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a176
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada6688 Posts
December 06 2012 00:45 GMT
#361
On December 06 2012 09:42 iKill wrote:
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On December 06 2012 09:40 Veldril wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:27 larse wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:25 Tomasy wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:24 larse wrote:
Wait, wait, wait.

Isn't that Thor's original anti-air attack is 24 (+24 light) damage? Now it's 24 flat damage, so it's a nerf to the anti-air????

it is 6x4 so each missle was affected by armor


ok. But it loses the Light-bonus. So it's a trade-off. The buff is not very significant though.


Good thing is that you can switch between two modes. If the opponent use a lot of light flying unit (i.e. Muta or Phoenix) then Thor still can kill them with anti-light AA missiles. In later stage of the game, they can switch to single target AA cannon with flat damage. This should increase Thor viability in the long game and make mech more complete.


and also it can't be feedbacked any more


ah right, didnt even think of that. mass thor vs toss, here i come!
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Nightshade_
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States549 Posts
December 06 2012 00:45 GMT
#362
On December 06 2012 09:44 Moka wrote:
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On December 06 2012 09:42 dw.Justify wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:34 Plansix wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:33 dw.Justify wrote:
This patch is shit. There is so much imba in it blizz will realize it soon enough ... or not mb when its too late and game is lunched hope they are not that stupid


My favorite part is how everyone with really low post counts hates the patch.


why do i need a high post count for hating this patch ? my balance sense is high enough since i am a grandmaster player


Then you should explain yourself why this patch is shit. Coming here and ranting doesn't bring anything to the discussion.

im gm so i am gud playir.

Solid argument champ Now back it up with facts
Lil' Joey, Master of the A-Move Stalker Strike Force
Nightshade_
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States549 Posts
December 06 2012 00:45 GMT
#363
On December 06 2012 09:45 Nightshade_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2012 09:44 Moka wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:42 dw.Justify wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:34 Plansix wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:33 dw.Justify wrote:
This patch is shit. There is so much imba in it blizz will realize it soon enough ... or not mb when its too late and game is lunched hope they are not that stupid


My favorite part is how everyone with really low post counts hates the patch.


why do i need a high post count for hating this patch ? my balance sense is high enough since i am a grandmaster player


Then you should explain yourself why this patch is shit. Coming here and ranting doesn't bring anything to the discussion.

^^

"im gm so i am gud playir."

Solid argument champ Now back it up with facts

Lil' Joey, Master of the A-Move Stalker Strike Force
biamila
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada335 Posts
December 06 2012 00:46 GMT
#364
Holy mother of God.

Just read those notes. I... I am excited for fucking everything about this for Terran.
Thor. Is. Here.
Grapefruit
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany439 Posts
December 06 2012 00:46 GMT
#365
On December 06 2012 09:45 Nightshade_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2012 09:45 Nightshade_ wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:44 Moka wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:42 dw.Justify wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:34 Plansix wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:33 dw.Justify wrote:
This patch is shit. There is so much imba in it blizz will realize it soon enough ... or not mb when its too late and game is lunched hope they are not that stupid


My favorite part is how everyone with really low post counts hates the patch.


why do i need a high post count for hating this patch ? my balance sense is high enough since i am a grandmaster player


Then you should explain yourself why this patch is shit. Coming here and ranting doesn't bring anything to the discussion.

^^

"im gm so i am gud playir."

Solid argument champ Now back it up with facts



Nice job on quoting your own shitpost.
Starcraft 2 is funny, everybody picks the race, which he considers to be the weakest. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Kyyuna
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1222 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-06 00:47:43
December 06 2012 00:47 GMT
#366
Zerg get better air use with buffed mutas

and terran attack timing will be fucking scary as shit

Am excited to see new timings for terran in the mid game and how Zerg will respond to it
larse
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
1611 Posts
December 06 2012 00:47 GMT
#367
Question:

Does thor lose ground attack after transform into anti-air mode?
Demonhunter04
Profile Joined July 2011
1530 Posts
December 06 2012 00:47 GMT
#368
On December 06 2012 09:43 Obaten wrote:
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On December 06 2012 09:39 Demonhunter04 wrote:
On December 06 2012 08:23 Cracy wrote:
To accompany the deployment of Heart of the Swarm Beta patch 2.0.2, we’ve compiled a list of all of the balance changes made to the beta since our previous update.

Terran

Medivac
New ability: Emergency Thrusters
Speed boost that increases movement speed and acceleration to 4.25 for 8 seconds. 20 second cooldown.
The Medivac’s Caduceus Reactor upgrade at the Starport Tech Lab:
Health restored per second from 9 to 15.
Energy cost reduced from 3 health per 1 energy to 5 health per 1 energy.
Cost increased from 100/100 and 80 seconds to 150/150 and 110 seconds.


