• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 10:34
CEST 16:34
KST 23:34
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Code S RO8 Preview: Classic, Reynor, Maru, GuMiho2Code S RO8 Preview: ByuN, Rogue, herO, Cure4[ASL19] Ro4 Preview: Storied Rivals7Code S RO12 Preview: Maru, Trigger, Rogue, NightMare12Code S RO12 Preview: Cure, sOs, Reynor, Solar15
Community News
Code S RO8 Interviews - Group A Winners0Code S Season 1 - RO8 Group A Results (2025)0Dark to begin military service on May 13th (2025)21Weekly Cups (May 5-11): New 2v2 Champs1Maru & Rogue GSL RO12 interviews: "I think the pressure really got to [trigger]"5
StarCraft 2
General
2024/25 Off-Season Roster Moves Code S RO8 Preview: Classic, Reynor, Maru, GuMiho Code S RO8 Preview: ByuN, Rogue, herO, Cure Dark to begin military service on May 13th (2025) I hope balance council is prepping final balance
Tourneys
[GSL 2025] Code S:Season 1 - RO8 - Group B RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series Cheeseadelphia 2025 - Open Bracket LAN! [GSL 2025] Code S:Season 1 - RO12 - Group B Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament
Strategy
Simple Questions Simple Answers [G] PvT Cheese: 13 Gate Proxy Robo
Custom Maps
[UMS] Zillion Zerglings
External Content
Mutation # 473 Cold is the Void Mutation # 472 Dead Heat Mutation # 471 Delivery Guaranteed Mutation # 470 Certain Demise
Brood War
General
BW General Discussion Recent recommended BW games Battlenet Game Lobby Simulator ASL 19 Tickets for foreigners BGH auto balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues [ASL19] Semifinal B [ASL19] Semifinal A BSL Nation Wars 2 - Grand Finals - Saturday 21:00
Strategy
[G] How to get started on ladder as a new Z player Creating a full chart of Zerg builds [G] Mineral Boosting
Other Games
General Games
Beyond All Reason Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Grand Theft Auto VI Nintendo Switch Thread What do you want from future RTS games?
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
LiquidLegends to reintegrate into TL.net
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Vanilla Mini Mafia TL Mafia Community Thread TL Mafia Plays: Diplomacy TL Mafia: Generative Agents Showdown Survivor II: The Amazon
Community
General
Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Elon Musk's lies, propaganda, etc. US Politics Mega-thread Ask and answer stupid questions here! Iraq & Syrian Civil Wars
Fan Clubs
Serral Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Movie Discussion! Anime Discussion Thread [Books] Wool by Hugh Howey
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread NHL Playoffs 2024 NBA General Discussion Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread Cleaning My Mechanical Keyboard How to clean a TTe Thermaltake keyboard?
TL Community
The Automated Ban List TL.net Ten Commandments
Blogs
Why 5v5 Games Keep Us Hooked…
TrAiDoS
Info SLEgma_12
SLEgma_12
SECOND COMMING
XenOsky
WombaT’s Old BW Terran Theme …
WombaT
Heero Yuy & the Tax…
KrillinFromwales
BW PvZ Balance hypothetic…
Vasoline73
Racial Distribution over MMR …
Navane
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 23296 users

Community Update - January 12th - Page 10

Forum Index > SC2 General
211 CommentsPost a Reply
Prev 1 8 9 10 11 Next All
ihatevideogames
Profile Joined August 2015
570 Posts
January 15 2018 18:58 GMT
#181
As a terran, I don't like any of these changes.
I don't mind the strong stalker, it's blink and chrono that are the big problems.
And why the fuck auto-turret? Give terran a lategame with no cancerous mass raven caster vs caster shit plz. Why not just add the BC to the game?
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-15 20:01:47
January 15 2018 19:57 GMT
#182
On January 16 2018 03:08 winsonsonho wrote:
Wouldn't an attack period of 1.87 for the Stalker be an increase from the current 1.54? Was this a typo? I thought the change was meant to make it 1.34?

You are correct.

