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HOTS Patch notes [9/14/2012] - Page 30

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wcr.4fun
Profile Joined April 2012
Belgium686 Posts
September 14 2012 19:58 GMT
#581
Fuck yeah the war hound is gone. Excellent decision blizzard. And HOORAY for the carrier!!!!

Phase shield sounds really interesting as well.
Necro)Phagist(
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada6644 Posts
September 14 2012 19:58 GMT
#582
On September 15 2012 04:54 LloydPGM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2012 04:47 INTOtheVOID wrote:
WE WANT GOLIATH


Non sense, terran don't need any AA mech unit, already have thor for TvZ and P don't build any air unit because ground units are just strong enough.
I guess if Blizzard adds Goliath they will remove Thor.
No point in removing unit for an extension.

Warhound needed nerf, not to be removed.

Thor AA sucks ass against anything that isn't clumped up mutas... I'm not a Terran player but I'd be very happy if they took out the Thor and gave Terran a unit very similar to the Goliath, maybe a bit weaker but with a new Spell? Maybe a short repair like ability with a long cooldown? That way it can do AA and repair(Obviously have to be a very weak repair with a long cooldown to be balanced.)
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Havik_
Profile Joined November 2011
United States5585 Posts
September 14 2012 19:58 GMT
#583
Decent changes I like how the Carrier is back, but now the Tempest is basically a Void Ray with a bit more range.
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spbelky
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States623 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-14 20:04:24
September 14 2012 19:59 GMT
#584
On September 15 2012 04:58 Havik_ wrote:
Decent changes I like how the Carrier is back, but now the Tempest is basically a Void Ray with a bit more range.

just a bit

Although, I think it's cool that protoss is getting a diverse air arsenal.
Rah
Profile Joined February 2010
United States973 Posts
September 14 2012 20:00 GMT
#585
I hope they're not backing out on making mech viable now. I can't justify buying this game if they can't restore terran to it's Broodwar glory. In BW I switched from random to terran because it was essentially two races in one. Marines being core to every matchup gets old. -_-
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Epishade
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2267 Posts
September 14 2012 20:00 GMT
#586
No bunker change?

This is one of the best looking beta patches I've seen (including the patches in WOL). I'm so glad they're removing the warhound and adding back in the carrier. I had previously thought that Blizzard really didn't care what the community wanted and that they would just throw shit into the game because they thought it would fit. Glad to see all the community reaction may have influenced their decision.

I still hope by the time HOTS is released that carriers will be stronger than their WOL counterpart. But hey, atleast it's back, right?
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Cirqueenflex
Profile Joined October 2010
499 Posts
September 14 2012 20:01 GMT
#587
the thing with reapers is - they are pretty strong, until your opponent denies you high ground vision (and therefore access to their base, since you might lose your reapers the second you try to sneak up). But with self-healing reapers, plus the ability to shoot uphill i don't see how Zerg can shut down 3 early Reapers without going Speed first (or overcommitting heavily in making more Zerglings than what would be healthy), as they lack the early ranged units when the creep does not yet cover the entire base. For other races this might be problematic as well, but not as much, since they get ranged mobile units at T1 (less cliff abuse possible). I forsee this ability not making it very far.

for the cloud thing - could be nice (not losing chunk of the army late game when retreating vs infestors), could prove too strong (when combined with attacks that basically require chain fungal to get shut down, mass blink stalker or sentry/immortal come to mind), and could be useless in most situations (straight fungal time is around 2 seconds, if you want to use it reactionary you will most probably not get much out of it anyway). Also could stop a lot of QQ on forums Time will tell. And i think the cost reduction for the oracle is good, as it has so few hitpoints (even though being so fast in the right hands that it will nearly never die)
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shineq
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom1453 Posts
September 14 2012 20:01 GMT
#588
Immortal
Immortal Hardened Shield will now reduce the warhound’s Haywire Missile damage.


Wasn't this done specifically as a spell instead of an attack to bypass the shields?

Removal of Warhound doesn't faze me so much, I think it'll be back.
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ZooPants
Profile Joined May 2012
United States3 Posts
September 14 2012 20:02 GMT
#589
Scrap thor, give us a war hound that compares to the goliath!!! STOP FIGHTING IT BLIZZARD!!
AnomalySC2
Profile Joined August 2012
United States2073 Posts
September 14 2012 20:02 GMT
#590
On September 15 2012 04:57 spbelky wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2012 04:49 AnomalySC2 wrote:
On September 15 2012 04:38 Flonomenalz wrote:
If they would just buff tanks... we could have an amazing game.


Tanks don't need any buffs lol. Also, thank god the Warhound is gone.

Yes yes thank god the warhound is gone. But there is still a gaping hole in Mech. Does the Siege Tank need a buff? IDK, but if it's not a buff, anti-siegetank units need a nerf, there are too many of them, and they are too good at nullifying tanks.


