant to kill the Nydus Worm when you opened Forge expand and have a Zealot, Stalker and MSc? I think the worker change could change the timings so you just about have enough if your units stay at home and don't wander off on the map.

If you get a full surround on the worm, there is not enough space for units to come out, meaning you can kill it with a full worker surround without losing the workers. Or you build pylons all around it and wall it in. Or something like that. Then it does nothing and nyduses are too expensive to do nothing.

If the worker surround works then it'll be fine, but I don't think it will. Building a wall of Pylons? You aren't going to have 1000 minerals to waste, and there will still probably be room around it for units to come out.

Full worker surround + stalker + mothership core should be enough. If it's not it's obviously a matter of questionable balance, but that's what the beta's for. I wouldn't condemn this change yet, though. And I guess when you opened forge expand you're more likely to get roach/ravager busted anyway because of your lack of units.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Foxxan
Profile Joined October 2004
Sweden3427 Posts
March 20 2015 00:19 GMT
#648
Lots of things will change in the beta. Existing units in hots will change...Blizzard said so themself.

Maybe protoss will be able to scout easier in lotv. Maybe lotv will make it easier to react to things for all races. Less rng crap. Nydus might become a thing, which can be good. Not only can they be used to attack but also to defend, to get mapcontrol and such.

Its pointless drawing conclusions..Really, its rly pointless.
Discuss what you want to see design wise instead.
chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
March 20 2015 00:22 GMT
#649
On March 20 2015 08:59 CannonsNCarriers wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2015 08:55 chipmonklord17 wrote:
Have they talked about whether the battlecruiser ability would require you to cast it for each individual bc or if you could control + click a group and select a point to warp them all to? If its individual (meaning you need to click a new location for each bc) I can't help but feel like the ability will be near useless. Though if you can warp all at once I think it would be awesome to use with ravens. Spend a few PDDs to keep them safe during the teleport and then warp them all to one location


The problem with BC warp will be, even if executed ... what will the BCs accomplish once they warp in? They are still hard countered by Vikings / Voids / Stalkers / Corrupters. And if you warp in 50 supply of BCs without the rest of you army, they will fare just as badly. Maybe you can warp out and let the rest of your army (Ravens / Vikings) die. If the warp in costs more than Yamato, then a huge portion of the utility of the BC goes away when you use that warp in. And you also cant use warp in to quickly reinforce newly built BCs (which would be the best thing you could possibly do with this ability).


I'm talking about something more akin to mamma core + a few voidrays come in and snipe a base. Except instead of recall you use a PDD and warp out. Worst case you trade a raven for whatever you get, best case you trade energy.

On March 20 2015 09:05 ZAiNs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2015 09:01 Ramiz1989 wrote:
On March 20 2015 08:56 ZAiNs wrote:
On March 20 2015 08:43 Elentos wrote:
Can we stop complaining about the invincible nydus worm already? When reacted to appropriately, it's not going to do more than it does currently and it's still going to die a horrible death.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8O2Bo0VaDQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=387

The concern is about Nydus all-ins mainly against Protoss who barely have anything out when Nydus hits; and the players in that video weren't taking it seriously at all >_>.

Yes but for that to happen you need to:
-miss the Nydus Network in the Zerg's base when scouting
-miss the Overlord giving vision to the Zerg player at the edge of your base
-miss the Nydus Worm emerging inside of your base for 20 seconds

If all of that happens, I might as well kill you with Overlord drops.

How are you meant to kill the Nydus Worm when you opened Forge expand and have a Zealot, Stalker and MSc? I think the worker change could change the timings so you just about have enough if your units stay at home and don't wander off on the map.


