Does anyone else notice this happen during quick stutter step? The reaper would only fire a single shot instead of its normal two. It’s been in the game for a long time and I don’t really mind it because its only 4 damage, but it is noticeable.
Should this be patched?
Does this hurt terrans performance?
Yes -> do not patch.
No -> patch it.
Merge the Reapers attack from 4x2 to 8x1.
Would be a good buff to the Reaper without breaking it.
LOL, REALLY?? Another unfixed Terran bug to collection!
Just waiting for the first zerg defender coming in and saying “hey boy, broodlord had a BUG too and nobody cried like you Duke Nukem! They had 2 extra range due to bug!” LOL2!
It’s not a bug, it’s bad micro. Attacks that are split into two separate animation cycles are cancelled by another input. This is by design. If you stutter step fast enough you can cancel any attack animation. Part of stutter step micro is knowing the attack length and exactly when to do a move command to not cancel it.
In other words, if you don’t want to lose damage, stutter step correctly instead of like a hyperactive mario party player mashing as fast as they can.
Would make them stronger vs many things in early game TvT, and vs Queens.
The reaper absolutely cannot get an early game buff, thanks.
Change your forum avatar to terran and who knows, maybe then your units would actually want to fight for you
So they would actually have more usages.
No, their one offensive use, reaper rushes, would just become a whole lot stronger.
They’ll still suck in a macro game where things that kill them easily come up in large numbers. They’ll just make early game TvT more obnoxious, and possibly bring back 3-rax reaper in TvZ (one of the most abusive BS playstyles that I’m quite glad to see mostly gone from the standard meta).
I agree.
Not really. You don’t kite with reapers in TvT. You stay and shot then retreat when you are on low HP.
TvZ is different thing but actually the buff that MyOhMind suggested would be a bit helpful for early game TvZ and definitely not game breaking.