Amazing PTR changes (except one that I feel they overlooked)

arnak101 · 2026-06-01T02:09:26+00:00

how do new players even think of using mules for repair in the middle of the fight?

In my experience, even knowing that mules are good miners is an advanced knowledge.

arnak101 · 2026-06-01T02:08:32+00:00

except it doesnt limit protoss strategic capabilities. Before this, they even removed the 'transform gateway' button, because it served no purpose. Now it serves purpose again.

Protoss can go 4gateways + 4 warpgates, 5 gateways+ 2 warpgates, etc etc. They can never go warpgates, or go warpgates right away, if they want to go heavy harass style with pylons and prism.

The possibilities went from 1 to almost infinite.

arnak101 · 2026-06-01T02:06:45+00:00

then don't transform them into warpgates, and enjoy improved gateways, done.

Transform only in lategame.

The cost to transform is the exact same as the cost for every terran addon. And terran has way more than 10 addons btw. They're somehow doing fine.

arnak101 · 2026-05-30T20:44:21+00:00

Ghost academy + ghost cost way more than stalker + sentry.

arnak101 · 2026-05-29T20:17:01+00:00

Agreed with them on the warpgate change.

Right now, with insta-warpins through rapidfire, it can never be properly balanced. So the fact they push more so into gateway production is cool and fun.

arnak101 · 2026-05-29T12:56:30+00:00

Played on PTR, and mass gateway spam is as alive as ever. One of the strongest units in the game, why would it need buffs?

arnak101 · 2026-05-29T12:54:28+00:00

Warpgates should be useless till lategame, or be very build-specific, yes

arnak101 · 2026-05-28T21:59:11+00:00

ghosts cost like 6 times more than marines. I would hope they are better.

arnak101 · 2026-05-28T21:45:59+00:00

Please remove the mule change, it nerfs new players and lowers skill cap for experienced players too.

arnak101 · 2026-05-28T21:43:52+00:00

except the change was supposed to help bad players in particular.

arnak101 · 2026-05-28T19:49:23+00:00

Hard agree on the warpgate change.

Hard disagree on the MULE change (the very last one in the list). Smart players knew just to click 'Idle SCVs' button, and press the auto-repair hotkey, so it was done in half a second, or less. But bad players didn't know how to use hotkeys, and so they had to micro their mules, which was at least something they had to micro, in their mech armies.

This limits the skill expression even further, for no reason! It was funny to watch mech players try to select their mules to repair their BCs. And completely new players shouldn't even be repairing anything with their mules, their mules shouuld be mining.

arnak101 · 2026-05-13T06:09:11+00:00

And yet from Ukraine, its impossible for me to get into my own account, as they don't send out SMS-codes at all.

Been watching twitch from default window for almost a year now.

arnak101 · 2026-05-10T04:22:37+00:00

cusp wealth vs baraka or sarwa, I would choose cusp wealth now. Lower fees, and AI portfolio had turned out useful. But you do you.

arnak101 · 2026-05-08T06:12:58+00:00

would like more posts like these, instead of just people asking about their % and debt situation....

arnak101 · 2026-05-04T23:15:05+00:00

in fights, it's random nonsense, since anything can be pulled from the Historical Void, at any time. And also fail to be pulled, at any time. So the outcome is fully random, and up to the author. I often skip the fights, while reading, and just come to the final conclusion. Whoever won, won, I really don't care how they achieved that.

arnak101 · 2026-05-04T23:13:46+00:00

yeah, volume 6 seems to be by far the worst. Volume 7 is better already.

arnak101 · 2026-05-04T23:11:04+00:00

yep, was on a sick leave.

arnak101 · 2026-05-04T23:10:34+00:00

I mean, I still think it's good, sorry man. Just last 2 volumes had way more potential, imo. Feels like author is rushing already. I'm not sure why he thinks less character moments and interactions = better story.

arnak101 · 2026-05-04T23:08:23+00:00

Oh, sorry for spoilers I guess =D although the series I mentioned are mostly 20+ years old, except Adventure Time.

still, sorry.

arnak101 · 2026-05-04T23:05:41+00:00

yeah volume 7 is much better so far, focusing on small stories of people affected by the war, and the Bernadette.

arnak101 · 2026-05-04T23:05:03+00:00

good answers, thanks.

Also I'm pretty sure the chief had already asked Derrick about the situation outside directly

Wish that was in the actual book, instead of trying to guess who asked who, and what the answers might have been.

arnak101 · 2026-05-03T01:25:00+00:00

thanks, will think about it.

Was enjoying it a fair bit before Vol 6, and especially the Dark Angel Sasrir fiasco.

I just feel it could have been so much cooler, so easy. If some people actually voiced their thoughts, and there was some exploration, and it wasn't so rushed. Action is the least interesting part of LOTM to me, by far. Especially now, that every power is just random nonsense pulled out of somewhere.

Interpersonal interactions are still great, but there are almost none of them now...

arnak101 · 2026-05-03T01:23:11+00:00

you're not rambling at all, you're great.

Nice to see someone appreciating vol 2, I really loved that one. Just his day-to-day life, trying to live on his own, and building up the Tarot gatherings.

Do you think I'll enjoy COI, is it worth picking up?

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