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.
On March 19 2015 02:56 SC2Toastie wrote: OK so Terran really gets the worst additions. Cyclone looks fun but looks heavily nerfed compared to alpha. Except for Siege Medivac play, there isn't really anything new and exciting showcased here. BUFF GHOST PL0X!
Protoss and especially Zerg MOTHER OF GOD PLEASE INVITE ME
I PLAY RANDOM INVITE ME T_____T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bout time they didn't start out dominating in a beta.
Game speed changing to real time also means all game values that are related to time also must change. Eg. When we say a cooldown of an ability is 5 seconds, we want that to mean 5 seconds.
This means all attack speed values, movement speed values, cooldown times, research times, upgrade times, and unit build times will all need to be re-memorized
Does this mean they basically slow the game down a bit? Right now these "5 seconds" are in fact less than 5 real time seconds. To me this paragraph reads like they keep all the basic stats, but make it real time. Which would lead to a slower game, no?
They'll translate 40 seconds Blizz Time Build time to something like 30 secs Actual Time, If I understand correctly. At least, if you look at it that way, the memorization part makes sense.
Game speed changing to real time also means all game values that are related to time also must change. Eg. When we say a cooldown of an ability is 5 seconds, we want that to mean 5 seconds.
This means all attack speed values, movement speed values, cooldown times, research times, upgrade times, and unit build times will all need to be re-memorized
Does this mean they basically slow the game down a bit? Right now these "5 seconds" are in fact less than 5 real time seconds. To me this paragraph reads like they keep all the basic stats, but make it real time. Which would lead to a slower game, no?
The game is the same speed, but the units of time have changed. I think.
On March 19 2015 02:56 SC2Toastie wrote: OK so Terran really gets the worst additions. Cyclone looks fun but looks heavily nerfed compared to alpha. Except for Siege Medivac play, there isn't really anything new and exciting showcased here. BUFF GHOST PL0X!
Protoss and especially Zerg MOTHER OF GOD PLEASE INVITE ME
I PLAY RANDOM INVITE ME T_____T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bout time they didn't start out dominating in a beta.
Game speed changing to real time also means all game values that are related to time also must change. Eg. When we say a cooldown of an ability is 5 seconds, we want that to mean 5 seconds.
This means all attack speed values, movement speed values, cooldown times, research times, upgrade times, and unit build times will all need to be re-memorized
Does this mean they basically slow the game down a bit? Right now these "5 seconds" are in fact less than 5 real time seconds. To me this paragraph reads like they keep all the basic stats, but make it real time. Which would lead to a slower game, no?
The speed is on "faster" but instead of it saying 17 seconds to build an SCV it will say 12.
On March 19 2015 02:47 ANLProbe wrote: What does everyone think of the adept?
They are strongly implying that it's going to be a strong straight up fighting unit, which i love. I'm ok with the teleport thing, with the way they presented it it's quite different from blink stalkers so we will see.
Also, i like that it's not just NEW PROTOSS LAZORZ
As for the little movie, I think the teleport ability needs some toning down. I am afraid that it'll be far too Blink stalker like, both being teleporting units. Why not just a solid non-gimmick unit
It can be solid if, as they imply, it's stronger in fights than blink stalkers. The teleport spell can just be a situational thing, we will see.
Also this would be great to address the good old "blink stalker aa sucks balls".
On March 19 2015 02:47 ANLProbe wrote: What does everyone think of the adept?
They are strongly implying that it's going to be a strong straight up fighting unit, which i love. I'm ok with the teleport thing, with the way they presented it it's quite different from blink stalkers so we will see.
Also, i like that it's not just NEW PROTOSS LAZORZ
As for the little movie, I think the teleport ability needs some toning down. I am afraid that it'll be far too Blink stalker like, both being teleporting units. Why not just a solid non-gimmick unit
It can be solid if, as they imply, it's stronger in fights than blink stalkers. The teleport spell can just be a situational thing, we will see.
Also this would be great to address the good old "blink stalker aa sucks balls".
Game speed changing to real time also means all game values that are related to time also must change. Eg. When we say a cooldown of an ability is 5 seconds, we want that to mean 5 seconds.