Don't open forge expand. If its a case of balance it will be fixed, but if its a case of "muh build won't work anymore" then LotV will have a bunch of new openers
Disciple7seveN
Profile Joined December 2009
France28 Posts
March 20 2015 00:35 GMT
#650
Ok, so let's say T decides to go Mech which as soon as Z scouts it, they A: spam SH/Viper then we'll see if the new longer cool down and manual launching can counteract the locust buff, the fact that they can launch without burrowing, and the fact that they can fly (I doubt it will). Z also get's vipes to blinding cloud... so then T goes with some air. Ravens Vikings and some BCs just to take care of ground. Z spams corruptors uses the new vipe ability (which is basically a better version of hunterseeker) to easily decimate that air the second it's in range... so... I feel like Terran gets painted into a very very disadvantageous corner. One where they are forced even more to go bio and get crushed by bane muta that requires half the micro and packs 2 times the punch... It seems as though the devs keep coming up with easy ways for Z and P to deal with the only things that T has that works without giving T some nasty things in return... I have no real problem with new things being nasty and potentially broken for Z and P... I just want them to spread the love to T... for once. and Don't just dig up something from BW, spitshine it and throw the bandaid on the bullet would that is T v Z/P... It just doesn't seem like they care...
This one is constantly thinking, analyzing, strategizing. He showed no fear, but was curious, studying me in turn.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44184 Posts
March 20 2015 00:49 GMT
#651
On March 19 2015 22:19 Ace Frehley wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2015 22:00 c0ldfusion wrote:
I was skeptical of the Adept but apparently the pros love it.

So fine by me...





This is probably a sign that a whole new world of protoss bullshit is coming
A brand new chapter to the book


This makes me happy
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
ohmylanta1003
Profile Joined February 2015
United States128 Posts
March 20 2015 00:51 GMT
#652
On March 20 2015 09:35 Disciple7seveN wrote:
Ok, so let's say T decides to go Mech which as soon as Z scouts it, they A: spam SH/Viper then we'll see if the new longer cool down and manual launching can counteract the locust buff, the fact that they can launch without burrowing, and the fact that they can fly (I doubt it will). Z also get's vipes to blinding cloud... so then T goes with some air. Ravens Vikings and some BCs just to take care of ground. Z spams corruptors uses the new vipe ability (which is basically a better version of hunterseeker) to easily decimate that air the second it's in range... so... I feel like Terran gets painted into a very very disadvantageous corner. One where they are forced even more to go bio and get crushed by bane muta that requires half the micro and packs 2 times the punch... It seems as though the devs keep coming up with easy ways for Z and P to deal with the only things that T has that works without giving T some nasty things in return... I have no real problem with new things being nasty and potentially broken for Z and P... I just want them to spread the love to T... for once. and Don't just dig up something from BW, spitshine it and throw the bandaid on the bullet would that is T v Z/P... It just doesn't seem like they care...


That's some pretty ridiculous theorycrafting there...
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44184 Posts
March 20 2015 00:52 GMT
#653
Quite frankly, I'm astonished that more people aren't eager to find out what new changes to the bunker we'll be seeing.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Rollora
Profile Joined February 2012
2450 Posts
March 20 2015 00:57 GMT
#654
On March 19 2015 07:59 SorrowShine wrote:
Best change: Nydus takes no damage while spawning.
Good days are coming

:D
I honestly sometimes seriously doupt they ever think about a decision they make. They just make them.
I mean seriously, add more versatility/randomness onto a game that calls itself a E-SPORT game?

A SPORT-game has a low random factor, the better player /athlete usually wins. Creating more upsets and possibilities for a lesser player to win, doesn't help making the game more towards being taken serious (in a competitive way).


Blisse
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada3710 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-20 01:08:26
March 20 2015 01:06 GMT
#655
On March 20 2015 08:59 CannonsNCarriers wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2015 08:55 chipmonklord17 wrote:
Have they talked about whether the battlecruiser ability would require you to cast it for each individual bc or if you could control + click a group and select a point to warp them all to? If its individual (meaning you need to click a new location for each bc) I can't help but feel like the ability will be near useless. Though if you can warp all at once I think it would be awesome to use with ravens. Spend a few PDDs to keep them safe during the teleport and then warp them all to one location


The problem with BC warp will be, even if executed ... what will the BCs accomplish once they warp in? They are still hard countered by Vikings / Voids / Stalkers / Corrupters. And if you warp in 50 supply of BCs without the rest of you army, they will fare just as badly. Maybe you can warp out and let the rest of your army (Ravens / Vikings) die. If the warp in costs more than Yamato, then a huge portion of the utility of the BC goes away when you use that warp in. And you also cant use warp in to quickly reinforce newly built BCs (which would be the best thing you could possibly do with this ability).


