Starcraft II Megathread V.1 'Hell, It's About Time' - Games

[QUOTE=LordCrypto;23782552]Any tricks for the great train robbery. I can make it to 5 trains but the kill team takes out my dbs.[/QUOTE] Don't get reliant on diamondbacks, use marines, marauders e.t.c and have them camp the train as it comes only send diamondbacks chasing after them if the trains slip past, if you can work quickly the kill team is no problem

[QUOTE=Fusilero1;23782836]Don't get reliant on diamondbacks, use marines, marauders e.t.c and have them camp the train as it comes only send diamondbacks chasing after them if the trains slip past, if you can work quickly the kill team is no problem[/QUOTE] I used medics, marauders and diamond backs. Put down a missile turret in your base to kill the [sp]raven[/sp].

Killing the killteam is one of the achievements for that mission, personally I swarmed them with Diamondbacks, but I suggest against that since I lost quite a few.

[QUOTE=SomeDumbShit;23779017]Any tips for playing Protoss? Placement League if it matters.[/QUOTE] Find a 4-warpgate build and get comfortable with it. It's a flexible mid-range player build.

Anyone got a guest pass?

[QUOTE=SomeDumbShit;23779017]Any tips for playing Protoss? Placement League if it matters.[/QUOTE] build lots and lots of void rays shit owns

[QUOTE=Fire Kracker;23783683]build lots and lots of void rays[/QUOTE] Void ray rushes only work occasionally if your opponent is too stupid to switch up his build for some AA and react to it. If you really wanna do some damage, build one or 2 void rays early and harass constantly with them, then transition into units that counter his AA units.

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;23783745]Void ray rushes only work occasionally if your opponent is too stupid to switch up his build for some AA and react to it. If you really wanna do some damage, build one or 2 void rays early and harass constantly with them, then transition into units that counter his AA units.[/QUOTE] yeah but if you scout out and find out he has no defenses he will be dead especially in the placement league since 90% of the time they wont have any AA or atleast in the placement leagues i've played in

[QUOTE=Fire Kracker;23783834]yeah but if you scout out and find out he has no defenses he will be dead especially in the placement league since 90% of the time they wont have any AA or atleast in the placement leagues i've played in[/QUOTE] That's why you go for about 2. Easily enough to ruin a shitty player, but you don't commit your economy to voids. If he has no AA and you have even 2 voids in his base he is done for.

On "The Gates of Hell", do you have to rescue all of the drop-pods for it to count as completing all the mission objectives?

Fuck me the campaign on brutal is fucking brutal.

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;23783997]That's why you go for about 2. Easily enough to ruin a shitty player, but you don't commit your economy to voids. If he has no AA and you have even 2 voids in his base he is done for.[/QUOTE] yeah but 12 voids look cooler when they attack :(

Everyone should check out [url=http://www.sc2mapster.com/maps/yabot/]Yet Another Build Order Tester[/url].

[QUOTE=SomeDumbShit;23779017]Any tips for playing Protoss? Placement League if it matters.[/QUOTE] I personally put up my pylon at 9 supply, then my gateway at 12. Then my cybernetics at 15-16, depending how much supply I have when my gateway finishes (can't think of the exact number). I put up the assimilator at 13 supply while coming back from the gateway, and my second one around 18-19. When my gateway finishes I chrono boost out a zealot to kill any scout inside or one that may come, then make another zealot. Then, my cybernetics will have finished and I'll make 2 stalkers, and then a sentry, and I'd have started researching warp gate at the same time I made my Stalkers. At around 25 supply I'll put up my robotics, make an observer first, then an immortal, then another immortal. By now I'll be making my r.bay, and I'll be pumping out a few (2-3) colossi out, together with it's Thermal Lance range upgrade (really important!). While doing this, you will also want to build 3 more gateways and make them warp gates, and have researched into Blink. If you have spare gas, also get Charge for your zealots. By now I'll be quite advanced in minerals compared to gas, and I'll be expanding to the closest expansion, putting down a pylon and two assimilators next to the new expansion, and putting half my drones from my main there, this all while my colossi are building. You can chose to get upgrades from your Forge if you have the spare resources, but I havn't seen it be that necessary in placement and low leagues. When I have 2 or 3 colossi, I'd have warped in a good force too of mostly stalkers. If my observer hasn't been shot down, to play it safe I'll make a Dark Shrine, put up a proxy pylon somewhere near his base (prefereably on higher or lower ground, and somewhere where he won't scout past), and warp in 4-8 dark templars, and soften up his army (go for his army especially if he's terran, most in placement matches won't even have hotkeys and will click on their base to use their scan, and by then your templars will have ripped through your opponents army. If you have the 1 attack upgrade for ground units, you'll also one-shot gatherers, which is also a great thing.) While I'm doing this, I'm moving in my main army in, and if he's a terran or a zerg, he'll be wasting resources on missile launchers or overseers, which just means your main army will eat through your enemies base. I've been doing this in all 3 placement 1v1 games I've played, and won all 3 of them. (Not really into 1v1 at the moment.) You should also check out [url]http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Protoss_Strategy[/url] to see if you like another strategy, although the wiki is nowhere near close to finished though.

