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Please DISCUSS the changes and the impact they will have on gameplay.

Straight up whining and bitching will get you a ban, no exceptions.
archonOOid
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
1983 Posts
February 10 2012 18:59 GMT
#821
those terrans who are mad at blizz remember that terran has never been under 50% winrate in the tvz matchup. there is still marauders against ultralisks and vikings against broodlords. With this in mind terran needs to learn to scout in the late game and choose either one of those units instead of just massing out on ghosts.
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Vindicare605
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States16126 Posts
February 10 2012 19:00 GMT
#822
Personally I think the Snipe Change is a little too dramatic but I'll have to wait and see.

Other changes I guess are ok, but now I feel as though Gold bases are actually disadvantageous for Terrans in general because we cannot use our macro mechanic on it while meanwhile the other two races can continue to use their increased worker production to benefit.

I dunno. I think Removing Gold bases completely would make better sense.
aka: KTVindicare the Geeky Bartender
Unhallowed
Profile Joined January 2011
Canada171 Posts
February 10 2012 19:00 GMT
#823
I already felt like holding an ultra of BL push with infestors also was more difficult for Terran. I mean to snipe you can't micro anything else, and if you are sniping over 100 times to kill the pack of BL or Ultra then the zerg can be microing his other units. I feel now with having to snipe around 200 times I will not be able to beat zerg armies without lucky nukes. I mean I feel like I will have to play like a GSL player to hold of zerg strategies that require little micro beyond an A-click. The re-max on ultra really really hurts if you have any vikings whatsoever. I honestly based my entire game around late game ghost play and with snipe APM consistently 500+ and good positioning, an ultra/baneling army or ultra roach/ling is extremely effective against a ghost heavy player.
What is evil but good tortured by it's own hunger and thirst?
Qaatar
Profile Joined January 2011
1409 Posts
February 10 2012 19:00 GMT
#824
On February 11 2012 03:56 Derez wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2012 03:49 ceaRshaf wrote:
Do you guys realize how much prize money terrans got prior to all these patches with the maybe op race?

Now it's looking bad for them because they were kinda spoiled with lots of candies, and now blizzard is talking them back since the other races didn't have them. So the terrans feel that they come short in sweets but it's actually getting more even between the brother races.


Ah yes. Because certain aspects of T in the past might have been OP, T should now be nerfed into the ground so the other races can catch up on the prizemoney. That's a concept of gamebalance I'm sure we can all get behind.


Not to mention all of that prize money was won by a few players, namely Puma who was just a big fish in a small pond in the NASLs/Dreamhacks, MVP and MMA who are almost universally regarded as the best players regardless of race (MVP's Zerg is beastly, btw).

One could argue that guys like MKP and Polt wouldn't be as strong, but that's a totally weak argument that can't be supported by anything empirical or otherwise.

Gator
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States3432 Posts
February 10 2012 19:00 GMT
#825
i think the nerf to snipe wouldve been better if it was 45, 35 vs massive or something. the fact that it takes 2 shots to kill a baneling or zergling is kinda silly
TSM
Sein
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1811 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-10 19:01:31
February 10 2012 19:01 GMT
#826
I never realized how expensive the Fleet Beacon was. It's probably because when I do get that building, I am usually on a ton of bases and in an advantageous position that 300/200 is pretty trivial at that point.

IMO, a better change is making that range upgrade just +1 (5) and Fleet Beacon a bit cheaper.

I don't agree with the ghost change at all as TvZ already felt like a race against time and ghosts had a huge role in giving terrans a late game chance to win. I guess it's time to stop playing random and just manually choose between P and Z.

Bringing back the Classic APM is good.
Xova
Profile Joined November 2010
United States342 Posts
February 10 2012 19:01 GMT
#827
I really dont know why I play Terran, I truly dont...
If you're a Starcraft fan, you're an Lim Yo Hwan fan.
ApocAlypsE007
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Israel1007 Posts
February 10 2012 19:01 GMT
#828
Does snipe take Armor+Shield into consideration? If not so it is actually a buff against toss as ghosts will snipe Zealots in 3 shot instead of 4. Other than that, I think it is a good change to otherwise very balanced TvZ.
As for the CPM/APM, more options are always welcome, but I think the CPM is not an accurate measurement tool compared to SC2Gears EAPM.
The Phoenix change is very interesting and while it helps vs mass Mutas it does require skill to pull off and it is a step in the right direction. It will be interesting how this will rebound in other directions (viable late game stargate play in PvP?? PvT Stargate play??)
The MULE change is necessary for ladder, much less for tournaments where they no longer use gold patches (at least not in the GSL)
I'm playing the game, the one that will take me to my end, i'm waiting for the rain, TO WASH-- WHO I AM!!!
eighteen8
Profile Joined December 2010
105 Posts
February 10 2012 19:01 GMT
#829
On February 11 2012 03:54 Roxy wrote:
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On February 11 2012 03:50 Ventor wrote:
On February 11 2012 03:30 Empire.Beastyqt wrote:
I love how blizzard always boosts strongest race and keeps nerfing terran no matter the balance in game. On top of terran nerfs they keep pushing terrans to micro even more and dumbing out other 2 races. Having problems in microing phoenix vs muta? its fine we'll boost it so you can do it now for sure because its pretty imbalanced having to micro your units

With what is terran supposed to kill broodlords now? Every terran and zerg in GSL that gave interview they said playing vs protoss is super hard and that protoss should always win in PvZ and the only strat that worked for Z gets nerfed?

