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Jyvblamo
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada13788 Posts
May 13 2010 18:04 GMT
#161
I think we'll be seeing a whole lot more speedlings/banelings in ZvT/Z now, but I'm not sure how Zs will respond to this change in ZvP. Maybe more spires?
Jdanzi
Profile Joined March 2010
England78 Posts
May 13 2010 18:04 GMT
#162
On May 14 2010 03:04 AssuredVacancy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2010 03:03 Jdanzi wrote:
On May 14 2010 03:02 FrozenArbiter wrote:
On May 14 2010 03:00 Jdanzi wrote:
wow, some zergs will have to do more than make 200 roaches to win games, might even have to unit mix. This encourages zergs to use their tech switching versatility to win games as opposed to overwhelming with sheer numbers of roaches.

Great, the race supposed to be all about overwhelming numbers will now have smaller armies than Terran.


My bad I forgot zerglings now cost 2 supply.


My bad I forgot zerglings are now GOOD.


now good? they've always been good lol.
Foreplay
Profile Joined May 2008
United States1154 Posts
May 13 2010 18:04 GMT
#163
srsly 2 supply for roach? does zerg have anymore 1 supply units left? they're zerg for christ sake.
Better than Pokebunny
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
May 13 2010 18:04 GMT
#164
On May 14 2010 03:01 lolaloc wrote:
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On May 14 2010 02:59 Aberacht wrote:
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I can't wait until Blizzard just makes it as small as a Goliath.

We are starting to get there. Take it as a bad sign if they actually start calling it a goliath. Name makes more sense for a big unit than thor anyway.
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
kapriel
Profile Joined March 2010
Bulgaria15 Posts
May 13 2010 18:04 GMT
#165
I don't understand why is the Thor change considered a buff?
BigDatez
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada434 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-13 18:06:18
May 13 2010 18:04 GMT
#166
On May 14 2010 03:01 StarBrift wrote:
Roaches are still going to be a viable 2 base tank unit that takes the brunt of the damage. The only change is that you actually ahve to pop an overlord or two extra when massing them. Anyone who made roaches early game was going all in anyway.

How does this change affect ZvT at all? Speedling / spines into lair is what the standard build is. Going roaches early against terran has allways been a huge gamble because of the posibility of a marauder counter before your lair tech hits.

The roach is now fixed in its roll as a tanking unit.



Spire tech was a TERRIBLE choice vs T due to thors AOE AA attack, and broodlords are so lategame, that the T will just scan your puny army and crush you now that you can barely have nearly as many roaches.


I don't understand why is the Thor change considered a buff?


Much easier to manage, Now every unit for Z in ZvT is quite useless, mutas even more so.
Video games > sex (Proven fact)
Piy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Scotland3152 Posts
May 13 2010 18:04 GMT
#167
Thank god no tank or void ray nerf. I was really worried they'd nerf one of them.
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Crissaegrim
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
2947 Posts
May 13 2010 18:05 GMT
#168
On May 14 2010 03:02 Nyxs wrote:
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On May 14 2010 02:59 Crissaegrim wrote:
Protoss forge nerf - proving that blizz needs to nerf protoss in every patch...even if they dont know what else to nerf lol.

Zerg - Roach nerf...not too bad but I suppose they'll buff zerglings or...wait for it...ultralisks to compensate.

Terran - There was an article saying that terran is the strongest race...slowly agreeing to that now...


A fucking Ultralisk balancing out a t1 unit wait what ?

Seriously don't understand what to do with the Roaches now since they nerfed them to oblivion what's their function now ?


Aww c'mon...you should know how Blizz thinks or rather how dustin browder thinks right?
Attica
Profile Joined February 2010
United States277 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-13 18:06:14
May 13 2010 18:05 GMT
#169
Blizzard's Quote on roach change

"Roach - Supply count increased from 1 to 2.

