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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.
Horseballs
Profile Joined July 2011
United States721 Posts
February 10 2012 20:34 GMT
#1281
The one thing that really bothers me about the snipe change is that it takes 2 full energy ghost to take on ultra's and broodlords in equal numbers as it is. The cost of the ghosts is as high or higher than the units they are countering, and they rely entirely on energy to be effective. But they don't say to the zerg players "don't let them get that many ghosts, quit your whining."

At the same time the standard response given to terrans about lategame TvP and maxed (and re-maxed and re-maxed and re-maxed...) protoss armies is "don't let them get that many colossi/templars/archons, quit your whining." It is frustrating, man.
KawaiiRice
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States2914 Posts
February 10 2012 20:35 GMT
#1282
On February 11 2012 05:31 FinestHour wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2012 05:25 mTwTT1 wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:22 Gimix wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:20 mTwTT1 wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:11 zhurai wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:08 Empire.Beastyqt wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:01 mTwTT1 wrote:
On February 11 2012 04:58 Empire.Beastyqt wrote:
On February 11 2012 04:56 KawaiiRice wrote:
wow you must be joking haha wtf ^_^;? how will I stop bl infestor queen now? .....


dude just do what ppl tell me to do, l2p..


raven + seeker missible is pretty good vs bl's as far as ive seen, just because u never play a certain style that doesnt mean u dont have any viable options available


Not sure if trolling or not, you need 2 upgrades and wait 1min and about 2000 gas for 7-8 ravens with HSM that dont even kill broodlord.

the damage of the seeker missile is "pretty good" if they don't bunch up their units....
but then again... the range of seeker missile is very very very bad


range is irrelevant vs bl's cus they cant run away, ive seen korean t's integrate ravens w/ ss while going mech and bio, i think the problem is just that koreans are ahead in the metagame atm

obviously ghosts wont work as well vs bl's in the lategame anymore and if foreign t's cant adapt themselves to new styles then glhf going mass marines vs bl's


You're really knowledgable on Terran lategame for someone who plays toss


i dl reps(less of this ofc, i only dl reps of famous players) and watch vods of every mu : D


Provide a link of so called famous players using ravens nowadays.

only morrow uses them right now.
@KawaiiRiceLighT
Hossinaut
Profile Joined June 2011
United States453 Posts
February 10 2012 20:35 GMT
#1283
THIS PATCH LOOKS AMAZING IMO <3

Omfg, the MULE balance, to me, gives the game SO much more of an interesting twist when choosing expansions as Zerg in ZvT, in response to having taken significant damage from Terran. The Snipe change makes SO much sense, its quite simply gorgeous, and I think fits the issue perfectly, able to deal with HTs and Infestors (and Queens, but really, who snipes queens?) while not making it imba in TvZ late game like it has been starting to look. Similarly, the Phoenix change allows more options while still playing safely against Z.

<3 :D
Love this shit! :D
Obbalord
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany166 Posts
February 10 2012 20:35 GMT
#1284
i love how some guys (TT1 for example) say raven hsm is pretty good LOL, show me one present korean pro match where HSM are used / or decide a match. I feel they really have to buff raven now, otherwise tvz is kinda brutal lategame :{.
Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
February 10 2012 20:35 GMT
#1285
On February 11 2012 05:34 Qaatar wrote:
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On February 11 2012 05:28 Noocta wrote:
On February 11 2012 04:28 Chill wrote:I think the Snipe change needs to be reconsidered. Snipe in TvZ is an all-or-nothing choice. In late game Shakuras Plateau, you're either going to see 3 Ghosts for EMP on Infestors, or 20 Ghosts to crush Broodlord / Ultralisk armies. It's rarely in between. While I think Ghosts are a little too good at countering late game Zerg, I don't think Zergs were trying all the options yet to punish Terrans that play for this late game style. Ghosts are still slow and vulnerable. What this change does is eliminate the 20+ Ghost-using-Snipe option. In my eyes, you shouldn't see more than 5 Ghosts on the field in TvZ now for key EMPs and nukes. Their Snipe damage is simply too low now. Maybe that's what Blizzard wanted, but I think there is a better medium where massing Ghosts for Snipe is still viable and good, but not as good. Maybe 25 + 25 psionic is that point? I don't think so, but we'll see.


