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Decendos
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany1341 Posts
April 17 2015 18:44 GMT
#21
burrow movement buff is something for lotv maybe.

just buff Z harrassment so Z can delay mech and P deathball more: ovidrops, SHs suggestions are nice, nydus is lotv i guess, burrowed infestorspeed.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10894 Posts
April 17 2015 18:46 GMT
#22
The swarm host needs to be changed to 150 / 175 gas and 3 supply, swarmhost HAS TO BE ABLE TO BE MASSED (to a certain extent) for Zerg to even contend in the Late game vs Protoss, AND vs Terran Mech, there IS NO OTHER WAY. If there is, then post it.

Don't buff roaches, they are a terrible unit design in the first place.
AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting
Ramiz1989
Profile Joined July 2012
12124 Posts
April 17 2015 18:48 GMT
#23
On April 18 2015 03:46 GGzerG wrote:
The swarm host needs to be changed to 150 / 175 gas and 3 supply, swarmhost HAS TO BE ABLE TO BE MASSED (to a certain extent) for Zerg to even contend in the Late game vs Protoss, AND vs Terran Mech, there IS NO OTHER WAY. If there is, then post it.

Don't buff roaches, they are a terrible unit design in the first place.

"Don't buff these units because their design is terrible!"

What the, I don't even...
"I've been to hell and back, and back to hell…and back. This time, I've brought Hell back with me."
parkufarku
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
882 Posts
April 17 2015 18:50 GMT
#24
Give the old swarmhost back, but maybe make each swarmhost have a limited duration of life similar to the locusts? Of course the swarmhosts will have a much longer life (8 minutes in real time) but this way, it would still make it harder for Zerg to mass out on them and make it useful
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
April 17 2015 18:50 GMT
#25
On April 18 2015 03:13 Zealously wrote:
In the beta, I am in favor of acting fast and acting crazy. It has very little impact and has a chance of accidentally creating something really good and entertaining. The exact opposite of the tournament-version game (HotS), where I advocate consideration and meticulous testing above all things. But as for the current state of SHs...

Go crazy, please.

It's HotS
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Haku
Profile Joined August 2013
Germany550 Posts
April 17 2015 18:50 GMT
#26
My problem is not that i can´t use the swarmhost, my problem is that without them i just can´t deal with lategame toss and mech terran. Thats what makes the game for me horrible to play and imbalanced because there comes a certain point where you can´t beat the enemy race anymore.
Before the SH change it was already bullshit, and with the bullshit mechanic of the SH it was somehow possible to beat the other races in lategame (not in a beautiful way).
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starslayer
Profile Joined August 2011
United States696 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-17 18:52:19
April 17 2015 18:50 GMT
#27
Wow whining really works in sc2. I have lost all faith in blizzard. its been maybe 2 week and there already going to change things again SMH there has been no time to figure out the new swarmhost and the new meta. every zerg has thought it useless and havent tried them enough but lets just cry our eyes out till they fix something we havent tired yet.
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Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16103 Posts
April 17 2015 18:52 GMT
#28
LOL buffing zerg without any statistics that suggest they are doing worse than before.
That is maybe the worst suggestion I have ever seen. plz david kim, don't do any changes because of low level zergs that are crying. Wait for high level matches. After the widow mine buff every zerg was crying imba and look where we are now. 2 terrans in SSL.
If you don't like the affect of the new patch; just revert it. The new SHs are completely broken. Just spawn locusts somewhere on the map and kill a base for free without anything the terran can do vs it. They just have no counterplay.
Wait until the koreans learn to properly abuse them and mech won't be played anymore before LotV.
The old SH was infinitely easier to deal with than the new one, the new one is the most broken unit I've ever seen.
I almost never lost games vs the old SH but once the zerg builds the new SH the game is over. mech has no answer to them.
That was your solution to long SH games. remove mech from the game so zerg doesn't build them anymore. brilliant.
Now we see bio all game every game again. so exciting.

Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
April 17 2015 18:55 GMT
#29
Roach changes???
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-17 18:57:58
April 17 2015 18:55 GMT
#30
Glad they at least seem to care, but I don't have much of an opinion on SH yet. I don't really like the unit, probably never will, so I would like other units to be buffed if necessary.

Also, no way they revert that patch, old Swarm host is gone for good and that's for the best.

On April 18 2015 03:50 parkufarku wrote:
Give the old swarmhost back, but maybe make each swarmhost have a limited duration of life similar to the locusts? Of course the swarmhosts will have a much longer life (8 minutes in real time) but this way, it would still make it harder for Zerg to mass out on them and make it useful

Very good idea. And actually, make the swarmhosts being spawned by queens when they're burrowed.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany16103 Posts
April 17 2015 18:59 GMT
#31
They should just revert the patch, I enjoyed long SH games so much. Not just an apm contest but a long drawn out game where positioning and strategy matters more than anything else. I understand that games lasted maybe to long for tournaments but long SH games were the best aspect of sc2-
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
Ctesias
Profile Joined December 2012
4595 Posts
April 17 2015 19:06 GMT
#32
I support waiting longer. That should be a rule to act by when patching the main game. Betas are fine to change drastically over and over on short notice, but not the main game.

