Terran Buffs - Balance Testing Soon - July 1 - Page 19

On July 02 2014 06:23 SirPinky wrote:


Yup. 100% certain we would not hear anyting from DK without the ZP article. Shows the power of TL!

On July 02 2014 06:06 SC2John wrote:


I don't typically post in these threads, but I feel obligated to throw my opinion in here for Blizzard to (hopefully) read:

First of all, I definitely agree that something other than 4M should be buffed. Mines and medivacs are great and useful tools, but the biggest issue with Terran is that they're just dying in this lack of options and stale game play that doesn't allow them to do anything interesting or unexpected anymore.

With that in mind, I also think that buffing the Terran early and mid game is not, in the long run, a useful change. Buffing the early game automatically affects the mid game, the late game, all the way through to the end game (Queen range buff, for example). Because of the power of MMM in the mid game, we've seen all to often in the past that a strong early game for Terran naturally leads to a great mid game and a dominant late game. As a result, during these periods of Terran dominance (pre-queen buff, pre-snipe nerf, pre-EMP nerf, pre-hellbat nerf, pre-WM nerf, etc., etc.), we see games that look ridiculously Terran favored because their mid game snowballs very quickly into a huge late game lead. Subsequently, Blizzard has been quick to nerf what seems to be a completely out-of-control dominant race in order to preserve "balance", but they when they come back to the problem months later, they just end up buffing one thing and nerfing another and struggling to really address the problem.

That said, buffing the late game is a great place to start. The late game does not affect any of the game play earlier while still providing Terran a much-needed boon in the late game. As such, it works somewhat as a very non-committal change because it allows the early and mid game to proceed and evolve without intrusion while simultaneously create more of a safe place for Terrans, who are generally behind by the late game anyway. In this way, buffing something like the siege tank, ghosts, or even banshees to some degree would create a late game in which Terran players feel a lot more comfortable playing in without directly affecting the earlier stages of the game.

Personally, although I know Blizzard is against this, I would suggest perhaps undoing the snipe patch or at least buffing it back to 35 or 40 to help Terrans better deal with ultralisks, mutas, and zealots in the late game. Another potential change is simply by giving the siege tank +1 range, which would allow it to siege outside of nexus cannon range and would give it better space control and efficacy.

There are a million different ways to patch Terran to give it some extra power, but I think buffing the mid game units and trying to create a more powerful mid game on top of an already extremely powerful mid game base is redundant, and I think Blizzard's efforts would be better spent in buffing the peripherals of the Terran race rather than tweaking the already solid core.

On July 02 2014 06:38 SCkad wrote:
Idle curiosity here, but what would happen if Tech-reactor's from the campaign were brought into the game as an upgrade from either the fusion core or from the armoury?

would allowing a terran to produce two of their hi-tech units at a time be insurmountable for the other races to deal with?

On July 02 2014 06:41 SSVnormandy wrote:
TheDwf saving starcraft!

On a serious note the medivac change does not seem the good way. Why they don't want to revert snipe nerf or any nerf, is there stupid pride in line here?

On July 02 2014 06:44 r691175002 wrote:

David Kim has never reverted a patch, no matter how stupid it is. Just unwillingness to admit a mistake I guess.

On July 02 2014 06:44 r691175002 wrote:

David Kim has never reverted a patch, no matter how stupid it is. Just unwillingness to admit a mistake I guess.