03-22-2004, 11:40 PM
I wached your replay and you were microing the valks. I think it's pretty fair to say someone could micro the sairs too so to just negate that for my tests I let them do what they do. <_< When you do this on the no upgrade test the valks still win most of the time but not as well.
Another advantage is focus fire. Valk missiles don't do this very well. Their projectiles are more about tossing damage everywhere, while corsairs can focus on a target and kill it pretty well. The only thing I've ever found valks good for is 1 or 2 to just lay down some shield draining damage for protoss (I almost always manage to miss my emp) or overlord raids on a zerg who doesn't spred them out.
As I said the main issue with valks and corsairs is because corsairs are more for support, things like carriers and intercepters will confuse a valk into uselessness. Zerg devourers reduce their missile volly rate to a point where you will normally only get one off before the valk dies. And let's not forget the way acid spores and glaive worm eat up the sprite limit. -_-
Another advantage is focus fire. Valk missiles don't do this very well. Their projectiles are more about tossing damage everywhere, while corsairs can focus on a target and kill it pretty well. The only thing I've ever found valks good for is 1 or 2 to just lay down some shield draining damage for protoss (I almost always manage to miss my emp) or overlord raids on a zerg who doesn't spred them out.
As I said the main issue with valks and corsairs is because corsairs are more for support, things like carriers and intercepters will confuse a valk into uselessness. Zerg devourers reduce their missile volly rate to a point where you will normally only get one off before the valk dies. And let's not forget the way acid spores and glaive worm eat up the sprite limit. -_-