Also, no more speed for the roaches please. Fine as is, imo. I can't really say anything about SHs atm as I haven't seen any games since the patch.
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Fission
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada1184 Posts
April 17 2015 19:10 GMT
#33
Just nerf the raven and see where the dust settles for tvz mech.
HellHound
Profile Joined September 2014
Bulgaria5962 Posts
April 17 2015 19:16 GMT
#34
On April 18 2015 03:52 Charoisaur wrote:
LOL buffing zerg without any statistics that suggest they are doing worse than before.
That is maybe the worst suggestion I have ever seen. plz david kim, don't do any changes because of low level zergs that are crying. Wait for high level matches. After the widow mine buff every zerg was crying imba and look where we are now. 2 terrans in SSL.
If you don't like the affect of the new patch; just revert it. The new SHs are completely broken. Just spawn locusts somewhere on the map and kill a base for free without anything the terran can do vs it. They just have no counterplay.
Wait until the koreans learn to properly abuse them and mech won't be played anymore before LotV.
The old SH was infinitely easier to deal with than the new one, the new one is the most broken unit I've ever seen.
I almost never lost games vs the old SH but once the zerg builds the new SH the game is over. mech has no answer to them.
That was your solution to long SH games. remove mech from the game so zerg doesn't build them anymore. brilliant.
Now we see bio all game every game again. so exciting.


Yes, good idea let's do that.
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PineapplePizza
Profile Joined June 2010
United States749 Posts
April 17 2015 19:18 GMT
#35
On April 18 2015 03:48 Ramiz1989 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 18 2015 03:46 GGzerG wrote:
The swarm host needs to be changed to 150 / 175 gas and 3 supply, swarmhost HAS TO BE ABLE TO BE MASSED (to a certain extent) for Zerg to even contend in the Late game vs Protoss, AND vs Terran Mech, there IS NO OTHER WAY. If there is, then post it.

Don't buff roaches, they are a terrible unit design in the first place.

"Don't buff these units because their design is terrible!"

What the, I don't even...


He's totally right.

...although there was a time back in alpha where they had something going for them with active regen, but now they're just dumb gimmicks with bloated stats. If blizz won't ditch them, they might as well not make them even more prominent.
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Trizz
Profile Joined June 2010
Netherlands1323 Posts
April 17 2015 19:20 GMT
#36
Bring back Ultra building ram attack and give hydras their 10hp back.
nope
Mozdk
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark6989 Posts
April 17 2015 19:21 GMT
#37
Wow. Way too early. Let's see what the changes mean first. Changing something, that might not even need changing would be stupid.
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Promised_pain
Profile Joined October 2011
Finland61 Posts
April 17 2015 19:23 GMT
#38
Nerf Raven. Did I mention that I hate PDD? Nothing makes you rage more than your units doing zero damage.
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-17 19:25:23
April 17 2015 19:24 GMT
#39
On April 18 2015 03:52 Charoisaur wrote:
LOL buffing zerg without any statistics that suggest they are doing worse than before.
That is maybe the worst suggestion I have ever seen. plz david kim, don't do any changes because of low level zergs that are crying. Wait for high level matches. After the widow mine buff every zerg was crying imba and look where we are now. 2 terrans in SSL.
If you don't like the affect of the new patch; just revert it. The new SHs are completely broken. Just spawn locusts somewhere on the map and kill a base for free without anything the terran can do vs it. They just have no counterplay.
Wait until the koreans learn to properly abuse them and mech won't be played anymore before LotV.
The old SH was infinitely easier to deal with than the new one, the new one is the most broken unit I've ever seen.
I almost never lost games vs the old SH but once the zerg builds the new SH the game is over. mech has no answer to them.
That was your solution to long SH games. remove mech from the game so zerg doesn't build them anymore. brilliant.
Now we see bio all game every game again. so exciting.



This must be one of the weirdest posts I have ever seen.
a) you are saying that you almost never lost to the old swarm host
b) you are saying that they shouldn't be buffing zerg without evidence

but you also say
contradiction to a): the swarm host was buffed and you are not ok with it, despite you saying that they weren't sufficient
contradiction to b): they buffed zerg, while admitting you don't have evidence because noone is using them
fastr
Profile Joined February 2011
France902 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-17 19:41:08
April 17 2015 19:39 GMT
#40
Copying my post from r/starcraft:

I really don't get Blizzard sometimes.
Concerning swarm hosts : This unit has been nerfed to death because Blizz don't want mass swarm hosts to be viable late game, which is a valid goal. But as of right now they are simply not worth their cost, and if they don't tweak the unit, swarm hosts will become what Ghosts became after their last nerf: a highly situational, niche, almost-never-seen unit. Swarm hosts need a change, right now they are the carriers of Zerg.
About the roach upgrade : Blizzard's approach here is baffling to me. We knew that nerfing swarm hosts would cause massive trouble for zergs in late game ZvP and ZvMech. So what do they offer zerg in return? A buff to the most supply-inefficient, useless-in-lategame unit in their arsenal, the roach. Roaches are almost empty-supply against a late game protoss comp, and while they're a central zerg unit against terran mech, buffing burrow movement when the terran probably have 10+ CC's worth of scans and most likely ravens too is pointless. The only thing this buff would achieve is give even more of an incentive to zergs to all-in in order to avoid late game.
How about reevaluating the infestor instead? You know, a spellcasting unit which actually offers decent micro opportunity for Zergs (which I think they lack compared to T and P) and used to be useful in both late game ZvP and ZvT in WoL? I would absolutely LOVE to see an increase in neural parasite's range (maybe 11?), I think it would allow the Zerg to engage a more cost-effectively and allow more even trades, hence resolving the issue where zergs can't attack a turtling mech/Protoss player and get stomped when they've mined out their side of the map.
Don't you miss those kind of moves?
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