Ok, so they increased heal rate and efficiency by 67%, but increased the cost by 50% (so the net heal speed and effective energy is unchanged). The effective health of medivacs, though, is now 2/3rds of what it used to be. After taking the new costs into account, build time is 9% faster. This is all with the upgrade, though. Without the upgrade, medivacs kinda suck now due to their low health/cost and healing/cost ratios. Also, dropping is going to be a heavier investment regardless of the upgrade, because medivacs cost more resources and build time. I'm glad they didn't raise the supply, though. Since 8 new medivacs will be like 12 without caduceus reactor, it will be even more important to micro your medivacs and avoid getting them fungaled. Medivacs will be less effective at healing the front line of an army since the healing will be more concentrated.

They didn't make it clear whether or not the cost of medivacs changes because of the upgrade or is just changed overall, but I suspect it's the latter.



Caduceus reactor's cost and research time changed, not the cost for the medivac itself. They are still 100/100 and 42 seconds to build.


Oh, lol. Then medivacs are going to be freaking amazing O_o.
"If you don't drop sweat today, you will drop tears tomorrow" - SlayerSMMA
GolemMadness
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada11044 Posts
December 06 2012 00:47 GMT
#369
Really good to see so many changes. Some of these are very strange, though.

Armory
The Armory now only has one weapon and one armor upgrade for both air and ground upgrades for both Factory and Starport units.

Particularly this one. Also, not clear why medivacs needed 3 different buffs.
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HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
December 06 2012 00:48 GMT
#370
On December 06 2012 09:45 Nightshade_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2012 09:45 Nightshade_ wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:44 Moka wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:42 dw.Justify wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:34 Plansix wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:33 dw.Justify wrote:
This patch is shit. There is so much imba in it blizz will realize it soon enough ... or not mb when its too late and game is lunched hope they are not that stupid


My favorite part is how everyone with really low post counts hates the patch.


why do i need a high post count for hating this patch ? my balance sense is high enough since i am a grandmaster player


Then you should explain yourself why this patch is shit. Coming here and ranting doesn't bring anything to the discussion.

^^

"im gm so i am gud playir."

Solid argument champ Now back it up with facts


The guy is exaggerating but i could very well imagine so many drastical changes to bring up a LOT of imbalances. But they still have some months of time and i'd rather have them change many things instead of just little fixes. I don't want HotS to be nearly like WoL.
ElfenLied
Profile Joined March 2012
Germany121 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-06 00:51:14
December 06 2012 00:48 GMT
#371
On December 06 2012 09:42 Doodsmack wrote:
Keep in mind everyone that Blizzard has stated multiple times that their intention with HOTS beta is to make big changes and then dial back.

I hope you're right, I really hope so. In my opinion, these are the worst changes ever made. Especially the Medivac change (as if they weren't strong enough already...), the Terran armory update, phoenix and the dark shrine.

Also, have you noticed that Seeker Missile is basically the same as the Yamato cannon? Pretty bad design, sorry Blizzard...
eviltomahawk
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States11135 Posts
December 06 2012 00:48 GMT
#372
On December 06 2012 09:47 larse wrote:
Question:

Does thor lose ground attack after transform into anti-air mode?

Beta doesn't seem to be up yet so I guess we'll find out soon.
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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
December 06 2012 00:49 GMT
#373
On December 06 2012 09:42 dw.Justify wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2012 09:34 Plansix wrote:
On December 06 2012 09:33 dw.Justify wrote:
This patch is shit. There is so much imba in it blizz will realize it soon enough ... or not mb when its too late and game is lunched hope they are not that stupid


My favorite part is how everyone with really low post counts hates the patch.


why do i need a high post count for hating this patch ? my balance sense is high enough since i am a grandmaster player


Being GM doesn't really give you good balance sense at all. That is like saying professional gamers have really good ideas on how to balance the game, which normally involves nerfing their worst match up. Or saying that I have more common sense because I am older.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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dw.Justify
Profile Joined March 2012
Germany34 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-06 00:50:36
December 06 2012 00:49 GMT
#374
Ok i try, first of all medivac changes are much too drastic that cant be the right way. The speed is so high even faster then mutaliscs with new speed ^^. And the healing will be so powerfull its a 60 % healting buff.

Also terran mech is rly rly strong in hots vs P. Just tempest totally owns it but this will not be the case anymore with the new patch. And mech will now be even stronger espc when thor rly has no more energy

I think most zerg changes are ok.
But muta speed... this is not rly necessary makes them just more annyoning but not better in fighting.

Im myself protoss, i think dt shrine is now too cheap but makes me anyway happy :-) dt pwnage but in caste of balance its prob also shit
.
Tempest beeing tier 3 together with carrier and no more + dmg vs massive ground will make it never been played again so tempest is no more new unit.

