SkyShield Is EPIC - Aeon of Purification - 05

[@huynhphucm445]

"Bold move Mr.Raynor, siding with Tosh and Nova at the same time."

[@konstantinriumin2657]

Raynor must have installed Sigma Raynor mod

[@catbertsis]

He is playing both sides so he always comes up on top.

[@kazzi_]

he's so demure, got rizz

[@runzeeducation5621]

He helped Tosh break out the prisoners but then discovered some of the jorium and terrazine users were severely addicted, so staged an intervention for Tosh and happened to encounter Nova along the way. She gave him the ghost schematic in exchange for rescue, but then Raynor took Tosh and his goons away to rehab instead of Nova killing them.

[@devilpistons1269]

Ah, the Terrifying Terran Threesome on Terrazine

[@Meto_50]

Just a small thing to point out: The third passive upgrade of the Spear of Adun didnt just reduce tech structure gas cost by 25%, it removed the gas cost entirely and reduced mineral cost by 25%

[@jaderreis7938]

"balance? throw it out the window, we dont need it"

[@BcPr1o1]

That tool tip is a perfect example of why formatting/templating can be really important in game design. If you check it you'll see that "minerals" isn't capitalized, but "Vespene" is. This is correct English, but also makes it easy to miss the word minerals and assume the 25% reduction applies to gas, (instead of 25% minerals and no gas)

[@kylerd5663]

@@jaderreis7938 Or the mod maker knew how difficult future missions are going to be and added in a "make the game easier" option. 😈

[@RikouHogashi]

or Grant is just tired at the time and cut corners due to mental exhaustion due to the weird error he had

[@AbdielKavash]

Things that have been causing Grant issues this mission: * Firebats. * Wraiths. * Predators. Is it opposite day on Korhal today?

[@CalebStearns]

Predators are extremely strong in this mod.

[@pacerrecap6386]

Perma-cloaked Predator is as terrible as it sounds.

[@Archphoenix1]

"guy with gun" > "most advanced koprulu species"

[@GiantGrantGamesArchives]

Purity of Form Purity of Essence Purity of Gun

[@energyipad5566]

Purity of Bullet

[@GK_GAMES]

Purity of Lead.

[@Daniel-yy3ty]

Purity of Drugs (I mean, without stim marines are mid at best)

[@StrifeA217]

@@GiantGrantGamesArchives Purity of the Equalizer

[@NotAriieFluffie]

"Ever since we learned the magical ability of theft, things have been pretty good." -GinormousGrantGaming

[@eaglepeakalpha]

21:46

[@edwardgray6167]

Tosh and Nova Sitting in a tree, S-N-I-P-I-N-G First a 'ling, then a Hydralisk, And finish up taking out an Ultralisk

[@TheUberjammer]

First comes blood, then comes carnage, Then comes a hybrid that disrupts their marriage.

[@kevlee2366]

The disruptor explosion revealing cloaked units is something I really like. If your observers die somehow, if you really need to, you can take out the cloaked unit or reveal it in a pinch, and the observers are still useful because they don't clog your robo production, and because they're still more commonplace detectors. Well done, modmaker.

[@xandier5951]

observer is nexus production thou this time :>

[@bauma9015]

@@xandier5951 the observer is warp in. it doesnt take prod time from the nexus

[@kampa7671]

There's also Revelation, which Grant wasn't using at all. It has global range, doesn't cost anything, doesn't share cooldown across different Nexus and last long enough to get rid of most cloakers. Though it's hard to blame him for that one - people not spoiled about Predators are usually caught unaware of just how deadly they can be in this mod.

[@zerckan6870]

"Cost less gas" no, cost no gas and less minerals 20 stargates now costing no gas is probably pretty good

[@athath2010]

he was technically correct!

[@calebadam2576]

Prebuilding an entrenched position to warp into place is pretty inspired, gotta say.

[@RantharViper41]

Honestly, Grant, the fact you're able to keep a poker face while playing this mod on brutal is hella impressive. I'd be freaking tf out when the enemy is attacking me in different areas. Guess I ain't used to this kind of pressure yet. Keep up the good work!

[@huynhphucm445]

@@RantharViper41 well grant struggled through nightmare mod, mindhawk gauntlet challenges, twitchtrollgrant,... so i think this is not that stressful for him.

