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Cyro
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United Kingdom20285 Posts
March 05 2013 05:58 GMT
#121
The answer to BL, Infestor for a year or so was just dont let zerg get there ^^

Z has a lot of very good tools in HOTS, ultras, banes, vipers are strong. I dont know why speed hydras were nerfed really hard (in battle reports they gained +50% speed from muscular augments.. not +25% or +30%) but hydras are still pretty good in some compositions too. If you sit back and max out you wont do well, but you dont have to, and such behavior was suicide for toss players for a very long time (playing no rush 20)
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Erik.TheRed
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1655 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-05 06:02:01
March 05 2013 06:00 GMT
#122
I think it's nice that Blizzard is waiting for some actual premier tournament results before making any more changes. Even if there are are some trends that might be imbalanced (skytoss, medivac boost abuse, etc) I'd rather that they give the top pros a chance to prove it to us before changing anything.
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ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
March 05 2013 06:21 GMT
#123
On March 05 2013 14:50 travis wrote:
I haven't even watched that much but it seemed blatantly obvious that protoss air is overpowered(holy shit protoss actually op for once) vs zerg. And it's going to get worse, not better. Pros will become better at perfecting their ability to build up this OP composition.


Across the board 20% DPS buff to void rays. Worst idea from Blizzard. Toggle charge? Not so bad. 0.5 attack speed? broken. They should nerf it to 0.55, see how it goes then bring it back to 0.6. But I think 0.6 would make them worthless once more. Or just reduce the damage of the charge attack because no charge 0.5 Attack Speed isn't the worst thing to happen to the game.
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Talack
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada2742 Posts
March 05 2013 06:22 GMT
#124
On March 05 2013 14:51 Archas wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2013 11:19 BlackPride wrote:
And the answer to a composition shouldn't simply be, don't let Protoss get there. That's retarded.

Why not?


"don't let them get there" is like...

How you play terran ever since sc2 came out. "Don't let toss get there" "don't let zerg free drone" etc etc...

Why should this change now? You need to find ways to pressure effectively, if you attak they need to make units, if they make units they can't freely go into their uber army so easily
Zealously
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
East Gorteau22261 Posts
March 05 2013 06:42 GMT
#125
I like this response from Blizzard. No need to rush things before having seen what the best players in the world can do with the units given some practice time.

But fuck hellbats, seriously
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TheRabidDeer
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States3806 Posts
March 05 2013 07:22 GMT
#126
Anybody else think its funny that skytoss is nearly the same type of composition as BL/infestor except storm does more damage than fungal and feedback can prevent caster dmg? Oh, and all of the units can hit both air and ground?

Think about it, ranged siege unit with the tempest/carrier. HT is equivalent of infestor. VR's and the other units counter most AA and provide a lot of dps. It is kind of like an improved BL/infestor. Except for protoss.
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
March 05 2013 07:23 GMT
#127
On March 05 2013 14:58 Cyro wrote:
The answer to BL, Infestor for a year or so was just dont let zerg get there ^^

Z has a lot of very good tools in HOTS, ultras, banes, vipers are strong. I dont know why speed hydras were nerfed really hard (in battle reports they gained +50% speed from muscular augments.. not +25% or +30%) but hydras are still pretty good in some compositions too. If you sit back and max out you wont do well, but you dont have to, and such behavior was suicide for toss players for a very long time (playing no rush 20)


tbh blizzard was stupid to let bl/corr/infestor remain so strong for so long and waitting until hots. If they had been smart they would have nerfed it, buffed zerg mid game units to compensate and it would have been better then just let it remain broken as shit till hots -_-.
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BryanSC
Profile Joined October 2010
United States455 Posts
March 05 2013 07:27 GMT
#128
On March 05 2013 14:58 Cyro wrote:
The answer to BL, Infestor for a year or so was just dont let zerg get there ^^

Z has a lot of very good tools in HOTS, ultras, banes, vipers are strong. I dont know why speed hydras were nerfed really hard (in battle reports they gained +50% speed from muscular augments.. not +25% or +30%) but hydras are still pretty good in some compositions too. If you sit back and max out you wont do well, but you dont have to, and such behavior was suicide for toss players for a very long time (playing no rush 20)


Which was a terrible answer that made for long, boring, and predictable games.