More and more terran players keep quiting their race and this will not help it at all, I agree with mule nerf, but if you already want to nerf ghosts can you give us less useless raven abilities or something to deal with broodlords? For ultras you can make marauders, emp infestors and kite.

This isnt rage post, its a whine post and when terran is in worst shape since start of the game they nerf the only unit that could keep terran late game alive vs other 2 races with already having terrible macro abilities (larva/warpgates).


So bro, where were you during the months of terran dominance in the GSL? Or is it not okay for protoss to win games? It seems to me that you want to be able to hard counter everything with a unit and without having to adapt your play style. The fact that terrans are whining makes me sick.


not sure what he is talking about either. blue line is still on top
http://imgur.com/a/hQHYS


yeah, maybe pros can deal with this...but how about casual players? terran again nerfed. :/
looking at terran distribution they are least played race already. bad move blizzard, trying to balance a game against casual players.
weiliem
Profile Joined January 2008
2073 Posts
February 10 2012 19:01 GMT
#830
No late game TvP change?? It seems so protoss favoured....
Oppa feeding style
Excludos
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Norway8279 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-10 19:02:11
February 10 2012 19:01 GMT
#831
On February 11 2012 03:57 mvtaylor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2012 03:54 Roxy wrote:
On February 11 2012 03:50 Ventor wrote:
On February 11 2012 03:30 Empire.Beastyqt wrote:
I love how blizzard always boosts strongest race and keeps nerfing terran no matter the balance in game. On top of terran nerfs they keep pushing terrans to micro even more and dumbing out other 2 races. Having problems in microing phoenix vs muta? its fine we'll boost it so you can do it now for sure because its pretty imbalanced having to micro your units

With what is terran supposed to kill broodlords now? Every terran and zerg in GSL that gave interview they said playing vs protoss is super hard and that protoss should always win in PvZ and the only strat that worked for Z gets nerfed?

More and more terran players keep quiting their race and this will not help it at all, I agree with mule nerf, but if you already want to nerf ghosts can you give us less useless raven abilities or something to deal with broodlords? For ultras you can make marauders, emp infestors and kite.

This isnt rage post, its a whine post and when terran is in worst shape since start of the game they nerf the only unit that could keep terran late game alive vs other 2 races with already having terrible macro abilities (larva/warpgates).


So bro, where were you during the months of terran dominance in the GSL? Or is it not okay for protoss to win games? It seems to me that you want to be able to hard counter everything with a unit and without having to adapt your play style. The fact that terrans are whining makes me sick.


not sure what he is talking about either. blue line is still on top
http://imgur.com/a/hQHYS


As the line is a moving average. Look at the bars for January


The only reason terran isn't on top in the "summary" is because zerg has a whopping 60% winratio vs toss. If you look closely you'll see that in reality, terran still has a higher winratio vs both zerg and toss.
Solo Terran
Profile Joined November 2011
367 Posts
February 10 2012 19:02 GMT
#832
More Terran nerfs and protoss buffs? D:
blinkingangels
Profile Joined June 2011
105 Posts
February 10 2012 19:02 GMT
#833
I'm curious why snipe was even nerfed so hard when late game TvZ favors zerg so much.. doesn't really make sense.
hotsuma
Profile Joined May 2011
Brazil56 Posts
February 10 2012 19:02 GMT
#834
On February 11 2012 03:54 RogerChillingworth wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2012 03:53 Zeetox wrote:
Nerf Terran more. Now what.... I make Vikings to counter Brood Lords, then Zerg switches to Ultra and I'm f'd up... Looks like David Kim is playing Zerg :F


make a maruader or two. you'll have 3/3 by then, to boot.

Hahahaha, you have some really strong marauder micro, one or 2 marauders and you will be fine?
pls post some replay to teach us
My totality eclipses the chasm!
Grumbels
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Netherlands7032 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-10 19:03:02
February 10 2012 19:02 GMT
#835
On February 11 2012 03:46 mvtaylor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2012 03:44 Grumbels wrote:
On February 11 2012 03:29 mvtaylor wrote:
On February 11 2012 03:20 Grumbels wrote:
"oh, they changed one unit a bit, guess I'll have to change my race now" I would like to see the stats on who actually does change their race after making such threats, I bet hardly anyone does. I don't think those posters respect Blizzard's track record in keeping the game quite balanced after all this time.

