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Entropy137
Profile Joined January 2012
Canada215 Posts
December 03 2014 20:52 GMT
#121
I like the change, as it's a move in the right direction. I still think nerfing Widow Mines health from 90 to 80 would be a very reasonably option to consider, if the idea is to bring HT style play back. This nerf would allow storms to kill a mine, and give the protoss player another ability to clear mines from range, which is one of the main benefits of the current collosus style.
Lunareste
Profile Joined July 2011
United States3596 Posts
December 03 2014 20:54 GMT
#122
Honestly, upping the amount of shots needed to kill Protoss with Widow Mines is just increasing the amount of times that the Terran army is going to get hit too.

3 Widow Mines to kill one zealot is enough.
KT FlaSh FOREVER
XPA
Profile Joined January 2013
Germany242 Posts
December 03 2014 20:57 GMT
#123
Ok, indroducing a new map pool and at the same time buffing the struggling terran race made terran a bit to strong. What´s the best way to fix this? Nerfing Terran and indroducing new maps, that most likely will favor the other races. I can´t see why you wouldn´t wait for the new maps and adjuste after this if anything is needed.
Grumbels
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Netherlands7032 Posts
December 03 2014 20:58 GMT
#124
On December 04 2014 05:45 Big J wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2014 05:43 Ej_ wrote:
On December 04 2014 05:39 Big J wrote:
On December 04 2014 05:31 kinsky wrote:
oh no! the 4 only good terrans that exist, started to win tournaments again. lets nerf terran again...

edit: sarcasm bot.

So which one of these 7 Terran Tournament winners do you think isn't good?
Flash, Forgg, Innovation, Taeja, Bomber, MMA, Polt

is this a trick question

Na, I'm just courious since he says that there are only 4good terrans that won tournaments, but I counted 7 different tournament winners. Hence, 3 of them have to be bad players by his statement.

And there's Skyhigh and Marineking with recent good results.
Well, now I tell you, I never seen good come o' goodness yet. Him as strikes first is my fancy; dead men don't bite; them's my views--amen, so be it.
DinoMight
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States3725 Posts
December 03 2014 20:59 GMT
#125
On December 04 2014 05:54 Lunareste wrote:
Honestly, upping the amount of shots needed to kill Protoss with Widow Mines is just increasing the amount of times that the Terran army is going to get hit too.

3 Widow Mines to kill one zealot is enough.


3 Widow Mines already kill 3 Zealots. The splash from them is also enough to kill like 5 more Zealots.

When you think of the units that die directly from the shots, the units that die from the splash, and the units that die before they can even engage the Terran army, Widow Mines are very strong.
"Wtf I come back and find myself in camp DinoMight all of a sudden, feels weird man." -Wombat_NI
DinoMight
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States3725 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-03 21:02:56
December 03 2014 21:00 GMT
#126
People said the same thing about Protoss when Protoss was OP:

Skyhigh, Marineking, ForGG are not good Terrans. They are mediocre Terrans winning/getting far in big tournaments at the same time that world class Protoss and Zerg players are dropping out.

ForGG went 6-3 vs Life at Dreamhack.

In the last game he opened 2 factory BFH, had it completely shut down, then just plopped down 6 barracks and won anyway. He did essentially the worst possible build and beat one of the best Zergs.

Mediocre Terrans winning with dumb builds = imba, honestly.
"Wtf I come back and find myself in camp DinoMight all of a sudden, feels weird man." -Wombat_NI
pure.Wasted
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada4701 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-03 21:03:38
December 03 2014 21:03 GMT
#127
On December 04 2014 05:07 Cheren wrote:
First, instant hellbat transformation. Hellbats are way too common in TvZ now, the upgrade should be re-added with maybe a lower research time and cost.


Hellbats are too common? Yeah, I guess if you want 9/10 TvZs to be MMMWM into perpetuity, then you might say Hellbats are too common. Some people don't horribly mind having more totally viable units injecting fresh life into the meta.
INna Maru-da-FanTa, Bbaby, TY Dream that I'm Flashing you
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
December 03 2014 21:03 GMT
#128
On December 04 2014 06:00 DinoMight wrote:
People said the same thing about Protoss when Protoss was OP:

Skyhigh, Marineking, ForGG are not good Terrans. They are mediocre Terrans winning/getting far in big tournaments at the same time that world class Protoss and Zerg players are dropping out.


Please don't go there. It's never the players fault that they are winning. All those "our players are better than yours" are disgusting implicit player bashes.
midnight999
Profile Blog Joined December 2012
United States257 Posts
December 03 2014 21:05 GMT
#129
On December 04 2014 06:00 DinoMight wrote:
People said the same thing about Protoss when Protoss was OP:

Skyhigh, Marineking, ForGG are not good Terrans. They are mediocre Terrans winning/getting far in big tournaments at the same time that world class Protoss and Zerg players are dropping out.

ForGG went 6-3 vs Life at Dreamhack.

In the last game he opened 2 factory BFH, had it completely shut down, then just plopped down 6 barracks and won anyway. He did essentially the worst possible build and beat one of the best Zergs.

Mediocre Terrans winning with dumb builds = imba, honestly.


