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Is terran REALLY OP?

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Competent
Profile Joined April 2010
United States406 Posts
May 27 2010 17:37 GMT
#1
I am a big fan of these tournaments such as HDH, TLI, Zotac, and plenty of random unheard of ones. Watching many of these I notice terran makes it about as far as 4th where as toss and zerg take the finals. So I guess my question might be where is this "Terran is OP" talk coming from? If it happens to just be OP on a casual level in gold/silver then I don't see blizzard tending to the non comp player.

And please guys the argument that the toss and zerg players are just better isn't an argument.
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On_Slaught
Profile Joined August 2008
United States12190 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-27 17:41:21
May 27 2010 17:40 GMT
#2
Terran so far is the Protoss of BW. Easy to play, imba at lower levels etc but never wins shit.

Having said that, none of the races have really been optimized so it could end up being OP at that point. With the macro mechanics of zerg tho I find that hard to believe. There is a reason so many BW players switched TO zerg with sc2. It's not b/c they look better...
lew
Profile Joined April 2009
Belgium205 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-27 17:45:05
May 27 2010 17:43 GMT
#3
I don't get it: what's so easy about tanks sieging and unsieging, micro'ing helions, emp, defense drone, etc..? In sc1 there were vulture with mines, but things like emp with vessels, sieging, etc were there too, no?

Maybe the marauders are too easy? I don't know.. I only build them if my opponent builds roaches. In tvp I don't make a single marauder.

What does protoss make so hard? Spamming forcefields? I know that it makes a lot of people feel very pro and it makes them think that they are micro'ing like hell, but let's be honest, it's not that special.

Can protoss & zerg players please say what exactly makes terran OP and easy?
Deleted User 61629
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
1664 Posts
May 27 2010 17:43 GMT
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arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
May 27 2010 17:45 GMT
#5
On May 28 2010 02:43 lew wrote:
I don't get it: what's so easy about tanks sieging and unsieging, micro'ing helions, emp, defense drone, etc..? In sc1 there were vulture with mines but things like emp with vessels, sieging, etc were there too, no?

Maybe the marauders are too easy? I don't know.. I only build them if my opponent builds roaches. In tvp I don't make a single marauder.

most of thet ime you just stim a click and everything dies, besides the occasional back up from storm or emp its fairly easy, its no where near the level of what you have to do in SC1

Only thing it hink terran really needs a nerf is marauders, they already have slow they dont need stim too..
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lew
Profile Joined April 2009
Belgium205 Posts
May 27 2010 17:45 GMT
#6
TLO dominates tourneys with every race...
Deleted User 61629
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
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Last Edited: 2010-05-27 17:47:53
May 27 2010 17:46 GMT
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never_Nal
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica676 Posts
May 27 2010 17:46 GMT
#8
Terran has so many options to play with, I don't think its the Protoss of BW, I agree learning its really easy, and the tech paths give you great support units, but you can't play BIO all game long, Colossus will rape, or even banelings will rape your bio army, we could say Terran is super strong early game, but you have to switch tech for mid or late game, or start planing on mech play from the begging, witch makes you not so strong
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lew
Profile Joined April 2009
Belgium205 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-27 17:50:57
May 27 2010 17:48 GMT
#9
On May 28 2010 02:46 Inori wrote:
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On May 28 2010 02:45 lew wrote:
TLO dominates tourneys with every race...

When was the last time he chose Protoss?
Also every time he doesn't go random he chooses Terran.
Think about it for a little.


He chose terran because the race fits him best, not because terran is OP... TLO is the guy who likes challenges and picking the easiest race is not exactly challenging.. If TLO picked protoss, does this mean that protoss is OP?

Bio gets raped hard by banelings, fungal growth, collossae, storm and most important: forcefields..

I have no problem with terran being OP, if blizzard wants to nerf terran then I really don't have a problem with that. I will play the game as blizzard offers it. I just don't see what's so OP about terran.
Azerbaijan
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States660 Posts
May 27 2010 17:50 GMT
#10
On May 28 2010 02:46 Inori wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 28 2010 02:45 lew wrote:
TLO dominates tourneys with every race...

When was the last time he chose Protoss? When was the last time he dominated a game as Protoss?
Also every time he doesn't go random he chooses Terran.
Think about it for a little.


He chose Terran it that particular tourney because he wanted to test a build with terran against Zerg. It is discussed in a Day9 Daily. As far as I know he went right back to random afterward.
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25996 Posts
May 27 2010 17:50 GMT
#11
On May 28 2010 02:37 Competent wrote:
I am a big fan of these tournaments such as HDH, TLI, Zotac, and plenty of random unheard of ones. Watching many of these I notice terran makes it about as far as 4th where as toss and zerg take the finals*


*Citation needed. We don't allow balance discussion based around your arbitrary feelings.
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