1.87 is in Blizzard time, and 1.87 Blizzard seconds == 1.34 real seconds. Currently the attack period is 2.16 Blizzard seconds, which equals 1.54 real seconds.

On January 16 2018 03:56 Tyrhanius wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2018 18:29 Nars_ wrote:
Nerfing stalkers with 42.58% PvZ [Aligulac]. Good job.

You're sure you watch the right aligulac ? On mine PvZ is 49.58%

He is looking at the Balance Report, which is outdated: http://aligulac.com/misc/balance/

@Nars_
For up-to-date information use the aligulac periods, which are biweekly and update daily, instead of the balance report which only updates once a month.

The past 3 weeks show PvZ is between 49-51%, very balanced.

http://aligulac.com/periods/205/?page=1
http://aligulac.com/periods/206/?page=1
Denominator of the Universe
TL+ Member
hiroshOne
Profile Joined October 2015
Poland425 Posts
January 16 2018 06:11 GMT
#183
On January 16 2018 00:44 KR_4EVR wrote:
The real issue with PvZ is

1) Ridiculous un-upgraded overlord speed

2 sentries or 1 stalker should be able to kill mismicroed scoouting overlords

2) Pre - Lair drop ability

Terran pays for barracks, factory, starport, and medivac before drop available. That's a resource cost of 850 just to get a drop. Protoss pays for Gateway, Cyber-core, Robo facility, and Warp Prism before drop. That's a similar resource cost. But zerg? 25/25 conversion of an already conveiniently placed cheap unit with just Spawning pool / Evo-Chamber?


Comparing Droperlord to Medivack or imba Warprism...Seems legit. Maybe just try not to play incredible greedy as Protoss used to do in previous iteration, and actually have some units in your base? Scouting for overlord early is a feature to have too. Zerg must scout for proxy or cheese. I don't see argument against Protoss doing the same.
Ultima Ratio Regum
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada16647 Posts
January 16 2018 06:19 GMT
#184
On January 16 2018 04:57 pvsnp wrote:
1.87 is in Blizzard time, and 1.87 Blizzard seconds == 1.34 real seconds. Currently the attack period is 2.16 Blizzard seconds, which equals 1.54 real seconds.

thx for clearing this up.
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
washikie
Profile Joined February 2011
United States752 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-16 20:05:46
January 16 2018 19:23 GMT
#185
On January 16 2018 15:11 hiroshOne wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 16 2018 00:44 KR_4EVR wrote:
The real issue with PvZ is

1) Ridiculous un-upgraded overlord speed

2 sentries or 1 stalker should be able to kill mismicroed scoouting overlords

2) Pre - Lair drop ability

Terran pays for barracks, factory, starport, and medivac before drop available. That's a resource cost of 850 just to get a drop. Protoss pays for Gateway, Cyber-core, Robo facility, and Warp Prism before drop. That's a similar resource cost. But zerg? 25/25 conversion of an already conveiniently placed cheap unit with just Spawning pool / Evo-Chamber?


Comparing Droperlord to Medivack or imba Warprism...Seems legit. Maybe just try not to play incredible greedy as Protoss used to do in previous iteration, and actually have some units in your base? Scouting for overlord early is a feature to have too. Zerg must scout for proxy or cheese. I don't see argument against Protoss doing the same.


Protoss has to play somewhat greedy vs zerg, or they have to allin, because middle ground builds just get run over by hydra bane timings. You either have to role over the zerg before they get there with an allin or you have to be ready for the eventuality of a hydra bane attack. because of this if your going for a macro strategy as protoss you have to cut alot of corners, that's fine most macro builds use some corner cutting but I think right now its a bit to coinflippy with zergling drops. Because protoss cant open with "safe builds" because safe builds are completely unsafe vs the hydra timing they have to flip the build selection coin and hope that they go macro builds when zerg isn't droping and allin builds when they are.This is not healthy for such a skill based RTS game where there is so much more that could go into a deciding the game rather than just a player either going aggressive, or not. I think this issue is compounded by the difficulty of scouting the zergling drop. theres alot of big windows in the matchup were protoss has no intel so that often they have to guess weather the drop is coming or not its fairly easy to mask a zergling drop build so protoss often struggle to know if its coming. Granted zerg is making a similar coin flip going this build, they usually cant both have a droperlord and overlord scout your whole base and hit the timing before you know its coming. But even if flipping a coin is 50/50 balanced I don't think its necessarily skill based and fun.This is just my masters level impression on the matter though, perhaps top protoss can consistently read an incoming drop build or defend it with units off just 1 or 2 gateways, but to my knowledge its unlikely vs a decent zerg player.

