Starcraft II Officially Announced

[sportsdude]

Re: Starcraft II Officially Announced

I play Terran. Im like 2-6...lol. Something around them lines. I usually try to do 2 Barracks with Reactor and one with Tech lab. Tech up the marines in the process of trying to swarm with Marines and Maurauders. While Im doing that I try to get a starport up and get medivacs first and then the (I forget what the tranforming air units are called) out second. The only losses I really have are to Terran using Medivacs to transport units in through the air.

if you're going marine and marauder, why not hold off on teching up the marines, and instead rush out a starport with a reactor and some medivacs. The MMM is one of the most common terran strategies out there, and pretty easy to pull off. building medivacs and vikings at the same time seems like a waste of resources. The marines are anti-air anyway. If you're building vikings, I would assume that means you're just trying to buy time until you get cruisers.

[MachoMyers]

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if you're going marine and marauder, why not hold off on teching up the marines, and instead rush out a starport with a reactor and some medivacs. The MMM is one of the most common terran strategies out there, and pretty easy to pull off. building medivacs and vikings at the same time seems like a waste of resources. The marines are anti-air anyway. If you're building vikings, I would assume that means you're just trying to buy time until you get cruisers.

Vikings are GREAT for team games to hold off enemy Air. I've worked with my buddies who tech up Thors and Siege Tanks and I build a fleet of Vikings with a Raven to follow and it is pure chaos. Biggest problem is holding out that long.

[KSUowls]

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Same unit capacity, but only 1/2 the multi-tasking capacity which is HUGE in an RTS game. Sounds like you were lucky to have your friend there to carry you.

Eh...I know I messed up in that game, I never claimed to have contributed to the victory at all beyond being able to scout out expansions and what he was doing. As I mentioned I was dead shortly after his partner was. So I'm not really sure what you are trying to say here.

Same unit capacity yes, but he has unit production double that of what either one of us had which is 'HUGE' in an RTS game, and double unit production capability for much of the match (hence his being able to quickly hit my base after our attack).
If he had wanted to he could have taken advantage of 2 different races units advantages. Most importantly though he was a protoss player who had access to a Terran economy's buildup and an expansion (in the form of the Terran base) already built. So even if he didn't want to spend the multi-tasking time of building units as barracks and other Terran structures, all he had to do was focus on using the Terran CC to work on his economy and build up the expensive but powerful protoss units.

So for the match
Unit Capacity = basically the same since I was out of the match shortly after his partner was
Unit Production Speed = He had the advantage in pure numbers, but since my friend was zerg we'll call it even
Economy rates = He had his own workers, plus the Terran Orbital Command, and an "expansion" already built

Basically the only 'disadvantage' he had was deciding what to spend all of his money on.

[KSUowls]

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Anyone played any good custom maps?

I've been playing a lot of Marine Arena, Lurker Spine Defense and Overrun!.

I've dabbled in a few others like vexal tower D, bunker D, and others, but the top 3 are my favorite

[USF11]

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Anyone played any good custom maps?

I've been playing a lot of Marine Arena, Lurker Spine Defense and Overrun!.

I've dabbled in a few others like vexal tower D, bunker D, and others, but the top 3 are my favorite

I love Marine Arena.

Also Colonial Line Wars is really fun.

[bcruise]

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Balance changes coming up next month...

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/692221

Basically, Zealot rushes will be made less effective and Terran is getting the nerf bat in several ways. At least that's what they're telling us for now...probably more coming.

[Munkey]

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Balance changes coming up next month...

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/692221

Basically, Zealot rushes will be made less effective and Terran is getting the nerf bat in several ways. At least that's what they're telling us for now...probably more coming.

The zealot change will make things so much harder to hold off a zerg who gets a 6/7/8 pool
Especially on a map like steppes of war

And I'm disappointed nothing has been said about marauders yet

[mrprice33]

Re: Starcraft II Officially Announced

Balance changes coming up next month...

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/692221

Basically, Zealot rushes will be made less effective and Terran is getting the nerf bat in several ways. At least that's what they're telling us for now...probably more coming.

ugh...there goes my siege tanks strat...

[Kashanova]

Re: Starcraft II Officially Announced

Balance changes coming up next month...

http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/692221

Basically, Zealot rushes will be made less effective and Terran is getting the nerf bat in several ways. At least that's what they're telling us for now...probably more coming.

since when have zealot rushes been effective? I don't find them problematic........

[bcruise]

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since when have zealot rushes been effective? I don't find them problematic........

I know what you mean...The only rushes I ever see from the 'toss (that can legitimately be called "rushes"), are cannon rushes.

[USF11]

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I just won a match with a zerg drone rush...it was awesome.

[TracerBullet]

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I just won a match with a zerg drone rush...it was awesome.

whoever you were playing had to be pissed.

[USF11]

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whoever you were playing had to be pissed.

It's a surprising good rush strategy. Against Terran especially.

[mrprice33]

Lol. That's risky as hell.

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[USF11]

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Lol. That's risky as hell.

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If you cancel two extractor builds. You can can go in 12 on 10 vs an unsuspecting player.