EPTOn February 26 2011 09:00 pirates wrote:
Wait, they removed Shakuras again but Delta Quadrant is still in? Oh, boy...
Wait, they removed Shakuras again but Delta Quadrant is still in? Oh, boy...
Typhon Peaks is like Shakuras. Take a good look.
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ArdentZeal
Germany155 Posts
Typhon Peaks is like Shakuras. Take a good look. | ||
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darmousseh
United States3437 Posts
On February 26 2011 08:39 Azuroz wrote: WTF, why do they remove shakuras, thats actually one of the best maps from the blizzard pool, and then keep delta??? Delta quadrant is easily the worst map behind blistering. I think they removed shakuras because of PvT. That map is freaking hard for protoss if they aren't ready for the inevitable tank push on horizontal positions. | ||
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Emperor_Earth
United States824 Posts
On February 26 2011 08:57 Chise wrote: It's not about maps don't favoring my race. It's simply the fact that all of those map DO favor one race over another. I hate DQ as I favor 1rax FE and various greedy macro styles. But I would rather keep DQ and maintain 4gate/3rax allin/etc etc viability to keep the game honest. I hated the depot before rax change. Did I rax before depot much? No. But reducing options that aren't imbalanced only for the sake of simplifying the game provides for a very stale experience meant for entertainment. I say give me variety and lots of it. | ||
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Stiver
Canada285 Posts
My point is (not that I am complaining) just try and match a Protoss on equal bases. It's easy for them to do with the map architecture. Try and expand into the middle when you're a sidestep away from their fourth. Have a Terran push through the back, ask Idra how it feels  . It's a great map, and it's fun that I don't die the minute it starts, but I'm going to reserve judgment on the new maps and determine if Shakuras is really needed amongst them.That being said, Delta is "lol" that they kept it in. oh well, I have a bunch of down votes to use up on it.  I played a bunch of maps on the PTR and they are fantastic. Fantastic in the sense that they are better than the maps that were removed. I was just about disillusioned with the game when these came and I may go back to 1v1 games. I'll be playing this game seriously again, and that makes me really happy. | ||
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raf3776
United States1904 Posts
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MuteZephyr
Lithuania448 Posts
On February 26 2011 08:31 QuAnTuM314 wrote: To be completely honest I'm surprised backwater gulch made it out of PTR... If you both spawn on the two bases on the right (vertically) then it is much easier for the person on the bottom to take their third. As in, hugely easier. With suck a blatent imbalance, how did it make it through? Agreed, rotational symmetry is simply always a bad idea. It allows one player to more easily expand away from their opponent and introduces imbalances where some bases are easier to harass for a given player. BOOOO. Regardless, I'm so incredibly happy blistering is gone. The only fun part about it was to see what kind of absolutely ridiculous cheese my opponent would pull just to make the game end faster. I'm off to check out the maps! | ||
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Dalguno
United States2446 Posts
So far in my play, 3/3 were not close positions. Take that for what you will. | ||
p4NDemik
United States13896 Posts
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A Wet Shamwow
United States1590 Posts
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Dommk
Australia4865 Posts
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Scias
United States148 Posts
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Xolo
Canada107 Posts
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Sadist
United States7298 Posts
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Elefanto
Switzerland3584 Posts
backwater gulch and slag pits gonna be vetoed before i'm even gonna play games on them shattered temple seems to be good though typhon peaks is worth trying to play on | ||
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Logo
United States7542 Posts
On February 26 2011 09:01 ribboo wrote: Scrap should be pretty much the same thing? Scrap has long rush distances and you can get an easy wall at the ramp in 2 creep tumors to defend hellions for both bases, you also have time to go roaches before hellions without having to blindly do it and can transition away from roaches before the marauder push. Gulch has short rush distances and even if you can block the ramp in time it still leaves your natural wide open to hellions. Vs 2 rax the long rush distance helps vs marines as well and the wide open area means a bunker between your main and nat can be easily dealt with. On gulch it's narrow and choked so a bunker can be protected and block off that route. | ||
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fenomeno
Sweden5 Posts
On February 26 2011 09:04 Scias wrote: slag pits close position is terrible Wow can you really spawn close on that map? | ||
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Asha
United Kingdom38257 Posts
On February 26 2011 08:57 ArdentZeal wrote: From the picture i think Typhon Peaks is the replacement for Shakuras. The maplayout / expansions are very similar layed out. Anyone else feels that way? Yeah, the expo positions seem in the same places. I'd guess they tried to rework it to eliminate the backdoor push aspect when you spawned close, but to compensate decided to make the centre of the map somewhat less open? It'd be interesting to hear from anyone who's had a game on it what kind of size things are? | ||
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Royalcommand
Korea (South)189 Posts
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Stiver
Canada285 Posts
~EDIT~ Oh, Tarsonis Assult, Warzone and Arid Wastes were removed. Been playing a lot of 2v2 today and the map pool changed in the 30minutes I went to grab food. lol | ||
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