I did think ghosts in TvZ late-game presented an unfavorable scenario however. Ghosts are hard to kill, they can cloak and snipe overseers, they can escape being trapped by infestors by using EMP and snipe on them. They also deal front-up damage that is easy to avoid. All of this encourages the terran to turtle and use their ghost energy as the most important late-game resource and I think it made for somewhat of an unwinnable situation for zerg where they had no real answer for this.

The danger with nerfing ghosts only a tiny bit is that you simply just weaken terran, but ghost late-game is still the dominant strategy and is preferable to alternatives like ravens or vikings in late-game. Going from 45-40 might be too slight of a change if Blizzard's goal is to not have this late-game situation occurring anymore.

I don't like having snipe be so weak that sometimes it's like more damage to just auto-attack though, it seems silly.

And the mule change is okay, but really, gold minerals make it harder to comeback and mules are still too easy to use. (just give them a cooldown)


Here's the number of people playing Terran when patch 1.3.0 went live

http://sc2ranks.com/stats/league/all/1/all/0/130

Here's the number of people playing Terran today:

http://sc2ranks.com/stats/league/all/1/all/0/142

Notice a difference in every league that isn't grandmaster and bronze?

EDIT: Scratch that, notice a difference in every single division?

Yeah those were all people that made threats on the forum and then changed their race out of an act of spite. I didn't say nobody would change their race in response to a patch ever, I just think that people that feel the need to use possibly changing as leverage are not necessarily more likely to change. Your two data points are quite meaningless anyway, it just seems to indicate (need more detailed stats though) that race distribution isn't static (amazing discovery that).


there are plenty more "data points" if you could be bothered to use the drop down box. Every patch since 1.3.0 has had a reduction in the number of people playing Terran from the last patch in every league except Bronze and GM.


Show nested quote +
On February 11 2012 03:45 Dauntless wrote:
Great patch!

I guess terrans have to seek out a new way to deal with lategame TvZ.


If it wasn't for the fact Morrow totally lucked out with two nukes on Broodlords up to that point the game would never have reached 41 minutes. It's a bit easier to make a few ghosts and get nuke and cloak than to get mass ravens and the upgrades.

What's your point? If you think that patch changes influence race distribution in leagues, then congrats on your amazing discovery, I was only talking about forum behavior.
Well, now I tell you, I never seen good come o' goodness yet. Him as strikes first is my fancy; dead men don't bite; them's my views--amen, so be it.
s3rp
Profile Joined May 2011
Germany3192 Posts
February 10 2012 19:03 GMT
#836
On February 11 2012 03:59 archonOOid wrote:
those terrans who are mad at blizz remember that terran has never been under 50% winrate in the tvz matchup. there is still marauders against ultralisks and vikings against broodlords. With this in mind terran needs to learn to scout in the late game and choose either one of those units instead of just massing out on ghosts.


You can't look into his eggs ..... , Scan is good but not that good ....
Everlong
Profile Joined April 2010
Czech Republic1973 Posts
February 10 2012 19:03 GMT
#837
On February 11 2012 03:59 archonOOid wrote:
those terrans who are mad at blizz remember that terran has never been under 50% winrate in the tvz matchup. there is still marauders against ultralisks and vikings against broodlords. With this in mind terran needs to learn to scout in the late game and choose either one of those units instead of just massing out on ghosts.


Ok, I scan Greater Spier, I make Vikings -> I SOMEHOW kill Infestors/Broodlords/Corruptors -> Zerg makes 200 Ultras -> I lose.. Can you help me?
fishinguy
Profile Joined November 2010
Russian Federation798 Posts
February 10 2012 19:03 GMT
#838
The cycle of whining and nerfs continue, terran will adapt noobs will whine more.

Story of SC2 so far
wunsun
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada622 Posts
February 10 2012 19:03 GMT
#839
On February 11 2012 04:01 ApocAlypsE007 wrote:
Does snipe take Armor+Shield into consideration? If not so it is actually a buff against toss as ghosts will snipe Zealots in 3 shot instead of 4. Other than that, I think it is a good change to otherwise very balanced TvZ.
As for the CPM/APM, more options are always welcome, but I think the CPM is not an accurate measurement tool compared to SC2Gears EAPM.
The Phoenix change is very interesting and while it helps vs mass Mutas it does require skill to pull off and it is a step in the right direction. It will be interesting how this will rebound in other directions (viable late game stargate play in PvP?? PvT Stargate play??)
The MULE change is necessary for ladder, much less for tournaments where they no longer use gold patches (at least not in the GSL)


Zealots aren't psionic. So right now, it takes 7 snipes to take out one zealot.
Sbrubbles
Profile Joined October 2010
Brazil5776 Posts
February 10 2012 19:03 GMT
#840
Interesting changes to say the least. Now 2 snipes to kill infestors instead of 3 (of course, you could kill with 2, but they would have to be at the same instant). The MULE change is a welcome Terran nerf and the phoenix change may open up some things for late game PvT (as in, you might be able to actually attack a viking without being 100% on top of the marines), aside for the obvious PvZ application.

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