I have one big hole in my Muta rush, and that's defence. Once my Mutas start spawning, it's all good, but the problem is managing to get enough minerals to sustain quite a few Zerglings and the extra Overlord's cost without slowing me down too much.

Got it! -snip-

did you pressed on multiplayer and then create game ?

[QUOTE=MajorMattem;23784584]Need help. Im trying to get TIGER MARINE! But I dont know how to get Custom Game Novice. It is confusing. I try doing custom games on normal, with me vs one AI. Is there somthing im doing wrong?[/QUOTE] I thought tiger marine was doing the guide 1

Anyone still have any NA Guest passes? Im Jonesing to play this game. I NEED to play this.

[QUOTE=MajorMattem;23784584]Need help. Im trying to get TIGER MARINE! But I dont know how to get Custom Game Novice. It is confusing. I try doing custom games on normal, with me vs one AI. Is there somthing im doing wrong?[/QUOTE] I had trouble with this too. it has to be a multiplayer custom game on a blizzard map with just you and a bot. Also set the bot to very easy, so it make its easier.

[QUOTE=Stripez;23785318]I had trouble with this too. it has to be a multiplayer custom game on a blizzard map with just you and a bot. Also set the bot to very easy, so it make its easier.[/QUOTE] Thanks!

I just got Panda Marine and Tiger marine with my friend. Yay. I want to get the Spectre portrait (all 9 challenges gold) but I don't think I'm that good yet.

Is it only me that got angry when [sp] tychus was killed? >:( [/sp]

[QUOTE=PowerBall v1;23785593]Was it only me that got angry when [sp] tychus was killed >:( [/sp][/QUOTE] no.

I'm considering buying this, but I'm not sure whether I should after I heard activision fucking around with DRM and region locking.

[QUOTE=PowerBall v1;23785593]Is it only me that got angry when [sp] tychus was killed? >:( [/sp][/QUOTE] The really annoying part was how the reasoning for it was completely pulled out their ass

[QUOTE=Fusilero1;23785767]The really annoying part was how the reasoning for it was completely pulled out their ass[/QUOTE] Eh? No it wasn't. [editline]04:58PM[/editline] You knew something was up from the VERY FIRST CINEMATIC. [editline]04:59PM[/editline] Also halfway through the game [sp]when they mention that someone could shut down his organs and they're all "BUT WHOOO!?" I was like, "Jesus christ I have no idea who it could possibly be I am perplexed"[/sp]

What are the challenges for specifically? I think I might do them.

Gotta fix those spoilertags man but I have no clue on who actually [SP]ordered him to kill Kerrigan, it sounded far too texan to be Mengsk so I think Edmund Duke but he's dead as far as I know?[/SP]

[QUOTE=LeonS;23785898]Gotta fix those spoilertags man but I have no clue on who actually [SP]ordered him to kill Kerrigan, it sounded far too texan to be Mengsk so I think Edmund Duke but he's dead as far as I know?[/SP][/QUOTE] [sp]Nah it was Mengsk[/sp]