Imo, mech IS viable already but it revolves a lot around being constantly active with banshees/hellions and dumping lots of extra minerals into extra orbitals and strategically placed planetaries. In sc2 mech is simple more complex, it's not nearly as straight forward as it was in BW, which is cool because mechanically (no pun intended) the game is easier.

If they were to buff tanks then mech would be way over powered, just imo anyways. We're just now starting to see mech vs zerg, and it has only surfaced because players have figured out that banshees are actually a core unit in the style. I think with more time and experimentation it will be figured out vs toss as well (already it's used often in t v t). Anyways, can't say it enough, thank god the warhound is gone.
Sroobz
Profile Joined December 2011
United States1377 Posts
September 14 2012 20:03 GMT
#591
On September 15 2012 05:02 AnomalySC2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 15 2012 04:57 spbelky wrote:
On September 15 2012 04:49 AnomalySC2 wrote:
On September 15 2012 04:38 Flonomenalz wrote:
If they would just buff tanks... we could have an amazing game.


Tanks don't need any buffs lol. Also, thank god the Warhound is gone.

Yes yes thank god the warhound is gone. But there is still a gaping hole in Mech. Does the Siege Tank need a buff? IDK, but if it's not a buff, anti-siegetank units need a nerf, there are too many of them, and they are too good at nullifying tanks.


Imo, mech IS viable already but it revolves a lot around being constantly active with banshees/hellions and dumping lots of extra minerals into extra orbitals and strategically placed planetaries. In sc2 mech is simple more complex, it's not nearly as straight forward as it was in BW, which is cool because mechanically (no pun intended) the game is easier.

If they were to buff tanks then mech would be way over powered, just imo anyways. We're just now starting to see mech vs zerg, and it has only surfaced because players have figured out that banshees are actually a core unit in the style. I think with more time and experimentation it will be figured out vs toss as well (already it's used often in t v t). Anyways, can't say it enough, thank god the warhound is gone.


We've seen the top Terrans in the world say that they would NEVER go mech in TvP because it's horrible at the moment.
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Peden
Profile Joined December 2009
Denmark27 Posts
September 14 2012 20:03 GMT
#592
Pretty cool with the Phase Shield, might make air-based play agaist zerg a bit more viable when infestors hits the field, atleast getting an extra chance when getting your phoenix hit by a fungal.
trbot
Profile Joined June 2012
Canada142 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-14 20:06:32
September 14 2012 20:04 GMT
#593
i'm afraid that blizzard is going to judge the carrier's merit by how much use it sees right now, and that it's not going to see any real use, because mech isn't going to see -nearly- as much use without the warhound...

when you had those big battle hellion, warhound, tank balls, a few carriers would have been a beautiful response. that's when i heard lots of protosses clamouring for the carrier. now, if no-AA deathballs don't occur, protoss players aren't going to use the carrier in PvT any more than they would have in WoL...

On September 15 2012 05:02 ZooPants wrote:
Scrap thor, give us a war hound that compares to the goliath!!! STOP FIGHTING IT BLIZZARD!!


This overlaps too much with vikings. If terran masses goliath tank viking, air play is probably out of the question... that's an issue, since mass goliath tank will mop the floor with all ground units compositions...
algorithm0r
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada486 Posts
September 14 2012 20:04 GMT
#594
sick patch blizz. carrier back. war hound removed.

now if you can just keep it up we will have an awesome expansion released in about 6 months.
Rah
Profile Joined February 2010
United States973 Posts
September 14 2012 20:05 GMT
#595
On September 15 2012 04:58 Havik_ wrote:
Decent changes I like how the Carrier is back, but now the Tempest is basically a Void Ray with a bit more range.


That would actually be better having void ray be 15 damage with tempest's damage ratios. Not like the tempest's artwork or animations would be missed.
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IGotPlayguuu
Profile Joined June 2011
Italy660 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-14 20:06:20
September 14 2012 20:06 GMT
#596
I'd be happy if instead of reimplementing the new warhound blizz buffed the tank
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Froadac
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6733 Posts
September 14 2012 20:06 GMT
#597
I hope the warhound comes back in a more goliath like form. Terran could use a more durable unit, but the warhound wasn't it. battle hellion better fulfills it but no AA. I dunno what to think
wcr.4fun
Profile Joined April 2012
Belgium686 Posts
September 14 2012 20:06 GMT
#598
Mech is back where it used to be though. The mine and battle hellions alone aren't enough. The siege tank needs to be stronger!
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
September 14 2012 20:07 GMT
#599
On September 15 2012 05:01 shineq wrote:
Show nested quote +
Immortal
Immortal Hardened Shield will now reduce the warhound’s Haywire Missile damage.


Wasn't this done specifically as a spell instead of an attack to bypass the shields?

Removal of Warhound doesn't faze me so much, I think it'll be back.

Given the Warhound is removed, this change does exactly nothing, does it?
niteReloaded
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Croatia5281 Posts
September 14 2012 20:07 GMT
#600
When I read things like "The tempest is now a specific counter-unit against massive units." - I know the game is going to fail.
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