Thread: Any other Starcraft 2 Players on DV?

That's your computer not being able to keep up though. A lot of the current addons in Mists of Pandaria eat up a fair bit of bandwidth, because they query the server for a lot of information, that you would not otherwise be requesting. The end results is a much higher amount of data downloaded through the API.

Back in Wrath, I played on one of the most populated servers in Europe. I could run Dalaran, since I had a decent computer, but a lot of people would just hang out outside of the city on their flying mounts.

Originally Posted by Marvo

That's your computer not being able to keep up though. A lot of the current addons in Mists of Pandaria eat up a fair bit of bandwidth, because they query the server for a lot of information, that you would not otherwise be requesting. The end results is a much higher amount of data downloaded through the API.

Back in Wrath, I played on one of the most populated servers in Europe. I could run Dalaran, since I had a decent computer, but a lot of people would just hang out outside of the city on their flying mounts.

Ah, gotcha. That explains a lot. And yeah, I meant to say Dalaran....I forgot the name of it.

I wish there was some kind of "tourist mode" for MMOs, because I enjoy exploring them, but I just can't make a single game my part time job.

What's nice about SC2 is that while there's a substantial knowledge base and you can go as deep into it as you want, it's still based on single matches. There's an inherent depth based on the need for some basic meta-game awareness, but it's still over in 8-30 minutes 90% of the time.

PvP is not very time consuming anymore, but if you want to do raids, and not just looking for raid, then you need to invest a lot of time. Personally I really enjoy high level raiding, and am able to keep my weekly ingame time at around twenty hours or so.
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Yeah, twenty hours per week doing one thing I'm not paid for which is not sleeping... Maybe if I lived in Scandinavia.

Right now I'm just hoping for no major system failures before I find myself in a position to have some form of health insurance.

Originally Posted by juroara

btw, scII lags like a nightmare on my computer even if I'm just up against 1 AI. But I can play WoW just fine. Is this an internet issue or a computer issue?

Try turning your graphics down, I have a good enough PC to play everything on ultra, but I still play ladder on low settings.

Used to play a fair bit, got up to gold 1v1 I think, but then my lack of serious strategy failed me against better players.
I used to do serious trolling, always played as protoss. Either proxy photon cannon, zealot rush or my all time favourite of
rushing for templars. My all time best was 6 minutes for a templar rush, only need one or two stalkes to fake fail attacking,
by the time they realise its too late

Man, I'm excited/nervous for Heart of the Swarm. I want to play the new campaign (despite the Wings of Liberty campaign being kind of meh) and check out the new units, but I feel like I'm just hitting my stride w/ WoL strategy and now in a few days everything will change. I've been watching a bit of the Intel Extreme Masters HotS tourny this weekend (here), and one thing I keep hearing is that ZvZ is looking to be nothing but Muta showdowns I'm not crazy about the Viper, either. I do look forward to the return of mass Hydra, which was deadly in Broodwar. You can't really go mass hydra in HotS, but Hydras are at least useful now. Swarmhosts look cool, but so far it seems like they're pretty useless in the meta-game.

Originally Posted by SurfinShroom

Used to play a fair bit, got up to gold 1v1 I think, but then my lack of serious strategy failed me against better players.
I used to do serious trolling, always played as protoss. Either proxy photon cannon, zealot rush or my all time favourite of
rushing for templars. My all time best was 6 minutes for a templar rush, only need one or two stalkes to fake fail attacking,
by the time they realise its too late

As a zerg - I hate you Mr. Cannon rush/Proxy.

No just kidding, really though whatever you can do to win. Higher tier players just learn to fend those off. 6 minutes is seriously impressive for templars. Were you going for storm, or archon?

Originally Posted by Taosaur

Man, I'm excited/nervous for Heart of the Swarm. I want to play the new campaign (despite the Wings of Liberty campaign being kind of meh) and check out the new units, but I feel like I'm just hitting my stride w/ WoL strategy and now in a few days everything will change. I've been watching a bit of the Intel Extreme Masters HotS tourny this weekend (here), and one thing I keep hearing is that ZvZ is looking to be nothing but Muta showdowns I'm not crazy about the Viper, either. I do look forward to the return of mass Hydra, which was deadly in Broodwar. You can't really go mass hydra in HotS, but Hydras are at least useful now. Swarmhosts look cool, but so far it seems like they're pretty useless in the meta-game.

Brother, the viper is AMAZING. AMAAAAAAAZING. Watch some pros utilize them, it's SO fun to watch. Hydras are EVERYWHERE in Pro hots matches. I'm really excited because instead of zerg going ling/infestor into broods every game, or ling/roach/infestor. pro zergs are using like 5-6 different units in their army comps.

I wouldnt count Swarmhosts out. I saw a ZvP last week where a guy made like 10-12 swarm hosts. and would just spawn locusts, retreat, spawn, retreat, etc. The toss COULD NOT get his third. and by the time he had things under control the zerg had his 4th and 5th base up.

