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DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
April 09 2017 15:10 GMT
#21
On April 09 2017 23:59 Ace Frehley wrote:
I think it is better than hots, but it doesnt mean it is in a good state
Wol was still better imo



WoL when deathball was king and pro complained because this game was too easy ? When nobody was able to split properly ?

It was the best version to you because when you are a beginner you get 0 frustration, but if we back to WoL now ...
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Hannibaal
Profile Joined July 2016
41 Posts
April 09 2017 15:11 GMT
#22
On April 09 2017 23:25 Yrr wrote:
Before LotV everyone complained about nothing happening all game long with one big fight at the end which decided the winner. Now in LotV we have more smaller fights all the time and people still complain. Surely most of those attacks concentrate on killing economy but thats just what is most effective. You dont want to fight army if you dont have to. The question is whether the defender does his job properly or if the attacker has a too big advantage with some unit compositions.

I'm still watching deathballs, skytoss and masters zergs that win games with a single hotkey using F2 for the army, and many bullshit like pylon rush or 1 base Ravager.
GreenMash
Profile Joined August 2012
Norway1746 Posts
April 09 2017 15:12 GMT
#23
Honesty dont think most people who answer no remember how awful certain matchups were during some parts of hots. PvP was dumb as fuck, PvZ had alot of disgusting ways protoss could allin and pull off silly stuff, and lets not forget Swarmhosts. Adepts right now may seem like something thats gamebreaking but it really isnt anything compared to what used to be the standard. The only MU i think was better in Hots is TvZ (except for that time when terrans were forced to play mechvsSwarmhosts) and maybe ZvZ
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SChlafmann
Profile Joined September 2011
France725 Posts
April 09 2017 15:14 GMT
#24
I personally miss broolord infestor time, I love crazy long game, even swarmhost area was better than what we have now.
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Hadronsbecrazy
Profile Joined September 2013
United Kingdom551 Posts
April 09 2017 15:14 GMT
#25
it might be more fun to watch, but its not as fun to play for me
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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
April 09 2017 15:16 GMT
#26
Lotv is a lot more fun for me to watch, there is a lot less deathball stuff, no more swarmhost, no more turtle sci-mech, and you can play at least two style at the top level in every matchup and for all the crap the adept is getting LOTV really made protoss more dynamic.

Only problem for me both watching and playing is that the new economy and creep made tvz less of a pull-and-push game with bio vs lingbling with I loved to play and watch.
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KeksX
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Germany3634 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-09 15:24:35
April 09 2017 15:23 GMT
#27
On April 10 2017 00:10 DieuCure wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 09 2017 23:59 Ace Frehley wrote:
I think it is better than hots, but it doesnt mean it is in a good state
Wol was still better imo



WoL when deathball was king and pro complained because this game was too easy ? When nobody was able to split properly ?

It was the best version to you because when you are a beginner you get 0 frustration, but if we back to WoL now ...


Yeah widow mines and swarm hosts made the game so much more skill-based and exciting, and definitely less deathbally! ... Oh wait no it just made it all worse.

I can not say if LotV is better than WoL or not. I'd say it's about even in terms of fun to watch. But HotS was definitely the worst stage of the game and it killed the excitement for many players.
Kevin_Sorbo
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada3217 Posts
April 09 2017 15:23 GMT
#28
to me, the matchups are better in LOTV except TvT. I used to like playing tvt in WOL/HOTS but now its so cancerous to me that I will either do a stupid all in or f10+n.

I dont know about zvz though. I will always find something else to watch when it comes on because I always found that matchup uninteresting.

LOTV isnt as bad as people claim it to be. It doesnt mean there is no need to enhance the economy/ fix protoss bullshit.
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0mg_t1red
Profile Joined March 2013
Russian Federation104 Posts
April 09 2017 15:25 GMT
#29
actually I think for the game what really matters is "is it more fun to play" and my answer is defenitely yes, when I only started LotV I kinda hated it, for killing HotS because I really enjoyed HotS at the end fo the era, but now I prefer LotV.
imre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
France9263 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-09 15:28:21
April 09 2017 15:27 GMT
#30
Depends on the match up.
TvP/TvT/TvZ were overall better in HotS imo (the mass drop meta was definitely the best TvP experience in the match up as a viewer). TvT and TvZ have been trash for almost all LotV, and if the former wasn't stellar in HotS, TvZ was almost always very good (SH/Mech was kinda bad but not way worse than the ultralisk era).

