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WhosQuany
Profile Joined June 2013
Germany257 Posts
April 15 2016 10:31 GMT
#41
On April 15 2016 16:32 Musicus wrote:
Sometimes I think it is, wc3 and BW were both slower, but then again it's also very exciting due to the speed. Every time I go back to wc3, it just feels soooo slow.


hahaha for me too
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WhosQuany
Profile Joined June 2013
Germany257 Posts
April 15 2016 10:33 GMT
#42
On April 15 2016 17:08 BisuDagger wrote:
The damage output was extremely high and max supply death balls ended games in seconds. DPS still is on the strong side, but I think the redesign of LoTV has made the damage output more reasonable to manage. So while I wouldn't say the game speed is too fast, I would nerf the DPS across the board just the slightest bit.

yeah this would make fights last a litle bit longer + Show Spoiler +
more time for micro
maybe the way to go a Global DPS nerf
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OtherWorld
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
France17333 Posts
April 15 2016 10:41 GMT
#43
On April 15 2016 19:20 deacon.frost wrote:
You are not supposed to train to enjoy a game unless you want to be a pro. This game requires training for being a FUCKING GOLD PLAYER! Get better isn't an aswer to someone who doesn't have the time and just wants to enjoy the game... never mind, why am I trying?

No mate, clearly games are made to get mad and not to have fun d:
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PinoKotsBeer
Profile Joined February 2014
Netherlands1385 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-04-15 10:51:07
April 15 2016 10:50 GMT
#44
I think hots speed + lotv economy would have made much more sense.
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virpi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Germany3599 Posts
April 15 2016 10:59 GMT
#45
I love the fact that it always feels a bit too fast. SC2 is the meth version of rts games. Pure adrenaline, everything seems to happen at once, highly addictive. Once you get decently fast, the game opens up strategically. I agree that some parts of the game are ridiculously hard for slower players, especially battle micro is absurd sometimes. (CLICK ! ALL! ABILITIES! QUICKLY!)
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Amazonic
Profile Joined September 2010
Sweden239 Posts
April 15 2016 11:06 GMT
#46
On April 15 2016 15:37 Laul wrote:
When I play, I dun really see any opportunity to really be 'strategic,' yknow?

Like, why waste my time making solid tanks lines and defenses when I could just as easily mash A and stim attack-move till I win?

Or even if it does go to late game, I'm just left in a trance where I'm just pressing buttons until I win, trying to keep up production at max.

Thoughts?


I'm very curious to know your league to better understand where you're coming from. I don't agree at all that the game is too fast or that there aren't enough opportunities to be strategic. I very much doubt mashing a and a moving works for very long, and if it does - hey, you've mastered macro. Soon enough you'll hit people that can defend that stuff and you'll be forced to think more strategically.

Then again, you might be a grandmaster and I'm just wrong, but it looks to me like you've quickly improved your macro skills and haven't ranked up enough yet to hit people who give you a proper challenge.
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Dingodile
Profile Joined December 2011
4139 Posts
April 15 2016 11:13 GMT
#47
sc2 is like formula one. It is too fast so that you only can play/drive damn straightforwardly, very rare back and forth raand overtaking maneuvers in sc2/F1. Can you drive 300km/h by a bend? Slower them then you (better players/drivers) can finally overtaking something. They all only do waiting on mistakes by opponents all day long, so a such damn boring tactic.
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DinosaurPoop
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
687 Posts
April 15 2016 11:16 GMT
#48
I don't really see it that way. In fact, players like ForGG and FanTaSy back in the day inspired me, because they could always beat players much more mechanically sound than they were, FanTaSy especially. Heck, avilo still exists and still in GM. Anything is possible yo.
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Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12906 Posts
April 15 2016 11:24 GMT
#49
On April 15 2016 19:20 deacon.frost wrote:
You are not supposed to train to enjoy a game unless you want to be a pro. This game requires training for being a FUCKING GOLD PLAYER! Get better isn't an aswer to someone who doesn't have the time and just wants to enjoy the game... never mind, why am I trying?

