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LOLItsRyann
Profile Joined April 2011
England551 Posts
December 07 2012 05:01 GMT
#1821
On December 07 2012 13:53 rrwrwx wrote:
Show nested quote +
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


This confused me at first.

Then i saw LiquidJinro... I AGREE COME BACK WE MISS YOU
EG<3
GTPGlitch
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
5061 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-07 05:03:42
December 07 2012 05:03 GMT
#1822
On December 07 2012 13:53 invisible.terran wrote:
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.


Muta play isn't obsolete..... DRG and violet both used it in IPL5.. and the increase in speed doesn't increase health or drop speed, so having a careful spore ring can still kill the medivac before it can unload fully


Edit: zomg jinro <3 <3 <3
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s3rp
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany3192 Posts
December 07 2012 05:26 GMT
#1823
On December 07 2012 13:59 houseurmusic wrote:
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.


Considering they're the only Splash they have left that works against Air outside of tickling Thors i don't think so.
ThePastor
Profile Joined February 2012
New Zealand380 Posts
December 07 2012 05:38 GMT
#1824
On December 07 2012 14:03 GTPGlitch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 13:53 invisible.terran wrote:
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.


Muta play isn't obsolete..... DRG and violet both used it in IPL5.. and the increase in speed doesn't increase health or drop speed, so having a careful spore ring can still kill the medivac before it can unload fully


Edit: zomg jinro <3 <3 <3



The reason (I assume) he said muta is dead is because about four widow mines (haven't checked numbers) can kill a muta ball. Muta in ZvP and ZvZ is still alive and well, ZvT is definitely a different story.
fireforce7
Profile Joined June 2010
United States334 Posts
December 07 2012 05:58 GMT
#1825
oh my gosh...i love these changes. This is what I've wanted all along! :D:D:D cant wait to get on HoTS beta!
I'm terranfying
{ToT}ColmA
Profile Joined November 2007
Japan3260 Posts
December 07 2012 05:59 GMT
#1826
I am really not feeling the reaper change in tvp/z and it feels like i am back into wol beta with tvt
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lonelyPotato
Profile Joined December 2012
Australia158 Posts
December 07 2012 06:00 GMT
#1827
I don't like the DT and the oracle changes.

DT's are to low risk now, I have played in 4 late game ZvPs now where they go double Warp Prism DT play and for the amount the Zerg loses relative to how much the protoss spends seems a bit much.

Also those oracles.... Why build pheonixes anymore?
Toastmold
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada207 Posts
December 07 2012 06:09 GMT
#1828
I'd rather have them remove/rework seeker missile because it is basically a complicated yamato now.
hi.
lonelyPotato
Profile Joined December 2012
Australia158 Posts
December 07 2012 06:11 GMT
#1829
On December 07 2012 15:09 Toastmold wrote:
I'd rather have them remove/rework seeker missile because it is basically a complicated yamato now.


I don't what people are mad about... For every raven you have you basically get a free massive unit kill.

Also the fact the Raven gives detection and gives 2 other awesome abilities.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26564 Posts
December 07 2012 06:12 GMT
#1830
On December 07 2012 15:00 lonelyPotato wrote:
I don't like the DT and the oracle changes.

DT's are to low risk now, I have played in 4 late game ZvPs now where they go double Warp Prism DT play and for the amount the Zerg loses relative to how much the protoss spends seems a bit much.

Also those oracles.... Why build pheonixes anymore?

How were you approaching the lategame in those instances?

The Protoss still spends quite a lot for each individual DT, the gas investment for the shrine is a bit less though so it makes it easier to add into your tech I guess.

DT's were previously a bit too high-risk all-or-nothing units in a lot of cases. Perhaps you're right and they're a bit too low-risk now, but at least we've kind of established that and can maybe tone them back down somewhere in the middle.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
lonelyPotato
Profile Joined December 2012
Australia158 Posts
December 07 2012 06:23 GMT
#1831
On December 07 2012 15:12 Wombat_NI wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 15:00 lonelyPotato wrote:
I don't like the DT and the oracle changes.

DT's are to low risk now, I have played in 4 late game ZvPs now where they go double Warp Prism DT play and for the amount the Zerg loses relative to how much the protoss spends seems a bit much.

Also those oracles.... Why build pheonixes anymore?

How were you approaching the lategame in those instances?

The Protoss still spends quite a lot for each individual DT, the gas investment for the shrine is a bit less though so it makes it easier to add into your tech I guess.

DT's were previously a bit too high-risk all-or-nothing units in a lot of cases. Perhaps you're right and they're a bit too low-risk now, but at least we've kind of established that and can maybe tone them back down somewhere in the middle.


