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Drake
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany6146 Posts
March 18 2013 09:26 GMT
#21
we NEED more time, seeing life crash everyone seems that zerg have to learn more to adapt to new playstyle
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CountZero71
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany89 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-18 12:51:14
March 18 2013 09:28 GMT
#22
So, Bisu needed years to revolutionize the PvZ in BW...
Granted, it's a new game, so it will need more attention, but constant "nerf"/"buff" demands are ruining any development by the players.
You cannot kill what doesn't die...
Enzymatic
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada1301 Posts
March 18 2013 10:12 GMT
#23
On March 18 2013 11:45 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
I say 2-3 months. Soonest should be after gsl. Despite my complaints of ZvT and ZvP lategame, I do agree the zerg representation wasn't the best at IEM and MLG and the gsl should be a far better gauge of where zerg is on the top end.


?

A Zerg just won mlg.
"Who hired this awful fountain gunner? He can't hit shit." - Yiss
Champi
Profile Joined March 2010
1422 Posts
March 18 2013 10:16 GMT
#24
just wait it out, theres some stuff thats obviously looking a bit ridiculous but thats also because its looking ridiculous vs WOL builds, the game needs time to evolve around new and powerful things so that it can change and improve, if something were nerfed as instantly as some noob claimed it was broken then we would end up with a terrible game that was stagnant and unchanging (WOL infestor broodlord)
Creager
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany1918 Posts
March 18 2013 10:47 GMT
#25
On March 18 2013 18:07 Ackee wrote:
I'd say as long as takes before blizzard has figured out how to nerf protoss air play (Void Rays, Oracles) so it becomes weaker but not shit. I really like that protoss got a harass unit but what I don't understand is why it can kill marines.
The void ray is just ridic atm, everytime I try to go 1 rax expo (gasless) they just proxxy stargate and 3 gates and just end the game.

Example: ROOTLeiya vs (Ragequit)QXC

The void ray ATM is a little bit too good.


Marines can kill both oracles and MC quite fast, so I don't see a severe problem there, also the prismatic beam of the VR doesn't affect light units so marines aren't killed faster, or am I wrong?
It's maybe too greedy to gasless expand at this stage of the game as many people tend to do 1-base play since builds for early pushes are easier to adapt to than figuring out the complexity of the metagame during the later stages...

Give it half a year or when clear imbalances are materializing... Blizz overdid a bit it in the earlier days with Terran (before other players really could start to figure out things by themselves) and then after the queenbuff and the discovery of mass infestor chilled for too long until they actually decided to do at least something about it -> resulted in Zerg domination for the last 8 or so months of WoL).
Medivac boosts are strong, but not impossible to defend, it just requires adaptation and more routine. Blinkstalker-MC all-in is one tough bastard as well, but yet Mvp and Innovation showed how to hold it off... (Yeah I know, kinda bad example because of medivac's lategame potential etc.)
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Grapefruit
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany439 Posts
March 18 2013 11:09 GMT
#26
On March 18 2013 19:12 Enzymatic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2013 11:45 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
I say 2-3 months. Soonest should be after gsl. Despite my complaints of ZvT and ZvP lategame, I do agree the zerg representation wasn't the best at IEM and MLG and the gsl should be a far better gauge of where zerg is on the top end.


?

A Zerg just won mlg.


Wow, it's literally 2010 again.

On topic, I think they need to roll out a patch soon. Terran and Protoss are fine, they don't need to be nerfed, but Zerg needs to be buffed. Overall Zerg winrate in the IEM and MLG (despite Life winning) is below 40%.

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Starcraft 2 is funny, everybody picks the race, which he considers to be the weakest. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
KingMel
Profile Joined July 2012
France120 Posts
March 18 2013 11:26 GMT
#27
On March 18 2013 11:45 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
I say 2-3 months. Soonest should be after gsl. Despite my complaints of ZvT and ZvP lategame, I do agree the zerg representation wasn't the best at IEM and MLG and the gsl should be a far better gauge of where zerg is on the top end.





The game has to be balanced for everbody, not only the best players :/
gingerfluffmuff
Profile Joined January 2011
Austria4570 Posts
March 18 2013 11:44 GMT
#28
On March 18 2013 20:26 KingMel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2013 11:45 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
I say 2-3 months. Soonest should be after gsl. Despite my complaints of ZvT and ZvP lategame, I do agree the zerg representation wasn't the best at IEM and MLG and the gsl should be a far better gauge of where zerg is on the top end.