You don't need training to be a gold player wtf?
As opposed to games like fighters (Street Fighter especially) you don't need to play / train a lot in training mode or 1v1 CPU to just be able to enjoy the game... You can start ranked right after purchasing LotV and do real games that are therefore fun without having to practice basic combos or whatever.

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Ripfu
Profile Joined April 2016
1 Post
April 15 2016 11:29 GMT
#50
On April 15 2016 15:37 Laul wrote:
When I play, I dun really see any opportunity to really be 'strategic,' yknow?

Like, why waste my time making solid tanks lines and defenses when I could just as easily mash A and stim attack-move till I win?

Or even if it does go to late game, I'm just left in a trance where I'm just pressing buttons until I win, trying to keep up production at max.

Thoughts?



This is just a really inane set of questions. You should be defending and attacking at the same time if you are any good. And if you're not you can win through macro, a move, and nothing else.
Gwavajuice
Profile Joined June 2014
France1810 Posts
April 15 2016 11:31 GMT
#51
On April 15 2016 15:37 Laul wrote:
When I play, I dun really see any opportunity to really be 'strategic,' yknow?

Like, why waste my time making solid tanks lines and defenses when I could just as easily mash A and stim attack-move till I win?

Or even if it does go to late game, I'm just left in a trance where I'm just pressing buttons until I win, trying to keep up production at max.

Thoughts?



1 - until a certain level what only matters is the macro and the micro BEFORE battles, like how you split and set your concave. Thinking you can individually micro units and be efficient is a mistake. So yes, positioning your army, then A moving and stiming is the correct way to go in lower leagues.

2 - If you really focus on improving step by step, you'll get to a point where macro will be semi automatic, your positioning almost instant and then you'll have time to do more micro in battles. Best example (as you seem to be terran) is the marine split vs bane. At first, you will just hear the death sounds and step by step you will start to react faster and faster up to a point you'll be so fast at doing it that you'll be able to manage a drop while you're splitting.

3 - all in all I think it's all about learning curve and mechanics' routine. I don't think the game is too fast in the end because you end up somewhat addicted to this speed and it's a huge part of the skill ceiling in this game. Someone talked about WC3, but WC3 failed because it was too slow - even if the fact that it was playable in LAN mode created opportunities for lot of reactive micro.

That said, where there is a problem IMHO is the fact it relies a lot on your hardware, if your GPU/CPU can't handle a big ling/bane engagement decently, you'll be in trouble, same thing with your mouse, if it's a standard mouse you may have issues.
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Gwavajuice
Profile Joined June 2014
France1810 Posts
April 15 2016 11:42 GMT
#52
On April 15 2016 19:20 deacon.frost wrote:
You are not supposed to train to enjoy a game unless you want to be a pro. This game requires training for being a FUCKING GOLD PLAYER! Get better isn't an aswer to someone who doesn't have the time and just wants to enjoy the game... never mind, why am I trying?


Seriously, I think it's about being at ease with yourself. If you don't have time and can't train, you can have fun in silver league, you have silly games you do your silly strats you execute them like crap but it's fun nonetheless. you sound like you'd want to be good without putting the effort to be good, that's will get you extremely frustrated. If you don't want to try hard, just don't and enjoy silver league or team games fun. It's cool to be bad at something when you're ok with it.

