To the people from all three races.
I just want to ask you guys what do you think about shield battery. Am I the only one who think this isn’t fun to play with or against it ?
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shield battery brottoss bunker, its fine
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SB are fine, maybe they can be more useful than instead of Overcharged one we had multiple SB heal a target.
Removal of MSC (dealt 2500-2750 damage firing on 4 Pylons) as well as the nerffing of every Protoss unit (with the sole exception of the Probe) made protoss so weak that taking fights outside SB is suicidal at least before mid-game.
that would be broken op because you could get like 40 batteries healing 10 units.
if you think overcharge wasnt enough of a buff than you dont care about balance and just want free ladder points without any practice
I think if they put overcharge of canon next to nexus, not for canon rush and remove shield battery Overcharge you can actually not only deff have some aggressive defence but you can defend from runbuys like lings or drops.
Like double fire rate on canon or canons in the area
so that way you can continue f2 A-moving and not have to split off units?
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It’s a discussion which you aren’t welcome . If you think Protoss army is f2 + aa you have to try it.
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im like diamond 2 with prottoss, i think you cant really f2 vs zerg because you need 1 unit on the wall off but other than that it literally is select all army and recall if there is an attack
Are you aware that Cannons and SB are static structures? How they can F2-A-move?
By the way F2 generally is used as second Camera hotkey.
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First: 40 SB cost 4000 minerals, second: they take so much space than they can’t reach the units to heal.
I know that thinking is not your thing,
Honest free of charge advice: If you don’t want to be seen precisely for what you are (…redacted by Blizzard COC), better read what other posters say and post as little as possible.
It’s a band-aid fix.
I guess Blizzard just want Protoss to have more “macro-mechanic” to burn their nexus energy on.
Nobody likes to really use or play against it, but is it broken? Nah, it’s pretty fine.
no but this allows f2 A-moving because they can build static instead of leaving units behind
last time I checked, Shield batteries don’t deal damage.
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DID YOU NOT READ THE SUGGESTION? HE SAID MAKE CANNON OVERCHARGE
clear body
Shield batteries are fine.
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You can see in this thread that most notorious Protoss whiners say that SB is fine… You know what that means)
You can check out BeastyQT YouTube to see how SB is abused.
The “overcharge” ability they gave it to SB is WAY too powerful because it makes Protoss invulnerable to 1 base Terran all-ins. Overcharged battery can outheal damage even from Liberator (!!!) thus making it super easy for toss to snipe tank(s).
Because of overcharge it is now Protoss PF.
I don’t see how one double fire speed canon per base would be op if it for 7-8 sec. you can just babe bust him or kill it with marauders. Just though it was a good idea but I guess isnt
This fine terran specimen thinks that SB overcharge removes the ability of those “micro-Gods” to do a simple focus.
Can anybody advice this poor terran that when in sight of SB they have to focus the SB and not …the Nexus?
This is the fine terran specimen that thinks that …Ghost is the most difficult unit to manage in…SC2.
Benevolence! Where are you brother, i found a client for you!
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and you think every thread made is by some noob troll right? Just go with the crowd right? Shield battery is a passive structure that is AGGRESSIVE if used mid map or on the other side of the map coupled with things like immortals, tempests, and photon cannons. Ive seen it in pro games and Ive seen it on streams. YES it is BROKEN but only in certain circumstances. It was a bandaid fix to make up for removing pylon overcharge and mothership core. The Blizz team knew it was broken not long after putting it in the game but decided to do nothing.