[@CalebStearns]

Ill be surprised in later missions if he can hold the poker face lol.

[@CalebStearns]

@@huynhphucm445I mean Amiths mods are nightmare+ borderline reimagined with new races.

[@SquallLionhart409]

It's easy to forget just how good GGG is at this game. It's not just that he's willing to smash his head against the same problem again and again and again until the Bunker of Death(trademark pending) goes down without a marine dying, but also that his control and macro are pretty darn good.

[@CalebStearns]

@ grant is definitely a great player I just meant the later missions get super crazy due to some of them that have mechanics come online throughout the mission. Ill be surprised if he can hold a poker face.

[@student76543]

This campaign really surprised me. The quality of everything is off the rails. Going in I just expected something a bit entertaining, but it's just genuinely so well-designed (even though I wouldn't dare touch brutal difficulty on this).

[@archapmangcmg]

My Little Protoss: Stealing is Magic

[@kazzi_]

🦄🦄🦄

[@abaddonarts1129]

The AI in this campaign is *so* capable!! On lower difficulties I feel like they can honestly solo some levels if you keep their main base safe, and they reinforce wherever you clear!! I wish SC2 had done so much more with that in the base game

[@fillymcwinkenbob4234]

I think it would be really easy to visually indicate if the disruptor had its ball of annihilation ready. When it is off cooldown, it looks normal. When it is on cooldown the outer spinny bits retract inwards. I specifically think that it should be outer spinny = ready, inner spinny = not, because it matters more to know what disruptors are ready than which ones aren't and picking out a larger, faster moving model out of smaller, slower ones is easier than the reverse. Note: I mean moving as in how quickly the spinny bits are doing that, not the unit as a whole. Because movement is a key difference it also gets around the fact that they are cloaked and thus hard to read at a glance. Our bodies are wired to be able to see movement as a component of our sight, same as seeing depth.

[@Артем-ы4ь8щ]

big fan of of predators getting bullied by invisible predators

[@adrgs12]

Okay hold up, "Being baseless is more for internet arguments than starcraft" , grant spitting up facts

[@asama6647]

Maybe the real stabilizer was the friends we made along the way.

[@alamei]

Having genuinely competent allies makes any mission that's supposed to involve teamwork feel infinitely better. This modmaker seems to have an overall excellent sense of what makes games fun to play, and it's really showed the past couple of missions.

[@atraxian5881]

Not sure if it is a bug, but if you mindcontrol a full bunker and it gets destroyed, you get to mind control the survivimg units inside for the rest of the duration. Having done glacius first I almost steamrolled the terran defenses with sentries stealing the mechs and dark templars stealing the bunkers. It was so satisfying.

[@Karshtakavaaar]

Worth noting the units from inside will die when your control duration is up if the bunker was destroyed.

[@doomslayer7670]

@@Karshtakavaaar Still very good

[@SittingOnEdgeman]

This feels like what Legacy of the Void would have been if it had been done in the SC1 style, if you know what I mean - the SC1 missions are a lot more big, sprawling, choose-your-own adventure stories where the SC2 maps are D&D one-shots.

[@TheCuriousFan1]

Sun Szu was right, stealing resources from your enemy is amazing.

[@Daniel-yy3ty]

Give a man a fish, and he'll be full for a day Teach a man to steal fish, and you can get 30% of his loot for the rest of his life

[@energyipad5566]

I suspect mass disruptor with an undying frontline might be the way to go in the next mission. Disruptors just burst down the hybrid and the undying will tank all the damage. Regardless of what you go for, the EMP of the disruptor will probably be vital for the big hybrid at the end. By the way, please look at the names of the enemy factions. I noticed that the robots were a different faction than the enemy bio.

[@kazzi_]

yeah, I wonder why does Grant not check the enemies, they seem to have gone through a lot of changes, too

[@SomeGuy-ty7kr]

@@kazzi_ I'm pretty sure even the watchers barely have time to check out the enemy factions, Grant definitely does not.

