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Lollersauce
Profile Joined April 2010
United States357 Posts
May 13 2010 19:15 GMT
#541
As a Zerg player, I would like to play Zerg. Not Protoss with zerglings tacked on...
goswser
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3548 Posts
May 13 2010 19:15 GMT
#542
Decreased thor size also means ultra can do splash damage to them and other units around them easier btw just fyi.
say you were born into a jungle indian tribe where food was scarce...would you run around from teepee to teepee stealing meat scraps after a day lazying around doing nothing except warming urself by a fire that you didn't even make yourself? -rekrul
onmach
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States1241 Posts
May 13 2010 19:15 GMT
#543
No offense to the other zergs, but I'm a fan of the roach change. It was the ultimate mass up unit. It was like a marauder would be if it were 1 supply. It will hurt just a bit in the early game and hurt a lot in the late game. That is exactly how it should be. There should be no way to get 100+ roaches in the late game, just as there is no way to get 100+ marauders. Hopefully this will encourage more diverse play, although it definitely is a downgrade late game, and I hope the ultra change coming down the pipe are worthwhile, otherwise we'll be having some trouble.
BlasiuS
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States2405 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-13 19:16:26
May 13 2010 19:15 GMT
#544
On May 14 2010 04:13 Quixoticism wrote:
I'm all for changing the Roach as it just gives you way too much unit for what you pay for, but I think that lowering the HP to about 110 and maybe the damage to 12 with 1 food would be a better alternative for the Zerg. They are supposed to be the swarming race with lots of weaker units, but the zergling and drone are the only ones that use 1 food.


zerglings are only .5 food, not 1 food.

zerg now has no units that are 1 food (except drone).
next week on Everybody Loves HypnoToad:
RogerChillingworth
Profile Joined March 2010
Chad3104 Posts
May 13 2010 19:16 GMT
#545
On May 14 2010 04:14 zak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2010 02:51 FrozenArbiter wrote:
..............

What the fuck, I feel bad for Zerg.



I don't understand. Did people honestly think roaches were overpowered? 1600 plat here, I was constantly steamrolled by marauders, blinking stalkers, immortals, etc. This nerf hurts and trust me, I have a feeling there will be more roach nerfs.



Yes. Thank you. We're in the same boat.

Fuck.

Can I get a Fuck from the crowd. That's all I'm feeling right now. What a great word.

I honestly expected more. I was like no way could there be another patch wherein Terran get's a blumpkin, Protoss get's some quirky change that means colored bubbles, and zerg get's Lexington Steele and a prison cell.
ZeGzoR
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden307 Posts
May 13 2010 19:16 GMT
#546
On May 14 2010 04:14 zak wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2010 02:51 FrozenArbiter wrote:
..............

What the fuck, I feel bad for Zerg.



I don't understand. Did people honestly think roaches were overpowered? 1600 plat here, I was constantly steamrolled by marauders, blinking stalkers, immortals, etc. This nerf hurts and trust me, I have a feeling there will be more roach nerfs.


Yep, Stalker with blink push will be stronger now.
yeah yeah im going
Roniii
Profile Joined March 2010
United States289 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-13 19:17:11
May 13 2010 19:16 GMT
#547
On May 14 2010 04:15 BlasiuS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2010 04:13 Quixoticism wrote:
I'm all for changing the Roach as it just gives you way too much unit for what you pay for, but I think that lowering the HP to about 110 and maybe the damage to 12 with 1 food would be a better alternative for the Zerg. They are supposed to be the swarming race with lots of weaker units, but the zergling and drone are the only ones that use 1 food.


zerglings are only .5 food, not 1 food.

zerg now has no units that are 1 food (except drone).


drone? XD

dang you edited before i got to post this
you think as i do
ModernAgeShaman
Profile Joined January 2008
Norway484 Posts
May 13 2010 19:17 GMT
#548
this is gonna hurt for end game max supply battles considering you can now only have half as many roaches and the fights were damn close from before
Jyvblamo
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada13788 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-13 19:19:17
May 13 2010 19:17 GMT
#549
Edit. Ronii beat me to it. D:
shiftY803
Profile Joined April 2010
200 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-13 19:17:39
May 13 2010 19:17 GMT
#550
This has probably been said, but poor IdrA. I don't know how you cope with such a huge change right before an important tournament game like this.

