EPTOn February 26 2011 06:45 kcdc wrote:
Gas steal is something different. I'm talking about leaving the probe between the rax and the exit so that you can see what happens with the rax after the marine pops out, but still get your probe out 100% of the time. This is free information. There's no reason not to take it.
A gas steal will probably give you some additional information, particularly if the barracks is in sight range, but it costs 75 minerals.
Gas steal is something different. I'm talking about leaving the probe between the rax and the exit so that you can see what happens with the rax after the marine pops out, but still get your probe out 100% of the time. This is free information. There's no reason not to take it.
A gas steal will probably give you some additional information, particularly if the barracks is in sight range, but it costs 75 minerals.
it also slows down any sort of quick tech though, so I'd say 75 minerals is worth the cost of slowing down cloaked banshees or early tanks/rine push.
