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Situation Report: August 31, 2012 by David Kim - Page 11

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Andre
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Slovenia3523 Posts
August 31 2012 18:08 GMT
#201
On September 01 2012 02:51 SolidMoose wrote:
I love how the only time they actually put some thought into doing a balance change before blindly implementing it is when part of it (the raven) actually would have been useful. Seriously, of all the ridiculous changes they made, it's a small speed buff that they back off on because of ONE tournament result, yet months of almost no terrans besides Taeja doing well does nothing. I guess when MVP and Taeja win games, everything must all be balanced. This is just stupid.

Balanced in such a way that's not impossible to win. You're forgetting that there are plenty of other good terrans(none in eu though) TheStc,Supernova,Ryung, Alive are all quite legit and win vs Z games left and right.

While I applaud Blizzard's reluctance to introduce new changes, but a bit weird that they do it now when HotS is getting released. Raven buff would be quite good, if nothing else it would make people use ravens even more just because they would get buffed.
You must gather your party before venturing forth.
Tchado
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Jordan1831 Posts
August 31 2012 18:09 GMT
#202
Where was this shit when Thorzain created the mass thor strategy vs toss ?

Blizzard allowing the players to experiment in the meta game vs what they thought needed change....this is new
oZe
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden492 Posts
August 31 2012 18:09 GMT
#203
On September 01 2012 01:07 strength wrote:
Atleast they have statistics that show its balancing out.

**** ROFL waiting for terrans to cry. Avilo may commit suicide.

Waiting? They've been crying non stop for months ^^ If they played any other race my ears would've fallen of a year ago =)
The worst kinds of organized crime are religion & government.
jj33
Profile Joined April 2011
802 Posts
August 31 2012 18:09 GMT
#204
not that worried about balance at the moment if at all.

with HOTS around the corner, balance will change so much anyways. I'm more worried about blizzard making bad game design choices. which they already have in WOL, but I won't mention as it'll just end up in pointless debate.
Dosey
Profile Joined September 2010
United States4505 Posts
August 31 2012 18:09 GMT
#205
I seriously wish that DKim would have warned us to build an Ark or two before releasing this information... the Terran tears are likely to drown us all. It is also interesting to see people complain about them using Pro results with their APM intensive strategies as a basis for their balancing (or lack thereof). So because YOU can't execute the strategy, we should add a fix to make the game easier for you? Yep, you sure do sound like a Terran.
Nightsz
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Canada398 Posts
August 31 2012 18:11 GMT
#206
why the fuck didn't blizzard do this when terrans started using ghosts. They didn't even let zerg get a chance to figure out how to counter it
Chaggi
Profile Joined August 2010
Korea (South)1936 Posts
August 31 2012 18:11 GMT
#207
On September 01 2012 03:09 Dosey wrote:
I seriously wish that DKim would have warned us to build an Ark or two before releasing this information... the Terran tears are likely to drown us all. It is also interesting to see people complain about them using Pro results with their APM intensive strategies as a basis for their balancing (or lack thereof). So because YOU can't execute the strategy, we should add a fix to make the game easier for you? Yep, you sure do sound like a Terran.


don't make the game easier then

make the game harder for everyone else

I'd love to just a move (no i actually wouldn't, i hate you for making me do it HoTS) into stuff and spam F or T and get similar results as pros
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-31 18:13:10
August 31 2012 18:12 GMT
#208
Wow,

People are going to complain hardcore. I really am surprised they changed nothing. Happily surprised though. I mean, its a good thing that they aren't rashly changing things in the game. I like that they are taking a more slow approach now than they have in the past.

On September 01 2012 03:11 Chaggi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2012 03:09 Dosey wrote:
I seriously wish that DKim would have warned us to build an Ark or two before releasing this information... the Terran tears are likely to drown us all. It is also interesting to see people complain about them using Pro results with their APM intensive strategies as a basis for their balancing (or lack thereof). So because YOU can't execute the strategy, we should add a fix to make the game easier for you? Yep, you sure do sound like a Terran.


don't make the game easier then

make the game harder for everyone else

I'd love to just a move (no i actually wouldn't, i hate you for making me do it HoTS) into stuff and spam F or T and get similar results as pros


You know, for the first 1.5 years of SC2 everyone was making fun of terran for simply hitting stim and then A-Moving.
StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
XerrolAvengerII
Profile Joined January 2010
United States510 Posts
August 31 2012 18:13 GMT
#209
Either way you look at it, ravens are either
A) a really slow overpriced detector... or
B) a really shiiittyyy caster unit
so in either case, it's bad...
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ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3445 Posts
August 31 2012 18:13 GMT
#210
What's worse than tears is the condescending Zergs sitting high and mighty, saying that they have the mechanics of Dong Rae Gu and says that Terrans should just get mechanics like MVP.
SC2 Archon needs "Terrible, terrible damage" as one of it's quotes.
DebtSC2
Profile Joined August 2012
United States20 Posts
August 31 2012 18:13 GMT
#211
Someone answer me this:

What's wrong with making Zerg and Protoss as difficult as Terran? Obviously at the top level the races can all be competitive, but it's clear that Zerg and Toss players below the top .1% have a much easier time in their matchups than Terran.

It's stupid to make Terran easier or stronger, yes. Very stupid.

It's also stupid to leave Zerg and Protoss the way they are -- virtually microless, with simple, 1 route tech paths.

