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Captain Peabody
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3126 Posts
May 14 2010 00:30 GMT
#1061
Hopefully, this Roach buff is a prelude to that long-overdue Marauder nerf.

After all, Terrans probably needed a very strong Marauder to deal with all the Roaches...but if there are fewer Roaches on the field, then Marauders don't need to be as powerful...right?
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Three
Profile Joined April 2010
Japan278 Posts
May 14 2010 00:31 GMT
#1062
for the swarm!
err, for the equally sizable army!
Bibdy
Profile Joined March 2010
United States3481 Posts
May 14 2010 00:31 GMT
#1063
On May 14 2010 09:29 Kyouya wrote:
I dont make roaches anymore, im go from speedlings to fast lair into hydra or muta...

BLIZZARD!!!!!!!!!!!!


Suit yourself. Enjoy getting run over by Speedlots until you remember what Roaches are for.
LorDo
Profile Joined December 2008
Sweden485 Posts
May 14 2010 00:31 GMT
#1064
On May 14 2010 06:08 MutaDoom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2010 06:00 LorDo wrote:
Actually I'm extremely comfortable playing against roaches, this will mean more speedlings and faster hydras. That's worse for me (Protoss). Also Forge nerf is retarded, now double proxygate is more viable.

So is not cheesing.


Stupid.

I mean because of the forge nerf it will be harder to get that forge up to defend against a double proxygate hence making it a more viable strategy.
hhrn
Profile Joined May 2010
157 Posts
May 14 2010 00:32 GMT
#1065
The crashing when exciting fix is very welcome, it got pretty annoying at times, also I feel as if the supply increase for roaches is killing the swarm aspect of Zerg. It does serve to increase Zerg early game numbers, but that would be mostly Zerglings. I feel that this change will encourage Zerg players to micro more with their Zerglings instead of just A-moving a ball of Roaches
CHosEN
BlasiuS
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States2405 Posts
May 14 2010 00:37 GMT
#1066
On May 14 2010 05:54 TrzystaDrzew wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2010 05:52 BlasiuS wrote:
On May 14 2010 05:41 TrzystaDrzew wrote:
On May 14 2010 05:38 vesicular wrote:
On May 14 2010 05:35 Azarkon wrote:
On May 14 2010 05:33 vesicular wrote:
On May 14 2010 04:48 KhAlleB wrote:
Tester is probably so upset now. lol

he just said terran is the stronger race in teh game and blizz buff them and nerf other

XD


What exactly did blizzard buff on Thors? Cuz the way I'm reading it it seems like a nerf to me.


It became smaller in size, meaning less clunkiness, and more Thors attacking in a given area.


But it also means any AOE will hit more Thors in the same area. I guess that's what I'd consider the nerf part.


That's why I would call it "rebalance" rather than buff of nerf. More AOE aka FG is scary.

P.S.
I still want to see "ThorShip" picture- anyone?


Uh, FG does 36 damage.
Thor has 400 hp.

No matter how big or small Thor is...that's not scary at all.


No kitting is scary.


I hope you're not suggesting that the thor was somehow able to kite before...
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Archerofaiur
Profile Joined August 2008
United States4101 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-14 00:38:39
May 14 2010 00:38 GMT
#1067
Who remembers when Protoss were about few units and Zerg was about many units?

My the times they are a changing...
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[DUF]MethodMan
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Germany1716 Posts
May 14 2010 00:41 GMT
#1068
roach nerf seems a bit too harsh, they werent exactly fine before, but now they arent good enough.
thor size reduced, wonderful. didnt cannonrush in bw, didnt cannonrush in sc2 so i cant feel the forge nerf, but it seems there was a problem, so no biggie here.
creepcolony
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany362 Posts
May 14 2010 00:43 GMT
#1069
* ZERG

o Roach

+ Supply count increased from 1 to 2.


WOW. Brutal ultralisk buff ! Straight into the face..I´d laugh if i wasnt zerg...
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
May 14 2010 00:44 GMT
#1070
Well the main problem with Zerg is that it's not Zerg anymore. If we changed Terran's and Zerg's unit stats and had models etc that fit their races, Terran would be more Zerg than Zerg is now.
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Shade692003
Profile Joined August 2005
Canada702 Posts
May 14 2010 00:44 GMT
#1071
On May 14 2010 09:38 Archerofaiur wrote:
Who remembers when Protoss were about few units and Zerg was about many units?

