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Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
December 06 2012 08:20 GMT
#1021
On December 06 2012 17:18 EleanorRIgby wrote:
the muta buff is a much bigger deal then most people think, they are fast as hell now!

Phoenixes and Oracles (25 anti-light dps) can kill mutalisks quickly
Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10378 Posts
December 06 2012 08:20 GMT
#1022
On December 06 2012 17:15 Psychobabas wrote:
I dont understand why Infested Terrans dont benefit from upgrades. That should be changed back in my opinion or they will be useless.


Because infestor is a midgame/T2 caster not a lategame/T3 caster like Viper. So Viper+hydra are supposed to fill up its AA+support roles in lategame. Not that you're not supposed to use infestors in the lategame, but there are other units now so its role can be phased out a bit.
Mid-master streaming MECH ONLY + commentary www.twitch.tv/yoshikirishima +++ "If all-in fails, all-in again."
Crawdad
Profile Joined September 2012
614 Posts
December 06 2012 08:21 GMT
#1023
On December 06 2012 17:20 Existor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2012 17:18 EleanorRIgby wrote:
the muta buff is a much bigger deal then most people think, they are fast as hell now!

Phoenixes and Oracles (25 anti-light dps) can kill mutalisks quickly


Tested, Oracles cannot actually target air units.
DemigodcelpH
Profile Joined August 2011
1138 Posts
December 06 2012 08:23 GMT
#1024
On December 06 2012 10:56 Ben... wrote:
Wait, Terran got buffed? What is this? Did someone do a hostile takeover of Blizzard and make them do sensible changes?


I'm actually considering if this is all a cruel joke from Blizzard or a dream that the community will awake from, though it is true that we've been shoving them actual statistics for a year now despite their magical PR "everything is balanced" magical numbers.

Or maybe a corrupt CEO was assassinated. Who knows.
MilesTeg
Profile Joined September 2010
France1271 Posts
December 06 2012 08:24 GMT
#1025
On December 06 2012 17:18 Psychobabas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2012 17:15 MilesTeg wrote:
I can understand almost everything to a degree.... But the medivac healing buff... Wtf?

I'll go ahead and predict a 0% chance that this stays in the game.

This seems absolutely utterly ridiculous. I guess they really want us to use Infestors and never ever make Mutas in zvt...




Mutalisks should never really engage with marines anyway unless they are 100% sure they can take them out. Kind of like TvP bio. Hence their speed buff so you can harrass more.

Also, ultralisk with 35 splash to marines will destroy bio without the upgraded medivac.


I agree. Although there are situations where you won't be able to use Mutas to clean drops anymore.

But what I mean is.... Bio was already an army that is much more efficient than anything else, but dies to splash damage. Now it is even more efficient again non splash damage armies... But they also want us to use Infestors less? That's... Not gonna happen. If anything infestors just got even more important. And Mutas more cheesy and situational.
Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10378 Posts
December 06 2012 08:24 GMT
#1026
On December 06 2012 17:21 Crawdad wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2012 17:20 Existor wrote:
On December 06 2012 17:18 EleanorRIgby wrote:
the muta buff is a much bigger deal then most people think, they are fast as hell now!

Phoenixes and Oracles (25 anti-light dps) can kill mutalisks quickly


Tested, Oracles cannot actually target air units.


I was confused but really happy once I found this out in game. I'm very surprised and impressed with how well Blizzard was able to reassign roles to Protoss air units. They are all different in many ways. It's not as simple as Unit A for ground, Unit B for light air, Unit C for armored air for example, which is awesome.
Mid-master streaming MECH ONLY + commentary www.twitch.tv/yoshikirishima +++ "If all-in fails, all-in again."
summerloud
Profile Joined March 2010
Austria1201 Posts
December 06 2012 08:25 GMT
#1027
so seeker missile has no splash damage any more? like someone noted, its basically a worse version of yamato now. id much prefer it to have splash than to deal huge target dmg
Yoshi Kirishima
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States10378 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-06 08:26:07
December 06 2012 08:25 GMT
#1028
On December 06 2012 17:25 summerloud wrote:
so seeker missile has no splash damage any more? like someone noted, its basically a worse version of yamato now. id much prefer it to have splash than to deal huge target dmg


no splash, and yea i miss blowing up stalkers/mutas with them
Mid-master streaming MECH ONLY + commentary www.twitch.tv/yoshikirishima +++ "If all-in fails, all-in again."
Crawdad
Profile Joined September 2012
614 Posts
December 06 2012 08:27 GMT
#1029
On December 06 2012 17:25 summerloud wrote:
so seeker missile has no splash damage any more? like someone noted, its basically a worse version of yamato now. id much prefer it to have splash than to deal huge target dmg


