On December 07 2014 20:28 p14c wrote: It's not surprising since D. Kim gets his "pro-feedback" from people like Tod and Huk.
Tod and Huk are the worst people for David Kim to listen to. Don't think you'll find two more biased players in the scene. He should ask Demuslim for feedback as he can be trusted.
so now that life won wcs, parting won hsc, forgg won DH, SOS won hot6, and either toss or terran will win IEM can we say the game is pretty balanced and new maps that help zerg would make it just about perfect. is this really needed i mean come on this is just silly.
On December 08 2014 12:11 starslayer wrote: so now that life won wcs, parting won hsc, forgg won DH, SOS won hot6, and either toss or terran will win IEM can we say the game is pretty balanced and new maps that help zerg would make it just about perfect. is this really needed i mean come on this is just silly.
From my humble low-league opinion, zergs will be well developed in lotv like Terrans are in WoL and HotS. Many viable strategies even at tier1, more powerfull defencing tools, more ways to attack enemy and finaly ways to dictate the game.
Now every ZvT usually muta-bane-ling. Only rarely we can see something exotic like Swarm Host vs Terran with bio. That worked well for one or two games, then it goes again back to classic muta-ling-bane.
On December 08 2014 12:11 starslayer wrote: so now that life won wcs, parting won hsc, forgg won DH, SOS won hot6, and either toss or terran will win IEM can we say the game is pretty balanced and new maps that help zerg would make it just about perfect. is this really needed i mean come on this is just silly.
seriously, what's wrong with those idiots? first, they refuse to fix the obviously broken infestor for, what, almost two years?. and now they're just nerfing and buffing without giving things enough time to settle. just when other races were adjusting to terran, they completely nerf terran into the ground. so they buff terran. now that everyone's adjusting to it again, they're gonna nerf. the stupidity is mind boggling.
On December 08 2014 12:57 meenamjah wrote: [...] first, they refuse to fix the obviously broken infestor for, what, almost two years?. [...] just when other races were adjusting to terran, they completely nerf terran into the ground. [...] now that everyone's adjusting to it again, they're gonna nerf. the stupidity is mind boggling.
Yup, you're right. The stupidity is mind boggling.
On December 08 2014 13:43 Rollora wrote: PvP Finals at IEM. Hmm lets wait for the meta to evolve before balance patching anything?
Rain and hero are a level or 2 above the rest of the field. Maybe bomber comes close but the edge should go to rain. No flash, no Taeja, no innovation in the tournament.
there won't, or shouldn't, be another balance patch until after GSL/SPOTV season 1. using weekend tournaments as balance indicators isn't that great since not everyone goes to them, and even using WCS wasn't very good since EU and AM were more terran heavy, and GSL was more protoss/zerg heavy.
I really hope that they consider changing the map pool first before doing these balance changes. These two recent tournaments have shown that Protosses are catching up in the PvT meta.
On December 08 2014 13:43 Rollora wrote: PvP Finals at IEM. Hmm lets wait for the meta to evolve before balance patching anything?
Rain and hero are a level or 2 above the rest of the field. Maybe bomber comes close but the edge should go to rain. No flash, no Taeja, no innovation in the tournament.
On December 08 2014 13:43 Rollora wrote: PvP Finals at IEM. Hmm lets wait for the meta to evolve before balance patching anything?
Rain and hero are a level or 2 above the rest of the field. Maybe bomber comes close but the edge should go to rain. No flash, no Taeja, no innovation in the tournament.
Innovation lost to herO in the Hot6 Cup
But Innovation eventually beat herO and qualified for the RO8
On December 07 2014 20:28 p14c wrote: It's not surprising since D. Kim gets his "pro-feedback" from people like Tod and Huk.
Tod and Huk are the worst people for David Kim to listen to. Don't think you'll find two more biased players in the scene. He should ask Demuslim for feedback as he can be trusted.
On December 08 2014 12:57 meenamjah wrote: [...] first, they refuse to fix the obviously broken infestor for, what, almost two years?. [...] just when other races were adjusting to terran, they completely nerf terran into the ground. [...] now that everyone's adjusting to it again, they're gonna nerf. the stupidity is mind boggling.