Blizzard said themselv since toss has now tempest they dont need vortex anymore vs Broodlords. But tempest will not be build against broodlords i guess but time will tell (carriers are better in this case and they also dont rly work).

(tempest dps is 9 vs massive 18) carrier has 25 dps against everything carrier range is 8 first later 14 so its not a big difference between those 2 but im not sure. In every caste the medivac speed and heal is shit this is 4 sure.
kasumimi
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Greece460 Posts
December 06 2012 00:51 GMT
#375
This patch looks quite interesting, the game needs big changes. Personally I'm a bit reluctant because there are too many buffs, while the game's units need an overall nerf in order to create more dynamic environment imho.
Good luck with testing.
lost_artz
Profile Joined January 2012
United States366 Posts
December 06 2012 00:52 GMT
#376
Seeker Missle - 300 Single target damage?

That kills:
Every zerg unit in one hit - except for Ultras
Every Terran unit except for Thors/BCs
Every Toss unit except for Collosi, Archons, Carrier and Tempests

Albeit there's no splash damage but that seems rather ridiculous.

I don't understand this change unless Blizzard wants to create a lategame situation for TvX that we have now with ZvX where you counter t3 with spellcasters. Removing the upgrade was good enough - this just seems like overkill.
Ryder.
Profile Joined January 2011
1117 Posts
December 06 2012 00:52 GMT
#377
Just realised this, medivac cost has NOT changed. The change in cost is the energy upgrade, not the medivac itself...

So yeah it's gonna be pretty strong...
Demonhunter04
Profile Joined July 2011
1530 Posts
December 06 2012 00:52 GMT
#378
On December 06 2012 09:43 rpgalon wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2012 08:23:

Void Ray
Prismatic Beam:
No longer charges up.
Weapon period decreased from 0.6 to 0.5.
No longer does passive +massive damage.

Prismatic Alignment (new ability) increases damage to armored units by 6 for 20 seconds, with a 1 minute cooldown. This does not scale with upgrades.

Wow, 20% flat damage buff (from the attack speed change), and a flat +6 damage to armored boost for 20 seconds...ok so this still doesn't make the void ray require much in the way of micro. Void rays are weaker vs armored units now, and the damage to armored boost is not as big as it would be in a charged up void ray from WoL, but suddenly it could be good vs a whole host of light units. Considering that phoenixes and oracles are both good vs light but not vs armored units, the void ray/pheonix/oracle army that Blizz wants to be viable would still be quite weak to armored anti-air units (or just marines ), so it might be easy to counter. Time will tell. The zerg counter would be the obvious infestor-corruptor combo; hydralisk-viper will likely get owned.



I think the +4 vs armored is still in the game, just the +20% vs massive was removed


Yeah, oops.
"If you don't drop sweat today, you will drop tears tomorrow" - SlayerSMMA
Qikz
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United Kingdom12056 Posts
December 06 2012 00:52 GMT
#379
On December 06 2012 09:51 kasumimi wrote:
This patch looks quite interesting, the game needs big changes. Personally I'm a bit reluctant because there are too many buffs, while the game's units need an overall nerf in order to create more dynamic environment imho.
Good luck with testing.


I disagree considerably. One of the problems with WoL is that everything was nerfed far too much in the beta and it made certain things like the reaper and tank completely awful.
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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
December 06 2012 00:53 GMT
#380
On December 06 2012 09:49 dw.Justify wrote:
Ok i try, first of all medivac changes are much too drastic that cant be the right way. The speed is so high even faster then mutaliscs with new speed ^^. And the healing will be so powerfull its a 60 % healting buff.

Also terran mech is rly rly strong in hots vs P. Just tempest totally owns it but this will not be the case anymore with the new patch. And mech will now be even stronger espc when thor rly has no more energy

I think most zerg changes are ok.
But muta speed... this is not rly necessary makes them just more annyoning but not better in fighting.

Im myself protoss, i think dt shrine is now too cheap but makes me anyway happy :-) dt pwnage but in caste of balance its prob also shit
.
Tempest beeing tier 3 together with carrier and no more + dmg vs massive ground will make it never been played again so tempest is no more new unit.

Blizzard said themselv since toss has now tempest they dont need vortex anymore vs Broodlords. But tempest will not be build against broodlords i guess but time will tell (carriers are better in this case and they also dont rly work).

(tempest dps is 9 vs massive 18) carrier has 25 dps against everything carrier range is 8 first later 14 so its not a big difference between those 2 but im not sure. In every caste the medivac speed and heal is shit this is 4 sure.


I find none of your arguments compelling or with any merit. Most of the changes are not about balancing the game, but shacking up the meta game to promote the use of different play styles. If they are OP, they can be toned down. But the patch makes good changes to may of the neglected units and structures in the game.
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