Heart of the Swarm BETA LIVE

[Noctis]

It's just pros casters and other public figures in the beta currently I'm guessing first public wave next week

[Visions of Khas]

Is it just me, or do Warhounds seem imbalanced? I see them wreaking havoc all across a map, and their Missiles undo Immortals in a snap.

Then again, I'm a terrible player, so I could be wrong.

[DemolitionSquid]

Is it just me, or do Warhounds seem imbalanced? I see them wreaking havoc all across a map, and their Missiles undo Immortals in a snap.

Then again, I'm a terrible player, so I could be wrong.

The general consensus is that Warhounds are currently OP. In the pre-Beta Custom Map they were OP, and their stats are the same in Beta. However, there's still room for it to simply be a meta-game issue, with people not countering them correctly.

[Caliban113]

Wowz - the day is finally here!! - Been watching QXC mostly, (tho we viewers had to spend about 45 mins convincing him to stop 2-raxing everybody) and...yeah Warhound = ridiculous. From everything i'd read, it sounded they were weak against anything but mech - instead, they are strong against everything, with an added punch to mech - I dont expect that to last long tho.

QXC beat WhiteRa like three games straight......'spyeshul tyektiks' and all.....

[flak4321]

Hey guys. Long time no post. A year at least. Anywho, my 2 cents on the warhound: I agree it is OP. I do not think the stats are too far off either. What I haven't seen in youtube videos is the missile activating the immortals' hardened shields. I believe it should.

The Oracle looks like it will require something anti air and either long ranged or very fast to effectively counter. Otherwise I feel it is a good fit for the game. I think I may men tempest, whichever is the one that covers the mineral patches.

I feel the swarm host may also be a little OP early and UP late (it seems this was intended), but I need to see it in ZvZ and ZvT before I can pass complete judgement.

Additional Warhound comment: I haven't noticed its effectiveness vs non mech units too much because the videos also usually have a fair number of hellions moving with them. I will admit the hellion/warhound combo is currently a bit much.

[DemolitionSquid]

Additional Warhound comment: I haven't noticed its effectiveness vs non mech units too much because the videos also usually have a fair number of hellions moving with them. I will admit the hellion/warhound combo is currently a bit much.

I've noticed this too. Battle Hellions obliterate Zealots and Sentries, and Warhounds slaughter Stalkers and Immortals. Without higher tech Templar/Archon or Colossus, it looks like Protoss ground armies get utterly mulched by the simple Factory combo.

[Visions of Khas]

I'm also getting the impression that Protoss ground are lagging. Watched a game where Stalkers were obliterated by an equal number of Roaches. They're at the mercy of Warhound; Battle Hellion combo. Granted, none of these players used High Templar or did much in the way of micro. Still it worries me.

Hey Demo, you on Guild Wars 2? Thinking about buying a copy once I get my battlestation up and running. How's it going for you?

[TheEconomist]

Without higher tech Templar/Archon or Colossus, it looks like Protoss ground armies get utterly mulched by the simple Factory combo.

Of course, those are easily countered by Ghosts and Vikings.

We've been through this before guys. Terran will always be majorly imbalanced until heavily nerfed to be only slightly imbalanced.

[DemolitionSquid]

Hey Demo, you on Guild Wars 2? Thinking about buying a copy once I get my battlestation up and running. How's it going for you?

No, haven't got it yet. Still low on funds to buy a new PC, can only use my Mac right now. ATTN DEVS: MAKE MORE MAC GAMES DAMMIT!

[RamiZ]

Don't even get me started on Ravens buff that supposed to happen in WoL 1.5 patch, but it happened now. They got 2.5 movement speed from 2.25, which isn't huge, but they also buffed Seeker Missile to cost 100 energy, instead of 125. That is cool buff, but to be honest, Seeker Missile needed range buff, not this, it is already high damaging AoE spell that you can't evade with half of your units, and it does instant damage. You can't even pre-split that much.