The GREATEST Counter To Amon! - StarCraft 2 Archipelago All Campaign Randomizer - Pt 5

[@sebastianvasquez4175]

Gotta love the 0 respect for the final mision, cutting it half way XDD

[@sagacity1071]

I don't really notice the supposed difference between this and your normal vids. Grant... don't be so hard on yourself.

[@tabula_rosa]

Grant seems to think that the worst parts of his videos for us is when he makes little goofs & oversights, or when something doesn't go smoothly, but for me the worst (& frankly only bad) part is seeing him beat himself up

[@CyrusVorazan]

This. The only difference I notice is the constant reminders that there's supposedly a difference I should be noticing

[@haywire4684]

Agreed. Haters are full of s*** and it sucks how they can ruin the vibe

[@LordOfMadness]

I mean they ARE different. Naturaly there is a difference between a VOD and a vid but honestly I feel the same way - I am here to see cool mods with Grants commentary and gameplay skills. And the VODs are perfectly fine for this. I hardly notice the difference without looking for it.

[@justanoman6497]

This cut version, there aren't really anything noticable. The full version, which I did also watch, includes some technical difficulties. But it's not like a normal vid isn't editted so... At most, I'd say that some section of some mission might end up missing as a result of said technical difficulty. But that's not really noticable given that stuff are cut for other reasons too and you don't know what is for what.

[@desfoxofthedesert]

Void rocks: Ha I am no building so your reapers and wrathwalkers do no bonus dmg to me! Sc1 queen: allow me to introduce my broodling 1 shot technique

[@skullzans]

Grant I genuinely love your content, Please dont shy away from long videos and repeat runs(Its genuinely fun like now)

[@LordOfMadness]

I think that a lot of us are fine with it - and its great we tell him in the comments. But Grant sees the analytics and I doubt he'd shy away from longer vids if it didn't reflect in the analytics.

[@jedenasty2226]

*about aberration* Hanson: What is that... thing? Grant: That's your grandma dr. Hanson Reaper: Yes, indeed!

[@yessir6919]

56:52 Imagine if Amon got folded by a dozen Spawn Broodlings.

[@inductivegrunt94]

13:15 Yeah, having Battlecruisers on Outbreak is normal mission progression. 34:16 "What you don't realize is that if you do-" *shotgun blast* Grant: "Oh, she went over the chair, nice. Got some air there. I wonder which weapon makes Davis fly the farthest." I'm honestly curious about that, too.

[@TheCuriousFan1]

25:15: Admittedly I can't say exactly why they don't have saving the Gorgons as an objective/challenge bonus. This mission has fuckall for unlocks as a result.

[@Schilani]

And for some reasons it's still better than the "final" mission, which only has the victory unlock.

[@FenekkuKitsune]

Item count. Each unlock is an item, and there’s a maximum number of items that can be in a run that is set in the config. The unlocks you get each mission are set to give you a set amount of items, also set in the config. Depending on your config, it can be impossible to unlock all items. Some missions have less items than others due to the distribution of items. It’s likely that making the gorgons give items would result in too many item unlocks.

[@alcatraz160]

@@FenekkuKitsune surely they could've added 5 more copies of starting mineral.

[@MrSendalf]

@@alcatraz160 Or just remove some from missions with 10+ unlocks.

[@tabula_rosa]

none of the final missions have much. i think they were just playing with being guaranteed final mission in mind

[@AllWalkerB]

Amon: "fight some rocks" Kerrigan: "eat some bugs"

[@raytrace2432]

4:52 Grant: Yeah, this is looking good! Ariel: You better destroy it. Ariel hates Grant just as Grant hates Ariel.

[@mullerpotgieter]

I love upgrades for units Grant doesn't have. Gotta be one of my favourite genders

[@shirayuzu]

How about additional starting supplies?

[@Ikobot.]

Additional stuff is just useful, but not nice.

[@mullerpotgieter]

@@shirayuzu Goated

[@shirayuzu]

@@mullerpotgieter agreed

[@eglewether5523]

00:00 Intro 00:25 Mission 1 16:30 Mission 2 22:03 Mission 3 34:27 Mission 4 47:37 Mission 5

[@GerMorden]

I guess Grant is so tired that he rendered this video without adding the last part of the final mission, along with one more more after it that's in uncut. Go get some rest, Grant, ya need it.

[@Makujah_]

Aayyyyy, it's not often that we get to see Grant-o playing through epilogue missions on this channel, what a treat (because god knows I don't wanna play em myself)😊

[@AnubisHades]

Grant: What is your range? Goliath/Siege Tank: yes

[@josephdavis5308]

Defense!