I recently switched from toss to zerg, and I didn't really feel like the roach was imba when I played toss. Now that I play zerg, I feel like a very large number of roaches is the best answer to terran mech/rines/rauders. Now I honestly have no clue... half as many roaches in the same situations seems very scary.
live without appeal. ~ camus
Onean
Profile Joined March 2010
United Kingdom38 Posts
May 13 2010 19:18 GMT
#551
I understood previous roach nerfs, but I assumed it was to warrant their use of 1 psi. This one's left me confused.
I'm not even going to dignify that with a troll.
RogerChillingworth
Profile Joined March 2010
Chad3104 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-13 19:19:15
May 13 2010 19:18 GMT
#552
And anyone who's saying "Yeah actually, yeah uhm, yeah dudes guys c'mon lol I'm actually a fan of the change" needs to just go to sleep right now. You're a fan of the change because it benefits your ELO, not the integrity of the game or its balance.
Kralic
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada2628 Posts
May 13 2010 19:18 GMT
#553
Well the good news with 2 supply roaches is you will have more gas available for higher tech units.
Brood War forever!
Chriamon
Profile Joined April 2010
United States886 Posts
May 13 2010 19:19 GMT
#554
On May 14 2010 04:17 shiftY803 wrote:
This has probably been said, but poor IdrA. I don't know how you cope with such a huge change right before an important tournament game like this.

I recently switched from toss to zerg, and I didn't really feel like the roach was imba when I played toss. Now that I play zerg, I feel like a very large number of roaches is the best answer to terran mech/rines/rauders. Now I honestly have no clue... half as many roaches in the same situations seems very scary.

LOL thats funny you bring that up. Its like blizz rushed to nerf Idra before his game on Friday. Blizz easily could have let this patch wait until they were ready to reset ladder, but they hastily put it together to nerf Idra. lol.
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/profile/274906/1/Blaze/
CtrLZerG
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States104 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-13 19:25:07
May 13 2010 19:19 GMT
#555
On May 14 2010 03:59 Bear4188 wrote:
My guess is that the roach nerf is making way for a buff to the zergling/baneling/ultralisk lineup and a more balanced overall force for zerg, rather than than total range domination it currently is. Although I think at 2 supply roaches might need to be a little stronger, maybe their 2 armor back.


I agree with this too an extent. I think that a speed upgrade should be added to the Hydralisks so that they can keep up with zerglings when you mass them together... same as ultra - speed up, make a bit smaller, and make it a well rounded user friendly flanking unit that can kill everything :D
Ultras are already expensive... but although I think zerglings or hydras by themselves shouldn't be given an extraordinary buff as far as attack / range / armor etc.... i think zerglings and hydras together should be buffed by having the chance to keep them together in one army instead of lings running way ahead.
"If you write what you like, there's got to be something good about it, because you liked it" - Elliott Smith "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free"
Lollersauce
Profile Joined April 2010
United States357 Posts
May 13 2010 19:19 GMT
#556
On May 14 2010 04:18 Kralic wrote:
Well the good news with 2 supply roaches is you will have more gas available for higher tech units.


Uh.. no you won't. You'll have less minerals and larva from making OL's to support the same # of roaches.
Disastorm
Profile Joined January 2008
United States922 Posts
May 13 2010 19:20 GMT
#557
Well heres hoping that Zerg does so bad now that Blizz needs to hotfix it.
"Don't worry so much man. There won't be any more zergs left to QQ. Lots of QQ about TvT is incoming though I bet." - Vrok 9/21/10
CubE.
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada39 Posts
May 13 2010 19:20 GMT
#558
On May 14 2010 04:09 s.a.y wrote:
i think they will buff ultralisks in the next patch and improve Zergs late game options. Zergs will need to relearn the timings on roach pushes.

Forge build time will provide problems in 2vs2 2Z vs 2P matchup. It's hard to stop double 6 pool rush.


Zerg tier 3 is just god awful. Broodlords in thought are amazing, but a viking or a couple of phoenixes will absolutely smash the broodlords with there reduced health. Timing pushes? What is there to timing push with? Roaches have been nerfed and hydras have been nerfed. Simply put I don't really know what to build anymore. Marauders melt roaches and hydras, zerglings counter that but get raped by tanks, same goes for banelings. Fungal growth is good but infestors cost a hell of a lot of gas.

Not to mention how does a zerg defend a timing push when they will have half of the amount of roaches?
Glaven
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada554 Posts
May 13 2010 19:20 GMT
#559
On May 14 2010 03:03 roemy wrote:
it's a plot by the pharma industry to get rich on orb's prescriptions


LOL. They should really boost roaches underground movement again while adding a mid game buff.
Special Tactics
roemy
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany432 Posts
May 13 2010 19:20 GMT
#560
with the thor now being smaller than a siege tank:

take the "massive" attribute from the thor and give it to the siege tank
(so it can't be stunned by marauders or lifted by phoenixes)

who's with me o/
rock is fine.. paper could need a buff, but scissors have to be nerfed
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