I think in most situations delaying orbitals is not a good idea, however prior to the shield batteries introduction I had a lot of success in tvp going fe into 6 rax I upgraded marine timings, I would cut secondorbital so I could get the 5th and 6th rax down sooner and thus have 3 more reins for the initial push+more reinforcements if I needed them. I think there are very specific timings you can hit by cutting 2nd orbital but in a normal macro game you nearly always want it as fast as possible because the sooner you can mule the sooner you can pay for the cost of the orbitals and thus more value you can extract from them. If your real ting an orbital for a timing it better do critical damage because your already fairly behind from cutting this corner.
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washikie
United States752 Posts
I think in most situations delaying orbitals is not a good idea, however prior to the shield batteries introduction I had a lot of success in tvp going fe into 6 rax I upgraded marine timings, I would cut secondorbital so I could get the 5th and 6th rax down sooner and thus have 3 more reins for the initial push+more reinforcements if I needed them. I think there are very specific timings you can hit by cutting 2nd orbital but in a normal macro game you nearly always want it as fast as possible because the sooner you can mule the sooner you can pay for the cost of the orbitals and thus more value you can extract from them. If your real ting an orbital for a timing it better do critical damage because your already fairly behind from cutting this corner. | ||
yubo56
662 Posts
If you're trying to save minerals for an early push, I think cutting SCVs to get barracks up, then building a few more while the rax are building to be able to support the rax, is going to give you much more mileage than not building the orbital will, maybe you can try that instead? Since you're looking for aggressive builds where you will have to do damage, cutting SCVs can make the attack much stronger | ||
scoo2r
Canada90 Posts
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Diamadoshikiller
France56 Posts
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