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Skyze
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada2324 Posts
July 14 2010 07:35 GMT
#141
Its all about tank smart-firing.. Remove that bullshit from the game and the game is basically balanced. Right now, theres no point in drawing 2-3 units off to draw all their tank fire away, because only 1 tank fires to kill them then your main army still gets raped. Doing a zealot drop with a prism is pointless also, because the tanks wont instantly target them and kill their own tanks with splash. TvT would be WAY more interested if tanks werent super smart too.. Its the perfect fix to every issue in the balance, all with one simple change

Dont see why blizzard is so stupid to realize this.
Canada Gaming ~~ The-Feared
koppik
Profile Joined April 2010
United States676 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-14 08:24:38
July 14 2010 07:39 GMT
#142
Zerg has a lot of great players in Asia playing Zerg. Granted, most of them switched to Zerg after Protoss got a few nerfs and roaches were 1 supply with absurd regeneration, so it's not like it was just random chance.

Still, didn't the last Aiur tournament right before the beta's end have 7 zergs and one terran in the top 8? The 17173 tournament ended up pretty zerg-y. Though, a terran won #3 for that (Maka fighting!).

Last ASM, Ro8:
Gerrard (Zerg) v Artosis (Zerg)
Cezanne (Zerg) v Luffy (Zerg)
Ace (Protoss) v IdrA (Zerg)
Commitment (Zerg) v Sen (Zerg)

Though, ASM#3 was won by a Terran, so Asian terrans aren't that dismal. Ensnare and Rainbow (who ended up, despite what he said in his interview, laddering a ton) have done pretty well in the clan tournaments, though they didn't go deep (well, Rainbow qualified) in the 17173 tournament or any ASM. Ensnare did well in some XP tournaments I think. PJ almost beat Cool in the 17173. Maka has been doing well in both. Hannibal, Dayfly, Loner, and Ozil are also notable.

Apolo
Profile Joined May 2010
Portugal1259 Posts
July 14 2010 09:06 GMT
#143
I have always said, the zerg's high mobility and ability to adapt macro wise is a big advantage over the other 2 races. Random players probably understand this, doing a speedling attack and then a zealot one will feel like someone's putting them in chains. Speed means a lot, it means the zerg engages whenever he pleases, counterattacks in a mere seconds and runs away unscathed. Protoss don't have that luxury, except with blink stalkers, and to some extent phoenixs, terran late game still have some quite fast units.

In my opinion and from what i see, terran's army is the most powerful right now. For instance why do they have such a huge bonus aggainst buildings? They can simply take 10 marauders, one stimm, and there goes the hatchery / nexus. It's ridiculous how high their DPS.
UdderChaos
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United Kingdom707 Posts
July 14 2010 09:13 GMT
#144
This is why ZvT is so difficult atm. Firstly the nerf to roach hydra was uncalled for an really harsh, now roaches don't stand a chance against tanks, and hydras are pretty weak to hellions. If we actually look at all the Terran mech units they are all hard counters to the zerg units. Tank is weak to pretty much no ground unit from the zerg, except maybe ultras but that is t3, it rapes everything else. Thor rapes mutas, corruptors cant shoot ground and broodlords, again t3, plus thors are pretty decent against ground units too. And just to add salt to the wounds hellions are a hard counter for lings and hydras. Oh, and also they have vikings for overlord harass.

This might be bad but if you compare it to BW, it's tanks, with smart AI, where the turrets can move and does higher dmg to air, and can shoot ground, and mutas can't be micro'ed anymore. Oh and there is no DS or lukers. Instead we have fungal growth, not that useful against tanks, and NP, which although is good, you got to get in range and have enough infestors after getting the upgrade to control like 30-40% of his tanks to stand a chance, which is a massive investment for a lot of infestors, assuming his hellions don't rape them first.
Nunquam iens addo vos sursum
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-14 09:35:30
July 14 2010 09:32 GMT
#145
Where are the polls for the mirror matchups balance?

ZvZ and ZvT are the worst matchups in sc2 right now.

Poll: ZvZ is

Broken (33)
 
75%

Fine (11)
 
25%

44 total votes

Your vote: ZvZ is

(Vote): Broken
(Vote): Fine



Poll: PvP is

Fine (25)
 
71%

Broken (10)
 
29%

35 total votes

Your vote: PvP is

(Vote): Broken
(Vote): Fine



Poll: TvT is

Fine (25)
 
66%

Broken (13)
 
34%

38 total votes

Your vote: TvT is

(Vote): Broken
(Vote): Fine



..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
iEchoic
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1776 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-14 11:00:16
July 14 2010 10:58 GMT
#146
Who are the people voting TvT is fine? TvT is the worst matchup I've ever played in any RTS in my entire life (ZvZ may be worse - I don't play Z, but that looks bad also). I kind of expected more from SC2 being such a legendary franchise, but TvT is a complete pile of shit right now. Every single ladder match is a viking/tank snoozefest.

