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Tenks
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3104 Posts
March 03 2016 19:47 GMT
#1261
I didn't feel like Nate was balance whining? He was just stating a fact. Marine/Tank is obsolete once plated ultras are out and if MLord allowed Violet to get a few plated ultras out he didn't have the infrastructure ready to handle it.
Wat
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55571 Posts
March 03 2016 19:47 GMT
#1262
On March 04 2016 04:46 HellHound wrote:
What violet actually needed was infestors
Pushing through chokes is fun vs infestor rav

I don't get why you'd ever skip infestors if you're going roach/ravager/ultra ._.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
jubil
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States2602 Posts
March 03 2016 19:47 GMT
#1263
MLord came up clutch in the end with that worker harass and the final push, but I can't help but feel violet bungled it a bit in the end
Marineking-Polt-Maru-Fantasy-Solar-Xenocider-Suppy fighting!
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16121 Posts
March 03 2016 19:47 GMT
#1264
On March 04 2016 04:36 Tenks wrote:
After watching games like this from MLord I honestly don't know how people can support removing tankivac


Easy.

See that last push? The Tanks never got lifted off, they were just positioned well and all of the micromanagement came from the Bio.

And it was exciting.

Tankivacs aren't needed in this game, they only serve to excuse the stupidity that are Ravagers current power level. Eliminate Tankivacs and you HAVE to tone back Ravagers. If you tone back Ravagers you HAVE to tone back Liberators.

The LoTV units are too strong for all 3 races right now, but they all serve to balance each other out. Nerfing one forces you to rebalance the others. When the dust clears, the game will be better off.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
royalroadweed
Profile Joined April 2013
United States8301 Posts
March 03 2016 19:47 GMT
#1265
On March 04 2016 04:47 Soularion wrote:
are there any terrans right now that are 100% comfortable fighting ultras lategame?

I feel like TaeJa's gonna do that in GSL Ro16

ByuN's ghost play is sick. It seems pretty map dependent though.
"Nerfing Toss can just make them stronger"
CheddarToss
Profile Joined September 2015
534 Posts
March 03 2016 19:47 GMT
#1266
Incredible Liberator shift-queuing.
Soularion
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
Canada2764 Posts
March 03 2016 19:48 GMT
#1267
On March 04 2016 04:47 Vindicare605 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2016 04:36 Tenks wrote:
After watching games like this from MLord I honestly don't know how people can support removing tankivac


Easy.

See that last push? The Tanks never got lifted off, they were just positioned well and all of the micromanagement came from the Bio.

And it was exciting.

Tankivacs aren't needed in this game, they only serve to excuse the stupidity that are Ravagers current power level. Eliminate Tankivacs and you HAVE to tone back Ravagers. If you tone back Ravagers you HAVE to tone back Liberators.

The LoTV units are too strong for all 3 races right now, but they all serve to balance each other out. Nerfing one forces you to rebalance the others. When the dust clears, the game will be better off.

I'm just worried that there's gonna be a three month gap before each 'toning back'.
Writermaru pls
Inflicted
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia18228 Posts
March 03 2016 19:48 GMT
#1268
On March 04 2016 04:47 Soularion wrote:
are there any terrans right now that are 100% comfortable fighting ultras lategame?

I feel like TaeJa's gonna do that in GSL Ro16


GuMiho does alright with his mass liberators
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sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18634 Posts
March 03 2016 19:48 GMT
#1269
On March 04 2016 04:47 Vindicare605 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2016 04:36 Tenks wrote:
After watching games like this from MLord I honestly don't know how people can support removing tankivac


Easy.

See that last push? The Tanks never got lifted off, they were just positioned well and all of the micromanagement came from the Bio.

And it was exciting.

Tankivacs aren't needed in this game, they only serve to excuse the stupidity that are Ravagers current power level. Eliminate Tankivacs and you HAVE to tone back Ravagers. If you tone back Ravagers you HAVE to tone back Liberators.

The LoTV units are too strong for all 3 races right now, but they all serve to balance each other out. Nerfing one forces you to rebalance the others. When the dust clears, the game will be better off.


A third of the tanks were lifted for marinelord to get into this position though.
Without tankivacs Marinelord needs more time to push -> violet has ultralisk armor -> gg
chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
March 03 2016 19:49 GMT
#1270
On March 04 2016 04:47 Tenks wrote:
I didn't feel like Nate was balance whining? He was just stating a fact. Marine/Tank is obsolete once plated ultras are out and if MLord allowed Violet to get a few plated ultras out he didn't have the infrastructure ready to handle it.


