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[IEM] WC Day 4 and 5 Recap - HotS Notes - Page 3

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Vansetsu
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1454 Posts
March 14 2013 13:30 GMT
#41
Nice write up, thanks again as always
On March 14 2013 22:16 robih wrote:
due to voidrays pvp is even more stupid in hots than it was in wol

From what I've been experiencing personally, they make the late game a little silly perhaps right now, but the variety you see in the early to midgame stargate tech can be nice i think.
Only by overcoming many obstacles does a river become - デイヴィ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ド
tili
Profile Joined July 2012
United States1332 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-14 14:45:51
March 14 2013 14:43 GMT
#42
Lol, I'm really glad that there was absolutely no discussion of anything zerg-related being overpowered.
It's incredibly refreshing.

A little sad, but a nice change of pace

Edit:
Also, I wanted to mentioned the incredible cost-efficiency of widow mines. Thus far, only Life has seemed very adept at handling them, but his technical micro is unbelievable (i.e. a single ling to blow them up --- really really hard to consistently do with lings.) I'm not sure what could be replicated for lower-level players.
Kaiol
Profile Joined September 2012
Finland12 Posts
March 14 2013 15:06 GMT
#43
Does anyone have the replays for these matches? I cant seem to find anywhere!
Lysanias
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands8351 Posts
March 14 2013 15:12 GMT
#44
Good read, looking forward to MLG though the watching times are always a mess as an EU spectator. Oh well.
mhael
Profile Joined January 2012
United States102 Posts
March 14 2013 15:24 GMT
#45
On March 14 2013 23:43 tili wrote:
Lol, I'm really glad that there was absolutely no discussion of anything zerg-related being overpowered.
It's incredibly refreshing.

A little sad, but a nice change of pace

Edit:
Also, I wanted to mentioned the incredible cost-efficiency of widow mines. Thus far, only Life has seemed very adept at handling them, but his technical micro is unbelievable (i.e. a single ling to blow them up --- really really hard to consistently do with lings.) I'm not sure what could be replicated for lower-level players.


it is refreshing when z isn't overpowered - I 100% agree.
Cattlecruiser
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States340 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-14 16:23:41
March 14 2013 16:23 GMT
#46
As the meta game develops in HoTS zerg is going to be at least the top 2 race if not the best race.

-Players are going to adjust to caster units later than dps units.
-Macro mechanics of zerg is complex and will need longer time to adjust to new units and their costs.

While Protoss is developing skytoss with their improved defensive capabilities, I fear Terran will never develop into anything but a high DPS race that completely depends on harassment.
Maxilicious
Profile Joined May 2011
221 Posts
March 14 2013 16:52 GMT
#47
Good argument regarding widow mines.
http://terrancraft.com/
Emzeeshady
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Canada4203 Posts
March 14 2013 17:22 GMT
#48
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Cattlecruiser
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States340 Posts
March 14 2013 18:29 GMT
#49
On March 15 2013 02:22 Emzeeshady wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 15 2013 01:23 Cattlecruiser wrote:
As the meta game develops in HoTS zerg is going to be at least the top 2 race if not the best race.

-Players are going to adjust to caster units later than dps units.
-Macro mechanics of zerg is complex and will need longer time to adjust to new units and their costs.

While Protoss is developing skytoss with their improved defensive capabilities, I fear Terran will never develop into anything but a high DPS race that completely depends on harassment.

Yes, they will develop into that once Terran get nerved :p


With or without the nerf, isn't it like that still?
It just feels like playing Terran is all about timing attacks.
Get on a tech path and hope to out micro/macro the opponent to death.
Terrans seem to always have to respond to a tech choice rather than dictate the tier 3 tech.
Tier 3 terran units seem to always be a response to a tier 3 tech choice of the opponent.
Maybe because tier 3 Terran units are... different.

This isn't a complaint on balance, I'm fine with being an aggressive race that needs to abuse the high DPS and mobility to win.
I would love the ability to create a late game win with without only relying on multitasking.
Emzeeshady
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Canada4203 Posts
March 15 2013 06:30 GMT
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