Neglecting upgrades becomes more and more of a problem as you start playing longer, more drawn out macro games where the difference in army strength makes a huge difference.Ī simple solution to this problem is to make upgrades a part of your ‘getting to max army size’ routine. I will often get to 1/1 upgrades and forget as the game goes on. This bad habit has been costing me games lately. Getting to max or have a lot of spare resources? Dual chrono-boosted Forges! Without using it to click around players often fall into the habit I mentioned earlier.

Controlling your screen position via the minimap ensures that you are looking there more often.

Using hotkeys to control your screen movements suggests that you are building units and checking the status of upgrades etc.

There are two very good reasons why this is the case: Every other screen movement should either be the result of hotkey use or minimap clicking. Screen scrolling should only really be used for slight adjustments or for controlling units during battle. Screen scrolling is when you move your mouse to the edge of the screen (or worse yet using the arrow keys) to move around the map. The next bad habit ties in with this one. Your mental to do list should look something like this:Īll of this happens in a few seconds, eventually it will seem like you are always looking at the minimap because you wont miss anything. Falling into the habit of not watching your minimap will result in you missing enemy army movements, drops and expansions.īreaking this habit is hard work – to do so you will need to incorporate minimap checks at least every few seconds into your mental to do list.

The minimap by contrast is relatively dull, but it’s an extremely important tool and you should alway be keeping one of your eyes on it.

On the main screen there are units, battles and all sorts of flashy stuff. Keeping one eye on the minimap lets me see that there is a counter-attack force trying to flank my army.

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