This means all attack speed values, movement speed values, cooldown times, research times, upgrade times, and unit build times will all need to be re-memorized
Does this mean they basically slow the game down a bit? Right now these "5 seconds" are in fact less than 5 real time seconds. To me this paragraph reads like they keep all the basic stats, but make it real time. Which would lead to a slower game, no?
They'll translate 40 seconds Blizz Time Build time to something like 30 secs Actual Time, If I understand correctly. At least, if you look at it that way, the memorization part makes sense.
Hm yeah if we talk about memorizing numbers i agree. I thought they maybe talk about the "feeling"
If you use the game clock, you’ll notice it’s ticking much slower in the Legacy of the Void beta. We’ve changed the rate of time passage to match what you’d expect from a regular clock. We’re trying this out due to our community having asked for this feature, and also because it’s a bit confusing to not have the game display real time. We have a couple major concerns with this change, which we’d like to mention here.
Game speed changing to real time also means all game values that are related to time also must change. Eg. When we say a cooldown of an ability is 5 seconds, we want that to mean 5 seconds.
Woah, BIG technical question here. Is the game essentially being changed to run at normal speed? As is, "normal" uses a tick rate of ~16hz, but Faster runs at a tick rate of ~22hz because they speed up the game tick rate with the game clock so that simulation remains identical.
If the tick rate is being ran at 16hz, then performance would go up (and not only would there be higher FPS in general, but less slow frames coinciding with game ticks making slightly jerky motion and small input lag spikes) but i guess the simulation would be slightly less accurate.
The other possibility would be just making the base tick rate, like amount of ticks in 1 game second, be ~22. Then it would run pretty much as it does now. I'm really curious which one they chose
On March 19 2015 02:47 ANLProbe wrote: What does everyone think of the adept?
They are strongly implying that it's going to be a strong straight up fighting unit, which i love. I'm ok with the teleport thing, with the way they presented it it's quite different from blink stalkers so we will see.
Also, i like that it's not just NEW PROTOSS LAZORZ
As for the little movie, I think the teleport ability needs some toning down. I am afraid that it'll be far too Blink stalker like, both being teleporting units. Why not just a solid non-gimmick unit
It can be solid if, as they imply, it's stronger in fights than blink stalkers. The teleport spell can just be a situational thing, we will see.
Also this would be great to address the good old "blink stalker aa sucks balls".
Adept aa is non existant :|
Exactly, now they can buff stalker's damage/aa/whatever without risking screwing things up because adpet will be more of a fighting unit. That, and viper aa spell looks scary good vs phoenixes. I hope that made sense
Oh also, APM will now be actual actions per actual minute! Hype!
On March 19 2015 02:56 SC2Toastie wrote: OK so Terran really gets the worst additions. Cyclone looks fun but looks heavily nerfed compared to alpha. Except for Siege Medivac play, there isn't really anything new and exciting showcased here. BUFF GHOST PL0X!
Protoss and especially Zerg MOTHER OF GOD PLEASE INVITE ME
I PLAY RANDOM INVITE ME T_____T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bout time they didn't start out dominating in a beta.
On March 19 2015 02:47 ANLProbe wrote: What does everyone think of the adept?
They are strongly implying that it's going to be a strong straight up fighting unit, which i love. I'm ok with the teleport thing, with the way they presented it it's quite different from blink stalkers so we will see.
Also, i like that it's not just NEW PROTOSS LAZORZ
As for the little movie, I think the teleport ability needs some toning down. I am afraid that it'll be far too Blink stalker like, both being teleporting units. Why not just a solid non-gimmick unit
It can be solid if, as they imply, it's stronger in fights than blink stalkers. The teleport spell can just be a situational thing, we will see.
Also this would be great to address the good old "blink stalker aa sucks balls".
Adept aa is non existant :|
Exactly, now they can buff stalker's damage/aa/whatever without risking screwing things up because adpet will be more of a fighting unit. I hope that made sense
Oh also, APM will now be actual actions per actual minute! Hype!
It will ALWAYS be "blizzard APM"
they will find yet another way to completely bork up the numbers, i guarantee it :D
Nydus worms unable to take damage until they're done spawning? So a Zerg can create it right in range of a Photon cannon with impunity? What on earth?
Here come the Ravager/Nydus rushes to crush any hope of Protoss playing for an economic opening. If neither Forcefields nor solid base defense can keep enemies out, then what else can we be expected to rely on to survive?
EPT