I'm not sure how I feel about how good I'm going to do in HOTS, but HOTS has made pro matches so much more entertaining.

MLG Winter Champs next weekend!!!!

Played a bit through the starter thing, still prefer good ol' starcraft 1 though.

Originally Posted by Checker666

Played a bit through the starter thing, still prefer good ol' starcraft 1 though.

Nothing wrong with that. Broodwar was amazing.

Originally Posted by PennyRoyal

As a zerg - I hate you Mr. Cannon rush/Proxy.

No just kidding, really though whatever you can do to win. Higher tier players just learn to fend those off. 6 minutes is seriously impressive for templars. Were you going for storm, or archon?

Dark templars, those ruthless invisible ones,
The funniest strategy i've ever seen was in a 2v2 against a diamond and a gold, the diamond zerg player proxy hatchery'd. By the time we saw it the creep was too much and he had spine crawlers up in our face. It only works on like one map since its pretty obvious if you look around your base. I wasn't even mad when I saw it I just burst out laughing and asking my friend have you seen that over the microphone.

Originally Posted by SurfinShroom

Dark templars, those ruthless invisible ones,
The funniest strategy i've ever seen was in a 2v2 against a diamond and a gold, the diamond zerg player proxy hatchery'd. By the time we saw it the creep was too much and he had spine crawlers up in our face. It only works on like one map since its pretty obvious if you look around your base. I wasn't even mad when I saw it I just burst out laughing and asking my friend have you seen that over the microphone.

ahh the elusive proxy hatch -> spine crawler rush. I used to do this 1v1 on Shattered temple against protoss that FFE. Or rush Lair and Overlords and drop creep, and do it

I haven't done a proxy hatch in a long time, but they are hilarious. My favorite is hiding it in the corner of a fellow zerg's base and pumping out lings and spines. It always gets a "wtf?" or "lol" over chat and a lot of people can't even be mad they lost to such crazy cheese.

Originally Posted by Checker666

Played a bit through the starter thing, still prefer good ol' starcraft 1 though.

Honestly the thing that makes SC2 is the matchmaking system--most matches are very balanced in skill, which makes for really fun ladder play. They also keep the units/races well balanced IMO, though some people will tell you different. In SC2, multiplayer is the game, whereas SC1 put a lot more into the storyline and little unit dialogue Easter eggs. To me, the WoL campaign had a pretty generic storyline and the style of the cinematics was cheesy, trading in the humor of the original games for a gritty and overmuscled "Punisher" aesthetic. The first thing I'll do with HotS is play the campaign, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

Did anyone pick up Heart of the Swarm?

I just finished the campaign and thought it was a lot of fun.

The ladder is a bit more interesting now as well lol.

Yep, I pre-ordered it and started playing on release night, but haven't had a lot of time since then. I still have a few missions left in the campaign (which is much better than WoL so far) and I just started ladder a couple days ago, right after the MLG finals. I've mostly been falling back on WoL strategy in ladder, with a bit more hydralisk play. I never seem to get as far as Vipers without Broodlords making more sense, and I've tried out Swarm Hosts but they seem pretty easy to counter with any detection. I've had Oracle harass once and shut it down pretty easily, more Reapers from Terran, and mass Voids once, but otherwise no sign of the dreaded skytoss. Ladder will probably change a lot in the next couple weeks, but right now it's mostly a lot of fumbling around and falling back on old tactics, at least down here in Silver.

It's mostly the same in Platinum league. Lots of oracle harass though. LOTS of Bio drops from Terran after MLG. Lot's of Bio/Spider mine thanks to Flash -.-.

ZvZ is still boring as hell, lol. Early baneling fights into Muta vs Muta most games. I've just been making hydras and taking the new speed upgrade right off the bat. Spore crawlers do DOUBLE damage to bio now (Mutas).

Bought it, mostly to play fun arcade maps with a friend, and maybe to create some maps as well.

I was having a great run with swarm host and hydra in ZvP yesterday. It completely shuts down deathball as long as you snipe observers. I would open 15/15 (hatch then pool or pool then hatch), drop one extractor and a roach warren, get both bases saturated, make just a few lings for watchtowers/scouting, get all four gases and start 8-12 roaches, +1 missile, Lair and a 3rd base all at about the same time. When Lair finishes, drop hydra den, and about the time the second hydra upgrade finishes, drop infestation pit. Out of 8-10 matches (granted, in silver) it failed once, and one other time I didn't get as far as hosts because I defended a chargelot attack and took my roach/hydra force across the field to clean up. Toss opponents cry hard when five or six collossi drop to little spitting bugs and hydras

You will need the 3rd base gas to get your hosts out and respawn hydras.

Widow mines are VERY mean I've learned. Now that I've fought my way back to Plat/Diamond Terrans are using these with frightening effectiveness.