In HOTS it's too early to tell, but it if does mean "don't let protoss get to this point" and the game stagnates like it did in WoL then it is just bad design once again.
Liquid`Ret
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Netherlands4511 Posts
March 05 2013 07:29 GMT
#129
How can there be nothing on the widow mine?
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Zelniq
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
United States7166 Posts
March 05 2013 07:40 GMT
#130
The thing about the pvz situation is, or any matchup where once one race gets to a certain composition, they don't lose, is that really the longer the game's been out, the more the games veer away from shorter games as players begin to learn now to properly defend vs everything without falling behind. As players sort this all out, the attacking players naturally cut this aggression out of their standard play and move towards expansive/defensive play. Meaning the game generally moves towards reaching the late endgame army, and away from more allins and quicker games.
As the game progresses more and more to that point, it'll be more readily apparent as an issue requiring attention, and blizzard will be forced to act. Provided a reasonable solution is still not found. Who knows maybe mass infestors will once again be the solution, or queens, or a hydra based army
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Douillos
Profile Joined May 2010
France3195 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-05 07:45:59
March 05 2013 07:43 GMT
#131
On March 05 2013 09:12 blade55555 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2013 09:10 forsooth wrote:
Blizzard not in a hurry to nerf Terran for once? This is unprecedented.


Took them forever to nerf terran in wol to at the beginning .


True but it took them 3 months to kill them later on


Seriously though, I believe that NOT rushing anything is a good idea...
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MilesTeg
Profile Joined September 2010
France1271 Posts
March 05 2013 07:54 GMT
#132
So, that's it huh. This is the widow mine that will make it to release. This is the oracle that will make it. Forgetting balance for a moment, is there anyone who believes those units are well designed?

far too much a focus on balance. I largely blame the community for that.
Tsubbi
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany7993 Posts
March 05 2013 07:55 GMT
#133
i hope they take the route of buffing other races instead of nerfing this time
BakedButters
Profile Joined November 2011
United States748 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-05 08:04:20
March 05 2013 08:03 GMT
#134
Comparison of blink stalkers to medicac afterburners is unfair, because u still need an upgrade for blink. Medicacs need nothin. They automatically are able to be abused without cost
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BryanSC
Profile Joined October 2010
United States455 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-05 08:09:53
March 05 2013 08:09 GMT
#135
On March 05 2013 17:03 BakedButters wrote:
Comparison of blink stalkers to medicac afterburners is unfair, because u still need an upgrade for blink. Medicacs need nothin. They automatically are able to be abused without cost


I feel as though the cooldown is too short at the moment for such a powerful ability that requires no research. Increase the cooldown or disable healing while under the effects of afterburn.
Fencar
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States2694 Posts
March 05 2013 08:20 GMT
#136
On March 05 2013 16:29 Liquid`Ret wrote:
How can there be nothing on the widow mine?

My thoughts exactly. As a Terran I haven't lost to a single Zerg while using it, aside from making a huge mistake macro-wise against Roach/Hydra/Viper- and even that takes a heck of a lot of resources, still takes an awful lot of damage from Widow Mines, and Bio + a couple supporting Tanks just crush it.
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Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
March 05 2013 08:24 GMT
#137
I'm glad Blizzard is giving people a chance to work out how to counter strategies and units instead of giving in quickly like what happened a few times in WoL!
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algue
Profile Joined July 2011
France1436 Posts
March 05 2013 08:25 GMT
#138
I still hope they will release a big patch when the game comes out ! I feel like the swarm host is a bit too strong and that roach hydra play gives too much difficulties to protoss and terran !
rly ?
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
March 05 2013 08:26 GMT
#139
On March 05 2013 16:43 Douillos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2013 09:12 blade55555 wrote:
On March 05 2013 09:10 forsooth wrote:
Blizzard not in a hurry to nerf Terran for once? This is unprecedented.


Took them forever to nerf terran in wol to at the beginning .


True but it took them 3 months to kill them later on


Seriously though, I believe that NOT rushing anything is a good idea...


Well took till may of 2012 to "kill" them . That is a lot longer then 3 months
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Qikz
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United Kingdom12022 Posts
March 05 2013 08:41 GMT
#140
On March 05 2013 16:29 Liquid`Ret wrote:
How can there be nothing on the widow mine?


What's wrong with the widow mine? (Just to let you know, I'm not whining or saying you're wrong or anything, just genuinly interested in what you think is wrong with it).
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