EPT
On April 05 2014 02:26 Ej_ wrote:
can't T just lift a CC and land it in the middle, protected by the rocks?
can't T just lift a CC and land it in the middle, protected by the rocks?
Yeah this wouldn't be much of an issue. The distance to the middle looks much further than Habitation or Metropolis so theres more time wasted than normal. Secondly, terran would only be able to take 5 scvs (unless there's some scv dropping/picking up trick that I'm unaware of), making the start slightly less efficient than normal. Yes the expansion is more safe since it's on an island but once the fact that they've lifted to the gold has been discovered then there are a lot of reactions which can just kill the Terran. For instance, a proxy oracle would likely be more devastating than normal, blink play would be practically indefensible, fast mutalisk or infestors can be equally devastating or even something as simple as a roach/bane all in.
At the very least it creates an interesting early game, and I doubt it would be broken.
Perhaps the concern is that Terrans will float their 2nd or 3rd (in a 3CC build) to the gold. Again, I think proper scouting is the key to spotting this and reacting accordingly. Once you know the Terran is doing this you can do a lot to harass two places at once (the base is rather split from the main) which makes things rather difficult for the Terran to defend.
