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Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
December 06 2012 22:26 GMT
#1701
On December 07 2012 07:21 LOLItsRyann wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 07:18 Plansix wrote:
On December 07 2012 07:06 LOLItsRyann wrote:
Servers still down what the fuck? Seriously? How can something go SO badly wrong it takes like 24 hours to fix O_O


Blizzard said their servers had become unstable and they were having problems pinning down the issue. Welcome to the modern internet, where stuff is super hard to fix once its fucked up.


Wait so they haven't even FOUND the problem yet?

Oh god why.


Because tech is hard. Did do you remember when Amazon's severs self destructed and took out like half of the internet? It took them over a week to fix that.
I have the Honor to be your Obedient Servant, P.6
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Skyro
Profile Joined May 2010
United States1823 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-06 22:30:30
December 06 2012 22:27 GMT
#1702
On December 07 2012 06:56 Yoshi Kirishima wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 06:37 idkfa wrote:
On December 07 2012 06:23 Nightshade_ wrote:
On December 07 2012 06:20 InoyouS2 wrote:
On December 07 2012 06:15 Infernal_dream wrote:
On December 07 2012 06:09 InoyouS2 wrote:
On December 07 2012 06:06 invisible.terran wrote:
Can anyone tell me what's the point of buffing muta's speed if Thor, Widow mine and Phoenix will still stomp them into oblivion?


Phoenix will be crap against speed muta's, even with 7 range.


Uhh, they outrun mutas. Tell me again how phoenix will be crap when they have more range, more speed, and can fire while moving?


They outrun and outrange mutas, yes, but the amount of mutas is wildly disproportionate to the amount of phoenix on the field in any realistic situation (if Protoss goes phoenix, Zerg does not go muta, and if Zerg goes muta, Protoss does not have the production to get enough phoenix and fleet beacon + range upgrade to properly counter the mutas).

except theoretically 1 phoenix can kill 50 mutas even before the range buff. Please learn the game


Cool, theory! You micro your little heart out. And while you read what Tyler said on the subject (and in more detail elsewhere, so I'll leave you to search for it), write less.


The only reason why phoenix didn't work vs mutas was because you could put 1-2 corruptors into your muta ball, and then suddenly your 1 phoenix can't kill 50 mutas anymore.


What? That never was the problem. You could simply micro around Corruptors due to Corruptors moving slower than Mutas. Corruptor DPS vs Phoenix is terrible anyway. The strength of Mutas has always been their speed and harass potential. By having them accompanied by Corruptors takes that strength away. Nobody was using 1 phoenix to kill 50 mutas in a real game.

I actually like the Phoenix change because it might actually make them be somewhat useful late game rather than flying paperweights.
Plansix
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United States60190 Posts
December 06 2012 22:29 GMT
#1703
From one hour ago:

"Our teams are still hard at work to address the stability issues as soon as possible. We don't have an ETA at this time, but we'll do our best to keep you updated

Thanks again for your patience. We look forward to getting you back into the beta as soon as we can! "

Link to information
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LOLItsRyann
Profile Joined April 2011
England551 Posts
December 06 2012 22:29 GMT
#1704
On December 07 2012 07:24 eviltomahawk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 07:21 LOLItsRyann wrote:
On December 07 2012 07:18 Plansix wrote:
On December 07 2012 07:06 LOLItsRyann wrote:
Servers still down what the fuck? Seriously? How can something go SO badly wrong it takes like 24 hours to fix O_O


Blizzard said their servers had become unstable and they were having problems pinning down the issue. Welcome to the modern internet, where stuff is super hard to fix once its fucked up.


Wait so they haven't even FOUND the problem yet?

Oh god why.

They had similar problems with 2.0.1, so it's not surprising to me. That last patch was delayed due to hardware problems iirc.


*Cry*
EG<3
Vamskie
Profile Joined September 2012
Germany3 Posts
December 06 2012 22:30 GMT
#1705
wow this is like the best patch in two years starcraft 2
IM.Mvp---Best Player of the World
Twilight Sparkle
Profile Joined August 2012
Australia235 Posts
December 06 2012 22:33 GMT
#1706
On December 07 2012 06:20 InoyouS2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 06:15 Infernal_dream wrote:
On December 07 2012 06:09 InoyouS2 wrote:
On December 07 2012 06:06 invisible.terran wrote:
Can anyone tell me what's the point of buffing muta's speed if Thor, Widow mine and Phoenix will still stomp them into oblivion?


