Balance Update #7 10/26/12 - Page 27

On October 28 2012 09:25 GungraveHero2 wrote:
just read all the topic , and almost all terran are not happy about the game and think terran need a big everywhere buff

but this will never happen because terran are the race the less played , add something good to the race and every zerg and protoss will whine for get that nerfed everywhere , look at the warhound , yes that was op but they could have just nerf the unit.
no we have got about 100 topic of whine and they removed the unit from the game . just look at the mine , i have read about over 20 post in of people who want it more nerfed , would not surprise me if blizzard nerf the mine again .

blizzard listen way to much to the whiner and people now , kinda sad

what a joke

RIP TERRAN .

On October 28 2012 10:19 sagefreke wrote:
Just played a ZvP against a player who utilized Orcales early game. Pulsar beam is retardedly powerful. I was worried about Time Warp but Pulsar Beam is just insane. Even when I put spores as AA near my base, 3-5 Oracles completely negates it and kill it so fast that they don't lose a single unit. Also the speed at which they destroy buildings is just too fast. Even with 3 queens on 2 bases he was still sniping spine crawlers, extractors, and even my Infestation pit before there was any realistic chance for me to react to it.

I expect Blizzard will tone down the damage. I managed to win but I feel it had more to do with the skill difference, since after looking at the replay he had supply blocked himself and was floating a ton of minerals. My fear is that in the late game, when there are 4-5 of these things floating around, they are going to completely wreck expansions unless a queen and an Infestor are camping each expansion because spores get completely nullified once there's 3 or more.

On October 28 2012 10:30 mishimaBeef wrote:


hi, when there are 4-5 spores at an expansion do the oracles have enough energy to kill the spores and the hatchery? mind you, would the protoss lose 1-2 oracles while killing the spores?

On October 28 2012 10:36 sagefreke wrote:



4-5 spores is a bit excessive. That's 500 minerals minimum for AA only. What about spines for zealot runbys? That's another 400-500 minerals I have to invest to secure an expansion in the late game. This of course doesn't factor in the very real possibility that he can run in your base late game and snipe a greater spire in just seconds unless you have a full energy queen nearby just spamming transfuse.

So are you saying the solution to 4-5 oracles running around the map would be to place 4+ spores at each base? That doesn't sound economical at all considering he could just not use pulsar beam at all and instead use all his energy for time warp in battles.

On October 28 2012 11:53 LockeTazeline wrote:
Sweet. Now I just want them to make the Void Ray viable without changing its appearance (seriously, why does the coolest looking unit (imo) in the game have to be the most useless?)

On October 28 2012 10:19 sagefreke wrote:
Just played a ZvP against a player who utilized Orcales early game. Pulsar beam is retardedly powerful. I was worried about Time Warp but Pulsar Beam is just insane. Even when I put spores as AA near my base, 3-5 Oracles completely negates it and kill it so fast that they don't lose a single unit. Also the speed at which they destroy buildings is just too fast. Even with 3 queens on 2 bases he was still sniping spine crawlers, extractors, and even my Infestation pit before there was any realistic chance for me to react to it.

I expect Blizzard will tone down the damage. I managed to win but I feel it had more to do with the skill difference, since after looking at the replay he had supply blocked himself and was floating a ton of minerals. My fear is that in the late game, when there are 4-5 of these things floating around, they are going to completely wreck expansions unless a queen and an Infestor are camping each expansion because spores get completely nullified once there's 3 or more.

On October 28 2012 12:37 LRObot wrote:
More anti micro spells. Unbelievable.

On October 28 2012 13:22 SuperYo1000 wrote:



you can still micro, just in slo mo.....and its not even that bad. Its basically taking a stim marine and unstimming him