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Harrad
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
1003 Posts
December 07 2012 02:30 GMT
#1801
So much new stuff OMG. my minds gonna blow.
WniO
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2706 Posts
December 07 2012 02:40 GMT
#1802
ok. even if this is balanced. i still find as zerg and even protoss when you dont have a critical amount of units to defend a drop from terran you just die, since the units just get instantly healed. with this change it will be even more annoying.
Nausea
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden807 Posts
December 07 2012 02:43 GMT
#1803
The new victory screen looked great :D
Set it ablaze!
s3rp
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany3192 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-07 02:53:36
December 07 2012 02:50 GMT
#1804
From my first few games ( TvT's suprise ) my first guess TvT will def. be decided by Air. Without Seeker Missile with Aoe there's nothing that stops a few BC's + Vikings backed up by a some tanks other than having more Vikings .
MVega
Profile Joined November 2010
763 Posts
December 07 2012 02:54 GMT
#1805
On December 07 2012 11:40 WniO wrote:
ok. even if this is balanced. i still find as zerg and even protoss when you dont have a critical amount of units to defend a drop from terran you just die, since the units just get instantly healed. with this change it will be even more annoying.


Only if they do an absolutely massive drop. Deflecting a normal sized drop doesn't require many units unless it takes the P/Z by complete surprise.
bumkin: How can you play like 50 games per day... I 4gate 2 times then it's nap time
p1cKLes
Profile Joined November 2010
United States342 Posts
December 07 2012 02:57 GMT
#1806
You know the heal buff isn't that big of a deal for me. They could get rid of it, and I would be ok with it. There are two things that I really like. The medivac speed boost, which is just cool as shit and the Thor change. I think the Thor change needs a little bit of work, but I like where they are going with it. High risk, high reward with a seigeing style weapon.

The raven seeker missile is ok. It's cool in the sense that it too is high risk high reward. You see your unit get red, pull back and the seeker missile fizzes out, you don't and boom.

WM change is ok, I guess. Not that big of a difference for the mid to late game.

Armory is a good change.

Haven't played Protoss and Zerg yet... Random player

TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10688 Posts
December 07 2012 03:01 GMT
#1807
I was just having the best ZvT ever, and then I dropped.

Anyone else dropping still? -_-
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
Nausea
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden807 Posts
December 07 2012 03:04 GMT
#1808
Just saw on Tods stream. In custom games you can now check to hide buildorders. That´s pretty sweet.
Set it ablaze!
s3rp
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany3192 Posts
December 07 2012 03:06 GMT
#1809
On December 07 2012 12:01 GGzerG wrote:
I was just having the best ZvT ever, and then I dropped.

Anyone else dropping still? -_-


Yes can still happen from time to time.
M4N0
Profile Joined December 2012
12 Posts
December 07 2012 03:10 GMT
#1810
mech is gonna be so good since most aa is vikings and with combined upgrades starport factory will be so awesome and cool but maybe a bit op and upgrades are going to be so huge in mech vs mech in tvt
Emzeeshady
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
Canada4203 Posts
December 07 2012 04:01 GMT
#1811
--- Nuked ---
Swish 41
Profile Joined September 2012
Germany154 Posts
December 07 2012 04:03 GMT
#1812
The lag form EU is terrible. 500ms is unplayable. EU server pls!
Rollora
Profile Joined February 2012
2450 Posts
December 07 2012 04:20 GMT
#1813
On December 07 2012 13:03 Swish 41 wrote:
The lag form EU is terrible. 500ms is unplayable. EU server pls!

EU PTR Server?
lol won't happen
FlyingBanana
Profile Joined November 2011
Australia43 Posts
December 07 2012 04:26 GMT
#1814
wow so many changes awesome to see blizzard is trying out new stuff
Like A Boss
HardlyNever
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States1258 Posts
December 07 2012 04:28 GMT
#1815
Pvp seems back to one base only with the new dt/cheap archon option. Haven't found a safe expo build against any variety of dt based aggression.
Out there, the Kid learned to fend for himself. Learned to build. Learned to break.
awesomoecalypse
Profile Joined August 2010
United States2235 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-07 04:47:35
December 07 2012 04:44 GMT
#1816
One interesting thing:

The Medivac Upgrade improves healing, but Medivacs still only heal a single target at a time. This means, as many have noted, that dealing with bio with upgraded medivacs means that AOE and/or really high burst damage becomes mandatory. Against steady single target dps like Stalkers and Zealots, it becomes nearly impossible to do enough damage to put down the bioball for as long as upgraded medivacs have energy.

But consider what this means...in WoL, a major problem with lategame TvP was that even if Terran won the engagement decisevely, Protoss would build mass warpgates and instantly reinforce with 40+ supply worth of gateway units.

but in HotS, gateway units alone cannot put down a bioball with upgraded medivac support. You need high burst damage or aoe--but storm takes time to gather energy for, archons need to be morphed, dts are fairly worthless in army matchups given that scan exists, and colossi and immortals take a while to build and can't be warped in. This means that if Terran decisively wins a lategame engagement and Toss just decides to remax on pure zealot/stalker, Terran can shrug it off and take the win.
He drone drone drone. Me win. - ogsMC
FlamingPie
Profile Joined December 2012
United States45 Posts
December 07 2012 04:50 GMT
#1817
Burrow charge seemed awesome visually, but I guess it didn't work out gameplay-wise? Oh well...
For every minute I am not working, humankind's progress is set back two weeks.
invisible.terran
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States280 Posts
December 07 2012 04:53 GMT
#1818
Good point, I still think the healing buff combined with the speed burst will be OP vZ though. Dropping behind the min line will be really tough to deal with, especially with muta being obsolete now.
"Until the very very top, in almost anything, all that matters is how much work you put in, the only problem is most people cant work hard even at things they do enjoy, much less things they dont have a real passion for." - Idra
rrwrwx
Profile Joined March 2011
United States247 Posts
December 07 2012 04:53 GMT
#1819
On December 06 2012 09:41 Liquid`Jinro wrote:
Cool patch. Makes me want to play a game or two. Or 5.

I dont understand any of the protoss changes tho, but probably because I haven't played HotS really.

@Above: using mana for medivac speed boost sounds completely awesome.

Come back! T__T
houseurmusic
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States544 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-07 04:59:39
December 07 2012 04:59 GMT
#1820
Does anyone feel like protoss has it much easier now dealing with widow mines than the other 2 races? Observers being able to go directly over a widow mine makes it so much less of a pain in the ass to deal with. I really think they should limit widow mines to ground only.
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