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Originally Posted by Doc89
For each OC you have, assuming you mule perfectly, never scan or supply drop, the mule will be the equivalent of 6 mining SCVs. Then throw in the fact that it takes the same amount of time to build an OC as it takes to build 2 SCVs, and so the benefit drops to 4 SCVs per OC. Then factor in the portion of OC energy you are going to be using on scans, supply drops, mining time lost from not perfectly hitting every mule just as it finishes, etc, and the benefit drops to 2 or 3 SCVs per OC. So if you are a protoss player and you chrono boost something like 2 or 3 extra probes out per nexus, then congrats, you now know what it is like to have the awesome economic benefit of mules.
I disagree with a lot of this. Firstly, the mules dont affect saturation levels, additional probes or drones do. Which makes applying them straight across incorrect imo. Secondly, mules also don't affect supply, the addition probes do. Not as big of a deal early game but when you watch Puma go head to head with Idra for 20 mins on 22 scvs, its hilarious. Thirdly, Chrono speeds up the build time of a unit or upgrade, if you miss a pylon when hold off an attack you cant just call down a pylon to save your ass...you die. Same thing in regards to the detection of the scan. If a terran gets cloak and I dont have a robo I die. I don't see how you dispute that a scan is the best of all options. Obs are cloaked yes, but anyone whos decent at this game can spot one and scan and kill the paper weight. OLs can be denied easily as well.