Rolezn Profile Joined May 2010 63 Posts Last Edited: 2011-05-20 20:28:25 #1

I do not tend to post much on TL, but I frequently browse TL and lurk around.

This may have been known already but I haven't found anything related to this on my searches, so I felt the need to share this.



Among the three races, their workers: The SCV,Probe and Drone.

I have found that Drones have some sort of delay or cancel in their initial attack animation when the target slows down due to a turn angle in certain situations.

It is much easier to show this with a video:



Hello TLers!I do not tend to post much on TL, but I frequently browse TL and lurk around.This may have been known already but I haven't found anything related to this on my searches, so I felt the need to share this.Among the three races, their workers: The SCV,Probe and Drone.I have found that Drones have some sort of delay or cancel in their initial attack animation when the target slows down due to a turn angle in certain situations.It is much easier to show this with a video:



Theoretically, Drones will never be able to hit a Probe or SCV, as you can see by the above video.

The drone gets attack gets cancelled off the target when reaching in range of a moving (yet slowing due to the turning angle) target and thus the attack is delayed/cancelled causing no damage.



Compared to the SCV or the Probe, Once they reach in range of their target, they will instantly cause damage without bouncing off their moving target.

Here is a video with SCV/Probe attacking.



Theoretically, Drones will never be able to hit a Probe or SCV, as you can see by the above video.The drone gets attack gets cancelled off the target when reaching in range of a moving (yet slowing due to the turning angle) target and thus the attack is delayed/cancelled causing no damage.Compared to the SCV or the Probe, Once they reach in range of their target, they will instantly cause damage without bouncing off their moving target.Here is a video with SCV/Probe attacking.



Conclusion:

Theoretically, Drones will never be able to hit a SCV or a Probe, ALSO!

Theoretically, with perfect micro, Drones can be kited without ever being hit.

This may not be game breaking, but It does give Zerg a certain disadvantageous situations early game I believe and should be fixed.





---EDIT---

This also applies to Dark Templars (Thanks to ZeromuS) and Ultralisks.

Theoretically, Drones will never be able to hit a SCV or a Probe, ALSO!Theoretically, with perfect micro, Drones can be kited without ever being hit.This may not be game breaking, but It does give Zerg a certain disadvantageous situations early game I believe and should be fixed.---EDIT---This also applies to Dark Templars (Thanks to ZeromuS) and Ultralisks.



I can actually see a problem with this, for example, when kiting Ultralisks, Though, I do not know if it's intended by blizzard or so.



I can actually see a problem with this, for example, when kiting Ultralisks, Though, I do not know if it's intended by blizzard or so. On May 20 2011 21:01 MavercK wrote:

SCV weapon



Damage point - 0.1670

Period - 1.5

Range 0.1

Range Sloop 1



Probe weapon



Damage point - 0.1670

Period - 1.5

Range - 0.1

Range Sloop - 1



Drone weapon



Damage point - 0.2500

Period - 1.5

Range - 0.1

Range Sloop - 1

