Select all army button is very useful for globally selecting all of a unit that you need to hotkey near your base. For example, ravens or infestors that just were produced, you can global select everything, control click your ravens, and then hotkey them.

Other than that, players should never use this because it will essentially atrophy you as a player.

Lunchador

United States776 Posts

August 21 2013 01:33 GMT

#62

I do believe it is a useful key. It's very helpful for finding all your spellcasters and high tech stary units. But it does lend itself to bad habits which can be worked out of.

Doc Brawler

United States260 Posts

August 21 2013 01:39 GMT

#63

I used to have the same problem, until I forced myself to stop using the SAAUB so often.
If you don't want to grab certain units (watchtower) you either have to:
1. Manually deselect them, (not terribly unreasonable if its once in a a while)
2. Get used to not relying on SAAUB.
Its much easier to manage units with SAAUB but the downside is sacrifice more complex unit controls such as patrolling units, watchtower, drops, scouts ect.
You have to choose whats more important at the particular situation. I think the better you get at always grouping units the less you will want to use the SAAUB, which should improve your game overall.

shid0x

Korea (South)5014 Posts

August 21 2013 01:41 GMT

#64

I'm someone who does a lot of 10 Min stim +1attack +2 medivac push so i use F3 (yes i hotkeyed F3) to group them all and to push.

Otherwise i don't use it since my drops and static defense would move too.
The only time i would use it is panic mode where you need to absolutely get everything.

DinosaurPoop

687 Posts

August 21 2013 02:04 GMT

#65

I use it because i'm too lazy to actively add to control group newly produced units :o.

packrat386

United States5077 Posts

August 21 2013 02:14 GMT

#66

I should start of by saying that I'm in silver league atm. I play zerg, and if I'm going for a game ending attack I often use the button to summon my whole army. Also early game when i only have a few units, and know where they are I use the button to easily grab them all for defense

Thienan567

United States670 Posts

August 21 2013 03:20 GMT

#67

Dia zerg, not really except for when I know its the end of the game. Messes with my scouting lings and tower lings too much lol

Ansinjunger

United States2451 Posts

August 21 2013 03:33 GMT

#68

With the amount I get all-in'd, I use this button, or during other panic situations. It's getting to be a bad habit and really annoying when I take a guy off of a tower.

DemigodcelpH

1138 Posts

August 21 2013 03:34 GMT

#69

I think it should be removed. It promotes carelessness, and I think the combination of all of these "ease of use" tweaks is partly (but only partly as the things like "terrible terrible damage" and warpgate are bigger offenders) responsible for the lower skill ceiling of this game and SC2 "drying out" in recent times.

Teim

Australia373 Posts

August 21 2013 03:46 GMT

#70

I'm the kind of player who likes to have a marine sitting at every expansion, watch tower, path of attack etc.

The button, therefore is a curse for me. I should never press it.

But I do. And I regret it almost straight away.

vhapter

Brazil677 Posts

August 21 2013 04:13 GMT

#71

The only time I ever use this is when I have lost track of one or more observers.

LiLSighKoh

United States588 Posts

August 21 2013 04:14 GMT

#72

I used it before, but i stopped because i was getting annoyed with my units leaving the watch tower, or 6 of my marines out on the map in a corner scouting for drops or in scouting paths to know where my oponent was joining my army leaving my map completely dark.

WetSocks

United States953 Posts

August 21 2013 04:18 GMT

#73

Only when I'm playing Zerg, so yes.

d_runk

124 Posts

August 21 2013 06:45 GMT

#74

I rarely use it, it is in fact currently unbound so if I really need it (in those "I need to move out now or 30 secs later it won't matter" situations)

MaxField

United States2386 Posts

August 21 2013 06:47 GMT

#75

I feel like i should use it.... but still haven't.

simmeh

Canada2511 Posts

August 21 2013 06:50 GMT

#76

On August 21 2013 13:13 vhapter wrote:
The only time I ever use this is when I have lost track of one or more observers.

only reason i use it ever as well

Zeus5TV

Netherlands11 Posts

August 21 2013 06:54 GMT

#77

I use this button quite often. When my army is split around bases for drop defense and my opponent is going for a full attack anywhere, I can use this button to quickly gather up armies. I have it hotkeyed to F5 as F1 to F4 are camera locations.

Nekovivie

United Kingdom2599 Posts

August 21 2013 08:42 GMT

#78

It's handy for when you've genuinely lost a unit and can't find it, but otherwise no. Things are generally hotkey tied shortly after leaving their building.

figq

12519 Posts

August 21 2013 08:49 GMT

#79

I'd like to see polls by race, please.

Personally I don't use it, except in very rare situations (when I'm sure that I don't have or need my movable scouting units to stay around the map). At first I even thought it's only for campaign noobs, but later reconsidered some aspects of it.

The most useful thing about it is to statically select all your high priority units of the same type (some of them may be lost) and reset their regular hotkey, but never move the whole army at once with it. I don't do that very often though, perhaps my multitasking isn't at that high level where you end up losing track of units around the map much.