The game has to be balanced for everbody, not only the best players :/

No. Everybody (except maybe Code S Koreans) should worry about mechanics first. At lower skill levels balance matters even less.
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ARLEN
Profile Joined August 2012
Sweden21 Posts
March 18 2013 11:50 GMT
#29
I believe in just letting it be unpatched for 3-4 months just to let it melt in, see new developments in builds, reactionary play etc. This will only happen if balanced is unchanged for a longer time. Just because pro's and/or you loose to a certain build/unit/harassment time and time again does not mean imbalance, people just dont have the patience/discipline to go through their builds/options to mix up their game (pro's dont usually have this problem, because they need to find a way to win). But just because they fail with their new attempt doesnt state impossible.
Starcraft is and has always been changing, just like in the "old" days (during BW) when patches came out less frequently and still pro's found ways to change the entire game with new discoveries. It was almost like the game patched/balanced itself because of the development and rethinking of the game.
Just dont think everything is impossible just because you saw it on MLG/GSL. If we had the game unpatched for a longer time (5-7 months), do you really believe the builds would be the same, that people still would loose to the same thing?
I dont think so.
duckmaster
Profile Joined August 2011
687 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-18 12:05:18
March 18 2013 11:59 GMT
#30
On March 18 2013 20:09 Grapefruit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2013 19:12 Enzymatic wrote:
On March 18 2013 11:45 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
I say 2-3 months. Soonest should be after gsl. Despite my complaints of ZvT and ZvP lategame, I do agree the zerg representation wasn't the best at IEM and MLG and the gsl should be a far better gauge of where zerg is on the top end.


?

A Zerg just won mlg.


Wow, it's literally 2010 again.

On topic, I think they need to roll out a patch soon. Terran and Protoss are fine, they don't need to be nerfed, but Zerg needs to be buffed. Overall Zerg winrate in the IEM and MLG (despite Life winning) is below 40%.

[image loading]


Great job, posting statistics with a ridiculously small sample size.

edit: should at least try to take into account the player pool, which especially for IEM was just awful for Zerg. Koreans beating foreigner Zergs has nothing to do with balance.
Lukeeze[zR]
Profile Joined February 2006
Switzerland6838 Posts
March 18 2013 12:08 GMT
#31
On March 18 2013 20:59 duckmaster wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2013 20:09 Grapefruit wrote:
On March 18 2013 19:12 Enzymatic wrote:
On March 18 2013 11:45 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
I say 2-3 months. Soonest should be after gsl. Despite my complaints of ZvT and ZvP lategame, I do agree the zerg representation wasn't the best at IEM and MLG and the gsl should be a far better gauge of where zerg is on the top end.


?

A Zerg just won mlg.


Wow, it's literally 2010 again.

On topic, I think they need to roll out a patch soon. Terran and Protoss are fine, they don't need to be nerfed, but Zerg needs to be buffed. Overall Zerg winrate in the IEM and MLG (despite Life winning) is below 40%.

[image loading]


Great job, posting statistics with a ridiculously small sample size.


+ involving mainly foreign Z


Like the majority, I say wait for the first GSL/GSTL. We've seen so many new stuff in one week-end, things will keep evolving. Let the players figure things out rather than nerfing/buffing everything after a tournament.
Terran & Potato Salad.
Slayer008
Profile Joined May 2011
United States15 Posts
March 18 2013 12:46 GMT
#32
Toss needs a buff. Do you see how screwed they are against medivac drops in their current state? Tosses should not be forced to go air to deal with it.
SC2 is awesome. Except for PvP.
Dvriel
Profile Joined November 2011
607 Posts
March 18 2013 12:46 GMT
#33
On March 18 2013 20:09 Grapefruit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2013 19:12 Enzymatic wrote:
On March 18 2013 11:45 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
I say 2-3 months. Soonest should be after gsl. Despite my complaints of ZvT and ZvP lategame, I do agree the zerg representation wasn't the best at IEM and MLG and the gsl should be a far better gauge of where zerg is on the top end.


?

A Zerg just won mlg.


Wow, it's literally 2010 again.

On topic, I think they need to roll out a patch soon. Terran and Protoss are fine, they don't need to be nerfed, but Zerg needs to be buffed. Overall Zerg winrate in the IEM and MLG (despite Life winning) is below 40%.