Yup, you're right. The stupidity is mind boggling.
the nerf to mine shiled damage is tiny and hasnt even goen through yet, not to mention blizzards already stated there holding off and doing anything but that untill after the map pool has changed to less T favoured? its like some people havent even read the balance update
By looking at the premiere Tournaments from September to now (11 Tournaments i think) I believe we can say the game has good balance bar the maps. (4 zerg wins, 4 Protoss wins and 3 Terran wins)
On December 08 2014 12:11 starslayer wrote: so now that life won wcs, parting won hsc, forgg won DH, SOS won hot6, and either toss or terran will win IEM can we say the game is pretty balanced and new maps that help zerg would make it just about perfect. is this really needed i mean come on this is just silly.
seriously, what's wrong with those idiots? first, they refuse to fix the obviously broken infestor for, what, almost two years?. and now they're just nerfing and buffing without giving things enough time to settle. just when other races were adjusting to terran, they completely nerf terran into the ground. so they buff terran. now that everyone's adjusting to it again, they're gonna nerf. the stupidity is mind boggling.
What is stupidity?
BL+infestor era was like 6 months long, it started when the queens got the range buffs after ghost got nerfed. First Zerg win was Leenock at MLG in august 2012, then Life in October in Code S. When ghost could snipe BL/ultras nobody was ranting at the infestor, it was actually a necessary tool to keep zergs alive. Watch MMA vs DRG finals if you don't remember.
Plus the last monthes don't count much cause all devs were working on HOTS which was released in march 2013.
Balance is not perfect, maybe, but before calling people idiots or stupids try to at least sound smart yourself...
This new mine change is not so big and probably won't make blink all ins or zealot/archons pushes OP again, at least I hope so.
The real big issue is the map pool, they seem to have heard this. So let's wait and see.
On December 08 2014 20:06 Gwavajuice wrote: but before calling people idiots or stupids try to at least...
Wait what?? I need to actually try to DO something, or have some minimum level of information before calling people idiots??? :o My entire lifestyle on internet is in shambles! Surely you are joking....
On December 07 2014 09:16 keglu wrote: Based on Aligulac PvZ was above 50% for first time in 9 months,and TvZ is below 50% in last two months and trending down Somehow it translates into Zerg underperforming in both matchups.
its Aligulac. Aligulac. You dont ever cite Aligulac as data, it's the most flawed database that allows people to cherry-pick non-important matches to skew data.
Sorry, before your last post explaining current state of the game so clearly i did not have any better sources of information than Aligulac. Now with your post closing debate i'll be using your indisputable opinion as facts.
Just forget about him, he's a competitive troll. And if you ever need a good laugh after a bad day, just read here his recent "balance suggestions" (lol).
I'm the troll? Says the biased Terran troll who writes the most ridiculous stuff.
On December 08 2014 15:29 hansonslee wrote: I really hope that they consider changing the map pool first before doing these balance changes. These two recent tournaments have shown that Protosses are catching up in the PvT meta.
Have they really though? Looking at the tournaments where Terran has done well in recently, we either dont see top tier Protoss (Parting / sOs / herO / Classic / Zest / ect) or those Protoss are knocked out by Zerg. We don't actually see T beating top tier P very often, we just haven't seen the top tier P in foreign tournaments lately.
On December 08 2014 13:43 Rollora wrote: PvP Finals at IEM. Hmm lets wait for the meta to evolve before balance patching anything?
Rain and hero are a level or 2 above the rest of the field. Maybe bomber comes close but the edge should go to rain. No flash, no Taeja, no innovation in the tournament.
funny how it is always a skill based win when a protoss wins but when T or Z wins, they all cry balance. If ypu look at the list of premier tournament wins, especially the first half of 2014 almost every toss won something. I wouldn't be surprised if even HuK won something as well. But its great that the moment a non Protoss wins he whines aboit balance.well he did that even during the 9 months of protoss reign..
Balance was never closer to being ok but that its off still is showed by the lack of recent Zerg wins and that the terrans don't have an answer to toss lategame