2008-06-21, 05:40:54
I might be missing something here but I've heard this argument before and I've tried straight armor upgrades and I've tried 2:1 armor vs weapon ratios and I've always came back to keeping things relatively even. The reason being is that if I'm upgrading troops then I'm usually the one throwing down the factories and using the reinforcements and/or troop command which means... If I don't buy the weapon upgrades then my creeps won't last hit for crap and I'll be starving for gold.
Now if I'm falling on my sword for my team then that's a different story... but for the most part I am rarely on a team that's worthy of it and if I'm on said team... then they don't need me to fall on my sword for them.
Lastly... yes creeps make good shields but they are also an annoyance for pushing unmanned lanes. If you do just armor they'll push very slowly if you do armor + weapons they'll push very quickly. Ergo... we get better map control and I get to last hit with my creeps if I do armor + weapons. Lastly... when I was going all armor before to rush for infernal. I always ended up getting to lvl req and waiting for an additional force upgrade past it before my teammate was able to buy the Infernal. Even then he fed a little while waiting and was at a substantial weapons & mana disadvantage before he could get rocking and rolling. Just wasn't worth it. If your experience is different i'd like to see the replay ;p
Now if I'm falling on my sword for my team then that's a different story... but for the most part I am rarely on a team that's worthy of it and if I'm on said team... then they don't need me to fall on my sword for them.
Lastly... yes creeps make good shields but they are also an annoyance for pushing unmanned lanes. If you do just armor they'll push very slowly if you do armor + weapons they'll push very quickly. Ergo... we get better map control and I get to last hit with my creeps if I do armor + weapons. Lastly... when I was going all armor before to rush for infernal. I always ended up getting to lvl req and waiting for an additional force upgrade past it before my teammate was able to buy the Infernal. Even then he fed a little while waiting and was at a substantial weapons & mana disadvantage before he could get rocking and rolling. Just wasn't worth it. If your experience is different i'd like to see the replay ;p