[@boewolf359]

one of my favourite features of archipelago is being able to go back and play any mission with all things you have unlocked

[@KillerIntent1]

I got back into this mod cause you posted that it got updated. Currently doing a run with this and pokemon emerald. I got wraiths as my main terran unit, 3 range mutas and very recently abominations for zerg, and avengers for protoss (unending waves of free units). Enjoying it so far, but my novadoesnt have a weapon yet

[@floppywere7022]

Hey Grant! I appreciate the disclaimers about vods being tiresome so your commentary might not be up to standard. However, I don't care! You're awesome! I love these long vods that I can just wack on and listen to you sometimes play the game, sometimes say something silly. I know we've had some asses in the past and those guys need to get the hell out of this channel. But for the rest of us (reading this comment section). We love this stuff. So, if the analytics say this type of stuff is possible and profitable for you, please keep them up!

[@allancordeiro2316]

Bro, i’m loving those longer vods

[@gregoirebasseville4797]

On lab rat, I was thinking "oh no, he doesn't have lings, he's gonna have to free some with workers". And then I see he has roaches, hydras and stuff, and like ... Yeah, that should also work

[@rolder50]

Man those Valkyrie voicelines are hitting me right in the nostalgia

[@luckylarry71]

It's wild how entertaining this is and considering the replayability value of this challenge due to the random factors, if GGG could consider doing these every once in while and it would still slap

[@termineitron9014]

48:05 Grant always asks the correct questions

[@griddmeirax]

The video just ends halfway through the rock mission??

[@Ryasiko]

Defence

[@expepem189xl3]

All the way till 57:10 i was both sad and happy about Fenixing void shards. Ravagers sounds so much cooler than oneshooting it, and at that point i realised that its not brood war Spawn broodling.

[@anonimus370]

"you'll do the right thing" -shotgun: BLAM

[@TheBookOfAkersGaming]

What would be fantastic? Is if your allies had the unlocks that are only available from the archipelago mod. And if they don't have a unit unlocked that they normally have, then they would use an equivalent or upgraded version of that unit.

[@tabula_rosa]

i like banshees too. i think my problem with banshees (& wraiths) is the cloak. they're unstoppable against any army or base that has no detection, & then once detection is guarenteed they are useless. if you remove the cloak & give them something that's a little more active, & doesn't result in pure hardcounters with no reprisal in either direction, i think those units become a lot better like in the coop version of NCO you can give the banshee stim, and its really fun. that mission where u have to bust the zerg base at the start, the coop version turns your heroes into banshees alongside the regular ones you get & its sooo good. stim has duel use, which means if the enemy pressures you with AA you can pop stim to get out of their line of fire faster, and the better you position the less time you spend moving = the more time you spend attacking & getting value, as opposed to cloak which you can beat that opening segment by shift-queuing commands bc of how binary cloak is unfortunately that version of the banshee also has cloak, so all the design flaws of cloak are still there & u have to just pretend it doesnt have it. theres a version of the banshee as a high tier spellcaster that only lives in my head, with non-damaging stim & an AA rocket pod from the battlecruiser competing with eachother for the same mana, so if the enemy gets you to respond to hydras with stim it weakens their ability to survive an air ambush, & if the enemy gets you to pop your rocket pods to survive an air ambush it weakens your ability to survive hydras, and both drain the banshee's ability to bust buildings

[@TrixterTheFemboy]

Been loving this series, curious as to why the last mission cut off halfway though... guessing OBS died or something?

[@dodojesus4529]

The thumbnail art is amazing, may have to check out the shafow wars comics

[@PrimeroAtreides]

Only someone as unclean as Tassadar would go to work without his storm shackles

[@balazsfenyes3880]

Nova will be useless without cloak--->nukes her--->Nova died--->I told so she is useless

[@levsonc]

Orbital Command has mana when built. So, it's worth to spend it to cast MULEs before transforming to Planetary Fortress.

[@graniteduck25._.86]

Need more of this

[@Twilightavalon]

Grants simcity in the Outbreak mission made me sick.

[@aloe7794]

HEY LOOK I'M ON THE THUMBNAIL

[@qsfff5099]

why did it ended mid mission?

[@Altoroc]

I wish I knew. You can check uncut version in the description. He ended up finishing the mission like less than two minutes later and got an upgrade which allows for guardians to attack air.

[@collindwebb]

Celestial Hold Position is my favorite ability.

[@FenekkuKitsune]

I’m sad Grant didn’t get to experience what happened to me with my RNG. I did the outlaws using mass cloaked predator. Side note, Grant, would it be possible for you to share your options file? The YAML? I created my own for my own playthrough but I think I got some options wrong as I’m getting stuck a lot (I’m having to abandon missions due to a lack of units, abilities, or upgrades, switching around a lot). It’s still doable, and I’m still having fun with it, but I’m worried I might end up in a soft lock at some point wherein I can’t progress.

[@Firefocus-fz2we]

Mutalisks are awesome in the first Zerg mission 😃

[@iaNdaveNport.]

On amons fall it turns out the crystals are allergic to scourge you know like everything else that isn’t a ground unit

[@bonbondurjdr6553]

This mod is fun for the opportunity to replay missions at a disadvantage, however I have to admit that the constant barrage of upgrades because of their overwhelming amount compared to units makes it a little bit unfair to look at from my personal viewer perspective? It's fun, but perhaps you could at least get one unit per mission or something?