As far as the opinion of everyone goes, I think both player count and viewership figures are telling a story.
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PinoKotsBeer
Profile Joined February 2014
Netherlands1385 Posts
April 09 2017 15:31 GMT
#31
LOTV = not more fun to watch, less fun to play imho.
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JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada16710 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-09 15:38:55
April 09 2017 15:38 GMT
#32
On April 10 2017 00:10 cSc.Dav1oN wrote:
I bet that "NO" voters never played this game srsly
LotV indeed much better both to play and watch in comparison to WoL/Hots

personally, i agree. my 40 apm part time player friends continue to play WoL 2v2s because LotV is too complicated.
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NEEDZMOAR
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Sweden1277 Posts
April 09 2017 15:39 GMT
#33
Oh God yes. LotV is more actionpacked, more multiprongfriendly, 2 out of 3 races can control the pace of the game (Terran and Protoss). Less turtling, less stale games, less gateway gambling etc.
ArtyK
Profile Joined June 2011
France3143 Posts
April 09 2017 15:45 GMT
#34
IMO LotV way more fun to watch and play than hots or wol ever were, by far.
I quit at the end of WoL, tried to comeback in hots but new units made it suck even more.

People are salty about not being able to sit on their ass for 15 minutes and play deathballs...game actually requires some multitask skills for other races than T below gm now.
Is harass too strong? Sure, could be toned down...but does it make it worse than hots? Not by a long shot.
And don't get me started on people thinking 10 minutes to mine out a base is too short...
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Luolis
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Finland7104 Posts
April 09 2017 15:53 GMT
#35
On April 10 2017 00:10 cSc.Dav1oN wrote:
I bet that "NO" voters never played this game srsly

LotV indeed much better both to play and watch in comparison to WoL/Hots

Played both Lotv and Hots semi-seriously, i enjoyed hots much much more than Lotv.
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Dav1oN
Profile Joined January 2012
Ukraine3164 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-09 15:55:48
April 09 2017 15:53 GMT
#36
On April 10 2017 00:38 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 10 2017 00:10 cSc.Dav1oN wrote:
I bet that "NO" voters never played this game srsly
LotV indeed much better both to play and watch in comparison to WoL/Hots

personally, i agree. my 40 apm part time player friends continue to play WoL 2v2s because LotV is too complicated.


sure they do, cause being so slow is not a good thing in RTS, at this point a single oracle is a big deal



Played both Lotv and Hots semi-seriously, i enjoyed hots much much more than Lotv.


and the reason why is that?
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MockHamill
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden1798 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-04-09 16:02:41
April 09 2017 15:55 GMT
#37
Well stats do not lie.

SC2 used to have 100k viewers in WOL
In LotV they number are down to 8k.

Personally I have stopped watching completly. I still play the game though but it was far better in WOL and in late HOTS (after Swarm Hosts got nerfed).

Air units are too strong.
Mech is still useless.
Resources run out too fast.
Killing workers is low risk high reward.
There are too many units with too many overlapping unit roles.
SwarmHosts now cost 75 gas and give you a I-win button if the opponent is going mech.
Adept is an awful idea that should never have left the alpha stage.

Basically this game used to be really good but currently it is just frustrating to play.

A lazy balance team that only looked at winrates is what killed this game.
WGT-Baal
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
France3373 Posts
April 09 2017 15:58 GMT
#38
Well HotS had the mech and SH era so obviously LotV is better than that. But early HotS ws better to me than HotS (I dont like adepts at all, and skytoss)
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Espartaquen
Profile Joined September 2015
88 Posts
April 09 2017 16:01 GMT
#39
Is it more fun? Just look at playerbase and viewership, I think that answers the question quite simply. And, sure, there will be people that like LOTV more than HOTS or WOL, but taking into account how much this game has declined it should really tell something about how the general feeling towards Legacy is.
Luolis
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Finland7104 Posts
April 09 2017 16:02 GMT
#40
On April 10 2017 00:53 cSc.Dav1oN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 10 2017 00:38 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
On April 10 2017 00:10 cSc.Dav1oN wrote:
I bet that "NO" voters never played this game srsly
LotV indeed much better both to play and watch in comparison to WoL/Hots

personally, i agree. my 40 apm part time player friends continue to play WoL 2v2s because LotV is too complicated.


sure they do, cause being so slow is not a good thing in RTS, at this point a single oracle is a big deal

Show nested quote +


Played both Lotv and Hots semi-seriously, i enjoyed hots much much more than Lotv.


and the reason why is that?


Most of the things tbh, i liked old worker start/mineral thing more, i dislike most of the new units and changes to old units. I feel like the old pace of wol/hots was perfect for SC2 and think that lotv is bit too much of an adhdfest at times. Combine that with stuff like liberators or adepts, and a perfect mix of motivation losing is born.
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