Everything revolves around spamming the same cheap and fast units every game = boring

You sure you know how the game works?

Fabrizio there are better ways to open discussion, why so hostile?

wow sum new player got the unit balance all figured out he must be genius

i wish i was that smart

quote: ...Bandit is superior under micro.

Correction:
Bandit is superior without micro. With simple Fight/Attack Move, Bandits skirmish Glaives to death. It is Glaives that need to be microed and try to flank from several directions to make up for the range advantage that Bandits have.

If newbs starts spamming Glaives at you, try going Shieldbots more often and watch them squirm as your wall of Bandits razes his whole expansion as they advance with little left than the wrecks of foolish Glaives that were trying to run down the Bandits head on.

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Fabrizio, sounds like you have the metagame worked out. Maybe you should take on some laddered players with cloaks and teach them a lesson. Every now and again a prodigy shows up that's far ahead of everybody else and makes everybody look foolish. Godde and Econoob did that, and goodness knows Wesley was laddered after only a few months of play.

Maybe you are that prodigy.

I bet the laddered players would even let you choose their starting fac as jumpjets if you asked nicely ;)

Some people even argue that Zergling rushes/cheap spam is necessary to get lots of players.

Edit: This is the wrong video lol.

Some people even argue that Zergling rushes/cheap spam is necessary to get lots of players.

This is the right video. :-P



Edit: I kinda disagree with both of these videos. But that is another story for another time.

I feel like players are dismissing Fabrizio 's arguments only because of his undiplomatic expressions. But he's right on many of his points. Cloaky is overpowered. In the last 1v1 tournament, more then 50% (!) of plopped facs on non-sea maps were cloakys.

Cloaky has the best raider.
Low cost, high DPS, best DPS/cost, auto-regen. Stupid speed, more then any other raider. Can often trade with light defense for cost. The only reson why its somewhat OP instead of really OP is because there are way too many units desigened to just counter Glaives. (Ducks, Daggers, Puppies, Pyros, Rippers are only really good against Glaives)

Cloaky has the best riot.
Auto-regen, good performace per cost, good HP per cost. Only riot which is cheap and has enough power to be used as a light assault. Covers skirmishers way too well.

Cloaky has the second best skirmisher. (and only because some madman buffed Rouges)
It has HALF the DPS of a Glaive. The cheapest skirmisher has half the DPS of the highest DPS raider. And it's so spammable. So expensive to hard-counter. It has really high HP/cost too, probably so it doesn't get countered by raiders (looks like more HP/cost then non-assaults...). And its fast too. Compare to a non-OP skirmisher like Moderator or Buoy or Scalpel.

Cloaky has a much higher amount of good strategic options compared to other factories.
It has Scythe, Sniper and Tick. All really good and underused units. Other factories simply don't have this luxury of having strategies to choose from.

Did I mention how OP Sniper is? Hint: They are a mid and lategame anti-everything. With moderate support, it stays cloaked and it cannot be killed by long range stuff. And its is insta-hit artillery.

Only bad unit Cloaky really has is the Gremlin. So Gunship kinda works. But the in the long-term, it looks like devs have decided instead of nerfing Cloaky to buff almost every other factory instead. And Gunships haven't been buffed anyway.

Current 1v1 meta:
Cloaky=OP.
Shields+Tanks=buffed by devs, very viable. I'd say they are OP compared to the rest though.
Rovers+Gunships=Not buffed, kinda weak, still kinda viable.
Jumpjets=not buffed, has serious problems due to slow units and not enough strategic options. Also has no riot.
Hovers=nerfed, completely useless in high level 1v1s nowdays. Completely hard-coutered by Shieldbots.
Amphs=buffed, but the factory is really bad anyway due to every unit being slow and unable to kill skirmishers. Also bad HP/cost, no arty, no assault...
Spiders=somewhat buffed,viable but has problems countering cheap skirms early game.

I'd also say that Grizzly and Lance are OP, but they are redeeming features of their otherwise really bad factories.

everyone plays cloakies what more stats you need?