You know what's the problem here ?
Shakuras fucking plateau.

Not snipe.

Mass ghost games are shakuras plateau games like 9 times to 10.


To be fair, I've seen MVP do that on Daybreak and Antiga cross position. He's the only one to do it consistently though.


Antiga is the other big ' let's split the map up.

Map maker need to make map less half vs half at all cost. It make poor games.
" I'm not gonna fight you. I'm gonna kick your ass ! "
Megaman_X
Profile Joined October 2011
United States164 Posts
February 10 2012 20:35 GMT
#1286
On February 11 2012 05:32 SC_Ghost wrote:
The reason for the Snipe change seems entirely loose. It's as if when they were conceiving it, they didn't consider the fact that:
t3 zerg forces Ghosts > Ghosts are bad vs t1 units (due to the swarm of units) > let alone Overlord Drops and Nydus Worms

Why doesn't Zerg:
Build Infestor/BL (banking resources) See Ghost production > Drop Nydus Network > Use t3 Army to kill Vikings/Tanks/Thors
Max on Zerglings > Rally into Nydus > Nydus every base.

EDIT: All this means is that Ghosts won't be used as much, leaving many more resources for Terran to drop everywhere with Hellions and Marines while you have a slow t3 Army. If Terran doesn't do enough damage with this, he loses.

because t3 unts cant kill viking/thors/thors once enough ghosts are out.
Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary26003 Posts
February 10 2012 20:36 GMT
#1287
On February 11 2012 05:35 Obbalord wrote:
i love how some guys (TT1 for example) say raven hsm is pretty good LOL, show me one present korean pro match where HSM are used / or decide a match. I feel they really have to buff raven now, otherwise tvz is kinda brutal lategame :{.

This isn't justification. Several units in Brood War went 5-6 years before they started seeing real use (hello Arbiter and Defiler).
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Theeakoz
Profile Joined July 2011
United States1114 Posts
February 10 2012 20:36 GMT
#1288
Awesome, thanks... terrans are gonna get some now :D
Please change the luck dependancy of spawning locations on rotationally symmetric maps.
Everlong
Profile Joined April 2010
Czech Republic1973 Posts
February 10 2012 20:36 GMT
#1289
On February 11 2012 05:34 Bobgrimly wrote:
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On February 11 2012 05:28 Everlong wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:24 Bobgrimly wrote:
I really don't get all the terrans in this thread... Wah snipe is nerfed I can't play against zerg because my vikings will be fungaled..... That is singularly the most retarded statement EVER. Snipe is still as it was against infestors. (IT STILL DOES 45 DAMAGE TO INFESTORS)
Now though instead of sniping the broodlords and auto winning you just switch target to the infestors guarding them and SNIPE THE INFESTOR. Now the broodlords have no protection and one viking can beat 50 broodlords (just might take a while)

Seriously anyone qqing about this change is just upset that they can't mass one unit to win. Oh no. Scanning is so hard.


You will be eaten alive, because you don't know what you are talking about and you write like you ate all wisdom there is in sc2..


Cloak ghost... run towards SLOWLY moving broodlords. If you can't see infestors scan... you can now see burrowed and a lot more... find infestors.... queue up snipes... goodbye infestors. They can't fungal ghosts when they get sniped. A zerg would have to see you coming and have taken plenty of steps to prevent that. At the same time vikings can be pot shotting the broodlords and forcing infestors to come to the front. This forces the infestors forward and makes them easy targets for cloaked ghosts.