User was temp banned for this post.
Chaggi
Profile Joined August 2010
Korea (South)1936 Posts
August 31 2012 18:13 GMT
#212
On September 01 2012 03:12 ZeromuS wrote:
Wow,

People are going to complain hardcore. I really am surprised they changed nothing. Happily surprised though. I mean, its a good thing that they aren't rashly changing things in the game. I like that they are taking a more slow approach now than they have in the past.

Show nested quote +
On September 01 2012 03:11 Chaggi wrote:
On September 01 2012 03:09 Dosey wrote:
I seriously wish that DKim would have warned us to build an Ark or two before releasing this information... the Terran tears are likely to drown us all. It is also interesting to see people complain about them using Pro results with their APM intensive strategies as a basis for their balancing (or lack thereof). So because YOU can't execute the strategy, we should add a fix to make the game easier for you? Yep, you sure do sound like a Terran.


don't make the game easier then

make the game harder for everyone else

I'd love to just a move (no i actually wouldn't, i hate you for making me do it HoTS) into stuff and spam F or T and get similar results as pros


You know, for the first 1.5 years of SC2 everyone was making fun of terran for simply hitting stim and then A-Moving.


oh yeah, I know.
omnic
Profile Joined July 2010
United States188 Posts
August 31 2012 18:14 GMT
#213
On September 01 2012 03:09 Tchado wrote:
Where was this shit when Thorzain created the mass thor strategy vs toss ?

Blizzard allowing the players to experiment in the meta game vs what they thought needed change....this is new


It's new and as much as everybody will hate it when they are personally struggling I really hope they keep it up.
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
August 31 2012 18:16 GMT
#214
On September 01 2012 03:13 DebtSC2 wrote:
Someone answer me this:

What's wrong with making Zerg and Protoss as difficult as Terran? Obviously at the top level the races can all be competitive, but it's clear that Zerg and Toss players below the top .1% have a much easier time in their matchups than Terran.

It's stupid to make Terran easier or stronger, yes. Very stupid.

It's also stupid to leave Zerg and Protoss the way they are -- virtually microless, with simple, 1 route tech paths.


Yes, 1 route tech path because Terrans don't get barracks -- factory -- starport every game?

Look, Terran requires some more micro, its different than the micro of the other races. Protoss relies on spell micro, terran on large army control, and zerg on positioning. Nothing wrong with asymmetric design.
StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
Tchado
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Jordan1831 Posts
August 31 2012 18:20 GMT
#215
On September 01 2012 03:14 omnic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2012 03:09 Tchado wrote:
Where was this shit when Thorzain created the mass thor strategy vs toss ?

Blizzard allowing the players to experiment in the meta game vs what they thought needed change....this is new


It's new and as much as everybody will hate it when they are personally struggling I really hope they keep it up.


Amen to that brother.
BronzeKnee
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5217 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-31 18:23:07
August 31 2012 18:22 GMT
#216
On September 01 2012 02:44 Tao367 wrote:
One statistic I'd be interested in (while not related to tvz balance) is how many of the PvZ games are won by a protoss in a 2 base all in/heavy aggressive midgame scenario. It's rare that I've seen a protoss win in the late game vs zerg, but I haven't watched any Korean games so I'm not sure.


Yes. I think that the reason Protoss go all-in from 2 bases so much isn't because they want to all-in or have no skill/honor whatever, it is because Protoss has difficultly late game vs Zerg. Depending heavily on the Vortex is just risky.
DebtSC2
Profile Joined August 2012
United States20 Posts
August 31 2012 18:23 GMT
#217
On September 01 2012 03:16 ZeromuS wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2012 03:13 DebtSC2 wrote:
Someone answer me this:

What's wrong with making Zerg and Protoss as difficult as Terran? Obviously at the top level the races can all be competitive, but it's clear that Zerg and Toss players below the top .1% have a much easier time in their matchups than Terran.

It's stupid to make Terran easier or stronger, yes. Very stupid.

It's also stupid to leave Zerg and Protoss the way they are -- virtually microless, with simple, 1 route tech paths.


Yes, 1 route tech path because Terrans don't get barracks -- factory -- starport every game?

Look, Terran requires some more micro, its different than the micro of the other races. Protoss relies on spell micro, terran on large army control, and zerg on positioning. Nothing wrong with asymmetric design.


Except its not asymmetric, its completely lopsided. I play P and Z and T all at the master level, all around 1100 pt in master. I play terran at least twice as much as the other races combined. It is orders of magnitude easier to win with Z and P, because they are vastly simpler mechanically compared to Terran.

It's not asymmetric. For two races it's very easy. For one race its difficult.
nottapro
Profile Joined August 2012
202 Posts
August 31 2012 18:24 GMT
#218
I think its a shame they arent adding the raven buff. The patches shake the game up and make the tournaments more interesting, no matter which race they nerf or buff.
Dosey
Profile Joined September 2010
United States4505 Posts
August 31 2012 18:25 GMT
#219
On September 01 2012 03:13 DebtSC2 wrote:
Someone answer me this:

What's wrong with making Zerg and Protoss as difficult as Terran? Obviously at the top level the races can all be competitive, but it's clear that Zerg and Toss players below the top .1% have a much easier time in their matchups than Terran.

It's stupid to make Terran easier or stronger, yes. Very stupid.

It's also stupid to leave Zerg and Protoss the way they are -- virtually microless, with simple, 1 route tech paths.

Being micro intensive does not mean that it is the most difficult race...
n0ise
Profile Joined April 2010
3452 Posts
August 31 2012 18:27 GMT
#220
about one in five battle reports actually make sense, crossing my fingers for the next one ^^
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