But more importantly, I personnally don't see any game in the world where you don't actually train one way or another. The least you do is to get just a tad better than last time you played. Trying to get better is the core of any game for me. If I don't want to get better, I just usually don't play at all.
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evolsiefil
Profile Joined October 2015
143 Posts
April 15 2016 11:51 GMT
#53
its too slow.
SCHRECKEN111
Profile Joined September 2015
13 Posts
April 15 2016 12:08 GMT
#54
in the first place, why is it bad to train to be in gold ? another words is being gold a shame ? if u are a casual player and have 6 leagues, i think that being in the middle isn`t so bad. When u are gold almost 1/3 SC2 players are below your level and I think it`s not so bad. I`m proud of my being gold even if I never go further because I`m still better than many others younger than me (im 37). And think that the level of play is still increasing. Two years ago it was much easier so you can add at least one level of league - if you are gold in lotv it means you would be platinum in hots. so cheer up and have fun Master league should be for masters so for pro players and diamond for great talents but for casual player : gold is fully appropriate.
FeyFey
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany10114 Posts
April 15 2016 12:14 GMT
#55
i love playing WoL on Faster the most (release version x3). But different people different tastes. Some of my friends really enjoy the autopiloting you do in Fastest Sc2.
You need a really high apm that doesn't come from your muscle memory though if you want to play LotV Ladder more strategic/tactical rather then macro oriented. But its possible and actually easier as in HotS. I think Grid Layout helps me alot to prevent my muscles doing things on their own.
But the easier way is to concentrate on macro and muscle memoery it seems.
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
April 15 2016 12:49 GMT
#56
On April 15 2016 20:42 Gwavajuice wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 15 2016 19:20 deacon.frost wrote:
You are not supposed to train to enjoy a game unless you want to be a pro. This game requires training for being a FUCKING GOLD PLAYER! Get better isn't an aswer to someone who doesn't have the time and just wants to enjoy the game... never mind, why am I trying?


Seriously, I think it's about being at ease with yourself. If you don't have time and can't train, you can have fun in silver league, you have silly games you do your silly strats you execute them like crap but it's fun nonetheless. you sound like you'd want to be good without putting the effort to be good, that's will get you extremely frustrated. If you don't want to try hard, just don't and enjoy silver league or team games fun. It's cool to be bad at something when you're ok with it.

But more importantly, I personnally don't see any game in the world where you don't actually train one way or another. The least you do is to get just a tad better than last time you played. Trying to get better is the core of any game for me. If I don't want to get better, I just usually don't play at all.


I mean, the bolded part is your personal assessment of fun. I personally do not like these kinds of games. As you say, they are silly. I don't have to play an RTS if all I want to do is micromanage a reaper while stockpiling money, I can just play a game that is actually designed to just micromanage a single character/unit and it's going to be lightyears better fit for that type of gameplay.
Agh
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States1016 Posts
April 15 2016 13:04 GMT
#57
I have recently began playing AoE2. (I play HD on steam primarily) and prefer fast game speed. (there is slow, normal, fast). 'Normal' is what the 'professional' players use which is largely due to them playing on the non-HD version that doesn't have thing like multi queue, and certain attack commands.

If a game has a UI capable of performing all actions in a fluid way (SC2 definitely does) then it should be played at the fastest setting possible.

Granted this is just my opinion, if there is an issue with a game's speed it is almost always attributed to UI functionality, or a bad choice in elements of the game's design.
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Aron Times
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States312 Posts
April 15 2016 13:19 GMT
#58
The game speed is fine IMHO, it's the pacing and the volatility that are the main issues. The game feels super fast because you can literally lose your entire mineral line or army in just 3 seconds if you're not paying attention. This makes the game feel much faster and more frantic than it actually is.

I believe that OP was talking about game pace and volatility and not the actual game speed.
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outscar
Profile Joined September 2014
2832 Posts
April 15 2016 13:23 GMT
#59
SC2 wasn't fast till LotV came out, you can sense 12 workers made their work into speed. I suggest you to play BW, you start with 4 workers and go to late game with strategic mind not in rush, caught up in cheese, all in - it's all stoppable on BW.
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xuanzue
Profile Joined October 2010
Colombia1747 Posts
April 15 2016 13:26 GMT
#60
play dominions4

1 game can last 1 year. and still you will not figure how to outflank your opponents.

In sc2 when your mind habituate to the fast speed you start seeing the strategical options you can execute.
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