It is not inherently worse. The Raven can fly away while HSM is charging, unlike the BC, and I don't think it requires research (still need to verify).
unteqair
Profile Joined November 2011
United States308 Posts
December 06 2012 08:27 GMT
#1030
You all should see the Protoss complaint threads on bnet forums. I was surprised; I thought people would be happy.
r_con
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States824 Posts
December 06 2012 08:28 GMT
#1031
i really like these changes its actually making lategame more awesome, more reason to get more economy, more powerful stuff, wish i had a beta key so fucking bad : (
Flash Fan!
Telenil
Profile Joined September 2010
France484 Posts
December 06 2012 08:28 GMT
#1032
Incredibly massive changes, although I'm disappointed that of all Stargate units, carriers are still the only one who still didn't get any change...
Mass Recall: Brood War campaigns on SC2: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=303166
Glockateer
Profile Joined June 2009
United States254 Posts
December 06 2012 08:28 GMT
#1033
Holy shit, I'm playing HOTS tonight for sure.
GET SM4SHED
Psychobabas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
2531 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-06 08:33:47
December 06 2012 08:30 GMT
#1034
On December 06 2012 17:24 MilesTeg wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 06 2012 17:18 Psychobabas wrote:
On December 06 2012 17:15 MilesTeg wrote:
I can understand almost everything to a degree.... But the medivac healing buff... Wtf?

I'll go ahead and predict a 0% chance that this stays in the game.

This seems absolutely utterly ridiculous. I guess they really want us to use Infestors and never ever make Mutas in zvt...




Mutalisks should never really engage with marines anyway unless they are 100% sure they can take them out. Kind of like TvP bio. Hence their speed buff so you can harrass more.

Also, ultralisk with 35 splash to marines will destroy bio without the upgraded medivac.


I agree. Although there are situations where you won't be able to use Mutas to clean drops anymore.

But what I mean is.... Bio was already an army that is much more efficient than anything else, but dies to splash damage. Now it is even more efficient again non splash damage armies... But they also want us to use Infestors less? That's... Not gonna happen. If anything infestors just got even more important. And Mutas more cheesy and situational.


I think the aim is to continue using infestors as normal in the mid game, but they arent as strong in the late, hence the infested terran nerf and range nerf (although I disagree with the non-upgradable Infested Terran nerf). Also, dont forget that you will be able to hold off bio pushes with swarm hosts support as well (aka free units).

So the role of the infestor has been kind of split into the Swarm host and the actual infestor itself. It still translates into the late game, but Zerg will now need extra support from vipers etc.

It's basically like this: Infestor in Wing of Liberty = Viper, Swarm Host and Infestor in Heart of the Swarm, as far as roles and utility are concerned.
unteqair
Profile Joined November 2011
United States308 Posts
December 06 2012 08:31 GMT
#1035
On December 06 2012 17:28 Telenil wrote:
Incredibly massive changes, although I'm disappointed that of all Stargate units, carriers are still the only one who still didn't get any change...

I think that change will come. They've talked of buffing carriers on multiple occasions and said they saw nony's video.
MChrome
Profile Joined May 2011
Netherlands201 Posts
December 06 2012 08:31 GMT
#1036
Hmm....

PDD > Fungal now. Iiiiiinteresting.
Seeker missile doesn't need upgrades. Iiiiinteresting.
Seeker missile range 10. IIIInteresting.
300 single target damage. Iiiiinteresting.

This will make ravens rather popular in the lategame now me thinks.
Though, i'd rather have kept the old style missile, old damage, aoe, slow and dodgable, just with 10 range. The new one seems to be making battlecruisers completely and entirely pointless.
If you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all.
aqbabaq
Profile Joined August 2012
Sweden65 Posts
December 06 2012 08:31 GMT
#1037
On December 06 2012 17:27 unteqair wrote:
You all should see the Protoss complaint threads on bnet forums. I was surprised; I thought people would be happy.


would be happy?? over what? unbeatable bio with speed medivacs? sure sounds like fun....
one-one-one
Profile Joined November 2011
Sweden551 Posts
December 06 2012 08:34 GMT
#1038
On December 06 2012 17:31 ChromeBallz wrote:
Hmm....

PDD > Fungal now. Iiiiiinteresting.
Seeker missile doesn't need upgrades. Iiiiinteresting.
Seeker missile range 10. IIIInteresting.
300 single target damage. Iiiiinteresting.

This will make ravens rather popular in the lategame now me thinks.
Though, i'd rather have kept the old style missile, old damage, aoe, slow and dodgable, just with 10 range. The new one seems to be making battlecruisers completely and entirely pointless.


PDD > Fungal ?

Just because fungal is a "missile" doesn't mean a PDD will shoot it down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1BFY4R7IIP4#t=1710s
happyness
Profile Joined June 2010
United States2400 Posts
December 06 2012 08:37 GMT
#1039
On December 06 2012 17:31 ChromeBallz wrote:
Hmm....

PDD > Fungal now. Iiiiiinteresting.
Seeker missile doesn't need upgrades. Iiiiinteresting.
Seeker missile range 10. IIIInteresting.
300 single target damage. Iiiiinteresting.

This will make ravens rather popular in the lategame now me thinks.
Though, i'd rather have kept the old style missile, old damage, aoe, slow and dodgable, just with 10 range. The new one seems to be making battlecruisers completely and entirely pointless.


Especially with the tempest having +damage to massive air, and zerg having viper don't see a reason to ever get BC's.

But that's not a terrible thing. It's not like BC's are that interesting anyways.
Deleted User 137586
Profile Joined January 2011
7859 Posts
December 06 2012 08:37 GMT
#1040
Reve-fucking-lation. PDD protects against fungal growth now. I'm going to love learning Raven micro. So fragile but so useful now.
Cry 'havoc' and let slip the dogs of war
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