Stop whining.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23580 Posts
December 03 2014 21:05 GMT
#130
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
KMART561
Profile Joined September 2014
United States24 Posts
December 03 2014 21:05 GMT
#131
So he starts out by saying we have noticed that Zerg is underperforming and having a tough time and we want to address that and then jumps straight to talking about the widow mine for TvP usage.....what in the hell does that have to do with Zerg? The map pool even when it wasnt the dream pool Terran was still raping and Zerg was still underperforming so....
Halo on the come up!!! woot woot -__-
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
December 03 2014 21:06 GMT
#132
On December 04 2014 06:05 KMART561 wrote:
So he starts out by saying we have noticed that Zerg is underperforming and having a tough time and we want to address that and then jumps straight to talking about the widow mine for TvP usage.....what in the hell does that have to do with Zerg? The map pool even when it wasnt the dream pool Terran was still raping and Zerg was still underperforming so....

golden post timing :D
HEADD
Profile Joined June 2014
Czech Republic611 Posts
December 03 2014 21:09 GMT
#133
Map pool isnt enough for zerg
DinoMight
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States3725 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-03 21:12:59
December 03 2014 21:11 GMT
#134
Zergs are doing poorly because Protoss are losing to Terran. If more Protoss beat Terrans then Zergs would have to face more Protoss and they'd win more often because ZvP is easymode. Therefore to buff Zerg Blizzard needs to nerf TvP.

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Actually I find it very interesting that they're not addressing that at all....

I think honestly it's because in TvP there is a clear thing to put their finger on (widow mines and maps) whereas in TvZ they are a bit more lost. Zergs lose games where mines aren't even made because of metagame choices made assuming the Terran would play standard... so it's hard to figure out whether it's the Hellbat or the Mines or the upgrades.. but there is SOMETHING going on that needs tweaking.
"Wtf I come back and find myself in camp DinoMight all of a sudden, feels weird man." -Wombat_NI
H0i
Profile Joined October 2010
Netherlands484 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-03 21:12:57
December 03 2014 21:12 GMT
#135
On December 04 2014 06:00 DinoMight wrote:
People said the same thing about Protoss when Protoss was OP:

Skyhigh, Marineking, ForGG are not good Terrans. They are mediocre Terrans winning/getting far in big tournaments at the same time that world class Protoss and Zerg players are dropping out.

ForGG went 6-3 vs Life at Dreamhack.

In the last game he opened 2 factory BFH, had it completely shut down, then just plopped down 6 barracks and won anyway. He did essentially the worst possible build and beat one of the best Zergs.

Mediocre Terrans winning with dumb builds = imba, honestly.


???

How can you call someone who made an all-kill in BW proleague a mediocre player?




ForGG won that game because he let his opponent think he was going mech, then went bio instead while the zerg had already invested heavily into swarm hosts. GG you can't really go SH against bio.

Marineking, how did he win those games? Mostly by defending the silly all ins people are trying against him. "Marineking hasn't been around for long and I have none of his games to study, I'll just all-in him" is exactly how all his opponents have played.

But this nerf to mine is a good one that will make zealot templar viable again.
Hider
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Denmark9448 Posts
December 03 2014 21:12 GMT
#136
On December 04 2014 05:52 Entropy137 wrote:
I like the change, as it's a move in the right direction. I still think nerfing Widow Mines health from 90 to 80 would be a very reasonably option to consider, if the idea is to bring HT style play back. This nerf would allow storms to kill a mine, and give the protoss player another ability to clear mines from range, which is one of the main benefits of the current collosus style.


Yeh, I would like to see this one as well.
DinoMight
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States3725 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-12-03 21:16:08
December 03 2014 21:15 GMT
#137
On December 04 2014 06:12 H0i wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 04 2014 06:00 DinoMight wrote:
People said the same thing about Protoss when Protoss was OP:

Skyhigh, Marineking, ForGG are not good Terrans. They are mediocre Terrans winning/getting far in big tournaments at the same time that world class Protoss and Zerg players are dropping out.

ForGG went 6-3 vs Life at Dreamhack.

In the last game he opened 2 factory BFH, had it completely shut down, then just plopped down 6 barracks and won anyway. He did essentially the worst possible build and beat one of the best Zergs.

Mediocre Terrans winning with dumb builds = imba, honestly.


???

How can you call someone who made an all-kill in BW proleague a mediocre player?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8DD_OMjin0


ForGG won that game because he let his opponent think he was going mech, then went bio instead while the zerg had already invested heavily into swarm hosts. GG you can't really go SH against bio.

Marineking, how did he win those games? Mostly by defending the silly all ins people are trying against him. "Marineking hasn't been around for long and I have none of his games to study, I'll just all-in him" is exactly how all his opponents have played.

But this nerf to mine is a good one that will make zealot templar viable again.


Brood War is a totally different game and is irrelevant. You could also say "how can you call MVP mediocre he won 5 GSLs!" but the reality is, now he is bad.

I think it's also a bit telling that top Protosses are choosing to cheese MarineKing rather than play standard macro games. They're willing to take the risk rather than trying to play a macro game against a guy that switched to fucking LOL and came back for God's sake. MarineKing has been irrelevant for at least YEARS.
"Wtf I come back and find myself in camp DinoMight all of a sudden, feels weird man." -Wombat_NI
KMART561
Profile Joined September 2014
United States24 Posts
December 03 2014 21:17 GMT
#138
It's like Zerg is the underperforming race and its either its because its unbalanced or that only top Zerg players have figured out how to beat Protoss and Terran...which one is it? Life is Life and is in his own category so we can compare him to any other Zerg but the other top Zergs like Solar and SoO are having a really tough time right now too.
Halo on the come up!!! woot woot -__-
Ignorant prodigy
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States385 Posts
December 03 2014 21:21 GMT
#139
i feel like yelling at you like darth does.

when i made this exact same argument when protoss was winning everything (see pigbaby/classic/dear) you shot me down
yet the exact same situation with terran and you want to argue that point..


faaaaaaiiilll face dino.. fail




http://www.twitch.tv/ignorantprodigy playing masters random with no hotkeys......big pimpin'
fireforce7
Profile Joined June 2010
United States334 Posts
December 03 2014 21:23 GMT
#140
Hmm...interesting. Guess I should have used the widowmine more in TvP when I had the chance lol
I'm terranfying
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