Phoenix will be crap against speed muta's, even with 7 range.


Uhh, they outrun mutas. Tell me again how phoenix will be crap when they have more range, more speed, and can fire while moving?


They outrun and outrange mutas, yes, but the amount of mutas is wildly disproportionate to the amount of phoenix on the field in any realistic situation (if Protoss goes phoenix, Zerg does not go muta, and if Zerg goes muta, Protoss does not have the production to get enough phoenix and fleet beacon + range upgrade to properly counter the mutas).

Phoenixes are incredibly good against mutalisks. They beat mutas for cost even in a straight up a-move fight, and when microed properly each phoenix can kill many times its own cost in mutas. Yes, if the zerg invests about five times as much into mutalisks than you do into phoenixes then he'll win anyway, if you only use the phoenixes you spent 20% as much on. But say Zerg goes for, I dunno, 20 mutalisks, counting the cost of the spire that's 2200/2200. You can afford three stargates and 12 phoenixes for about that much, which gives you rapid phoenix production and will shred 20 mutalisks without any trouble at all. In WoL that would then leave you with three stargates sitting around doing nothing, but this is HotS where you can then transition into tempests (or maybe even carriers if their new microability makes them viable, but I doubt that) or make a bunch of oracles and void rays, assuming their recent changes make them viable.
NEEDZMOAR
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Sweden1277 Posts
December 06 2012 22:34 GMT
#1707
zerg became superboring now without the ultra charge on the other hand, the Terran changes are sure looking very itneresting, way to try to make Terran a much more of a dynamic race.
willoc
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada1530 Posts
December 06 2012 22:41 GMT
#1708
On December 07 2012 06:15 Infernal_dream wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 06:09 InoyouS2 wrote:
On December 07 2012 06:06 invisible.terran wrote:
Can anyone tell me what's the point of buffing muta's speed if Thor, Widow mine and Phoenix will still stomp them into oblivion?


Phoenix will be crap against speed muta's, even with 7 range.


Uhh, they outrun mutas. Tell me again how phoenix will be crap when they have more range, more speed, and can fire while moving?



Because the skill-less will always complain since they turn everything into crap but don't realise it was their own fault .
Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid!
awesomoecalypse
Profile Joined August 2010
United States2235 Posts
December 06 2012 22:41 GMT
#1709
On December 07 2012 07:34 NEEDZMOAR wrote:
zerg became superboring now without the ultra charge on the other hand, the Terran changes are sure looking very itneresting, way to try to make Terran a much more of a dynamic race.


how is an aggressive mid-game with better options to go on offense with units like Hydras and Swarm Hosts, leading into a more varied T3 composition incorporating Ultras and Vipers, "superboring" compared to the WoL standard of passively defending and teching up into an Infestor/Broodlord deathball? If anything, WoL Zerg is one of the most boring races ever, and the changes are badly needed.
He drone drone drone. Me win. - ogsMC
darthfoley
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States8004 Posts
December 06 2012 22:42 GMT
#1710
FUCK YEAAAAAA

terran = happy

overall i think it's an awesome patch for all races!
watch the wall collide with my fist, mostly over problems that i know i should fix
Crawdad
Profile Joined September 2012
614 Posts
December 06 2012 22:46 GMT
#1711
On December 07 2012 07:41 awesomoecalypse wrote:
how is an aggressive mid-game with better options to go on offense with units like Hydras and Swarm Hosts, leading into a more varied T3 composition incorporating Ultras and Vipers, "superboring" compared to the WoL standard of passively defending and teching up into an Infestor/Broodlord deathball? If anything, WoL Zerg is one of the most boring races ever, and the changes are badly needed.