There is nothing wrong with this scenario. I have seen it happen in many tvz games just with usually ghosts sniping EVERYTHING. Now they can snipe infestors then burn energy to lower broodlord hp if they want. But not quite so stupidly op as it was. Being able to queue up snipe on a unit means the zerg has no time to react. The broodlords just evaporate. At least now you run some risk as a terran from broodlords.


By plenty of steps to prevent cloaked ghosts you mean like morph single overseer?
Sovern
Profile Joined March 2011
United States312 Posts
February 10 2012 20:36 GMT
#1290
Ravens need a seeker missile range buff.
nvrs
Profile Joined October 2010
Greece481 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-10 20:38:01
February 10 2012 20:36 GMT
#1291
OK, lets for a moment put aside the Snipe change by agreeing that is was pretty much needed blah blah.
Why does Blizzard continue to play the fool upon the whole PvT late game thing and please don't tell me there is no issue there as well. Maybe cause they have screwed up majorly and know it's unfixable, but it's definetely a problem that needs some kind of solution, more of the TvZ ghost issue. I mean the ghost may have a bigger role that the one they intended but that's not such a bad thing, at least not accordingly to the current state of the game / metagame. Still they address it immediately but the won't even mention the TvP issue.
I gues that cant admit that they have fucked up majorly with the design of Toss :/
McFeser
Profile Joined July 2011
United States2458 Posts
February 10 2012 20:37 GMT
#1292
I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but are these changes not going on the PTR?
Promethelax still hasn't changed his quote
Elvin
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
149 Posts
February 10 2012 20:37 GMT
#1293
I am very curious what will not T do against zerg lategame infestor/broodlord/corruptor army (probably die like a faggot).
I am glad that they removed "massing the spellcasters" trend (this is yet to be fixed with infestors). On the other hand they should do something about ravens/siege tanks being fucking worthless. Marine is the only good unit T have in his arsenal.
Killcani
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden448 Posts
February 10 2012 20:37 GMT
#1294
Why are they messing with TvZ that's been almost 50% for a long time by giving zerg a huge advantage lategame? Snipe was abit too good but it didnt need such a drastic nerf. I honestly dont see a way to win lategame tvz now... win before broods or loose i quess.
Megaman_X
Profile Joined October 2011
United States164 Posts
February 10 2012 20:37 GMT
#1295
On February 11 2012 05:32 isleyofthenorth wrote:
I would have much preferred going down the gsl route and removing stupid gold bases. Also i fear that stargate builds are going on a rampage pvz

does this increase the range of graviton beam too? or is that not affected?
ScareCrow`
Profile Joined June 2011
Canada88 Posts
February 10 2012 20:37 GMT
#1296
On February 11 2012 05:32 BigJoe wrote:
190 snipes to kill 10 ultralisks... i would have been totally fine with a smaller nerf but this just seems a little too harsh to us terran folk. excited to see how the metagame plays out though.


Actually 210. 21 per ultralisk. Time to get out your scroll wheel left click key trick.
Zarahtra
Profile Joined May 2010
Iceland4053 Posts
February 10 2012 20:37 GMT
#1297
On February 11 2012 05:35 KawaiiRice wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2012 05:31 FinestHour wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:25 mTwTT1 wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:22 Gimix wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:20 mTwTT1 wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:11 zhurai wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:08 Empire.Beastyqt wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:01 mTwTT1 wrote:
On February 11 2012 04:58 Empire.Beastyqt wrote:
On February 11 2012 04:56 KawaiiRice wrote:
wow you must be joking haha wtf ^_^;? how will I stop bl infestor queen now? .....


dude just do what ppl tell me to do, l2p..


raven + seeker missible is pretty good vs bl's as far as ive seen, just because u never play a certain style that doesnt mean u dont have any viable options available


Not sure if trolling or not, you need 2 upgrades and wait 1min and about 2000 gas for 7-8 ravens with HSM that dont even kill broodlord.

the damage of the seeker missile is "pretty good" if they don't bunch up their units....
but then again... the range of seeker missile is very very very bad


range is irrelevant vs bl's cus they cant run away, ive seen korean t's integrate ravens w/ ss while going mech and bio, i think the problem is just that koreans are ahead in the metagame atm

obviously ghosts wont work as well vs bl's in the lategame anymore and if foreign t's cant adapt themselves to new styles then glhf going mass marines vs bl's


You're really knowledgable on Terran lategame for someone who plays toss


i dl reps(less of this ofc, i only dl reps of famous players) and watch vods of every mu : D


Provide a link of so called famous players using ravens nowadays.

only morrow uses them right now.

