On May 21 2011 08:47 iTzAnglory wrote:
Not sure if this is a bug, similar to how in BW Probes and Drones could kite SCVs, but no one actually took the APM to seriously abuse that.

Except Bisu :D

TERRANLOL

United States626 Posts

May 20 2011 23:55 GMT

#144

This clearly wasn't an accident by blizzard. They probably did it to make the 12 drone rush less effective.

Trawler

Sweden382 Posts

May 21 2011 00:01 GMT

#145

Needs fix asap

FinestHour

United States18466 Posts

May 21 2011 00:05 GMT

#146

Well the "bug" has been this way for every melee unit since the game came out, perhaps it really is intended.

dUTtrOACh

Canada2339 Posts

May 21 2011 00:09 GMT

#147

Pretty interesting find. I've always noticed the occasional worker who "survives" a swing by a DT with no damage taken, or low HP probes/SCVs who don't die when they get poked on the way out of the base by a drone. IMO, this is a bug. Blizz needs to fix this. It's hard to believe it's intentional or somehow a balancing mechanism against 12 drone rush, which is taken care of by rush distance.

zeroISM

Japan161 Posts

May 21 2011 00:10 GMT

#148

Great find indeed. I always wondered why when I send my drone to attack the probe, and his probe was sent to attack my drone on his base, my droe would die first, even in Patrol route. That explains why o_O

Wolf

Korea (South)3290 Posts

May 21 2011 00:24 GMT

#149

All workers are not created equal.

MrBarryObama

Korea (South)141 Posts

May 21 2011 00:59 GMT

#150

rofl zerg suck

Angry_Fetus

Canada444 Posts

May 21 2011 01:30 GMT

#151

I noticed it as I play zerg, I just thought it was the case for the other races too. I always just pull 2 drones and get one to chase, and the other to intercept the probe blocking the expo. Idra does this too. Maybe after they fix this, it won't be necessary.

NikonTC

United Kingdom418 Posts

May 21 2011 01:35 GMT

#152

FINALLY we get to the root of the zerg imbalance discussion!

What happens if you try the same patrol pattern but on creep btw?

tooPrime

United States245 Posts

May 21 2011 01:37 GMT

#153

On May 21 2011 10:35 NikonTC wrote:
FINALLY we get to the root of the zerg imbalance discussion!

What happens if you try the same patrol pattern but on creep btw?

Drones aren't any faster on creep.

Zooper31

United States5714 Posts

May 21 2011 01:46 GMT

#154

On May 21 2011 10:37 tooPrime wrote:

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Drones aren't any faster on creep.

Idk. He found this bug which blizzard probably didn't know about. Maybe theres some bug on creep that secretly makes it in the drones favor?

CapnCDaWg

United States179 Posts

May 21 2011 01:49 GMT

#155

On May 20 2011 20:48 Bond(i2) wrote:
Bring back the Broodwar drone!

Please

Fryght

Netherlands254 Posts

May 21 2011 01:49 GMT

#156

Really hope Blizzard fixes this for the actual offensive units (DT/Ultralisk), as for those units it's quite a big disadvantage.

Whether it has been done for a reason with the drone, I'm not sure. In my opinion, they should just equalize it for all workers, seems weird to only have Zerg differ. Unless there is a very good reason, of course.

Philymaniz

United States177 Posts

May 21 2011 02:03 GMT

#157

This is pretty awesome, I'm going to have an easier time blocking hatches.

JerKy

Korea (South)3013 Posts

May 21 2011 02:07 GMT

#158

Yep, I've noticed melee units often have a tendency to miss attacks when the enemy unit "dodges"
I dont really think this is a bug? I mean, if its possible to dodge projectile attacks like marauder shots or banshee shots, it should make sense we can dodge melee attacks?