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jkim54
16 Posts
For example, if you are spawned at the 12 at lost temple, having the add-on to the rax pop on the right side will allow you block your choke with 1 less supply depot. Or if you compare blocking a choke when you spawn at a 9 o clock, your add-on will be very vulnerable. If you spawn at the 3 o clock, your add-on will be in your base and less vulnerable. Does anyone have any opinions on this? Does it seem like it can be more fair if you can choose where your tech-lab will be added on? | ||
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im a roc
United States745 Posts
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funcmode
Australia720 Posts
I can't really think of any reason not to implement this either. | ||
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
On July 01 2010 09:48 jkim54 wrote: Should tech labs and reactors be able to be positioned on any side of the building? It seems like having the add-on always pop out on the right side of the building could give advantage/disadvantages based on where you spawn. For example, if you are spawned at the 12 at lost temple, having the add-on to the rax pop on the right side will allow you block your choke with 1 less supply depot. Or if you compare blocking a choke when you spawn at a 9 o clock, your add-on will be very vulnerable. If you spawn at the 3 o clock, your add-on will be in your base and less vulnerable. Does anyone have any opinions on this? Does it seem like it can be more fair if you can choose where your tech-lab will be added on? having one less depot to block with means your ramp remains open until you get that add-on? so its a trade off. | ||
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DM20
Canada544 Posts
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WarSame
Canada1950 Posts
On July 01 2010 10:21 DM20 wrote: There will always be positional imbalances. You say it like it's a good thing. | ||
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urashimakt
United States1591 Posts
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Zoltan
United States656 Posts
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snowpaw360
United States3 Posts
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bokchoi
Korea (South)9498 Posts
On July 01 2010 11:12 Zoltan wrote: Honestly I'm really surprised this didn't change already. Such a small change but it allows for such creativity in the expansions (2 addons anyone?). Sounds like something blizz would love to do. I don't think they are going to change it now, because in a way part of the skill of sc2 terran is managing addons, including their placement on the map. Walling in is a "bonus" feature in this game, As in you have to trade position to get it. Protoss can wall too, but then their units cant get from inside to out either. Addons on both sides just allows for too many shenanigans. Being allowed 2 addons would be ridiculously imbalanced haha. | ||
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nimbim
Germany983 Posts
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Ocedic
United States1808 Posts
Ultimately I think that while it's technically an imbalance, a vast majority of the time it's not game breaking enough. If your build relies completely on spawning in a spot where you can do some tricky Sim City with addons, then you should adjust your build, for real. | ||
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iEchoic
United States1776 Posts
Starcraft is a game of little things. How many games have you lost because your supply depot went up 4 seconds too late and a bunch of lings or a couple zealots ran in? How many games to other small things, like catching a scouting tip out of the corner of your vision? These little things can be a big deal. There is currently a pretty big difference in some builds between spawning on bottom and top on Steppes. Bottom makes the choke faster to wall off, especially if going 9 or 10 rax, because you can wall with a SD and a tech lab. These kind of things change the outcome of games, and a randomly determined position should never be the deciding factor. There are definitely situations where the victor will be determined by who gets the top or bottom position, because as I said, Starcraft is a game of little things. | ||
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StupidFatHobbit
United States98 Posts
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monitor
United States2404 Posts
On July 01 2010 10:21 DM20 wrote: There will always be positional imbalances. This would make one less wouldn't it? I do think Blizzard should allow you to choose left or right for the add-on, because spawn positions shouldn't kill a TvT wall off on Lost Temple or Metalopolis. Terran players shouldn't cross their fingers hoping to spawn 1 o'clock position on Blistering Sands. | ||
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DM20
Canada544 Posts
On July 01 2010 12:04 monitor wrote: This would make one less wouldn't it? I do think Blizzard should allow you to choose left or right for the add-on, because spawn positions shouldn't kill a TvT wall off on Lost Temple or Metalopolis. Terran players shouldn't cross their fingers hoping to spawn 1 o'clock position on Blistering Sands. Unless every building becomes a square there will be maps with spawns that are less than optimal. | ||
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Skee
Canada702 Posts
Also, WOOT IM A ZEALOT | ||
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ERGO
United States168 Posts
terran buildings should be able to rotate while lifted. | ||
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Logo
United States7542 Posts
Also it's a balance change, you could now build a reactor and a tech lab for 1 building and switch per cycle based on what you want to build. Right now there's a time cost to switching so you can't just optimize it completely. You could even use 1 tech lab between 2 structures to keep stuff going smoothly without losing time moving buildings around. | ||
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Stripes
Australia57 Posts
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