The best part of BC warp is on huge maps your BCs can be more mobile and teleport out if they're caught out of position instead of sniped away by 4 vikings. Or they can harass at one point and have your ground army attack at another, then teleport to the ground army if needed. It makes BCs more mobile on large maps. Also gets you crazy snipe opportunities in late late game, 5 BC suicide to snipe greater spire when Zerg is stalling Broodlords?
There is no one like you in the universe.
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24192 Posts
March 20 2015 01:15 GMT
#656
Calm down guys, remember what HotS first beta iteration looked like and the game we got -for the better and the worse. The game will change so much until release, and Blizzard finally seems willing to listen to the community/pros. I'm reasonably optimistic as long as they realise a high expansions count game cannot give the attacker/harasser too much of an edge.
AFKPuezo
Profile Joined August 2010
183 Posts
March 20 2015 01:19 GMT
#657
On March 20 2015 09:57 Rollora wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 19 2015 07:59 SorrowShine wrote:
Best change: Nydus takes no damage while spawning.
Good days are coming

:D
I honestly sometimes seriously doupt they ever think about a decision they make. They just make them.
I mean seriously, add more versatility/randomness onto a game that calls itself a E-SPORT game?

A SPORT-game has a low random factor, the better player /athlete usually wins. Creating more upsets and possibilities for a lesser player to win, doesn't help making the game more towards being taken serious (in a competitive way).




How does invincible nydus make the game more random? The better player will find the Nydus sooner and prepare for it properly.
ohmylanta1003
Profile Joined February 2015
United States128 Posts
March 20 2015 01:37 GMT
#658
On March 20 2015 10:19 Cold Warpgates wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2015 09:57 Rollora wrote:
On March 19 2015 07:59 SorrowShine wrote:
Best change: Nydus takes no damage while spawning.
Good days are coming

:D
I honestly sometimes seriously doupt they ever think about a decision they make. They just make them.
I mean seriously, add more versatility/randomness onto a game that calls itself a E-SPORT game?

A SPORT-game has a low random factor, the better player /athlete usually wins. Creating more upsets and possibilities for a lesser player to win, doesn't help making the game more towards being taken serious (in a competitive way).




How does invincible nydus make the game more random? The better player will find the Nydus sooner and prepare for it properly.


It doesn't. He just really doesn't know what he is talking about. I'd say that it's incredibly difficult to argue that there is too much randomness in SC. It's not like we're rollin' dice and shit.
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-20 01:44:35
March 20 2015 01:44 GMT
#659
btw, is "make everything invulnerable" the new "make everything faster"?
Nydus, Stasis, Shade, Disruptor, Immortal; even pick up micro and its buffs are enforcing invulnerability (units inside a transport cannot be attacked)

Do we now hate when stuff dies or what? I always thought stuff blowing other stuff up was the cool part of the game and combat delay tactics was what sucked...
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
March 20 2015 02:00 GMT
#660
On March 20 2015 10:37 ohmylanta1003 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2015 10:19 Cold Warpgates wrote:
On March 20 2015 09:57 Rollora wrote:
On March 19 2015 07:59 SorrowShine wrote:
Best change: Nydus takes no damage while spawning.
Good days are coming

:D
I honestly sometimes seriously doupt they ever think about a decision they make. They just make them.
I mean seriously, add more versatility/randomness onto a game that calls itself a E-SPORT game?

A SPORT-game has a low random factor, the better player /athlete usually wins. Creating more upsets and possibilities for a lesser player to win, doesn't help making the game more towards being taken serious (in a competitive way).




How does invincible nydus make the game more random? The better player will find the Nydus sooner and prepare for it properly.


It doesn't. He just really doesn't know what he is talking about. I'd say that it's incredibly difficult to argue that there is too much randomness in SC. It's not like we're rollin' dice and shit.


There wont be randomness.