[@kazzi_]

@@SomeGuy-ty7kr I admire Grant's speed, true that. But it's useful to know against what you're fighting ;)

[@kampa7671]

@@kazzi_ Most enemies aren't really that changed. Biggest ones are Predators, then there's the "secret" behind Moebius Warbot attack speed (something the author reuses in Terran campaign for Goliaths) and "Plot Armor" (yes, that's what it's called) which is anti-cheese mechanic on certain things. Hybrids have a lot of stuff in tooltips, although most of it is pretty intuitive. Well, there's also the epilogue, where reading tooltips is pretty much crucial at one point.

[@futsunamae2579]

I had to change the difficulty due to this mission, I got destroyed for about 2 hours and decided it was enough. Nothing but congrats to Grant

[@solaariel2692]

About the new bonus objectives, why exactly are Moebius setting up research labs on a Dominion orbital platform that they are currently trying to destroy. I understand that there is a certain level of gameplay to story segregation (i.e. why are there mineral mines on a artificial structure), but the game generally tries to avoid drawing attention to this (especially as it would be a simple fix to say that these are Dominion facilities that Moebius has captured).

[@s-man5647]

I don't think they're robotic labs for developing new robot tech, you can think of them more as prototype manufacturing hubs, which makes sense if you need to bulk up your forces in what is essentially a suicide mission.

[@SomeGuy-ty7kr]

Perhaps they are deploying experimental warbots who can annihilate defensive positions in seconds?

[@doomslayer7670]

It's more like a defence thing than just research labs, insane warbots come from that facilities

[@ChannelMiner]

Grant's Giant (Disruptor) Balls

[@ThePixel8dCat]

It was cool playing this before Grant, I looked at the video and said, "Yea, Sky Shield was a cool one." I can't wait to see what he thinks about the rest of the campain.

[@RikouHogashi]

I like the idea that Jim took the Tosh route and much later on Nova understood the Extreme stakes and reluctantly worked with Tosh and Jim by Valarian's order/request

[@hagard2787]

predatros in in WoL campaing: 😐 predators in custom campaings: 💀

[@hopop201]

I do love how the different "factions" have clear differences and uses. Can't wait to see the style and flavor of the "Purifier" and Tal'darim units

[@hamburgerofdoom]

The way the Sky Shield platform looks in this mod reminds me of the classic Starcraft space station/platform maps

[@mossblomma]

Really impressed with this mod so far, many missions feel much better, and this mission just feels like a new one completely.

[@Karthag]

Grant's random horrible puns WHILE he's microing always catch me offguard. My coffee came out my nose at the "omelette" 08:20

[@kazzi_]

he should have his own category, "Grant jokes"

[@EmperorNefarious1]

I like how Grant plays completely differently than I do. This means my own playthroughs of these mods aren't stale.

[@omegavulture8379]

I think Grant has a case of sphere-envies 😂

[@darkout706]

I love this mod it is so different and fun.

[@Mesteryman1]

17:00 Grant "how did you make it through here?" Because that was Probius, a battle hardened veteran.

[@alejandrotevez6302]

Microtransaction vespene... dont give them ideas grant!!

[@Yoshi6851]

As a heads up inject AI can be used on your structures, enemy structures, and ally structures which is really fun that plus the nova ability can more or less clear out a base

[@Archphoenix1]

oh yeah, the good boy cloaked predators. great unit

[@taldass54]

Disruptors are so cool wow

[@hendrikgreiner8449]

Introducing the next term here: BILT -> Base i'd like to take.

[@Uforianer]

Didnt disruptors have an upgrade path on cybernetics core? Or was it only unlocked after this mission?

[@SIMULACRA37]

all you need now is a sentry that can deploy power field. Then, you can do static defense cannon rush in the middle of an enemy base!

[@R2C2_]

Hearthstone enjoyer, reporting in.

[@grogmadman522]

"If starcraft ever gets a mobile game gas is gonna be the prenium currency" blizzard furiously taking notes rn dont give them any more ideas grant

[@SeriousApache]

Ah yes. The strongest chess piece: disruptor.

[@severren1095]

production costing 0 gas and 25% less minerals is REALLY NICE as well as the static def getting upgrades...

[@Bobis32]

Honestly the difficulty on these missions so far on my own playthrough put it at Nightmare mode with a Stronger Faction for the player

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks for the great stable friendship! x)

[@zergrush8709]

When you talked about meeting up with your friends I had a thought, what about a challenge run in a modded campaign like this with lots of allies, where you avoid your ally at all costs except losing the mission? Sounds stupid and I like it for some reason

[@f3nn3lgaming]

Question, is this mod out for us to play?

