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Offline Buttons840

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When are the Hunter/Killers supposed to come?
« on: July 14, 2012, 08:50:58 pm »
I was just playing a game on difficulty 8 with Hard Golumns turned on.  I had about 250 when the AI said "GG" and including a Mark II Hunter/Killer in the Exo-wave.

Is this normal?
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Offline Mánagarmr

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Re: When are the Hunter/Killers supposed to come?
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2012, 08:53:58 pm »
That's normal. Hunter/Killers are eligable for inclusion as flagships in exo waves.
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Re: When are the Hunter/Killers supposed to come?
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2012, 09:19:36 pm »
hehe, my goal is complete.
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Re: When are the Hunter/Killers supposed to come?
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2012, 09:34:57 pm »
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Re: When are the Hunter/Killers supposed to come?
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2012, 10:25:46 pm »
Quote from: Moonshine Fox on July 14, 2012, 09:34:57 pm
Quote from: chemical_art on July 14, 2012, 09:19:36 pm
hehe, my goal is complete.
Le wut?
H/Ks weren't in exos until a certain individual with a pony avatar requested it.

A very indirect form of assassination, if you ask me.
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Re: When are the Hunter/Killers supposed to come?
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2012, 10:53:42 pm »
Quote from: Buttons840 on July 14, 2012, 08:50:58 pm
I was just playing a game on difficulty 8 with Hard Golumns turned on.  I had about 250 when the AI said "GG" and including a Mark II Hunter/Killer in the Exo-wave.

Is this normal?

On behalf of the AI War neophytes (which I include myself), I got most of the first message.  I assume the "250" refers to the AI Progress.  Not sure what the 'AI said "GG"'  refers to.
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Offline Garthor

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Re: When are the Hunter/Killers supposed to come?
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2012, 10:57:31 pm »
Quote from: dlcooper on July 14, 2012, 10:53:42 pm
Quote from: Buttons840 on July 14, 2012, 08:50:58 pm
I was just playing a game on difficulty 8 with Hard Golumns turned on.  I had about 250 when the AI said "GG" and including a Mark II Hunter/Killer in the Exo-wave.

Is this normal?

On behalf of the AI War neophytes (which I include myself), I got most of the first message.  I assume the "250" refers to the AI Progress.  Not sure what the 'AI said "GG"'  refers to.

According to the norms of professional Starcraft 2, the AI was forfeiting the game.
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Offline dlcooper

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Re: When are the Hunter/Killers supposed to come?
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2012, 11:00:43 pm »
GG - Good Game.  Never played any of the Starcraft games.

Got it.  Thanks.
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Re: When are the Hunter/Killers supposed to come?
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2012, 11:13:30 pm »
Quote from: Garthor on July 14, 2012, 10:57:31 pm
According to the norms of professional Starcraft 2, the AI was forfeiting the game.
Here when the AI (or, more often, the RNG) says "GG", it's generally in the far snarkier sense that it has just effectively won :)
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Re: When are the Hunter/Killers supposed to come?
« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2012, 11:16:41 pm »
Usually in Starcraft when one says "gg" it means that you are surrendering and saying "good game". "Offensive gg" refers to saying GG when you think you've won and are prematurely saying good game. Many consider it to be bad mannered to say GG offensively.
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Re: When are the Hunter/Killers supposed to come?
« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2012, 11:25:03 pm »
The AI has execrable manners.
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Re: When are the Hunter/Killers supposed to come?
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2012, 04:46:02 am »
Offensive GG is on the ruder side, yes. It's good manners to wait for your opponent to GG first. ;)
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Re: When are the Hunter/Killers supposed to come?
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2012, 07:58:22 am »
Quote from: Moonshine Fox on July 15, 2012, 04:46:02 am
Offensive GG is on the ruder side, yes. It's good manners to wait for your opponent to GG first. ;)

My personal preference is to ignore them and still send my zergs into their crystal lines.

Twice.

One guy said that and then proceeded to try to lure me into stillness.  He ran into my constantly building hydralisks, I guess hoping to 'bait' me into assuming he'd left.

He did shortly after.
Quote from: dlcooper on July 14, 2012, 10:53:42 pm
Quote from: Buttons840 on July 14, 2012, 08:50:58 pm
I was just playing a game on difficulty 8 with Hard Golumns turned on.  I had about 250 when the AI said "GG" and including a Mark II Hunter/Killer in the Exo-wave.
On behalf of the AI War neophytes (which I include myself), I got most of the first message.  I assume the "250" refers to the AI Progress.  Not sure what the 'AI said "GG"'  refers to.
Human Translation:
I was playing a game at over normal difficulty with Hard Golems.  At ~15 planets worth of capture the AI whomped on me by including the unit Hunter/Killer II in an exo-wave I was utterly unprepared for in the resultant exo-waves.  Are these common?

Answer: Yes, after a certain point.  If you can't handle H/K's you never let your AIP over ~170.   To handle H/Ks, you need a chokepoint or two and a huge stack of forcefields.
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Re: When are the Hunter/Killers supposed to come?
« Reply #13 on: July 15, 2012, 08:42:07 am »
do hunter killers only spawn for exo waves?

I've had AI progress over 600 and still haven't seen one.
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Re: When are the Hunter/Killers supposed to come?
« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2012, 09:35:44 am »
I believe they can spawn during some of the Fallen Spire stuff.  Also, if you blow up a Carrier before destroying the other ships in a wave the Carrier throws out an Exo-wave-like force instead of 1000 ships, so you could possibly get an HK from a Carrier, but I doubt it.  It would have to have had like all Mark IV or V ships to give it enough points for an HK.
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