I think a good idea would be unit on hold position don't get selected. That way you can put overseers on hold, units at watch towers on hold. High templars on hold. Small groups of marines on hold at an expansion and none of them will get selected with the select all button.

phodacbiet

United States1740 Posts

August 20 2013 21:17 GMT

#22

I do because i hotkey my eggs and now its a super unit hotkey adder. I press it (space bar) and then deselect things i dont need and a move. Makes my life easier.

TXRaunchy

United States131 Posts

August 20 2013 21:21 GMT

#23

I freaking blame it on the campaign. Playing zerg, it was easy to A-move and I got used to it and brought it into playing it online.

I would have used the select all army and move with 2-4 used as colli/spellcasters, MSC and obs. So I could still micro them individually.

OriginalBeast

United States709 Posts

August 20 2013 21:26 GMT

#24

My friend who just got this game uses this as his only army hotkey and his army control is god aweful (as we all were when we started out)

Godwrath

Spain10128 Posts

August 20 2013 21:28 GMT

#25

I do from time to time so i don't leave iddle some of the stuff because i forget it.

ThE_OsToJiY

Canada1167 Posts

August 20 2013 21:34 GMT

#26

I think most people don't use it, but I suck so its my favorite button since HOTS launch. Pretty useful to just hit f2 then cntrl+click a certain unit to select all of your mutas for instance. If you are lazy like me just F2 -->AMOVE

The morphing baneling/overseer patch screws up how I use it but not a big change.

Also if overseers are excluded then your army will have no detection with it so there is no good way to do this

MekTypro

France360 Posts

August 20 2013 21:35 GMT

#27

One thing that could help with the "don't select the ling at the naga"-issue could be not to select units that are on hold position. That way you could leave a ling at a tower, an overseer on an expand, etc. without having to change your controls all the time.

movac

Canada494 Posts

August 20 2013 21:39 GMT

#28

On August 21 2013 06:21 TXRaunchy wrote:
I freaking blame it on the campaign. Playing zerg, it was easy to A-move and I got used to it and brought it into playing it online.

I would have used the select all army and move with 2-4 used as colli/spellcasters, MSC and obs. So I could still micro them individually.

LOL me too, I've been trying to hard to undo this bad habit. So many times I've pulled my marines away from the xel naga towers.

Vertitto

Poland750 Posts

August 20 2013 21:42 GMT

#29

i got it binded as ( . Del) key on num part. If needed i use my mouse hand thumb to click is since it's close. It's useful for surrounding with zerg (having like 3-4 groups of units to attack at once) or to find high tech units/ switch them to other control group

Lock0n

United Kingdom184 Posts

August 20 2013 21:56 GMT

#30

It's somewhat useful early game when you have units spread around, and to collect units currently rallying. Sometimes I use it if I know there's some units I left somewhere, but I can't find them. It is also useful to say collect all vikings together, if they happen to be spread out to spot for drops, since you can select all units then tab thru and control click to select only 1 type of unit.

It's useful if you play a deathball type style, but if you prefer multipronged harass, map control and overall improvement, then this button is to be avoided.

BEARDiaguz

Australia2362 Posts

August 20 2013 21:58 GMT

#31

As a terran it's a great way of finding ghosts and ravens. And other tech units of course. It's great early game and in panic situations, or when I just wanna send everything to my opponent and I have all sorts of other stuff to take care of and I want to put off organising my control groups for a bit.

I have it bound to one of my mouse buttons. So I'm actually worse then 1a, I'm just a.

KrazyTrumpet

United States2520 Posts

August 20 2013 22:01 GMT

#32

Yup, use it all the time to just grab everything periodically and section off control groups from that, or when I go to move out with everything for a big attack.

Clarity_nl

Netherlands6826 Posts

August 20 2013 22:03 GMT

#33

Never ever ever ever ever.

As terran I do not see the use as I always have a marine on a tower or at some pathway or a drop going somewhere and that button would just screw me over so hard if I used it.

BEARDiaguz

Australia2362 Posts

August 20 2013 22:04 GMT

#34

Oh yea and if all my rallies get fucked up for some reason it's really useful.

Wingblade

United States1806 Posts

August 20 2013 22:05 GMT

#35

I've used it several times mostly to hotkey my spell casters as Protoss or to find my MSC that I sometimes lose in the lategame because I don't find it as useful.

ailouros

United States193 Posts

August 20 2013 22:08 GMT

#36

It's essential. If you need your mutas or whatever out of the group just press ALT (what I have it binded to) and CTRL+click the mutas or whatever I want out of it and put them on a different key.

vesicular

United States1310 Posts

August 20 2013 22:09 GMT

#37

Only when I know an all-in will win the game.

osmanic

Germany200 Posts

August 20 2013 22:09 GMT

#38

i use it only to find my mothership core when i screw up my hotkeys and cant find it. sometimes when i lose my obs too. i think its useful

MockHamill

Sweden1798 Posts

August 20 2013 22:10 GMT

#39

I have it bound to space and it is extremely useful. Much easier to manage your whole army with one key instead of constantly having to assign every unit to different control groups. I then use the mouse wheel to cycle through the unit types and fire off abilities with A S D.

I still use Q and W as control groups for my raid groups though.

claybones

United States244 Posts

August 20 2013 22:11 GMT

#40

If I am playing monobattles the select all button is my best friend, that is until drops come into the picture. Otherwise I never use it.