Roaches are just too mighty to be a 1 supply unit. In 200 supply battles Roaches can be very difficult to deal with even with the correct counters in play by protoss or terran players. "

Might have been too good at 1 food but I feel like they are too weak to be 2 food. Should just make them 3 food and hatch 2 out of an egg.
Phlatline
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Croatia176 Posts
May 13 2010 18:05 GMT
#170
so dumb zerg nerf.
kickinhead
Profile Joined December 2008
Switzerland2069 Posts
May 13 2010 18:05 GMT
#171
On May 14 2010 03:02 FrozenArbiter wrote:
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On May 14 2010 03:00 Jdanzi wrote:
wow, some zergs will have to do more than make 200 roaches to win games, might even have to unit mix. This encourages zergs to use their tech switching versatility to win games as opposed to overwhelming with sheer numbers of roaches.

Great, the race supposed to be all about overwhelming numbers will now have smaller armies than Terran.


Z still has Zlings.... ^^'

But really: How long until Blizzard realizes that they need to get rid of the roaches, move Hydras back to T1 (but make them weaker in some way) and just add a nice T2-Unit.

Or why not move Roaches to T2 and give them the Tunneling-Claws+Burrow by default and move Hydras to T1. Then, maybe add a nice Upgrade for another Unit, like tunnelling claws for Hydras or sth to replace the Upgrade for the raoches et. voilà - much better already!
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Liquid`Jinro
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
Sweden33719 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-13 18:05:50
May 13 2010 18:05 GMT
#172
On May 14 2010 03:03 Jdanzi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2010 03:02 FrozenArbiter wrote:
On May 14 2010 03:00 Jdanzi wrote:
wow, some zergs will have to do more than make 200 roaches to win games, might even have to unit mix. This encourages zergs to use their tech switching versatility to win games as opposed to overwhelming with sheer numbers of roaches.

Great, the race supposed to be all about overwhelming numbers will now have smaller armies than Terran.


My bad I forgot zerglings now cost 2 supply.

Because massing zerglings instead of massing roaches is just soooooooooo much better.
Moderatortell the guy that interplanatar interaction is pivotal to terrans variety of optionitudals in the pre-midgame preperatories as well as the protosstinal deterriggation of elite zergling strikes - Stimey n | Formerly FrozenArbiter
StriverzG
Profile Joined March 2010
United States115 Posts
May 13 2010 18:05 GMT
#173
they nerfed forge bc of cannon rush in pvp, very hard to stop
Sun Tzu once said..
ZenDeX
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Philippines2916 Posts
May 13 2010 18:05 GMT
#174
On May 14 2010 03:03 SensFaiL wrote:
well looks like ZvZ will just be lings/banelings now

Hell yes. That's the way I like it. I hate it when my opponent switches to roaches.
Mr.Pyro
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Denmark959 Posts
May 13 2010 18:05 GMT
#175
On May 14 2010 03:04 kapriel wrote:
I don't understand why is the Thor change considered a buff?


Because what was holding thors back was that they could never quite reach their destination.
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Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
May 13 2010 18:05 GMT
#176
i'm confident the reason why there's almost no other changes to the game is just to see exactly how this single change effects the entire game..because they understand the gravity of it

tbh, as a zerg player, i'm pleased with this change. people became a little too dependent on roaches, this is the single best change to 'diversify zerg' that i can see.

however some changes to other units are probably in order, melee vs force field is a major issue for one, ultralisks are obviously another, etc
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Artisan
Profile Joined February 2010
United States336 Posts
May 13 2010 18:05 GMT
#177
The only change that made sense was reducing thor size =(
willeesmalls
Profile Joined March 2010
United States477 Posts
May 13 2010 18:05 GMT
#178
I think Roaches were nerfed to make room for ultras to take their role. Now roaches will just never be used.

Does blizzard know what they are doing? they just completely removed a unit from the game.
MindRush
Profile Joined April 2010
Romania916 Posts
May 13 2010 18:06 GMT
#179
On May 14 2010 02:51 MrRey wrote:
Where is the ultralisk change they talked about?
We need that ultralisk buff or the roach nerf is just too much


the roach WAS nerfed
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Ghazwan
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Netherlands444 Posts
May 13 2010 18:06 GMT
#180
I am no pro or anything but looking at my supply count was a good way to assess my army strength during a game or to guess where my opponent might be tech-wise, army-wise.
This roach change will take time to get used to as it might now give a false sense of having a strong army or I might screw up my timings
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