There were like 3 ultras and his response was you need to kill 2 bases to even stand a chance. That's slightly over the top
royalroadweed
Profile Joined April 2013
United States8301 Posts
March 03 2016 19:49 GMT
#1271
On March 04 2016 04:48 Inflicted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2016 04:47 Soularion wrote:
are there any terrans right now that are 100% comfortable fighting ultras lategame?

I feel like TaeJa's gonna do that in GSL Ro16


GuMiho does alright with his mass liberators

I like his speed banshee liberator style.
"Nerfing Toss can just make them stronger"
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55571 Posts
March 03 2016 19:49 GMT
#1272
On March 04 2016 04:47 royalroadweed wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2016 04:47 Soularion wrote:
are there any terrans right now that are 100% comfortable fighting ultras lategame?

I feel like TaeJa's gonna do that in GSL Ro16

ByuN's ghost play is sick. It seems pretty map dependent though.

It's much more convenient to kill the Zerg pre-hive, but there's some Terrans who're just fine vs ultras, too. And on Dusk Towers you can generally beat Zerg late game pretty well.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Tenks
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3104 Posts
March 03 2016 19:51 GMT
#1273
On March 04 2016 04:49 chipmonklord17 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2016 04:47 Tenks wrote:
I didn't feel like Nate was balance whining? He was just stating a fact. Marine/Tank is obsolete once plated ultras are out and if MLord allowed Violet to get a few plated ultras out he didn't have the infrastructure ready to handle it.


There were like 3 ultras and his response was you need to kill 2 bases to even stand a chance. That's slightly over the top



Violet also had like no gas. The situation wasn't quite as dire as Nate was making it out to be but MLord had no idea if Violet had 300 gas or 2k gas in the bank. But its also Nate's job to try and create some excitement and tension.
Wat
HellHound
Profile Joined September 2014
Bulgaria5962 Posts
March 03 2016 19:51 GMT
#1274
On March 04 2016 04:48 Soularion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2016 04:47 Vindicare605 wrote:
On March 04 2016 04:36 Tenks wrote:
After watching games like this from MLord I honestly don't know how people can support removing tankivac


Easy.

See that last push? The Tanks never got lifted off, they were just positioned well and all of the micromanagement came from the Bio.

And it was exciting.

Tankivacs aren't needed in this game, they only serve to excuse the stupidity that are Ravagers current power level. Eliminate Tankivacs and you HAVE to tone back Ravagers. If you tone back Ravagers you HAVE to tone back Liberators.

The LoTV units are too strong for all 3 races right now, but they all serve to balance each other out. Nerfing one forces you to rebalance the others. When the dust clears, the game will be better off.

I'm just worried that there's gonna be a three month gap before each 'toning back'.

march 15 we decided to remove flying tanks
july 28 we decided to remove ravagers bile
september 12 we decided to nerf adept damage by 12 buff tank damage by 40 increase it's range by 4 so it can deal with tempests with it's new AA attack and now it costs 2 supply to make mech viable
Something like this?
Classic GosoO |sOs| Everyone has to give in, let Life win | Zest Is The Best | Roach Cultist | I recognize the might and wisdom of my Otherworldly overlord | Air vs Air 200/200 SC2 is best SC2 | PRIME has been robbed | Fuck prime go ST | ROACH ROACH ROACH
Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16121 Posts
March 03 2016 19:51 GMT
#1275
On March 04 2016 04:48 sharkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2016 04:47 Vindicare605 wrote:
On March 04 2016 04:36 Tenks wrote:
After watching games like this from MLord I honestly don't know how people can support removing tankivac


Easy.

See that last push? The Tanks never got lifted off, they were just positioned well and all of the micromanagement came from the Bio.

And it was exciting.

Tankivacs aren't needed in this game, they only serve to excuse the stupidity that are Ravagers current power level. Eliminate Tankivacs and you HAVE to tone back Ravagers. If you tone back Ravagers you HAVE to tone back Liberators.

The LoTV units are too strong for all 3 races right now, but they all serve to balance each other out. Nerfing one forces you to rebalance the others. When the dust clears, the game will be better off.


A third of the tanks were lifted for marinelord to get into this position though.
Without tankivacs Marinelord needs more time to push -> violet has ultralisk armor -> gg


Don't misunderstand me. Ravagers are just as stupid as Tankivacs are right now, but Tankivacs are more urgently in need of a nerf because of the mess they have made of TvT.