[@syawaltdl7360]

Yes it in discoord

[@EveHawkthorne]

has been for the entire year actually, i highly recommend it

[@benedict6962]

How difficult would brutal be without any bonus objectives?

[@CalebStearns]

Very difficult if you did this mod with 0 bonus’s even if you’re allowing yourself the solarite. Later missions get absolutely crazy. Tried this challenge myself about 3 months ago and only got to Harbinger of Oblivion.

[@kampa7671]

That depends on your mission order. Reinforcements can turn easy missions into something way harder. What you saw in this video was only extra Zerg forces - a little extra pressure, but nothing massive. I believe Protoss causes there to be warp prims spawning in various location, which can really mess you up with additional attack waves. Bonus objectives can be nasty, but the extra stuff from them is really worth it. So far Grant has only seen Battery buff and Revelation (plus extra Solarite), but there's far better stuff down the line... some of which might be showcased in the very next mission.

[@CulVols]

The mod is just hard, you are doing great.

[@charlieawerbuch5352]

That new top bar ability is absurd - right up until it slaughters all of your own units that are in the general vicinity.

[@falsnamae3511]

A Solar Lance has Narud's name on it... A Clensing Flame is addressed "to whom it may concern".

[@Yoshi6851]

I don’t think it hurts your own units, at least it doesn’t do much damage if it does I’ve dropped it right on myself and been fine

[@charlieawerbuch5352]

@Yoshi6851 does it not? It looked like his units were taking damage from the small laser beams.

[@kampa7671]

@@charlieawerbuch5352 No it doesn't. There is an ability that deals friendly fire, but it's not from top bar and it's specifically noted in the description... and it's from a unit *way* later in the campaign.

[@hoofhearted4]

29:02 cost less minerals and NO gas!

[@маленькая_сфера_дайсона]

Disruptor is the only gas heavy unit in the first half of the game, and rapid fire is op

[@manueldejesus7196]

So a scv can repair a starship but it cannot attack air. Curious

[@Manawolfman]

I love good AI partners

[@vampiro_]

25% less MINERALS and NO gas

[@BladeWinters]

Nuts I got in 5mins

[@Senior--Pomidor]

I have Fight with allies vibes

[@nepesaurio]

dark templar? more like red templar amirite 😉

[@schobisa]

Hearthstone mentioned!!

[@chaplainarkanus6410]

9:52 how long has this guy played StarCraft?.......

[@nikolamirkovski9447]

Boop

[@luisphelipe914]

love ally

[@cultistofdarkness1661]

20 second gang lets go

[@avinotion]

Where Undying?

[@kazzi_]

in the next mission

[@aarongiroux5416]

Grant, this is just a small thing, but im pretty sure its pronounced "ee-on" not "A on" sorry for being "that guy" and trying to correct pronunciation.

[@StrakanDocrusReakal]

He asked if Tosh and Nova were dating again? When did they date?

[@falsnamae3511]

In the Ghost Academy manga, they were in training together. They dated for a bit after Nova's first brain-wipe when she first joined, but forgot about each-other after their training finished and Nova got her second brain-wipe that cleared away everything except loyalty to Mengsk and the training. Tosh OD'd on terrazine, which broke some of the brain-wipe's reprogramming, letting him side with Jimmy, but Nova's always been very careful with the stuff. Microdosing with specific memories in mind, so her brain is still nice and cleanly washed, she has no memory of Tosh except as a Most Wanted target.

[@StrakanDocrusReakal]

@falsnamae3511 huh, interesting

[@luisphelipe914]

o

[@ThePixel8dCat]

Why do you upload AT 3IN THE MORNING?! (Ignore the fact that I am up this late, sleepless night.)

[@ldn_rumrunner]

He uploads at a nice friendly time around 9 am for me. Time zone madness!

[@falsnamae3511]

Legacy of an older time. He used to do two uploads per day, one at noon, one at midnight, in the most major timezone of his audience by socialblade metrics. He's since moved to one per day, and as someone nocturnal like all self-respecting gamers, he kept the old time slot for midnight.

[@Truck_Kun_Driver]

Day 9 of asking Grant to check out the Wings of Valerian REBALANCED 🪽🦅💢