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Tamburlaine
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada288 Posts
December 18 2012 21:58 GMT
#121
The medivac upgrade going to fusion core is something I can get behind, but what the fuck fungal buffs?
I like things.
Account252508
Profile Joined February 2012
3454 Posts
December 18 2012 21:58 GMT
#122
--- Nuked ---
Scufo
Profile Joined October 2010
United States136 Posts
December 18 2012 21:58 GMT
#123
How fast is 15 exactly? I think that's the real question, and no one seems to know. In any case, having fungal as a projectile is a huge nerf from the mindlessly easy instant cast it used to be, even if the projectile is, say, the speed of EMP.

I want to say the buff is fine, but I'm not making any calls on the new Infestor until I see it in action.
iEchoic
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1776 Posts
December 18 2012 21:59 GMT
#124
So, now Zerg has fungals that are better than pre-patch fungals, and they also have Wolverine-mode Mutalisks?

Cool.
vileEchoic -- clanvile.com
decado90
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States480 Posts
December 18 2012 21:59 GMT
#125
Infestor buff? Seriously? I haven't played SC2 in a couple months. I was looking forward to Hots.

Now I think I'm done permanently. I'll still watch though, even tho almost every tourney is dominated by Z.

Blizzard makes me quite sad tbh.
"Be formless like water"- Bruce Lee
Maker
Profile Joined November 2010
Mexico85 Posts
December 18 2012 21:59 GMT
#126
Blizzard nerf infestor -1 range then next patch they buff it +2 range, this is a joke lol
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kaNt-
Profile Joined December 2012
163 Posts
December 18 2012 21:59 GMT
#127
Blink=Farewell
Infestors=Epic comeback



Adonminus
Profile Joined January 2012
Israel543 Posts
December 18 2012 21:59 GMT
#128
The most retarded changes ever.

Blink time was already increased once, why do it again? Blink stalkers can easily be defended in PvP, no need to this change. Blink also countered by marauders so easy in PvT, how am I supposed to get blink vs drops like this especially with the new caduceus reactor? And what's the problem with blink in PvZ? I mean come it's stupid.

The widow mine change is stupid as well, for example I was doing void ray all ins vs the new void rays, and the void rays were quite hard to kill since they die only to 2 shots from window mines and I can MSC to give vision and kill them. But now they'll only tickle void rays. And it won't even be able to stop units such as roaches, zealots, stalkers, it's completely worthless now.

And infestor buff? Are you kidding me? 10 range? How am I supposed to dodge fungals now. Isn't fungals already a problem in wol, why even buff it more. They didn't introduce something special to counter the fungals. Yeah you might say tempest, but tempest comes much later than infestor and there's no way to stop from getting fungaled.
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
December 18 2012 21:59 GMT
#129
On December 19 2012 06:57 HollowLord wrote:
Hey before we all declare the end of the world maybe we should, you know... play the game when it's patched and see what we think?


No, sorry but noone wants Zerg to be designed solely around Infestors. If Zerg can't deal with bio without superduperinfestors, then maybe the problem is not that Infestors are too bad, but *maybe* that the relation between MMM and roach, hydra, swarm host, Mutalisk, zergling, ultralisk, viper is off...
never_Nal
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica676 Posts
December 18 2012 22:00 GMT
#130
Soo infestors re nerfed, i guess the new medivac counters this easy
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Jacmert
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
Canada1709 Posts
December 18 2012 22:00 GMT
#131
I think increasing the FG projectile speed sounds like a good idea, but going from 9 down to 8, and now up to 10 range?! /sigh
Plat Support Main #believe
MangoMountain
Profile Joined June 2011
Norway2044 Posts
December 18 2012 22:00 GMT
#132
On December 19 2012 06:59 Big J wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 19 2012 06:57 HollowLord wrote:
Hey before we all declare the end of the world maybe we should, you know... play the game when it's patched and see what we think?


No, sorry but noone wants Zerg to be designed solely around Infestors. If Zerg can't deal with bio without superduperinfestors, then maybe the problem is not that Infestors are too bad, but *maybe* that the relation between MMM and roach, hydra, swarm host, Mutalisk, zergling, ultralisk, viper is off...

Zerg can deal with bio fine, it's just that this way there's more than 1 possible build in zvt
KrazyTrumpet
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2520 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-18 22:02:35
December 18 2012 22:00 GMT
#133
On December 19 2012 06:57 knOxStarcraft wrote:
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On December 19 2012 06:54 KrazyTrumpet wrote:
On December 19 2012 06:50 knOxStarcraft wrote:
Omg you people, I posted this earlier but I'll say again - fungal is still a projectile and INFESTED TERRANS STILL SUCK. They didn't buff infestors to where they were before, they just made them a viable option, which is good considering how strong bio is now. It also starts to fix the muta only play in zvz. As for broodlord infestor now; in zvp roach hydra viper seems like a better composition from the mid to late game anyways and toss has tempest now which counters broodlords, not to mention carriers are amazing now. In zvt, the medivac buffs will allow for better multiprong attacking (MMA and Polt omgggggg) against broodlord infestor, and when going mech there will already be a buff to air armor so thor/air combos will be very good I think.