My the times they are a changing...


I agree, I really hate how it seems the race's identities are getting blended. Either make the roach egg spawn 2 roaches and it cost 3 supplies, or get rid of some of the prior roach nerfs. Blizzard seems to always makes cool concepts, but because they always over adjust everything becomes more similar to one another and everything becomes a bit more bland. You can be sure things like vulture, mutas, dark swarm, irradiate wouldn't survived Blizzard's modern approach to balance.
I hate the post below mine because it feels War3-ish.
shmoo
Profile Joined March 2010
United States139 Posts
May 14 2010 00:45 GMT
#1072
I am not agreeing or even commenting on the actual changes that came down the pipe this time.

What I want to bring up is how for a very long time, people have been clamoring for change to the unholy trinity, the Roach, Marauder, and Immortal.

Keep in mind that both the Marauder and Immortal are a great counter for the Roach.

Zealot + Sentry is better against Marauders than Immortals cost efficiency wise.

Now with the Roach nerfed, Immortals will see less play. There has been a decline in Marauder play already and this will probably have an effect on it too.

The whole trinity has been nerfed, and each time a part of it is nerfed, it effects all three since they share some weird bastard relationship.

Once again I am not saying these changes are good or bad, just simply pointing out some of the ramifications of these changes.
Bears are godless killing machines
blahman3344
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States2015 Posts
May 14 2010 00:46 GMT
#1073
hmm, i i think the nerf on roaches will go beyond just having fewer roaches on the field. Mechanics-wise, the zerg will now have to keep looking back at their food more often, and will have to make overlords more frequently.

Other than that, there might be a marauder nerf in future patches, because marauders needed to be buffed in order to fight mass roaches, but now that the roach numbers will be significantly less, marauders, in theory, should rip through roaches now. I'm not completely sure though, because if they nerf marauders for the sake of TvZ, then how will affect TvP? Personally, i haven't seen enough TvP/PvT games in order to make decent judgment on marauders in TvP.
I like haikus and / I can not lie. You other / brothers can't deny
fuzzehbunneh
Profile Joined May 2010
United States66 Posts
May 14 2010 00:47 GMT
#1074
On May 14 2010 09:45 shmoo wrote:
I am not agreeing or even commenting on the actual changes that came down the pipe this time.

What I want to bring up is how for a very long time, people have been clamoring for change to the unholy trinity, the Roach, Marauder, and Immortal.

Keep in mind that both the Marauder and Immortal are a great counter for the Roach.

Zealot + Sentry is better against Marauders than Immortals cost efficiency wise.

Now with the Roach nerfed, Immortals will see less play. There has been a decline in Marauder play already and this will probably have an effect on it too.

The whole trinity has been nerfed, and each time a part of it is nerfed, it effects all three since they share some weird bastard relationship.

Once again I am not saying these changes are good or bad, just simply pointing out some of the ramifications of these changes.

Id argue that the marauder will see much more play in tvz as the zerg wont really have a good counter to it at all until later.
Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow
Darkn3ss
Profile Joined November 2009
United States717 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-14 00:51:57
May 14 2010 00:49 GMT
#1075
On May 14 2010 09:37 BlasiuS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2010 05:54 TrzystaDrzew wrote:
On May 14 2010 05:52 BlasiuS wrote:
On May 14 2010 05:41 TrzystaDrzew wrote:
On May 14 2010 05:38 vesicular wrote:
On May 14 2010 05:35 Azarkon wrote:
On May 14 2010 05:33 vesicular wrote:
On May 14 2010 04:48 KhAlleB wrote:
Tester is probably so upset now. lol

he just said terran is the stronger race in teh game and blizz buff them and nerf other

XD


What exactly did blizzard buff on Thors? Cuz the way I'm reading it it seems like a nerf to me.


It became smaller in size, meaning less clunkiness, and more Thors attacking in a given area.


But it also means any AOE will hit more Thors in the same area. I guess that's what I'd consider the nerf part.


That's why I would call it "rebalance" rather than buff of nerf. More AOE aka FG is scary.

P.S.
I still want to see "ThorShip" picture- anyone?


Uh, FG does 36 damage.
Thor has 400 hp.

No matter how big or small Thor is...that's not scary at all.


No kitting is scary.


I hope you're not suggesting that the thor was somehow able to kite before...


