HotS MLG Info Updates - Page 117

On June 10 2012 18:03 Dragar wrote:
I really don't like the swarm host. It seems like it contributes little to a direct engagement, and the units it spawns do little in terms of pressure.

On June 10 2012 18:41 Toadvine wrote:


The game already having stupid crap like this is no excuse to keep adding more. I'd be all for removing FF, Fungal, Concussive Shell, and any other anti-micro ability. Or at the very least putting stuff like that on expensive, high-tech units, with high energy costs (aka Arbiters with Stasis in BW).

Also, removing Sentries would also mean removing Warpgate and possibly Colossi, so it's a huge win for everyone.

On June 10 2012 18:46 DuckNuked wrote:
For all of those Terrans who are crying about "we'll stay in bioplay TvP". We are not going to: MMM is likely to be a dead end in Hots.
Why?

Mothership Core and Oracle.

For the mothership core: 2 abilitys are very dangerous for Bioplay: Energy remax (i won't even mention Hight templars...) and Recall, no need to go further in explanations for this. =)

For the Oracle: this Horrible IMBA thing (Love it, really, can't understand the toss who won't use them in EVERY game! I'll be sad not seeing them in my TvP...) have 2 abilitys to deny our macro mechanic.
First: Stop mining = MMM is mineral heavy, and can't use his gas after 2.5/3 bases. Using defensive units in combination with our own harassing units is not a good thing when you play with papermade army. If not, we'll have less minerals.
Second: Cloack: Forces Scan or Raven. Raven kill the mobility of MMM, so; his only advantage right now. And scan, it kills potential mineral bank.

Combination of theses two units make resplenish bioarmy more harder: we'll need to use our gas, and now that Reapers won't fit into a standard MMM combination (No speed, Self healing, and i think damage reduced against Light.? See tvz video.). We'll need another way.

As a current mech player in TvP, honestly i'll be glad of all changements we'll have. Current added units may be really cool for metagame and dynamic. Altrough i'm very disappointed of no microable units, no shredder (make it a building like Zerg spines = no drop in menral lines) and the skins of widow mines and warhound.

Aniway, one thing to note is the RANGE 13 of the mothership core canons, like Tanks ! I bet it'll be a really good defense against 1/1/1, so: Bli² will not need to keep Tank in it's current state, especially seeing all theses tank-killa they added in the game. Probably the old 70 damages will take a come back in HoTS.

On June 10 2012 19:07 Racer wrote:

http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/live#sc2 02:35

On June 10 2012 19:50 DaveVAH wrote:
What's the battle hellions armor type? are they still light-mechanical or just mechanical?

that info is not ANYWHERE.

On June 10 2012 19:49 Jackbo wrote:

I don't think they're low health, they have 220 HP, which seems pretty decent to me. They can survive a widow mine blast, which seems quite significant. From everything anyone has said who has actually played the game, the Warhounds seems to be a fun, powerful seeming microable unit. I think people are just having a negative reaction to it because they don't like the artwork, so they automatically scream "this unit is so bad, a-move, no terran late game, I hate it etc." without any kind of information on how it actually plays out. Remember, guys, all we have seen is that one video, unless I somehow missed a TvP battlereport.

On June 11 2012 02:46 Complete wrote:
"No burrowed banelings in the current HotS build"

To clarify, banelings can't burrrow at all in HOTS?

On June 11 2012 02:59 Vandrad wrote:
I don't like that your main base now shows how many workers are working there ...
this is another detail which makes the game easier - which isn't to good for esports imo