"Terran is the best race" - Tester video interview - Page 14

On May 13 2010 03:28 Azarkon wrote:


What this means, to me, is that splash damage will now move with the unit as it moves, instead of being centered around the location of impact, which makes it easier to evade if your units are moving.

On May 13 2010 03:06 condoriano wrote:


Are you sure? Because a lot of people noticed huge difference about tank splash done recently.

Here: "Siege Mode splash damage now originates from the center of the target, rather than the impact location near the unit in order to maintain more reliable splash damage."

This changes everything.

On May 13 2010 03:43 condoriano wrote:
And Ace is chinese bw pro.

On May 13 2010 03:45 FrozenArbiter wrote:

Yes, they have always had splash. Yes, mass siege tanks have always murdered infantry/zealots/zerg ground.

Trust me, or just go look at any old game with tanks in it and you'll notice the huge splash.

On May 13 2010 04:01 Bane_ wrote:
I think the splash used to target the nearest edge of a unit so most of the damage would end up wasted in front of the army that was running in to kill your tanks. With it now properly centred on the target unit, the damage is spread a lot more usefully.

On May 13 2010 02:58 Kyo Yuy wrote:

I think people are making assumptions about Terran, because in SC1 days Terran was also statistically worse than the other two races, then Boxer and patch 1.08 came around and Terran had a dramatic turnaround in results.

People are thinking, "Well, Terran was underpowered until Boxer showed us how it's done, so something like that is BOUND to happen in SC2, right?"

Truth is it's too hard to tell right now. Need to wait until we start seeing bigger macro maps and time for a proscene to develop. When it comes down to it, the proscene usually dictates the balance and statistical trends for most of the player base, but right now there really isn't an SC2 proscene yet so players have more room for creativity and, dare I say, "error" in their builds.

When it comes down to it, people who are saying Terran is the best are really just postulating that some day THAT SC2 BOXER WILL APPEAR and "show us all how it's done."

On May 13 2010 04:36 KwanUSA wrote:
Tanks were good in BW because they were needed to maintain any form of map control. Tanks play the same role in sc2 and are still a very good unit. They just don't stand as well by themselves.

On May 13 2010 03:04 condoriano wrote:
Not true, splash damage makes z<<t currently in every mid/late game situation, unless someone comes up with a weird drop play or w/e else. There's no way to break the distance between z ground army and 20 sieged tanks, things like burrowed roached only work once (and honestly they shouldn't work at all) Try attacking that with anything you want, make a custom map or w/e. Sieged tanks, hellions, few thors and ravens, go (you can deal with broodlords usign either raven missile+thors or vikings+thors)

Blizz will have to deal with this issue, morrow suggested buffing adrenaline or ultra speed, I'm not even sure if that will cut it.

On May 14 2010 08:49 KhAlleB wrote:

That exacly what i tought, Tester is really upset