[@vinylghost3864]

You can adjust the logic on Archipelago to make receiving “essential” unlocks more steady, which Units count as. It really just depends on how you cook up your settings.

[@MrDwarfpitcher]

True but most of the time, true random is fun. I played 1 campaign shuffled (only terran) and 1 Brutal all shuffled in a grid And there was one big problem I became more and more certain of until I got confirmation when skipping the mission to do the final one. That mission was "enemy within" You need to build Zerglings to go through a vent, and I would only unlock the Zergling past that point. So it is possible to be completely blocked off from progression no matter how skilled you are...

[@bonbondurjdr6553]

@@vinylghost3864 ah, alright then! I guess Grant made it harder on himself on purpose for the fun of the viewer! I'll let the man cook! :-3

[@maryrose2676]

I played this mod, and I have to say, the adepts are a sort of a cheat unit. Cheaper than stalkers yet twice the damage.

[@vulkandrache1928]

"Mutas are boring" Yes, but this mission does not deserve anything more.

[@MrSmbai]

I don't think the Archipelago devs would be so stupid to not think about lab rat and softlocking...

[@justanoman6497]

I would have thought that spawn broodling won't work on heroic. But then again, it is 200 dmg and not instant kill. 200 dmg for 100 energy is... kind of reasonable.

[@ThisIsntAYoutuber]

This is the co-op version of the queen. Spawn Broodlings was modified to become a glorified Yamato Cannon, so it is now able to hit anything the queen wants at the cost of not instant killing. What baffles me is that the void crystals aren’t structures, and this was just as baffling as the time Grant blasted them apart with Mass Raven when he did LotV Terran Edition.

[@tasuelxd687]

R.I.P. spine crawler family 🙏🙏😔😛

[@jaderreis7938]

since no one noticed ill be asking here... what's advanced siege tech? XD 42:30

[@brianlance8263]

Extra armor in siege mode

[@Subsourian]

It's Raynor's siege tank upgrade in Co-op, it makes them siege up/down ultra quick and gives them +3 armor in siege mode

[@bottyka09]

I need a little help how can I play this mod ? Couldn't find it at all

[@tabula_rosa]

Google archipelago mod, its not specific to sc2. Iirc the website is green

[@Auyran198]

You don't look it up as a mod, Look up the archipelago, preferably "archipelago starcraft 2" and that should get you started. It's a bit of a pain to set up though.

[@mossblomma]

Part 5 letsa go!

[@r.f.-videopriveesfamiliale3839]

thanks

[@krismal1300]

Does anybody know what is an unlock named Quatro does? I unlocked it and have no idea what it is, unless it makes planetary fortress spawn zerglings.

[@brianlance8263]

As far as I can tell, it increases the rate at which the Spear of Adun generates energy for it's abilities.

[@hoofhearted4]

I assume he won the final mission haha

[@VoidTemplar]

the uh final mission got cut. but i assume you just queen cheesed it the whole way through anyways.

[@2012Apokalypse]

It should randomize the Units each facction gets. Why not Hatch Marines?

[@gutfriedvonguttenberg5614]

by the way, are the prologue and the epilogue included? Would be awesome, especially since both are usually just ignored by mod makers I hope the Zeratul missions are there too

[@andredepadua8799]

Yes, it has everything

[@gutfriedvonguttenberg5614]

@@andredepadua8799 AWESOME! Going to start it my self on the weekend

[@Logan..B.]

Ooh, a donut.

[@AlkHacNar]

Defense and end xD

[@mimicrymwot]

In fact, defence

[@52flyingbicycles]

Oh no the play quality disclaimer. Y’all need to stop bullying Grant!

[@expepem189xl3]

Oh damn it, it didnt recorded last minutes(((

[@ilyamoskalev4nko676]

d-E-fence

[@iaNdaveNport.]

12:56 yes I have and they suck

[@elikorn8777]

Broodwar archipelago when???

[@andredepadua8799]

IT'S WEDNESDAY, MY BROOOODS! Queen is OP

[@griddmeirax]

Day 8 of asking ggg to play /speedrun the beginner tutorial hidden in the Main Menu near settings

[@tabula_rosa]

Not strictly SC2 but heroes of the storm has a tutorial mode for ganking with a special 2 lane map & 4 AI that you jungle roam as zeratul to make sure your team wins in both lanes and its actually super fun

[@Ikkitheworst]

;-; Grant, i beg of you, i know the first missions are outdated and boring, but please give Odyssey a chance, it's very very good and i love it but only 1 youtuber covers it even if the creator did all of it alone in his free time, the story is really good, the cutscenes are well made and every mission past the first one have different mechanics on them to make them better, if you endure through the first mission you will not be disappointed, please, this is the last chance I've got before everyone leaves for other games, i love your content and style, just give it a chance ;-; i beg

[@KomRade493]

FIRST

[@allancordeiro2316]

Bro, i’m loving those longer vods