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On January 19 2022 00:03 Nakajin wrote:
Wow.... maybe it will mean better for the chance of SC3 happening lets wait and see.

I am a bit affraid for what that will mean for the short time SCR and SC2 e-sport suport thought, with a merger on this size there is bound to be many things falling through the cracks... Let's hope the Starcraft esport team is not one of them.

Also IDK if it a done deal, the US governement might want to look at something like this? We're in the mega-coorporation game now.

On January 19 2022 00:35 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
M$ included Starcraft in their welcome message! This is a promising sign!

On January 19 2022 00:47 jpg06051992 wrote:
Obviously this is encouraging news for the future of the game, but I still don't understand why HoTS has a completely flat competitive and ranked scene yet gets regular balance patches AND hero reworks while the SC2 community sits here wondering why we can't even get an annual balance patch to keep the game balanced and fresh?

Hoping someone at Microsoft takes the helm and at least offers SOMETHING to the SC2 community, the game still has an active tournament base so I just don't see the reason why a small team couldn't come in and make some minor adjustments.

Obviously what I would want is for Protoss GW units to be buffed, to bring the races basic units into a bit more parity with the modern metagame, Protoss GW units have suffered tremendously due to rampant power creep, especially against Zerg.

What I think should happen is that we should get some safer, easier to implement changes.

- Removal of Adaptive Talons entirely, no need for such a powerful space control unit to be so nimble.

- Make 2 Corrosive Biles required to destroy force fields. Sentries weren't removed from the game, so why put in abilities that all but do that?

- Either transfuse needs to be looked at, or Queens need HP adjustments or changes to light or armored. There was a time when Queens weren't OP, I think that time has passed, at least a little bit.

- Probably time for either a Stalker scaling buff so that they aren't so useless past the early/mid game, or some type of stat changes to the Adept which while marketed as a core unit has become kind of a glorified Reaper. Maybe a +1 range increase or a raw damage increase, modern pro Zergs have become exceptionally efficient vs. Adepts and the unit looks comically weak when responded to correctly.

I think any of these changes would shift PvZ back to a good place, all of them definitely aren't needed. The Bile nerf alone would allow FF to make a stronger statement in the match up which would be HUGE for balance.

On January 19 2022 00:47 jpg06051992 wrote:
... while the SC2 community sits here wondering why we can't even get an annual balance patch to keep the game balanced and fresh?

On January 19 2022 01:12 meadbert wrote:
If the Blizzard Starcraft 2 servers go down for maintenance for three months then how many $60 Age of Empires IV licenses get sold?

If GSL were told it could not longer run tournaments of Starcraft 2, but would be paid to run Age of Empires IV tournaments, how many extra licenses of AOE4 get sold?

Ponder those questions before you get too optimistic.

By the way I actually like AOE4, but I prefer Starcraft 2 mostly because the games are shorter so I can sneak a 15 minute game in rather than dedicating like 45 minutes to a game. Same reason I only play Dota 2 in turbo mode.

On January 19 2022 01:13 Charoisaur wrote:
I hope they don't touch balance. BW didn't get balance patches and SC2 doesn't need either. Let the game settle.
Yeah I wish PvZ would get fixed but I'm too scared they'd fuck up something else in the process so I'd rather have no changes at all.
given how many bullshit suggestions get thrown around in the forums it'd really scare me if they'd look into that