Just wanted to say that the third method and method I used in my replay above no longer works in the new version. This was called the cage method I guess because you caged your mobs in and released them all at once. If your units are blocked by a building they are moved around it automatically now. Pretty neat that they implemented that. I just played a game and found out when I used the method, I still won though :D
Its as much of an exploit as juggling is on some TD maps. If the maker does not want those strategies to be used then they can implement methods to make those strategies not viable.
I want to discuss strategy, I did not see a specific forum about strategy just reviews so I am just going to add to this going nexus wars thread.
I've played a bunch of nexus wars games trying to figure out the best strategy and it seems there are two strategies in units that work very well against pretty much any other unit. Ghosts or Hydralisks kill pretty much anything in massive quantities and they are fairly cheap, and only cost two units each. Ghosts are great because each one starts out being able to use snipe twice which is great against any unit and their range is superb. Hydras are good when upgraded range, damage, and armor.
Using the ghosts or the hydras I win probably 70% of the time even when I am stuck with a bad team and have to help out both sides. It is a weird game when one person can basically make it or break it for you.
There is a third strategy that I started using that nets me a win about 90% of the time, I wouldn't call it a bug or anything its just part of the game mechanisms. Although I have won using the other two methods with only me on a side and two on the other a handful of times, this third strategy you can 2v1 most of the time. Every time I do it without fog of war on the other team freaks out and wants to know what I am doing. I usually say a joke about it then tell them to watch the replay because that is much easier then explaining in little chat boxes that disappear.
For this strategy you basically start off massing marines and while you are doing that you are building in such a way to wall in your buildings. I always resync my marines every time I build a new barracks which is an important part of any strategy. To resync you select all your baracks wait until the main group of marines comes out then hold escape until no more units are in the queue. This will cause them all to be built at the same time. You need to make sure you set your rally point inside your blocked off barracks so the units get stuck inside. Setting your rally point will cause you to choose which side they come out of as long as it is not blocked. You also need to build at least one sentry inside your blocked off area and then start building what ever else you want inside. You then wait until they get close to your base and salvage one of the barracks and let out all your units at once. Then you reblock off the area another barracks. You can also grow your area by blocking off a bigger section and let the units build up faster.
I am going to post a replay of me 2v1 on the top winning the game with this strategy. Any questions please ask and please talk about what kinds of strategy you use and how well they work.
Just wanted to say that the third method and method I used in my replay above no longer works in the new version. This was called the cage method I guess because you caged your mobs in and released them all at once. If your units are blocked by a building they are moved around it automatically now. Pretty neat that they implemented that. I just played a game and found out when I used the method, I still won though :D
@Sirroelivan: Go
Its as much of an exploit as juggling is on some TD maps. If the maker does not want those strategies to be used then they can implement methods to make those strategies not viable.
I want to discuss strategy, I did not see a specific forum about strategy just reviews so I am just going to add to this going nexus wars thread.
I've played a bunch of nexus wars games trying to figure out the best strategy and it seems there are two strategies in units that work very well against pretty much any other unit. Ghosts or Hydralisks kill pretty much anything in massive quantities and they are fairly cheap, and only cost two units each. Ghosts are great because each one starts out being able to use snipe twice which is great against any unit and their range is superb. Hydras are good when upgraded range, damage, and armor.
Using the ghosts or the hydras I win probably 70% of the time even when I am stuck with a bad team and have to help out both sides. It is a weird game when one person can basically make it or break it for you.
There is a third strategy that I started using that nets me a win about 90% of the time, I wouldn't call it a bug or anything its just part of the game mechanisms. Although I have won using the other two methods with only me on a side and two on the other a handful of times, this third strategy you can 2v1 most of the time. Every time I do it without fog of war on the other team freaks out and wants to know what I am doing. I usually say a joke about it then tell them to watch the replay because that is much easier then explaining in little chat boxes that disappear.
For this strategy you basically start off massing marines and while you are doing that you are building in such a way to wall in your buildings. I always resync my marines every time I build a new barracks which is an important part of any strategy. To resync you select all your baracks wait until the main group of marines comes out then hold escape until no more units are in the queue. This will cause them all to be built at the same time. You need to make sure you set your rally point inside your blocked off barracks so the units get stuck inside. Setting your rally point will cause you to choose which side they come out of as long as it is not blocked. You also need to build at least one sentry inside your blocked off area and then start building what ever else you want inside. You then wait until they get close to your base and salvage one of the barracks and let out all your units at once. Then you reblock off the area another barracks. You can also grow your area by blocking off a bigger section and let the units build up faster.
I am going to post a replay of me 2v1 on the top winning the game with this strategy. Any questions please ask and please talk about what kinds of strategy you use and how well they work.