But i think the power of the nydus in being able to send units wherever you want on the map alongside it being invulnerable is not the best design choice.

I feel like it takes away the whole notion of positioning for the thing.

I could understand if the nydus worm was invincible when burrowing if it was purely defensive -- that is a fantastic design choice, maybe make it break forcefields when it pops (massive tag). This would mean the protoss cant just ff it to keep drones from running.

Especially since we are encouraging more expansions, making it defensive is great idea. Without its offensive capability it could then be cheaper making it a more viable option.

How do we make it more defensive?

Well if it requires creep to be down then that offers an interesting option for the zerg. The only way it can be used offensively then is to get a lair, get a nydus, get an overlord into the offensive position THEN drop creep then place they nydus worm.

The extra steps provide more counterplay like having control of the air space in your base for example. Make creep drop from ovie interruptable so that on damage the overlord stops dropping creep and bam. Nydus is easier to defend than the vision only invulnerable nydus, AND it requires the zerg to commit his overlord more than JUST providing vision for nydus placement.

As to rate of creep, how much you need before nydus can go up, etc, thats all up for tweaking but I feel like just having an invulnerable nydus in the name of harass is not the best way to go.

The fact it can transport so much of an army so easily is a little problematic.

Its the same reason Mothership recall in WoL was changed. And that was at a very high tier of tech, whereas the nydus is on a much lower tech tier. Being able to transport THAT much of an army that quickly is problematic. The mothership core had very high HP and moved slowly, but there were the odd backdoor strats though rare.

The nydus if unscouted is already very powerful, making it so that you need to prevent pathing of units trying to exit it is, IMO, a problem.

I know it might not be broken but its terribly unfun. It becomes very binary in the other way. Right now it feels bad if zerg has it scouted, the other way it will feel bad if you cant perfectly surround it.

The role of harassing is also going to be filled by swarmhosts possibly and this in addition to already existing mutalisks. I think that zerg could use more base to base mobility or control of their creep spread.

Thematically the more defensive nydus that is on creep only i think also fits zerg better. It helps improve the mobility of their ground units, making ultralisks better without actually changing the ultralisk.

that my 2 cents on the nydus, Ill wait to play with it but i think there are more subtle and fun changes they can make through redesign imo.

StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
Prev 1 31 32 33 34 35 136 Next
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Replay Cast
00:00
DH Dallas | TheStC Showmatch
CranKy Ducklings213
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
PiGStarcraft541
StarCraft: Brood War
Icarus 4
Dota 2
monkeys_forever415
NeuroSwarm29
Counter-Strike
summit1g9938
taco 606
Other Games
FrodaN1083
shahzam846
Artosis485
Day[9].tv431
JimRising 424
Maynarde170
Pyrionflax152
Mew2King54
RuFF_SC210
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1615
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 16 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Hupsaiya 64
• Mapu11
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• Ler45
League of Legends
• masondota2816
• Stunt342
Other Games
• Day9tv431
Upcoming Events
Wardi Open
9h 32m
PiGosaur Monday
22h 32m
The PondCast
1d 8h
Replay Cast
1d 22h
RSL Revival
2 days
WardiTV European League
2 days
Replay Cast
2 days
RSL Revival
3 days
WardiTV European League
3 days
FEL
3 days
[ Show More ]
Korean StarCraft League
4 days
CranKy Ducklings
4 days
RSL Revival
4 days
FEL
4 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
5 days
RSL Revival
5 days
FEL
5 days
BSL: ProLeague
5 days
Dewalt vs Bonyth
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2025-06-28
HSC XXVII
Heroes 10 EU

Ongoing

JPL Season 2
BSL 2v2 Season 3
BSL Season 20
Acropolis #3
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 2
CSL 17: 2025 SUMMER
Copa Latinoamericana 4
Championship of Russia 2025
RSL Revival: Season 1
Murky Cup #2
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025
MESA Nomadic Masters
CCT Season 2 Global Finals
IEM Melbourne 2025
YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025

Upcoming

CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
K-Championship
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
SEL Season 2 Championship
FEL Cracov 2025
Esports World Cup 2025
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.