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I don't think ultimatums are a problem at all in their current guise. Most are not microed well and get chance decloaked long before they hit anything valuable or spend so long trying to get around screens and porc that the battle moves on and whatever edge they might deliver is no longer significant.
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I don't think ultimatums are a problem at all in their current guise. Most are not microed well and get chance decloaked long before they hit anything valuable or spend so long trying to get around screens and porc that the battle moves on and whatever edge they might deliver is no longer significant.
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They're a wildcard option that, if the stars align, might just turn the tide of battle. However, most of the time they are simply a micro-sink that doesn't accomplish anything worth the time put into weaving through the other side's units and structures.
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They're a wildcard option that, if the stars align, might just turn the tide of battle. However, most of the time they are simply a micro-sink that doesn't accomplish anything worth the time put into weaving through the other side's units and structures.
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If
a
team
is
reliably
using
fire
or
tremors
to
dispose
of
screens
to
make
space
for
an
ultimatum,
all
they're
doing
is
coming
up
with
a
plan
and
executing
it
well,
the
essence
of
an
RTS
game.
Your
screen
doesn't
have
to
be
fleas.
If
you
are
going
to
walk
into
the
teeth
of
an
artillery
bombardment,
then
maybe
your
screen
needs
to
be
stuff
that
can
take
some
pain.
Losing
a
Minotaur
or
two
to
bust
an
ultimatum
on
a
detri
hunt
is
a
small
price
to
pay
if
that
detri
then
goes
on
to
decide
the
game.
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5 |
If
a
team
is
reliably
using
fire
or
tremors
to
dispose
of
screens
to
make
space
for
an
ultimatum,
all
they're
doing
is
coming
up
with
a
plan
and
executing
it
well,
the
essence
of
an
RTS
game.
Your
screen
doesn't
have
to
be
fleas.
If
you
are
going
to
walk
into
the
teeth
of
an
artillery
bombardment,
then
maybe
your
screen
needs
to
be
stuff
that
can
take
some
pain.
Losing
a
Minotaur
or
two
to
bust
an
ultimatum
on
a
detri
hunt
is
a
small
price
to
pay
if
that
detri
then
goes
on
to
decide
the
game.
It's
not
like
an
ultimatum
can
snipe.
It
has
to
get
close
and
it
has
a
moderately
large
decloak
radius.
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Of course, detri probably won't go on to decide the game, but that's a problem with detri, not ultimatum. I think I've only seen one game recently where it really was the key to victory.
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Of course, detri probably won't go on to decide the game, but that's a problem with detri, not ultimatum. I think I've only seen one game recently where it really was the key to victory.
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Ultimatum