Maybe in an odd way the hydra nerf will help with this problem since having the hydra timing hit a bit latter will allow protoss to open a bit more conservatively but still have hts and immortals in the right numbers to hold off the timing. Although this is contingent on the idea that hydra timings needs both upgrades to function, I'm not entirely sure that zerg wont just opt to skip range, or speed and do the same timing with half upgraded hydras, It may turn out that hydra speed or hydra range on its own suffices when it comes to the timing, but we will see.
"when life gives Hero lemons he makes carriers" -Artosis
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-16 20:42:10
January 16 2018 20:41 GMT
#186
Ehm, guys. The patch is live .

They just rolled it out, it's already live on NA and EU.

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/7qv6y5/so_blizzard_patched_the_game_before_testing/

I asked Snute to confirm it on stream and see there, hydra upgrades are split, autoturrets back etc...

Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
January 16 2018 20:41 GMT
#187
Ewww Autoturrets
Community News"As long as you have a warp prism you can't be bad at harassment" - Maru | @SetGuitars2Kill
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
January 16 2018 20:45 GMT
#188
Somebody just pushed the wrong button over at Blizzard, has to be. There's no Community Update, no Patch Notes, and the last word was that 29th was the release date.
Denominator of the Universe
TL+ Member
Psychobabas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
2531 Posts
January 16 2018 20:48 GMT
#189
On January 17 2018 05:45 pvsnp wrote:
Somebody just pushed the wrong button over at Blizzard, has to be. There's no Community Update, no Patch Notes, and the last word was that 29th was the release date.


yeah has to be
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
January 16 2018 20:54 GMT
#190
The question is, will they unpush the button?
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15880 Posts
January 16 2018 20:55 GMT
#191
I hope they reconsider auto-turrets
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
January 16 2018 21:08 GMT
#192
On January 17 2018 05:55 Charoisaur wrote:
I hope they reconsider auto-turrets

Give them Irradiate?
Denominator of the Universe
TL+ Member
Psychobabas
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
2531 Posts
January 16 2018 21:33 GMT
#193
On January 17 2018 06:08 pvsnp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 17 2018 05:55 Charoisaur wrote:
I hope they reconsider auto-turrets

Give them Irradiate?


No, Terran is not allowed decent aoe spells.
Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55459 Posts
January 16 2018 21:34 GMT
#194
On January 17 2018 05:45 pvsnp wrote:
Somebody just pushed the wrong button over at Blizzard, has to be. There's no Community Update, no Patch Notes, and the last word was that 29th was the release date.

They don't have to do a Community Update if they didn't change anything from the last, and balance changes don't come with patch notes unless they're rolled into a bigger patch anyway. But it is pretty out of nowhere.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
January 16 2018 21:38 GMT
#195
https://starcraft2.com/en-us/news/21363327

New maps before Leipzig too?
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
January 16 2018 21:48 GMT
#196
Update [1:40 PST] : There was an issue with our deployment and we will need to temporarily remove the new season 1 maps. We will replublish the maps as soon as the issue is resolved which we project to be by the end of the day.

So Blizzard acknowledges the issue.
Denominator of the Universe
TL+ Member
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
January 16 2018 21:55 GMT
#197
So basically they only wanted to add the new maps to the custom game section and they somehow rolled out the new patch along with the maps?
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
pvsnp
Profile Joined January 2017
7676 Posts
January 16 2018 21:58 GMT
#198
On January 17 2018 06:55 Musicus wrote:
So basically they only wanted to add the new maps to the custom game section and they somehow rolled out the new patch along with the maps?

