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May 23 Balance Update: Hellions, Hellbats and Brood Lords…

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samurai80
Profile Joined November 2011
Japan4225 Posts
May 27 2014 06:03 GMT
#161
Sad zealots incoming :`(
GTPGlitch
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
5061 Posts
May 27 2014 06:13 GMT
#162
It amuses me greatly that some diamond zergs haven't got the message yet that making a few more zerglings does not, in fact, stop a hellbat push
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pure.Wasted
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada4701 Posts
May 27 2014 06:16 GMT
#163
On May 27 2014 12:06 FabledIntegral wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 27 2014 04:01 Rowrin wrote:
On May 26 2014 19:36 SeriousLus wrote:
what a retarded change... as to be expected from Blizzard...
They didnt change shit in WoL, when Terrans were "a tad too strong" but now that Terrans are too dumb to play this game accordingly they patch the shit outta this withing a few months.
one of the many reasons this game is such a FAIL to play (not to watch )


Um what game are you playing?

They didnt change shit in WoL, when Terrans were "a tad too strong"

Besides nerfing terran every month for the first 6 months? All the while buffing every other race?

now that Terrans are too dumb to play this game accordingly they patch the shit outta this withing a few months.

So this game has been out for 14 months dude. 14. and all terran has gotten, which occurred in the first 3-4 months have been nerfs, and a placebo tank buff. The remainder of that 10-11 months terran have been getting crushed.

It honestly sounds like you've never played a single game of starcraft let alone have watched it.


Widow mine buff vs. shields was huge.

Terran was also dominating the beginning of HOTS so...


Code S 2013 s1.

Ro32, 7 Protoss, 11 Terran, 14 Zerg.

Ro16, 3 Protoss, 6 Terran, 7 Zerg.

Ro8, 2 Protoss, 2 Terran, 4 Zerg.

Ro4, 1 Protoss, 1 Terran, 2 Zerg.

Ro2, 1 Terran, 1 Zerg. Zerg won.

If that's "Terran domination," I'm not sure the English language is ready for what the Protoss and Zerg did to Terrans in all three subsequent seasons.
INna Maru-da-FanTa, Bbaby, TY Dream that I'm Flashing you
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
May 27 2014 06:26 GMT
#164
On May 27 2014 15:16 pure.Wasted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 27 2014 12:06 FabledIntegral wrote:
On May 27 2014 04:01 Rowrin wrote:
On May 26 2014 19:36 SeriousLus wrote:
what a retarded change... as to be expected from Blizzard...
They didnt change shit in WoL, when Terrans were "a tad too strong" but now that Terrans are too dumb to play this game accordingly they patch the shit outta this withing a few months.
one of the many reasons this game is such a FAIL to play (not to watch )


Um what game are you playing?

They didnt change shit in WoL, when Terrans were "a tad too strong"

Besides nerfing terran every month for the first 6 months? All the while buffing every other race?

now that Terrans are too dumb to play this game accordingly they patch the shit outta this withing a few months.

So this game has been out for 14 months dude. 14. and all terran has gotten, which occurred in the first 3-4 months have been nerfs, and a placebo tank buff. The remainder of that 10-11 months terran have been getting crushed.

It honestly sounds like you've never played a single game of starcraft let alone have watched it.


Widow mine buff vs. shields was huge.

Terran was also dominating the beginning of HOTS so...


Code S 2013 s1.

Ro32, 7 Protoss, 11 Terran, 14 Zerg.

Ro16, 3 Protoss, 6 Terran, 7 Zerg.

Ro8, 2 Protoss, 2 Terran, 4 Zerg.

Ro4, 1 Protoss, 1 Terran, 2 Zerg.

Ro2, 1 Terran, 1 Zerg. Zerg won.

If that's "Terran domination," I'm not sure the English language is ready for what the Protoss and Zerg did to Terrans in all three subsequent seasons.


Technically it was Code S Season 2 of 2013, WCS Season 1.
Code S Season 1 of 2013 was still WoL.

