I'm really digging the new WM changes. It seems like it is now possibly to break up your bio army and the Toss isn't free to just push your base if you have 2 medivacs buzzing around. Throwing a group of zealots face first into 4+ mines is an absolute death sentence for them. I'm glad Terran finally got something to set up defensible positions in TvP that aren't choke point PFs.
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Yeah, fuck naniwa. I only would root for him because he's a foreigner. Plus the other foreigners that are doing better now are just so much easier to want to cheer for. Naniwa's attitude is such a drag...
Also, David Kim AMA going on right now.
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Balance Reddit QA with Blizzard Senior Game Designer David Kim -- March 12, 1:00-3:00 p.m. PDT : starcraft
David Kim and I are basically bffs now because he has such a hard on for Hab Station.
Also, David Kim AMA going on right now.
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm Balance Reddit QA with Blizzard Senior Game Designer David Kim -- March 12, 1:00-3:00 p.m. PDT : starcraft
David Kim and I are basically bffs now because he has such a hard on for Hab Station.
I don't really mind SC2 high ground advantage. It forces high ground vision and doesn't add an RNG element to the game. I feel the people who harp on it are people who never watched/played BW. I feel the biggest limiting factor is the soft cap at 3 mining bases. That really limits strategy and the "when ahead get more ahead" mentality. Which also is a double edged sword where if you mis-read your advantage and you suddenly lose bases and lose. The meta is somewhat stale of rushing to 3 bases then maxing out and attacking. I'd prefer to see variety.
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I feel if they re-worked eco and added automated tournaments that would breathe a new life into the game. Even things like FF / PO are really only problematic because of how much you can get out of a single base. Remove that element, remove the issue.
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I feel if they re-worked eco and added automated tournaments that would breathe a new life into the game. Even things like FF / PO are really only problematic because of how much you can get out of a single base. Remove that element, remove the issue.
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Something like that could be really cool. Could even say if you get top 3 (or maybe just #1 depending how many there are) and it qualifies you into the WCS qualifiers or something like that. Then you'd constantly have tournaments running causing people to want to keep playing etc etc. Hell, could even limit it that only The Top X% (or GM only) could participate in it so it causes players to play more to get into that Top X%.
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Any system automated to that degree would be prone to abuse. If playing the daily cups wasn't such a pain, I would surely try my hand at them more often, even when I can get 1-2 rounds in at most before running into people who just destroy me. Just give me daily tournaments for every league and I'm good to go.
I'm sure they'd have variations where you could automate or select players for tournaments. With how much is on the line for WCS I don't think they'd be too keen on an automated system determining if you're making it.
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The best part of the article was the graphic where the twitch plays is in GM and everyone is just spamming "1 a"
Nani proxy gateway >gets spotted > polt walls ramp > nani says booths aren't soundproofed and GG's. He then forfeits the matches and gets booed off the stage.