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decemberscalm
United States1353 Posts
On January 19 2014 08:42 NB wrote: quick question. I own WoL but not of HoTS, do i have to wait until 2.1 to try out starbow? Party up with someone and you can play it. It bumps you up to HOTS. | ||
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FromShouri
United States862 Posts
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pure.Wasted
Canada4701 Posts
On January 19 2014 08:42 Grumbels wrote: Did idra quit streaming already?(I'm so lost browsing the internet on this ipad) Yes short stream day. | ||
iHirO
United Kingdom1381 Posts
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PesteNoire
151 Posts
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CannonsNCarriers
United States638 Posts
Mines that you don't touch almost always die to A-move units due to the cast timer. Whereas if you cast them yourself, they have no cast time, so A-move units don't do anything. Is this intended? I will put a lot of APM behind casting those things myself because that is just sooo much more powerful. | ||
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Mistakes
United States1102 Posts
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Yorbon
Netherlands4272 Posts
On January 19 2014 09:14 PesteNoire wrote: Right away your post isn't valid because it has no connection to the one you're quoting, and this guy is referring specifically to judging after two games.Right away your opinion isn't valid because you play zerg, and this guy is referring specifically to Terran. First of all, the oracle is considered a bad unit design for SC2 so making a unit that mimics it is bad right off the bat. Secondly, the reason it is bad TvP is it limits how you can open TvP. This is how the oracle (along with the MSC) has ruined TvP in HOTS because the oracle has limited how you can open. If you do not open with enough anti - air, you will just lose the game. Incorporating this into Starbow was a horrible idea Get rid of the unit | ||
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NukeD
Croatia1612 Posts
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KDot2
United States1213 Posts
think it will still be easy to get games 1-2 months down the road or longer ? I don't wanna get really into it then realize no one else is playing | ||
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
I was also playing Shox last night and he was playing 100% like bw and doing decently with that style too. I think sentinel openings are better atm though. | ||
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Dubo
United States161 Posts
On January 19 2014 09:24 NukeD wrote: How is it similar to oracle? Oracle is onedimensional, either it does damage or it gets shut down completely. Sentinel spells are usefull in any scenario beside worker harass. I think its spell palette is awesome and it should remain in the game nerfed or not. It is very similar to the oracle, just scaled down like everything in starbow. It has the same exact role as the oracle; hope it's not scouted so you can massacre workers at undefended mineral lines, and if it's scouted or repelled it has some meh spells that are useful enough for you to keep it alive but not useful enough for you to want to build any more for the rest of the game. Personally I don't think it's imbalanced but I don't like what it adds to the game. If the starbow devs want to try to force a creation of theirs into viability I think they should try again. Null wards are imo the only interesting thing about it, but they're basically scarabs that are only good vs workers. On January 19 2014 09:50 KDot2 wrote: so whats the general consensus on starbow ? it looks really good think it will still be easy to get games 1-2 months down the road or longer ? I don't wanna get really into it then realize no one else is playing If a rank structure is implemented soon enough, I think starbow has a bright future ahead of it. | ||
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Excludos
Norway8233 Posts
On January 19 2014 09:50 KDot2 wrote: so whats the general consensus on starbow ? it looks really good think it will still be easy to get games 1-2 months down the road or longer ? I don't wanna get really into it then realize no one else is playing It has potential. 86 pages in this thread after 7 days, so people are obviously excited about it. How good it is or going to be is impossible to know, but it seems at a glance to be more interesting than hots. Maybe because its new, maybe they're really on to something. 1-2 months down the line will tell | ||
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SigmaoctanusIV
United States3313 Posts
As a community we have always had the skills and communication to make a mod that would be better played, and more exciting to watch. I have the highest hopes that Starbow takes off and blizzard takes notice and helps us. | ||
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saltis
159 Posts
On January 19 2014 09:22 CannonsNCarriers wrote: So the mines. If you cast them yourself ... they have no cast timer. They just launch like a widow mine shot. Mines that you don't touch almost always die to A-move units due to the cast timer. Whereas if you cast them yourself, they have no cast time, so A-move units don't do anything. Is this intended? I will put a lot of APM behind casting those things myself because that is just sooo much more powerful. I definitely like the idea of triggering mines manually with 0 delayed time. It brings skill differential to terran players. It just looks like splash damage for manually triggered mines are a little bit of overkill. Scenario : vultures sneaks into the base sets mines and moves to harass workers. Hydras instantly reacts to defend but one mistake and a whole clumped of defending hydras instantly dies. I would suggest for manually triggered mines either reduce splash damage or remove splash damage at all since manually triggered mines have 100% efficiency already. | ||
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NB
Netherlands12045 Posts
On January 19 2014 08:43 decemberscalm wrote: Party up with someone and you can play it. It bumps you up to HOTS. is it a one time thing or i have to party every time? i dont have much friends who still play sc2 regularly :-( | ||
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SCST
Mexico1609 Posts
On January 19 2014 09:50 KDot2 wrote: so whats the general consensus on starbow ? it looks really good think it will still be easy to get games 1-2 months down the road or longer ? I don't wanna get really into it then realize no one else is playing It appears to be very positive. People seem to really like the viewing experience - though a few say it's "slow". But I think that has more to do with the fact that the units are slightly slower in Starbow relative to SC2, not the pace and intensity of the game itself. Overall it's just a fun game to play and to watch. | ||
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aZealot
New Zealand5447 Posts
On January 19 2014 10:20 NB wrote: is it a one time thing or i have to party every time? i dont have much friends who still play sc2 regularly :-( You have to party every time. When Blizzard eventually brings out 2.1 then it should easy-peasy to play. Edit/ SB has brought back a number of old SC players which is good. A lot of the players in chat, for example, are players who tend to have not played for a while (if you look through their match history) even if they have stayed in touch with the scene. | ||
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Beastyqt
Serbia516 Posts
On January 19 2014 09:53 LuckyFool wrote: The sentinel is really good, the spells are really strong when used well. Especially the floating mine zappy thingys. I don't really ever beat protoss but its probably because I keep trying to use bw builds. I was also playing Shox last night and he was playing 100% like bw and doing decently with that style too. I think sentinel openings are better atm though. I use BW builds, they work in TvP you just have to react to what P is doing. | ||
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rebuffering
Canada2436 Posts
On January 19 2014 10:35 aZealot wrote: You have to party every time. When Blizzard eventually brings out 2.1 then it should easy-peasy to play. Edit/ SB has brought back a number of old SC players which is good. A lot of the players in chat, for example, are players who tend to have not played for a while (if you look through their match history) even if they have stayed in touch with the scene. Yup, i had about 7000 games up until HOTS, then i hated it, and stopped playing for a year. Now im back! and its super fun to play SB right now. Hope it keeps growing, specially if we can get a sord of ICCUP ladder going on. | ||
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