Looks like it.

These problems are pretty common in the software industry, tbh
Denominator of the Universe
TL+ Member
StarscreamG1
Profile Joined February 2011
Portugal1652 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-01-16 22:06:15
January 16 2018 22:05 GMT
#199
On January 16 2018 03:58 ihatevideogames wrote:
As a terran, I don't like any of these changes.
I don't mind the strong stalker, it's blink and chrono that are the big problems.
And why the fuck auto-turret? Give terran a lategame with no cancerous mass raven caster vs caster shit plz. Why not just add the BC to the game?

THIS.
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
January 16 2018 22:05 GMT
#200
On January 17 2018 06:58 pvsnp wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 17 2018 06:55 Musicus wrote:
So basically they only wanted to add the new maps to the custom game section and they somehow rolled out the new patch along with the maps?

Looks like it.

These problems are pretty common in the software industry, tbh


I'm kinda impressed that their patch deploy process is so painless that they can do it accidentally tbh.

I like the new maps--Abiogenesis was the only 'good' rush map from the previous tlmc.
Prev 1 8 9 10 11 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
OSC
13:00
King of the Hill #211
SteadfastSC156
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Lowko406
SteadfastSC 156
EnDerr 49
StarCraft: Brood War
Soulkey 10781
Sea 2180
GoRush 725
firebathero 526
BeSt 488
Mini 396
PianO 305
Pusan 269
ZerO 221
Light 218
[ Show more ]
ggaemo 167
hero 112
Leta 110
Hyun 81
ToSsGirL 69
JYJ66
Sea.KH 60
Barracks 42
sSak 33
Terrorterran 23
SilentControl 19
zelot 18
Shinee 16
JulyZerg 13
IntoTheRainbow 13
Nal_rA 11
Movie 11
Sexy 7
Dota 2
Gorgc6549
Other Games
singsing2718
B2W.Neo1998
mouzStarbuck469
crisheroes432
ArmadaUGS190
Pyrionflax141
KnowMe54
QueenE44
ZerO(Twitch)19
Organizations
StarCraft 2
WardiTV593
ESL.tv126
StarCraft: Brood War
Kim Chul Min (afreeca) 8
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• poizon28 10
• intothetv
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• WagamamaTV556
League of Legends
• Nemesis3205
• Jankos1003
• TFBlade389
Upcoming Events
RSL Revival
8h 26m
OSC
9h 26m
GSL Code S
18h 56m
herO vs GuMiho
Classic vs Cure
OSC
1d 9h
Korean StarCraft League
1d 12h
RSL Revival
1d 19h
SOOP
2 days
HeRoMaRinE vs Astrea
Online Event
2 days
Clem vs ShoWTimE
herO vs MaxPax
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
WardiTV Invitational
2 days
Percival vs TriGGeR
ByuN vs Solar
Clem vs Spirit
MaxPax vs Jumy
[ Show More ]
RSL Revival
3 days
Wardi Open
3 days
Monday Night Weeklies
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
The PondCast
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

BSL Nation Wars Season 2
PiG Sty Festival 6.0
Calamity Stars S2

Ongoing

JPL Season 2
ASL Season 19
YSL S1
BSL 2v2 Season 3
BSL Season 20
China & Korea Top Challenge
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 2
2025 GSL S1
Heroes 10 EU
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25
ECL Season 49: Europe
BLAST Rivals Spring 2025
MESA Nomadic Masters
CCT Season 2 Global Finals
IEM Melbourne 2025
YaLLa Compass Qatar 2025
PGL Bucharest 2025
BLAST Open Spring 2025
ESL Pro League S21

Upcoming

NPSL S3
CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
CSLAN 2025
K-Championship
Esports World Cup 2025
HSC XXVII
Championship of Russia 2025
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2025
2025 GSL S2
DreamHack Dallas 2025
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.