PvP is more fine than TvT? Really? Every time I read a poll on this site it just makes me think the people here are voting without having any idea wtf they're talking about.
vileEchoic -- clanvile.com
jhNz
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
Germany2762 Posts
July 14 2010 11:03 GMT
#147
in the first phase of the beta i was gold and i always thought that pvz is pretty easy. especially after the 2supply-for-roaches-patch... don't know, maybe i was lucky with my opponents though.
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Salteador Neo
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Andorra5591 Posts
July 14 2010 11:17 GMT
#148
I feel it's T>>P, Z>T and not sure about ZvP but i can imagine it's a bit Z favored because corruptors own Collo big time while stalkers do laughable damage to them.

I personally play terran. And TvT is indeed a boring tank/viking fest, similar to BW TvT.
Revolutionist fan
Scruff
Profile Joined May 2010
Singapore509 Posts
July 14 2010 11:26 GMT
#149
I feel that TvZ is mainly favouring T in lower level to mid level (maybe up till plat/low diamond) as these Zerg players find it difficult to deal with things Terran can put out. Especially tanks, at lower level they probably just rush their units in, getting everything obliterated. Or MMM, many people at plat or below don't really use infestors. With that being said, at higher level Zerg player will have to do many more things then a terran in a clash to actually stand a chance. Dropping Zerglings on tanks/ tunneling roaches/ flanking etc and these strat can be easily countered. Yea so in a nutshell terrans have it easier during a fight.
I astonish myself everyday
risk.nuke
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden2825 Posts
July 14 2010 11:29 GMT
#150
(should had made it as you have to pick 1 race and then vote for that race and that race's only, matchups) I've played all races and I am good diamond player with protoss and maybe high platinum with zerg, and from both perspectives I really feel that this matchup is protoss favored
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Lylat
Profile Joined August 2009
France8575 Posts
July 14 2010 11:31 GMT
#151
Seriously Z people should stop whining, I'm diamond T player maybe I suck but I'm struggling against Zerg..
First I don't think I have other choice than going mech since bio is raped by FG + Banelings and later by Ultras now that they are immune to stun
I must agree that mech is a bit powerful but Z has many counter : NP (12s is enough to end a fight.. seriously), burrowed roaches kick asses and ultras are quite strong, people should stop denying them..
I think the only problem is the cliff on LT, they should had a destructible rock so that Z can access their cliff and prevent them from Thor drop
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
July 14 2010 11:31 GMT
#152
On July 14 2010 15:32 Turbo.Tactics wrote:
I am still sticking with my theory that Blizzard wants imbalance for the release date. My guess is that the majority of casuals will start playing online with Terran because they feel familiar due to the campaign.
You are not alone, so let's see how many others find the logic in doing this.
Poll: Blizzard profits from WoL(T) slightly Terran-favored? (more T fans)

Nonsense (24)
 
73%

Makes sense (9)
 
27%

33 total votes

Your vote: Blizzard profits from WoL(T) slightly Terran-favored? (more T fans)

(Vote): Nonsense
(Vote): Makes sense


Note, this is not a big issue. Blizzard could even officially announce it. After all, if it's true, they'll likely do the same around the next expansions, making HotS slightly Z-fav, and LotV slightly P-fav. Future will tell. It's still interesting to play ladder games with races which are not the most favored, and the difference is not ultimately decisive.

If you stand next to my head, you can hear the ocean. - Day[9]
st3roids
Profile Joined June 2010
Greece538 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-14 12:11:38
July 14 2010 12:08 GMT
#153
Tvs Z and zerg mobility + infestors and most importand baneling drops form overlords can own terran mech imo ( cool vs maka matches demostrate this ) , still fairly close match

Tvs P and toss cant do anything vs good terran

Pvs Z and zerg can own protoss with infestors + zerlging speed + mobility overall , collossi been weak to air doesnt help either .

i can say whatever i want but tournament statistics favor zerg overall then terrans with protoss been last by far imo.