The only reason Terran NEEDS Tankivacs in TvZ is because of Ravagers. If Tankivacs get removed Ravagers are eventually going to HAVE to be nerfed. Tankivacs aren't the only problem I have with LoTV right now, they are just the first of the dominoes that have to fall in my opinion.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
Superbanana
Profile Joined May 2014
2369 Posts
March 03 2016 19:52 GMT
#1276
On March 04 2016 04:47 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2016 04:46 HellHound wrote:
What violet actually needed was infestors
Pushing through chokes is fun vs infestor rav

I don't get why you'd ever skip infestors if you're going roach/ravager/ultra ._.

Yeah, going for ultras right away proved to be a mistake. But Violet probably had an attack in mind with chitinous and no festors. It would be gg but then all those drones died and MLorD moved out.
In PvZ the zerg can make the situation spire out of control but protoss can adept to the situation.
HellHound
Profile Joined September 2014
Bulgaria5962 Posts
March 03 2016 19:52 GMT
#1277
On March 04 2016 04:49 Elentos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2016 04:47 royalroadweed wrote:
On March 04 2016 04:47 Soularion wrote:
are there any terrans right now that are 100% comfortable fighting ultras lategame?

I feel like TaeJa's gonna do that in GSL Ro16

ByuN's ghost play is sick. It seems pretty map dependent though.

It's much more convenient to kill the Zerg pre-hive, but there's some Terrans who're just fine vs ultras, too. And on Dusk Towers you can generally beat Zerg late game pretty well.

That's kind of like my expirience of zvp
You can play late game but it's so much easier to just kill them off with drop bullshit
Classic GosoO |sOs| Everyone has to give in, let Life win | Zest Is The Best | Roach Cultist | I recognize the might and wisdom of my Otherworldly overlord | Air vs Air 200/200 SC2 is best SC2 | PRIME has been robbed | Fuck prime go ST | ROACH ROACH ROACH
Heartland
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Sweden24602 Posts
March 03 2016 19:52 GMT
#1278
On March 04 2016 04:51 Tenks wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2016 04:49 chipmonklord17 wrote:
On March 04 2016 04:47 Tenks wrote:
I didn't feel like Nate was balance whining? He was just stating a fact. Marine/Tank is obsolete once plated ultras are out and if MLord allowed Violet to get a few plated ultras out he didn't have the infrastructure ready to handle it.


There were like 3 ultras and his response was you need to kill 2 bases to even stand a chance. That's slightly over the top



Violet also had like no gas. The situation wasn't quite as dire as Nate was making it out to be but MLord had no idea if Violet had 300 gas or 2k gas in the bank. But its also Nate's job to try and create some excitement and tension.


I think it's just sort of a case where a caster starts with one storyline but then doesn't realize it's the other one. It would have been hype if it had been "violet is almost out of gas, he needs to get these three ultras out and get the plating on them before the Terran wins! Can marinelord break him?!"
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55571 Posts
March 03 2016 19:53 GMT
#1279
I wonder if viOlet will show us a nydus in this series that's worse than DeParture's or Hydra's.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
March 03 2016 19:54 GMT
#1280
On March 04 2016 04:51 Vindicare605 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 04 2016 04:48 sharkie wrote:
On March 04 2016 04:47 Vindicare605 wrote:
On March 04 2016 04:36 Tenks wrote:
After watching games like this from MLord I honestly don't know how people can support removing tankivac


Easy.

See that last push? The Tanks never got lifted off, they were just positioned well and all of the micromanagement came from the Bio.

And it was exciting.

Tankivacs aren't needed in this game, they only serve to excuse the stupidity that are Ravagers current power level. Eliminate Tankivacs and you HAVE to tone back Ravagers. If you tone back Ravagers you HAVE to tone back Liberators.

The LoTV units are too strong for all 3 races right now, but they all serve to balance each other out. Nerfing one forces you to rebalance the others. When the dust clears, the game will be better off.


A third of the tanks were lifted for marinelord to get into this position though.
Without tankivacs Marinelord needs more time to push -> violet has ultralisk armor -> gg


Don't misunderstand me. Ravagers are just as stupid as Tankivacs are right now, but Tankivacs are more urgently in need of a nerf because of the mess they have made of TvT.

The only reason Terran NEEDS Tankivacs in TvZ is because of Ravagers. If Tankivacs get removed Ravagers are eventually going to HAVE to be nerfed. Tankivacs aren't the only problem I have with LoTV right now, they are just the first of the dominoes that have to fall in my opinion.


It works the other way too. If Ravagers are nerfed due to what they do in ZvP it probably means either Tankivacs or Liberators need to be nerfed to compensate.
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