Also WCS Season 2 was actually quite better for Terran than Season 1:
P: 10 T:8 Z:14
P:4 T: 7 Z:5
P:2 T:4 Z:2
P:1 T:3
P:1 T:1
Winner: Maru

That on its own (pretty much the distribution that Zerg had at the end of WoL) in only one tournament doesn't mean shit.
pure.Wasted
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada4701 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-27 06:43:23
May 27 2014 06:42 GMT
#165
On May 27 2014 15:26 Big J wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 27 2014 15:16 pure.Wasted wrote:
On May 27 2014 12:06 FabledIntegral wrote:
On May 27 2014 04:01 Rowrin wrote:
On May 26 2014 19:36 SeriousLus wrote:
what a retarded change... as to be expected from Blizzard...
They didnt change shit in WoL, when Terrans were "a tad too strong" but now that Terrans are too dumb to play this game accordingly they patch the shit outta this withing a few months.
one of the many reasons this game is such a FAIL to play (not to watch )


Um what game are you playing?

They didnt change shit in WoL, when Terrans were "a tad too strong"

Besides nerfing terran every month for the first 6 months? All the while buffing every other race?

now that Terrans are too dumb to play this game accordingly they patch the shit outta this withing a few months.

So this game has been out for 14 months dude. 14. and all terran has gotten, which occurred in the first 3-4 months have been nerfs, and a placebo tank buff. The remainder of that 10-11 months terran have been getting crushed.

It honestly sounds like you've never played a single game of starcraft let alone have watched it.


Widow mine buff vs. shields was huge.

Terran was also dominating the beginning of HOTS so...


Code S 2013 s1.

Ro32, 7 Protoss, 11 Terran, 14 Zerg.

Ro16, 3 Protoss, 6 Terran, 7 Zerg.

Ro8, 2 Protoss, 2 Terran, 4 Zerg.

Ro4, 1 Protoss, 1 Terran, 2 Zerg.

Ro2, 1 Terran, 1 Zerg. Zerg won.

If that's "Terran domination," I'm not sure the English language is ready for what the Protoss and Zerg did to Terrans in all three subsequent seasons.


Technically it was Code S Season 2 of 2013, WCS Season 1.
Code S Season 1 of 2013 was still WoL.

Also WCS Season 2 was actually quite better for Terran than Season 1:
P: 10 T:8 Z:14
P:4 T: 7 Z:5
P:2 T:4 Z:2
P:1 T:3
P:1 T:1
Winner: Maru

That on its own (pretty much the distribution that Zerg had at the end of WoL) in only one tournament doesn't mean shit.


Sorry, you're right, I still get a little confused between the denominations. Especially GSL/OSL throws me off.

The point is, Zerg has dominated every single Code S throughout HOTS, and while Terran did marginally better than Protoss in the first two Code S of HOTS, they've done increasingly worse with every subsequent one. Terran hasn't dominated anything anywhere ever since like 2012.
INna Maru-da-FanTa, Bbaby, TY Dream that I'm Flashing you
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
May 27 2014 07:12 GMT
#166
On May 27 2014 15:42 pure.Wasted wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 27 2014 15:26 Big J wrote:
On May 27 2014 15:16 pure.Wasted wrote:
On May 27 2014 12:06 FabledIntegral wrote:
On May 27 2014 04:01 Rowrin wrote:
On May 26 2014 19:36 SeriousLus wrote:
what a retarded change... as to be expected from Blizzard...
They didnt change shit in WoL, when Terrans were "a tad too strong" but now that Terrans are too dumb to play this game accordingly they patch the shit outta this withing a few months.
one of the many reasons this game is such a FAIL to play (not to watch )


Um what game are you playing?

They didnt change shit in WoL, when Terrans were "a tad too strong"

Besides nerfing terran every month for the first 6 months? All the while buffing every other race?

now that Terrans are too dumb to play this game accordingly they patch the shit outta this withing a few months.

So this game has been out for 14 months dude. 14. and all terran has gotten, which occurred in the first 3-4 months have been nerfs, and a placebo tank buff. The remainder of that 10-11 months terran have been getting crushed.

It honestly sounds like you've never played a single game of starcraft let alone have watched it.


Widow mine buff vs. shields was huge.

Terran was also dominating the beginning of HOTS so...


Code S 2013 s1.

