Game speed uped in patch 11? Is it a good thing?

[TheEconomist]

I barely notice it with Terran and Protoss but I do notice it with Zerg. You have to be very timing conscious to know when to macro, when to get Hydralisks, and when you start spamming units. That's thrown my Zerg game off and, ironically, I keep randoming the damn things!

But, then again, I did give blood today so this could be my imagination

[Genopath]

No, and get your own! avatar :P

[Alterran]

I like the new speed =)
I think the really good players wont have a problem giving us great tournaments regardless of speed.
But i agree this kinda forces you to concentrate a bit more on macro, at least it does for me.

[IvanVankata]

with this speed zerg owns me as terran ... has Blizzard said anything about the speed change ???

[FoxSpirit]

You're in trouble if your only way of fostering skilled play is speeding up the game; I would be surprised if this was really Blizzard's thinking. Like others, I was surprised by the acceleration, largely because SC2 was already quite fast to begin with.

Yeah. I agree, take it back Blizzard... please

[TheEconomist]

I like it better because it cuts out the more boring parts. In battles, it doesn't feel that much faster but in terms of early macro and whatnot is makes a difference. I like it. As soon as I get my Zerg play adjusted to the new timings, I will adore this change. I'm also hoping that, maybe, they'll add some faster options than the ladder standard for pros and and "fun" games.

[FoxSpirit]

I like it better because it cuts out the more boring parts. In battles, it doesn't feel that much faster but in terms of early macro and whatnot is makes a difference. I like it. As soon as I get my Zerg play adjusted to the new timings, I will adore this change. I'm also hoping that, maybe, they'll add some faster options than the ladder standard for pros and and "fun" games.

Yeah, my only fear is that ladder will eventually always go to the fastest speed and... yeah. If not, sure, give those pros an higher option, but please keep ladder reasonable.

[Noctis]

IDK i dont have much complaints, if anything you arent sitting around. Just have to get use to building structures/units faster

[dejai]

I only got in the beta in patch 11 it seems fine I mean there is insane strategy involved and starcraft 2 is designed to punish you for hesitating. I have played a lot of games in 2 days and the speed really amps up the action in the game and makes you think outside the box you don't have time to stick directly to your build orders and you have to react to your opponents moves quickly. E.G Protoss was fast expanding so I dropped my m&m build and went straight into reapers with a bunker reaper rush. So yes I like the speed of the game but I hope they don't increase it again.

[Rigby]

Just remember guys this increased speed is apparently only on the EU servers ... if someone has both the EU and NA beta i would like that that person should test both gateways please. There are only complains on the EU servers but none on the NA servers.