Fungal still fucking freezes units. I will not be happy with the infestor, ever, until this changes.

Infested Terrans are now exactly where they should be. Tank shot fodder, and good economy harass. They should never have been "mass infestors and spawn free army anywhere you feel like"

Good for you... I'm saying why this happened and giving reasons why you shouldn't be freaking out about the change, unless you're just mad about how the spell works and not about the balance of it.


I have never been happy about how the spell works, and every time I see Blizzard is changing fungal, I get let down when it's not a change to the freeze. Every other change is 100% pointless until that is addressed.
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knOxStarcraft
Profile Joined March 2012
Canada422 Posts
December 18 2012 22:00 GMT
#134
On December 19 2012 06:52 Vega62a wrote:
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On December 19 2012 06:50 knOxStarcraft wrote:
Omg you people, I posted this earlier but I'll say again - fungal is still a projectile and INFESTED TERRANS STILL SUCK.


Hello, let me introduce you to ZvP.

Free units are good units.

They cost energy, and so does storm...
Not sure what you were trying to accomplish with that post.
iEchoic
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1776 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-18 22:02:25
December 18 2012 22:00 GMT
#135
I'm really confused as to why David Kim won't let go of fungal growth. Nobody likes it, it's not fun to use, not fun to play against, not fun to watch. The spell is poorly designed, and despite community consensus that the ability sucks, we're going to give it 10 range and make it move 50% faster? Why can't we let this awful spell die or get re-designed?
vileEchoic -- clanvile.com
JDub
Profile Joined December 2010
United States976 Posts
December 18 2012 22:00 GMT
#136
On December 19 2012 06:47 Big J wrote:
Sorry, but that's the first HotS patch that I really disagree with. Don't really care about widow mines, it's not a significant change outside of TvT (banshee openings) and a Medivac nerf was obvious. But the other ones are just bullshit.

I think it's pretty significant. It means widow mines won't 1-shot medivacs, banshees, zealots, stalkers, and probably a bunch of other units that they used to 1-shot.
Prog455
Profile Joined April 2012
Denmark970 Posts
December 18 2012 22:01 GMT
#137
On December 19 2012 06:55 Hider wrote:
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On December 19 2012 06:53 HollowLord wrote:
On December 19 2012 06:49 ref4 wrote:Maybe they should revert the mutas back to their WoL self.


Don't even joke about that.


Its actually funny. Becuase they didn't want widow mines to be too similar to mines in BW they make them hit air --> unforutnately that has some uintended consequences as it makes mutas too weak --> they chose to buff mutas --> unintended consequences as mutas now dominate zvz --> they buff the infestor --> soon to be unintended consequence as the infestor gets too strong again.

God I am so tired of the incompetency of Blizzard right now. They could just have chosen to remove widow mine AA and buff it vs ground.


I honestly doubt that it is every going to change. Spells such as Force Fields and Fungal Growth is making it so god damn hard to balance the game, because these two spells have been designed so poorly that they are either mind blowingly OP, or alternatively as crappy as Fungal Growth is right now (Update #9)
Raisa
Profile Joined December 2011
Netherlands30 Posts
December 18 2012 22:01 GMT
#138
On December 19 2012 06:58 Scufo wrote:
How fast is 15 exactly? I think that's the real question, and no one seems to know. In any case, having fungal as a projectile is a huge nerf from the mindlessly easy instant cast it used to be, even if the projectile is, say, the speed of EMP.

I want to say the buff is fine, but I'm not making any calls on the new Infestor until I see it in action.


I saw a vid from before which showed fungal compared to EMP. EMP was about twice as fast. The buff (10->15) would imply fungal is about 75% of the speed of EMP.
Jacmert
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
Canada1709 Posts
December 18 2012 22:01 GMT
#139
And why is Blizzard so reluctant to change the FG unit freezing mechanic? Frozen units seem like the most frustrating (to play against) AND frustrating (to spectate) mechanic ever.
Plat Support Main #believe
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
December 18 2012 22:01 GMT
#140
On December 19 2012 07:00 JDub wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 19 2012 06:47 Big J wrote:
Sorry, but that's the first HotS patch that I really disagree with. Don't really care about widow mines, it's not a significant change outside of TvT (banshee openings) and a Medivac nerf was obvious. But the other ones are just bullshit.

I think it's pretty significant. It means widow mines won't 1-shot medivacs, banshees, zealots, stalkers, and probably a bunch of other units that they used to 1-shot.


yeah, already rethought about that. It's a bad change, without other changes.
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