EPTI will def be abusing this
Little trick for your Medivac drops - Page 2
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pbjsandwich
United States443 Posts
I will def be abusing this | ||
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Flameling
United States413 Posts
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Temporarykid
Canada362 Posts
On April 11 2011 06:33 SvartSol wrote: good that u noticed that, but there is a place in forums in bnet that already have tips and tricks, that one included. I spotted it as of februari, I think =). Did u know unsieged tank does = dmg as a sieged tank? Splash makes the diffrence though. And that u can kill infinitive roaches with thor drop harras. Just be fast on the pick up right before they shot. Same thing with tanks, easier since they shot faster then roaches. Wow, that spelling made me cringe. Back ontopic- would it be possible to post a video of this in action? I think I understand what you mean by dropping on the move because I do it all the time with my carpet bombing overlords, but are you saying that the medvac heals while moving/dropping in this fashion? | ||
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lilky
United States131 Posts
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Xanczor
United States254 Posts
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Noli
United Kingdom179 Posts
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Vain
Netherlands1115 Posts
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Negative Zero
United States63 Posts
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Sv1
United States204 Posts
Here's a tutorial via a popular internet video sharing site: | ||
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IzieBoy
United States865 Posts
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niteReloaded
Croatia5282 Posts
On April 11 2011 09:40 Sv1 wrote: Yeah this is basically what baneling "carpet bombings" are. Here's a tutorial via a popular internet video sharing site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWjRvzrFpFo You missed the point from the OP. it's not about move dropping. | ||
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skp
Canada134 Posts
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closey
Hong Kong272 Posts
Medivac uses up two supply. So we can safely assume the whole ship is being piloted by a minimal crew including two people. Obviously we must have a pilot to steer. Now we have an additional unit in there, he can either pull the lever and control the ability for marines to safely jump in or out of the ship or he can operate the healing laser! Not trying to butt in, but are you trying to say there're two little men hiding in a marauder's suit? *squick* | ||
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Techno
1900 Posts
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Cooth
United States5 Posts
On April 11 2011 06:23 CookieMaker wrote: Interesting, so it actually ends up healing units while dropping on the move? I need to test this out! No, It Still can't heal + move at the same time, but if you do the "drop while moving" trick, but don't actually have it move around, It will heal surrounding units while dropping at the same time. Just by clicking on the ground and having it unload, the medivac beam stops working while it's dropping units. However, by doing the "drop move" trick, it will still unload the units, and heal surrounding units at the same time. | ||
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da_head
Canada3350 Posts
On April 11 2011 05:55 Rosvall wrote: Medivac uses up two supply. So we can safely assume the whole ship is being piloted by a minimal crew including two people. Obviously we must have a pilot to steer. Now we have an additional unit in there, he can either pull the lever and control the ability for marines to safely jump in or out of the ship or he can operate the healing laser! zlots use two supply so...... @ op: Hmm i was aware of the dropping while moving techinque, but didn't know that it also healed. Great find | ||
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protoss_machine
Canada47 Posts
On April 11 2011 05:44 joheinous wrote: I agree that it seems like a bug but absolutely great find. Does make drops a little bit op at first and I think that you would end up committing to a lot of drops that aren't really feasible when the medvac doesn't heal while dropping. If I'm not mistaken, it was mentioned in a patch about this. Before, it wouldn't heal, but rather drop all the units then heal if necessary. I'm not 100% sure though. Anyways, great micro tip. I feel bad for those terrans who could have beaten me with this kinda micro. | ||
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FoFo
Netherlands207 Posts
can't test cause i'm at work EDIT: Very nice find btw!! | ||
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michaelhasanalias
Korea (South)1231 Posts
Also, are you sure this is even really applicable in any situation? Any time you do a drop, wouldn't it be better to unload them as soon as possible, rather than wait for them to be in the middle of a mineral line? As soon as the dropship can drop a marine in range of a worker, you should begin unloading, and if you do this, you will have an empty dropship before or at the time that your medivac would have started unloading the ship. Against an aware player, I feel like this tactic would be more likely to result in the death of your marines via faster ground army movement or possibly the death of your partially loaded medivac. (more likely than unloading manually while en route to the final destination drop point...) | ||
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Nemasyst.598
United States285 Posts
Thanks for posting! | ||
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