Ps in the storngest tournament so far , as most will know , zerg dominated with protoss been eiminated from r016 , that clearly points something
moon`
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States372 Posts
July 14 2010 12:13 GMT
#154
1. Terran-favored
2. Fairly balanced
3. Fairly balanced
4. ZvP
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like pandabearguy.
Apolo
Profile Joined May 2010
Portugal1259 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-14 13:48:38
July 14 2010 13:44 GMT
#155
"I used to play terran, 'cause if they don't fix it, i'm gonna switch over, because terran is just ridiculous right now." by Idra :>

WhiteRa already expressed his concern about critical mass of marauders + medivacs vs protoss.

No one would say TvP is P favored, yet some people say T is favored. I don't know how those that believe everything is balanced and bash on people for thinking things are not there yet, don't get suspicious reading these opinions. What more do they want? Mathematical proof that X race or XvY matchup is imbalanced? That's not going to happen. Imbalances aren't as obvious now as they were, so people can't ask "give me a very hard to beat strat" or for proofs. If someone would be able to prove something like this they should instead be using their great brain for predicting natural disasters or finding the Higgs Boson. The difference in imbalance should, presently, be less than 5-10% between races. At this time polls like this, and opinions of progamers, as well as statistics is what we have to look for.
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
July 14 2010 14:05 GMT
#156
Terran is not really OP. i mean, u can beat them in any situations if u want to.
But it just feel really stupid. Terran feel retarded to fight.
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
st3roids
Profile Joined June 2010
Greece538 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-14 14:36:26
July 14 2010 14:27 GMT
#157
I dont see the point of zerg complaining , i mean tlo and others have demostrated how they can beat terran mech and sometimes relatively easy.

cool demolished maka - who favored mech - in the world champion with fastlings , infestors and banelings drops mostly like 4-1 etc.

Toss on the other hand seem to underperform vs both zerg and terran so far in the highest of rnaks , obviously in under pro status will be more equally and esp in lower tiers since protoss is easier to newbies.

i think the big problem in tvs p lies that terran can access early upgrades like steam and siege mode - tier 1 srsly ? plus been really cheap compare to protoss and then unit imbalances.

Theres no logic for protoss to require for a simple charge tech 2 + ridiculus amounts of gas whereas terran get steam in the first minute of gameplay with 100-100. Aslo concussive sells 50/50 is like a free upgrade.

toss pays for charge almost the same amount that terran pays to get steam + siege mode + sells.

Add the storm upgrade ( which the best counter vs terran ) and its not even fun.

also steam helps both marauders and marines whereas charge only zealots.

For protoss to have comparable upgrades to stalkers and zealots needs to pay 400/400 vs 250/250 for steam , siege mode and sells.

add the higher tech which requires more buildings for toss than terran and the time to build and by that time terran is already in toss base.


No one would say TvP is P favored, yet some people say T is favored. I don't know how those that believe everything is balanced and bash on people for thinking things are not there yet, don't get suspicious reading these opinion


you mean yet peeps say P is favored vs T , i assume
yarkO
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
Canada810 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-14 14:49:52
July 14 2010 14:39 GMT
#158
Terran Mech > Z/P
I think no overkill tanks ruin every match-up.

Z masssssssssssssssssss Mutas > P, otherwise Z=P
I've felt this way all throughout the beta. If Z can reach a critical number of Mutas, it doesn't seem to matter what the Protoss does about it, they just can't stop the harass and eventual death of their base. When properly micro'd (aka moved away from blinking Stalkers), Mutas are the biggest headache of all.

Guess I should add 'In My Opinion'




When you are prepared, there's no such thing as pressure.
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
July 14 2010 14:46 GMT
#159
Somes Phéonix well microed > Any number of Muta u know :/
and Mutas can't stand a front fight.

What i think make ZvP hard for P is speedlings on wide open map ( like desert oasis )
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
vesicular
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1311 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-14 14:53:56
July 14 2010 14:53 GMT
#160
On July 14 2010 14:51 Turbo.Tactics wrote:
Show nested quote +
I'm willing to take Tester or Artosis or Idra's views on this to heart. I mean, honestly, if Jaedong and Flash switched to SC2 who would win? Those are the types of questions we need to be answering here, not what happens in platinum.


Show nested quote +
Diamond league is meaningless to the conversation.


So just because I am not playing the game on the so called "prolvl" my observations are meaningless?

Why do we even have threads with balance discussions then?


You can have all the balance discussions you want, no problem there. But in the grand scheme of things this game is not (or at least should not) be balanced around diamond league play in general. It should be balanced on the pro level. There's one simple reason for this. If it's balanced on the pro level, then any perceived balance issues in lower level play are because of lack of skill, not balance. Lack of skill can be overcome with practice. Balance issues are harder to overcome for all skill levels.
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