I'm not saying I didn't make mistakes in the games, however, you'll be dumb not to build a DT shrine now in late game ZvP, even if you don't see vulnerabilities in the Zergs defenses. 100/100 is nothing in late game, 100/250 kind of made it a hard choice.
avilo
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States4100 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-07 06:30:12
December 07 2012 06:29 GMT
#1832
Played a few games so far, I think with all the new changes PvT is going to go back to a myriad of Protoss all-ins. The DT shrine costs the same gas as 1 sentry with all the new stargate changes like no charge void rays and oracles...they seem OK but then when you combine it with mothership core detection...it seems really bad.

It's good there's lots of options for Protoss but there's also now a bajillion new all-ins that can kill you and are unscoutable.
edit: I can't imagine how bad PvP is now
Sup
KrazyTrumpet
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2520 Posts
December 07 2012 06:36 GMT
#1833
lmao, bio with the medivac upgrade never #*@&ing dies, that is a LOT of healing going on
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26564 Posts
December 07 2012 06:41 GMT
#1834
On December 07 2012 15:23 lonelyPotato wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 15:12 Wombat_NI wrote:
On December 07 2012 15:00 lonelyPotato wrote:
I don't like the DT and the oracle changes.

DT's are to low risk now, I have played in 4 late game ZvPs now where they go double Warp Prism DT play and for the amount the Zerg loses relative to how much the protoss spends seems a bit much.

Also those oracles.... Why build pheonixes anymore?

How were you approaching the lategame in those instances?

The Protoss still spends quite a lot for each individual DT, the gas investment for the shrine is a bit less though so it makes it easier to add into your tech I guess.

DT's were previously a bit too high-risk all-or-nothing units in a lot of cases. Perhaps you're right and they're a bit too low-risk now, but at least we've kind of established that and can maybe tone them back down somewhere in the middle.


I'm not saying I didn't make mistakes in the games, however, you'll be dumb not to build a DT shrine now in late game ZvP, even if you don't see vulnerabilities in the Zergs defenses. 100/100 is nothing in late game, 100/250 kind of made it a hard choice.

I didn't mean to say your lategame ZvP sucks or anything btw I was more wondering if you were doing Inf/BL/spine kind of stuff, which would be exposed by this change as I see it, or were trying different lategame compositions.

I'd have preferred some kind of DT upgrade personally to this end, that would make investing in them a risk, but making good players able to use them more cost-efficiently. Maybe something as simple as a little speed booster a la the medivac has, although a lot more toned down in terms of the numbers.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
DemigodcelpH
Profile Joined August 2011
1138 Posts
December 07 2012 06:59 GMT
#1835
On December 07 2012 15:36 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
lmao, bio with the medivac upgrade never #*@&ing dies, that is a LOT of healing going on


Not exactly true. Protoss and Zerg mass AoE still murder bio from what I've seen in the unit tester. Just slightly less so late-game.
ViktorSC
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States75 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-07 07:36:19
December 07 2012 07:13 GMT
#1836
Im in. Yeah, time to boost some drops, yeah. They still got the PF right?

anyone know if you have to download the whole game to play online?
Buildings are units, units are buildings.
Drowsy
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States4876 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-07 07:42:03
December 07 2012 07:41 GMT
#1837
Heal buff seems like a huge over-reaction, but maybe it's exactly what terran needs to compete in 200/200 fights vs protoss armies late game, and I guess with the big increase in cost/build time it won't have that huge of an impact on the mid game. I like the direction of the patch overall.
Our Protoss, Who art in Aiur HongUn be Thy name; Thy stalker come, Thy will be blunk, on ladder as it is in Micro Tourny. Give us this win in our daily ladder, and forgive us our cheeses, As we forgive those who play zerg against us.
Crawdad
Profile Joined September 2012
614 Posts
December 07 2012 07:41 GMT
#1838
On December 07 2012 15:11 lonelyPotato wrote:
Also the fact the Raven gives detection and gives 2 other awesome abilities.


PDD and... ?
lonelyPotato
Profile Joined December 2012
Australia158 Posts
December 07 2012 07:54 GMT
#1839
On December 07 2012 16:41 Crawdad wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 07 2012 15:11 lonelyPotato wrote:
Also the fact the Raven gives detection and gives 2 other awesome abilities.


PDD and... ?


Turrets are good, it's a move that allows you to use excess energy on your ravens if you have the apm to do it.

Better than Neural Parasite (Which only works when a Protoss screws up big time).
Breach_hu
Profile Joined August 2009
Hungary2431 Posts
December 07 2012 08:06 GMT
#1840
zerg still goes really strong, mech still not viable againts roach hydra viper.
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