ZvT how to counter nukes? - Page 2

On April 03 2010 00:35 jakel wrote:
It's a simple question. I was playing my first placement match (I played some FFA just to see how zerg mechanics work) and I got matched up with a terran.

I had an economic lead of 2 bases vs one and we were about even in terms of army.

I had a scout in the beginning but some marines shot at my overlord so I flew it away as I didn't want to get held back in supply (should I have kept it?).

Then I hear the words nuclear launch detection followed by my drones dying since my hydras and roaches were in the middle of the map.

Should I leave an overseer and a hydra at every base? Is that enough? Where do I check when I first hear nuke?

Also I am sorry I didn't leave a replay I forgot to save it and I can't figure out how to access replays in SC2

On April 04 2010 03:38 minus_human wrote:
The feature that shows you were the enemy is nuking you is quite bad in my opinion. Besides the fact that it partially defeats the fear/paranoia factor that a nuke traditionally produces, it is fundamentally flawed. If you hear the nuke warning, instantly followed by some random unit poping or upgrade finishing then the mechanic is useless.

Furthermore, the opponent can choose to send a unit to attack you at the precise moment of the launch, which is really silly in my opinion.

For any balance concerns, since the nuke is way more easy to use and viable now, the cost or damage can be reduced or increase the built time or the time from launch until hit etc etc, but as long as it forces you to search for it, I believe it brings a much more interesting (psychological) aspect.

On April 05 2010 00:24 kme wrote:
Ok, i tested it ingame and it doesn't work. I had the vision of the ghost and he wasn't cloaked. They either fixed it or people never tried it and just assumed it works. Or the nuke was launched in their base and since notifications from the base are very frequent it just led them there and they thought it was because of nuke. Either way it is proven to be untrue and nukes are still awesome .

On April 05 2010 00:24 kme wrote:
Ok, i tested it ingame and it doesn't work. I had the vision of the ghost and he wasn't cloaked. They either fixed it or people never tried it and just assumed it works. Or the nuke was launched in their base and since notifications from the base are very frequent it just led them there and they thought it was because of nuke. Either way it is proven to be untrue and nukes are still awesome .