[image loading]



Your statistic is quite bad,because foreigner tournmaments only count with 10-12 good koreans.Would you say the american football(Soccer) league is the best? The Champions League,Spain,England,Italy,GErmany and FRance got the best players and teams,so you can make your statistics there,not in Africa or China,ok? As well GSL should not be taken as representative of the actual state of the game.We need at least 1-2 GS(T)Ls...
Dvriel
Profile Joined November 2011
607 Posts
March 18 2013 12:48 GMT
#34
On March 18 2013 21:46 Slayer008 wrote:
Toss needs a buff. Do you see how screwed they are against medivac drops in their current state? Tosses should not be forced to go air to deal with it.


Why not? Terrans are forced to go BIO vs toss,because no Mech is possible.They also need to go Vikings to kill Broodlords or Collosu and Ghosts to try prevent storms or kill HTs.ITs a new game,with new units,why would you want to play the same way?
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20319 Posts
March 18 2013 12:52 GMT
#35
On March 18 2013 14:12 kochanfe wrote:
Soon. Void Ray is game-breaking in PvP.


Thats what they said about 4gate and colossi armies LOL
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20319 Posts
March 18 2013 12:55 GMT
#36
On March 18 2013 21:46 Dvriel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2013 20:09 Grapefruit wrote:
On March 18 2013 19:12 Enzymatic wrote:
On March 18 2013 11:45 FrostedMiniWheats wrote:
I say 2-3 months. Soonest should be after gsl. Despite my complaints of ZvT and ZvP lategame, I do agree the zerg representation wasn't the best at IEM and MLG and the gsl should be a far better gauge of where zerg is on the top end.


?

A Zerg just won mlg.


Wow, it's literally 2010 again.

On topic, I think they need to roll out a patch soon. Terran and Protoss are fine, they don't need to be nerfed, but Zerg needs to be buffed. Overall Zerg winrate in the IEM and MLG (despite Life winning) is below 40%.

[image loading]



Your statistic is quite bad,because foreigner tournmaments only count with 10-12 good koreans.Would you say the american football(Soccer) league is the best? The Champions League,Spain,England,Italy,GErmany and FRance got the best players and teams,so you can make your statistics there,not in Africa or China,ok? As well GSL should not be taken as representative of the actual state of the game.We need at least 1-2 GS(T)Ls...



This, and we're talking (in absolute percentages) 10% margin of error.

The "worst" race won 10% less (or 1 in 5 less games)

TvZ would seem to be extremely imbalanced in terrans favor from this, but Life went 4-2 over Flash in games that did not seem at all easy for the terran side.

I believe that there was enough pubstomping by better players to throw numbers off to 40/60 and even if there was not - its an acceptable margin in the first week of the game being live.
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20319 Posts
March 18 2013 13:04 GMT
#37
On March 18 2013 21:46 Slayer008 wrote:
Toss needs a buff. Do you see how screwed they are against medivac drops in their current state? Tosses should not be forced to go air to deal with it.


Stargate play pretty early is actually quite powerful. It's not being "forced" to go air if you can do good damage and harass with map control and phoenix's are great at defense, scouting around map while also being great army uses with awesome syncing with colossi (+1 air attack for +20% damage, great anti viking, can kill/reset medivacs, can lift many units)
"oh my god my overclock... I got a single WHEA error on the 23rd hour, 9 minutes" -Belial88
Kabras
Profile Joined June 2011
Romania3508 Posts
March 18 2013 13:20 GMT
#38
On March 18 2013 21:46 Slayer008 wrote:
Toss needs a buff. Do you see how screwed they are against medivac drops in their current state? Tosses should not be forced to go air to deal with it.


No, they should definitely be able to defend Terran tier 3 tech with gateway units alone. Cuz getting air to defend air attacks is outrageous, right? What Toss needs is to start doing something else other than 2 base colossus or turtling for 200/200 into a-move. the game barely got out, at least try to deal with stuff before asking for nerfs.
"So playing SF in pubs, everyone remember that a very important point is that when using a carry hero like this you must be very selfish. Because working with team mates is a very dangerous thing" - 2009
Mouldy
Profile Joined April 2011
Australia8 Posts
March 18 2013 13:50 GMT
#39
Yeah cant really argue against waiting at least a few months. Zerg seem to be having a hard time but that's kinda the nature of the race and things could change pretty quick over a whole gsl.
Kpaxlol
Profile Joined April 2010
813 Posts
March 18 2013 14:05 GMT
#40
New mobile stuff for zerg/protoss. Like speedvacs and mines. Else is fine.
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