QFT. Who needs Burrow Charge when you can send in your 150-health Vipers and Abduct your 35-damage Ultras into your opponent's deathball?
summerloud
Profile Joined March 2010
Austria1201 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-06 22:48:19
December 06 2012 22:47 GMT
#1712
On December 07 2012 07:46 Crawdad wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 07:41 awesomoecalypse wrote:
how is an aggressive mid-game with better options to go on offense with units like Hydras and Swarm Hosts, leading into a more varied T3 composition incorporating Ultras and Vipers, "superboring" compared to the WoL standard of passively defending and teching up into an Infestor/Broodlord deathball? If anything, WoL Zerg is one of the most boring races ever, and the changes are badly needed.


QFT. Who needs Burrow Charge when you can send in your 150-health Vipers and Abduct your 35-damage Ultras into your opponent's deathball?


i highly doubt that would be worth it

better use your mana on blinding cloud
KrazyTrumpet
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2520 Posts
December 06 2012 22:52 GMT
#1713
On December 07 2012 07:30 Vamskie wrote:
wow this is like the best patch in two years starcraft 2


and blizz is trolling us by not letting us play lolol
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Crawdad
Profile Joined September 2012
614 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-06 22:52:54
December 06 2012 22:52 GMT
#1714
On December 07 2012 07:47 summerloud wrote:
i highly doubt that would be worth it

better use your mana on blinding cloud


But the screaming Korean fans!
Qwyn
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States2779 Posts
December 06 2012 22:53 GMT
#1715
On December 07 2012 07:52 Crawdad wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 07:47 summerloud wrote:
i highly doubt that would be worth it

better use your mana on blinding cloud


But the screaming Korean fans!


But all the dead vipers!
"Think of the hysteria following the realization that they consciously consume babies and raise the dead people from their graves" - N0
SarcasmMonster
Profile Joined October 2011
3136 Posts
December 06 2012 22:54 GMT
#1716
On December 07 2012 07:53 Qwyn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 07:52 Crawdad wrote:
On December 07 2012 07:47 summerloud wrote:
i highly doubt that would be worth it

better use your mana on blinding cloud


But the screaming Korean fans!


But all the dead vipers!


That's what the health buff is for
MMA: The true King of Wings
LOLItsRyann
Profile Joined April 2011
England551 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-06 22:57:05
December 06 2012 22:55 GMT
#1717
On December 07 2012 07:53 Qwyn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 07:52 Crawdad wrote:
On December 07 2012 07:47 summerloud wrote:
i highly doubt that would be worth it

better use your mana on blinding cloud


But the screaming Korean fans!


But all the dead vipers!


B... well. You're right.
On December 07 2012 07:54 SarcasmMonster wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 07:53 Qwyn wrote:
On December 07 2012 07:52 Crawdad wrote:
On December 07 2012 07:47 summerloud wrote:
i highly doubt that would be worth it

better use your mana on blinding cloud


But the screaming Korean fans!


But all the dead vipers!


That's what the health buff is for


I'm so glad your name is what it is after I read that comment.

It's 30 health... It's not going to change anything about flying your Vipers directly into a stimmed bioball.
EG<3
Insoleet
Profile Joined May 2012
France1806 Posts
December 06 2012 22:56 GMT
#1718
The best way to use vipers to pull ultra in opponent army is to stack them with overlord before going. This way, overlord are doing damage buffers and you are pretty sure your vipers do not act like suicide machines
rembrant
Profile Joined July 2012
62 Posts
December 06 2012 22:56 GMT
#1719
On December 07 2012 07:46 Crawdad wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 07:41 awesomoecalypse wrote:
how is an aggressive mid-game with better options to go on offense with units like Hydras and Swarm Hosts, leading into a more varied T3 composition incorporating Ultras and Vipers, "superboring" compared to the WoL standard of passively defending and teching up into an Infestor/Broodlord deathball? If anything, WoL Zerg is one of the most boring races ever, and the changes are badly needed.


QFT. Who needs Burrow Charge when you can send in your 150-health Vipers and Abduct your 35-damage Ultras into your opponent's deathball?


I'm seriously rofling at anyone who thinks that is even remotely possible.
LOLItsRyann
Profile Joined April 2011
England551 Posts
December 06 2012 22:59 GMT
#1720
On December 07 2012 07:56 Insoleet wrote:
The best way to use vipers to pull ultra in opponent army is to stack them with overlord before going. This way, overlord are doing damage buffers and you are pretty sure your vipers do not act like suicide machines


I would almost pay money to see your face droop after you test this out.
EG<3
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