Ro32, 7 Protoss, 11 Terran, 14 Zerg.

Ro16, 3 Protoss, 6 Terran, 7 Zerg.

Ro8, 2 Protoss, 2 Terran, 4 Zerg.

Ro4, 1 Protoss, 1 Terran, 2 Zerg.

Ro2, 1 Terran, 1 Zerg. Zerg won.

If that's "Terran domination," I'm not sure the English language is ready for what the Protoss and Zerg did to Terrans in all three subsequent seasons.


Technically it was Code S Season 2 of 2013, WCS Season 1.
Code S Season 1 of 2013 was still WoL.

Also WCS Season 2 was actually quite better for Terran than Season 1:
P: 10 T:8 Z:14
P:4 T: 7 Z:5
P:2 T:4 Z:2
P:1 T:3
P:1 T:1
Winner: Maru

That on its own (pretty much the distribution that Zerg had at the end of WoL) in only one tournament doesn't mean shit.


Sorry, you're right, I still get a little confused between the denominations. Especially GSL/OSL throws me off.

The point is, Zerg has dominated every single Code S throughout HOTS, and while Terran did marginally better than Protoss in the first two Code S of HOTS, they've done increasingly worse with every subsequent one. Terran hasn't dominated anything anywhere ever since like 2012.


Come one, you either can say that Zerg has dominated all Code S (and stretch that word a lot with Z winning 1 out of 3 Code S in HotS) and then also need to admit that Terran made the first 4 consecutive Korean finals of HotS and won all of them apart from WCS S1 (WCS S1 Globals, WCS S2, WCS S2 Globals) and looked pretty dominating at that time. (also took 4/6 foreign WCS finals; Polt and Taeja had 5 Premier tournament wins each in 2013 which was far more than any P or Z achieved)
Or you can say that neither of those two races has been dominating, since Terran did clearly better in 2013 (especially in the first half year after HotS came out) and you dismiss that one as "no domination".
einduden
Profile Joined May 2014
Germany13 Posts
May 27 2014 09:16 GMT
#167
Another Zerg giving his 2 cents

I think the Patch 4 BL´s is not a ZvZ Buff, it is an "Anti-Stephano-Buff" :p, because he just overdid it with the SH.
Actually i don´t like SH´s either, but it is the only way do deal with Toss Lategamedeathballs or Mech.
I´d like to see them replaced by an Antiairunit, or completely redesigned.

The Hellbatbuff i think might be a bit too much 4 the TvZ earlygame, because i see tons of Hellbat Marauder Medivac timings incoming, that are quite hard to defend with Z T1 Units, because the Hardcounter 4 Lings is Hellbats, the Hardcounter 4 Roaches is Marauders.
Also is the Hellbat a bit too strong imo 4 a Untis that only costs Minerals. How about doing the Buff, but also changing the Cost of Hellions/Hellbats to 75/25 Like Roaches. T´s don´t need their Gas anyway or am I wrong there?

Last but not least: The Mappool
I really don´t think that the Mappool is the Problem in TvZ. It is just that we Zergs had to learn how to Play on small maps with a lot of chokepoints and ramps (Best example is Whirlwind or Heavy Rain) and now the T´s and P´s from this World have to learn how to play on Maps that have wide open space. I see no imbalance there.

Greetz
SC2Labs
Profile Joined January 2014
Ireland6 Posts
May 27 2014 23:52 GMT
#168
Although I do not play ZvZ myself, that game between at Lone Star Clash really showed in one swipe why there is need for an alternate Swarmhost approach.

As said on the Battle.net Forums, there are no plans to redesign this unit as a whole since its impact on the gameplay would be too severe. I really agree with this point but contradictory I really do not like the unit, not due to the fact that it is a good counter to Terran Mech but since its design very often seems to stretch games.

That is of course my sole (Terran) believe:-(
ETisME
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
12476 Posts
May 28 2014 00:06 GMT
#169
I find swarmhost vs mech can be really fun to watch, especially the newer mech games that we watch.
Swarmhost and muta style with viper grab is pretty awesome
其疾如风,其徐如林,侵掠如火,不动如山,难知如阴,动如雷震。
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