Comments on: Battle.net Official Post Round-Up http://www.sc2blog.com/2007/08/31/battlenet-official-post-round-up/ The Official Unofficial StarCraft 2 Blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:50:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: waldo http://www.sc2blog.com/2007/08/31/battlenet-official-post-round-up/#comment-1442 waldo Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:15:29 +0000 http://www.sc2blog.com/2007/08/31/battlenet-official-post-round-up/#comment-1442 Another great post... lockdown looks good for sc2. Can't wait to get some starcraft 2 tournament play in. Another great post…

lockdown looks good for sc2. Can’t wait to get some starcraft 2 tournament play in.

]]> By: Mercutio http://www.sc2blog.com/2007/08/31/battlenet-official-post-round-up/#comment-339 Mercutio Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:15:19 +0000 http://www.sc2blog.com/2007/08/31/battlenet-official-post-round-up/#comment-339 Lockdown was pretty spiff in SC1, and arguably vital if you were up against the Protoss, but presumably if they decide not to put it in SC2, it won't leave a gaping hole in Terran defenses. It's inclusion will presumably hinge upon (and this is me theorycrafting out loud here) what abilities the Nomad ends up having, and how Terran heavy air and ground stacks up against Protoss heavy air and ground. It's admittedly still very very early in development, but it seems like the way to stop a Mothership from Planet Cracking your base currently is to hurl Vikings and Battlecruisers at it, backed up with a stiff turret network. Especially since they've got rid of Time Bomb and Black Hole, at least in the versions that were shown in the first demo. For mass zealot rushes... if the maps are anything like SC1s were, many bases will start in areas that have ramps or other choke points leading to them, easily walled off with a couple Supply Depots and Bunker backup. For situations where you just can't do that, the Command Center is upgradable to a Planetary Fortress straight out the box. I don't think the Reaper mine can replace the spider mine; it seems most useful for 'we jetpack into your base, blow up a single structure or a worker line REAL good, jetpack out.' It doesn't seem to stick around long enough to be a static defence. Lockdown was pretty spiff in SC1, and arguably vital if you were up against the Protoss, but presumably if they decide not to put it in SC2, it won’t leave a gaping hole in Terran defenses. It’s inclusion will presumably hinge upon (and this is me theorycrafting out loud here) what abilities the Nomad ends up having, and how Terran heavy air and ground stacks up against Protoss heavy air and ground.

It’s admittedly still very very early in development, but it seems like the way to stop a Mothership from Planet Cracking your base currently is to hurl Vikings and Battlecruisers at it, backed up with a stiff turret network. Especially since they’ve got rid of Time Bomb and Black Hole, at least in the versions that were shown in the first demo.

For mass zealot rushes… if the maps are anything like SC1s were, many bases will start in areas that have ramps or other choke points leading to them, easily walled off with a couple Supply Depots and Bunker backup. For situations where you just can’t do that, the Command Center is upgradable to a Planetary Fortress straight out the box. I don’t think the Reaper mine can replace the spider mine; it seems most useful for ‘we jetpack into your base, blow up a single structure or a worker line REAL good, jetpack out.’ It doesn’t seem to stick around long enough to be a static defence.

]]> By: Starcraft 2 http://www.sc2blog.com/2007/08/31/battlenet-official-post-round-up/#comment-338 Starcraft 2 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 07:39:14 +0000 http://www.sc2blog.com/2007/08/31/battlenet-official-post-round-up/#comment-338 Lockdown would seem like the ultimate counter to many of these slow powerfull units. I think the terrans now use combinations of units like the colossus and reapers to take out zealots and lings. The mines from the reaper will replace spidermines. Lockdown would seem like the ultimate counter to many of these slow powerfull units. I think the terrans now use combinations of units like the colossus and reapers to take out zealots and lings. The mines from the reaper will replace spidermines.

]]> By: §t4lk3r http://www.sc2blog.com/2007/08/31/battlenet-official-post-round-up/#comment-324 §t4lk3r Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:08:00 +0000 http://www.sc2blog.com/2007/08/31/battlenet-official-post-round-up/#comment-324 I think lockdown is a very required abilty and it's imperative that it return to the game. For example when you have to stop a mothership that is "Planet Cracking" your base. Since there aren't cloaked wraiths anymore, lockdownd would be very effective, or to stop Thors and even Colossi. And I'm wondering how the terrans are going to counter mass zealots or mass lings without firebats or spider mines. I think lockdown is a very required abilty and it’s imperative that it return to the game. For example when you have to stop a mothership that is “Planet Cracking” your base. Since there aren’t cloaked wraiths anymore, lockdownd would be very effective, or to stop Thors and even Colossi.

And I’m wondering how the terrans are going to counter mass zealots or mass lings without firebats or spider mines.

]]> By: Frozenlingon http://www.sc2blog.com/2007/08/31/battlenet-official-post-round-up/#comment-314 Frozenlingon Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:28:07 +0000 http://www.sc2blog.com/2007/08/31/battlenet-official-post-round-up/#comment-314 Those "ideas" sounds awesome, as you said, hope they are to be in the retail. Those “ideas” sounds awesome, as you said, hope they are to be in the retail.

]]> By: whiteknight http://www.sc2blog.com/2007/08/31/battlenet-official-post-round-up/#comment-312 whiteknight Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:44:54 +0000 http://www.sc2blog.com/2007/08/31/battlenet-official-post-round-up/#comment-312 i wonder what is the best to put in bunker since there is no more firebat marine / reaper /ghost ? i wonder what is the best to put in bunker since there is no more firebat

marine / reaper /ghost ?

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