Kas used it on his stream the other day, but it seemed to be against an inferior player which he won in the midgame.
Everlong
Profile Joined April 2010
Czech Republic1973 Posts
February 10 2012 20:38 GMT
#1298
On February 11 2012 05:36 nvrs wrote:
OK, lets for a moment put aside the Snipe change by agreeing that is was pretty much needed blah blah.
Why does Blizzard continue to play the fool upon the whole PvT late game thing and please don't tell me there is no issue there as well. Maybe cause they have screqed up majorly and know it's unfixable, but it's definetely a problem that needs some kind of solution, more of the TvZ ghost issue. I mean the ghost may have a bigger role that the one they intended but that's not such a bad thing, at least not accordingly to the current state of the game / metagame. Still they address it immediately but the won't even mention the TvP issue.
I gues that cant admit that they have fucked yup majorly with the desing of Toss :/


They don't want to screw up the game even more because they spoiled that TvP lategame issues are going to be fixed in hots..
Roxy
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada753 Posts
February 10 2012 20:38 GMT
#1299
On February 11 2012 05:31 FinestHour wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 11 2012 05:25 mTwTT1 wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:22 Gimix wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:20 mTwTT1 wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:11 zhurai wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:08 Empire.Beastyqt wrote:
On February 11 2012 05:01 mTwTT1 wrote:
On February 11 2012 04:58 Empire.Beastyqt wrote:
On February 11 2012 04:56 KawaiiRice wrote:
wow you must be joking haha wtf ^_^;? how will I stop bl infestor queen now? .....


dude just do what ppl tell me to do, l2p..


raven + seeker missible is pretty good vs bl's as far as ive seen, just because u never play a certain style that doesnt mean u dont have any viable options available


Not sure if trolling or not, you need 2 upgrades and wait 1min and about 2000 gas for 7-8 ravens with HSM that dont even kill broodlord.

the damage of the seeker missile is "pretty good" if they don't bunch up their units....
but then again... the range of seeker missile is very very very bad


range is irrelevant vs bl's cus they cant run away, ive seen korean t's integrate ravens w/ ss while going mech and bio, i think the problem is just that koreans are ahead in the metagame atm

obviously ghosts wont work as well vs bl's in the lategame anymore and if foreign t's cant adapt themselves to new styles then glhf going mass marines vs bl's


You're really knowledgable on Terran lategame for someone who plays toss


i dl reps(less of this ofc, i only dl reps of famous players) and watch vods of every mu : D


Provide a link of so called famous players using ravens nowadays.


for starters, here's one:

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http://www.twitch.tv/nasltv/b/306996664?t=31m0s


http://sc2ranks.com/us/941824/Roxy - Masters Protoss: "Respect my authoritai"
cpomz
Profile Joined February 2011
United States76 Posts
February 10 2012 20:38 GMT
#1300
Hmm - the mule change was long time incoming
The phoenix upgrade i think is probably better as 5 rather than 6
The snipe change is the big one - it seems a little excessive i was more hoping for an energy nerf/animation time nerf, I don't know... that scroll wheel sniping still might be effective just takes more ghosts I guess

Regarding ravens - I think morrow vs Leenock really showed the powers of using nukes/ravens - ghosts with nukes are incredibly supply efficient. So turtle up-use nukes all day- build up fleet of ravens and HSM/PDD to victory
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