I hope you're not suggesting that it SHOULD BE able to kite -.-

On the patch:
Roach nerf is very surprising... and will hit the zerg pretty hard imo
I mean everything about the "ROACH" has been nerfed in the past patches... and now 2 supply?
I suggested 2 supply back when they had 2 armor and didn't have to research burrow movement... I also suggested moving them to T2 and hydra back to 1.5 with 1 food...

but apparently having a bunch of expensive ass, hungry zerg units is more balanced... "/

On May 14 2010 09:47 fuzzehbunneh wrote:
Id argue that the marauder will see much more play in tvz as the zerg wont really have a good counter to it at all until later.


Marauders already rape roach offcreep and without speed upgrade... now every T will just reaper harass into all-in marauder and maybe throw in a few hellions in there...
Dont quote me boy, cuz I aint saying shhh...
Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-14 00:51:10
May 14 2010 00:50 GMT
#1076
On May 14 2010 09:47 fuzzehbunneh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2010 09:45 shmoo wrote:
I am not agreeing or even commenting on the actual changes that came down the pipe this time.

What I want to bring up is how for a very long time, people have been clamoring for change to the unholy trinity, the Roach, Marauder, and Immortal.

Keep in mind that both the Marauder and Immortal are a great counter for the Roach.

Zealot + Sentry is better against Marauders than Immortals cost efficiency wise.

Now with the Roach nerfed, Immortals will see less play. There has been a decline in Marauder play already and this will probably have an effect on it too.

The whole trinity has been nerfed, and each time a part of it is nerfed, it effects all three since they share some weird bastard relationship.

Once again I am not saying these changes are good or bad, just simply pointing out some of the ramifications of these changes.

Id argue that the marauder will see much more play in tvz as the zerg wont really have a good counter to it at all until later.


What? They nerfed the roach, which is bad against the maruader, how will that make us see more marauders?

Are you saying it will take a longer time for zerg to get to anti-marauder units? I somehow doubt it to be honest.
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roemy
Profile Joined April 2010
Germany432 Posts
May 14 2010 00:51 GMT
#1077
that forge HP nerf would've gone great with an assimilator HP nerf..... *sigh*
rock is fine.. paper could need a buff, but scissors have to be nerfed
Zeke50100
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States2220 Posts
May 14 2010 00:51 GMT
#1078
On May 14 2010 09:31 Bibdy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2010 09:29 Kyouya wrote:
I dont make roaches anymore, im go from speedlings to fast lair into hydra or muta...

BLIZZARD!!!!!!!!!!!!


Suit yourself. Enjoy getting run over by Speedlots until you remember what Roaches are for.


That's why you develop a Baneling Opening ^_^
ghostnuke1234
Profile Joined April 2010
164 Posts
May 14 2010 00:52 GMT
#1079
On May 14 2010 06:49 iEchoic wrote:
Terran gets smoked in almost every single tournament out there. Terran wins the least share of matches on BNet. And you're complaining about a very minor change to Terran and Protoss? Given, the Zerg change is large, but if it doesn't pan out, they can change things. It's a beta - and Zerg is certainly powerful enough to warrant a large change.


^^^

QFT
Darkn3ss
Profile Joined November 2009
United States717 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-14 00:58:57
May 14 2010 00:52 GMT
#1080
On May 14 2010 09:51 Zeke50100 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2010 09:31 Bibdy wrote:
On May 14 2010 09:29 Kyouya wrote:
I dont make roaches anymore, im go from speedlings to fast lair into hydra or muta...

BLIZZARD!!!!!!!!!!!!


Suit yourself. Enjoy getting run over by Speedlots until you remember what Roaches are for.


That's why you develop a Baneling Opening ^_^


Care to share?

On May 14 2010 06:49 iEchoic wrote:
Terran gets smoked in almost every single tournament out there. Terran wins the least share of matches on BNet. And you're complaining about a very minor change to Terran and Protoss? Given, the Zerg change is large, but if it doesn't pan out, they can change things. It's a beta - and Zerg is certainly powerful enough to warrant a large change.


Maybe it's not the race but the players? -.-

Based on Asian rankings as of May 14th P and 2 T's top it... they do get followed by like 7 zergs tho but I think it proves the fact that terran can be used well and can win xD
Dont quote me boy, cuz I aint saying shhh...
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