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Balance patch this week - Hellbats nerfed, Banshees buffed…

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TheOrz
Profile Joined May 2010
United States33 Posts
July 08 2013 19:48 GMT
#241
On July 09 2013 02:34 purakushi wrote:
My question is if hellbats are going to shoot blue flames after the upgrade.


LOL! My thoughts exactly.
oneill12
Profile Joined February 2012
Romania1222 Posts
July 08 2013 19:49 GMT
#242
Hell, it's about time
BronzeKnee
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5226 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-08 19:51:59
July 08 2013 19:50 GMT
#243
On July 09 2013 03:27 Existor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2013 03:26 farvacola wrote:
That banshee buff seems huge to me, gonna be interesting to see how it affects early game detection timings.

Zergs already have spore crawlers
Protoss can detetc with Stargate too, and they can support photon cannons with more damage from Nexus (or just recall Stalkers), so no problems here.


Yeah I actually feel like overall this is a big nerf to Terran, and that is fine with me since I play Protoss.

Protoss Stargate openers are better in PvT, and with detection from Oracles and Photon Overcharge, I should have no problems with Banshees.

Zerg gets Spore Crawlers anytime they want too in HOTS...

I still feel like the right choice here was to slightly nerf Speedvacs and remove the Bio tag from Hellbats.
Fragile51
Profile Joined October 2011
Netherlands15767 Posts
July 08 2013 19:50 GMT
#244
On July 09 2013 04:48 TheOrz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2013 02:34 purakushi wrote:
My question is if hellbats are going to shoot blue flames after the upgrade.


LOL! My thoughts exactly.


Of course they are, it used to be in beta so the textures are already there.
Rhaegal
Profile Blog Joined July 2013
United States678 Posts
July 08 2013 19:50 GMT
#245
On July 09 2013 04:50 BronzeKnee wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2013 03:27 Existor wrote:
On July 09 2013 03:26 farvacola wrote:
That banshee buff seems huge to me, gonna be interesting to see how it affects early game detection timings.

Zergs already have spore crawlers
Protoss can detetc with Stargate too, and they can support photon cannons with more damage from Nexus (or just recall Stalkers), so no problems here.


Yeah I actually feel like overall this is a big nerf to Terran, and that is fine with me since I play Protoss.

Protoss Stargate openers are better in PvT, and with detection and Photon Overcharge, I should have no problems with Banshees.

Zerg gets Spore Crawlers anytime they want too in HOTS...



Careful. this thread doesn't like it when you're against the nerf, apparently.
http://www.twitch.tv/agonysc
zw1er
Profile Joined February 2012
Poland81 Posts
July 08 2013 19:51 GMT
#246
Hellbats - yes. Banshee - no. Everything is almost perfect besides hellbats.
Naphal
Profile Joined December 2010
Germany2099 Posts
July 08 2013 19:52 GMT
#247
if they continue down this path, terran on ladder will just disappear again.
peidongyang
Profile Joined January 2009
Canada2084 Posts
July 08 2013 19:54 GMT
#248
cool changes overall

now hopefully well see more of those 2-basesque biomech allins vs protoss with banshee, raven, marines, wm and hellion, or even 2 base banshee play vs zerg (maybe blizzard should make it so spore crawlers gain 10 second build time without evo chamber?)

either way its still going to be just beta for now so these changes are relatively small and reasonable and seem implementable
the throws never bothered me anyway
Blargh
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2103 Posts
July 08 2013 19:55 GMT
#249
Hellbat was a horribly designed unit. It's okay to have it nerfed. Also, I would have liked to see the Banshee unit itself get buffed instead of cloaking. Cloak is a semi-bad mechanic which doesn't really add to "skill". Blizzard is clearly incapable of making any changes with depth.
blade55555
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States17423 Posts
July 08 2013 19:55 GMT
#250
On July 09 2013 04:52 Naphal wrote:
if they continue down this path, terran on ladder will just disappear again.


LOL 1 unit gets a slight nerf and terran will disappear again? haha this is the first nerf terran has even gotten unless I am mistaken in hots.
When I think of something else, something will go here
TheFish7
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States2824 Posts
July 08 2013 19:56 GMT
#251
Yo Cramer, I'm looking to buy some Hellbat stock for my portfolio. Symbol: "HB"
What do you think?

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NihilisticGod
Profile Joined March 2011
Northern Ireland174 Posts
July 08 2013 19:56 GMT
#252
It will be sweet to see more cloak banshee play, and Terrran can always follow it up with Hellbats if they want
Too weird to live... too rare to die.
YourAdHere
Profile Joined May 2011
United States216 Posts
July 08 2013 19:56 GMT
#253
As a Terran I haven't even played SC2 at all since the S1 finals because TvT went from my most favorite to my least favorite matchup almost over night. Hopefully Marine/Tank becomes viable again.
Mista_Masta
Profile Joined January 2009
Netherlands557 Posts
July 08 2013 19:57 GMT
#254
I like these changes. We'll see how they affect balance in the long term, but at least they look promising - and without changing too many units.
ref4
Profile Joined March 2012
2933 Posts
July 08 2013 19:58 GMT
#255
I don't see hellbat drops that often on ladder and I am in gold

But I hate dealing with cloak banshees more than hellbat drops
Killmouse
Profile Joined August 2010
Austria5700 Posts
July 08 2013 19:58 GMT
#256
On July 09 2013 04:55 blade55555 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2013 04:52 Naphal wrote:
if they continue down this path, terran on ladder will just disappear again.


LOL 1 unit gets a slight nerf and terran will disappear again? haha this is the first nerf terran has even gotten unless I am mistaken in hots.

thats what they said after queen buff
yo
Zax19
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Czech Republic1136 Posts
July 08 2013 19:58 GMT
#257
The base hellbat damage is still way too high, they shouldn't be able to fight marauders, roaches, buildings etc. head on but it's better than no change at all. The banshee buff is completely unnecessary, if anything banshee should have less HP...
Really Blizz, really? - Darnell
packrat386
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
United States5077 Posts
July 08 2013 19:58 GMT
#258
On July 09 2013 04:56 YourAdHere wrote:
As a Terran I haven't even played SC2 at all since the S1 finals because TvT went from my most favorite to my least favorite matchup almost over night. Hopefully Marine/Tank becomes viable again.

I feel like mines are more the issue than hellbats. They function a lot better than tanks except for really large or really small numbers.
dreaming of a sunny day
Asarha
Profile Joined January 2012
France71 Posts
July 08 2013 19:59 GMT
#259
On July 09 2013 04:55 blade55555 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2013 04:52 Naphal wrote:
if they continue down this path, terran on ladder will just disappear again.


LOL 1 unit gets a slight nerf and terran will disappear again? haha this is the first nerf terran has even gotten unless I am mistaken in hots.


During the beta they were a ton of nerf.
I miss the blue heal medivac.

/troll
http://isday9dead.com/
Qwerty85
Profile Joined June 2012
Croatia5536 Posts
July 08 2013 19:59 GMT
#260
On July 09 2013 04:58 Zax19 wrote:
The base hellbat damage is still way too high, they shouldn't be able to fight marauders, roaches, buildings etc. head on but it's better than no change at all. The banshee buff is completely unnecessary, if anything banshee should have less HP...


Did you even read Blizzard's reasoning behind the changes?
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