Patch 1.3.3 in Development

[Romek]

Balance

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  PROTOSS
  • Archons are now a massive unit.
  • Pylon power radius has been decreased from 7.5 to 6.5.
  • Cybernetics Core
    • Research Warp Gate time increased from 140 to 180.
  • Gateway
    • Sentry train time decreased from 42 to 37.
    • Stalker train time decreased from 42 to 37.
    • Zealot train time decreased from 38 to 33.
    • Warp Gate unit train times remain unchanged.
  TERRAN
  • Salvage resource return reduced from 100% to 75%.
  • Ghost
    • Cost changed from 150/150 to 200/100.
  ZERG
  • Spore Crawler
    • Root time decreased from 12 to 6.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where Ghosts could not quickly EMP the same location.
• Fixed a bug where players were still able to stack flying units on top of each other.

http://eu.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/2220749#blog

This is looking goood.

 

[Slapshot136]

[*]Fixed a bug where players were still able to stack flying units on top of each other.[/list][/url]

about time, those stacked mutas were annoying

I also like the reduced train times of the gateway

 

[s3rius]

I guess I'll switch from early 1-rax pushes to faster ghosts for TvP then ..

 

[Vestras]

Yay, less 4gate.

 

[Accname]

did anybody use the normal gateways at all? i mean exept in the first 4 minutes.

 

[Sim]

I bet they're aiming on making it a viable strat now.

Well, maybe not right now but in the near future.

 

[Slapshot136]

did anybody use the normal gateways at all? i mean except in the first 4 minutes.

the first 4 minutes can be a very game-changing time..

and the 5 second reduction is like getting a free chronoboost for each unit

 

[Ioannes]

did anybody use the normal gateways at all? i mean exept in the first 4 minutes.

Me - I never upgrade them.

But then again, I am a noob at melee

 

[celerisk]

Updated 2011-05-03 - Oh, a link. Click!

General

The default hotkey to toggle in-game music on/off has been reverted to its hotkey prior to Patch 1.3.0. The hotkey to display APM in the observer stat panel has been changed as a result.​

Balance

PROTOSS

Archon

Now a Massive unit.
Range increased from 2 to 3.​

Cybernetics Core

Research Warp Gate time increased from 140 to 160.​

Gateway

Sentry train time decreased from 42 to 37.
Warp Gate unit train times remain unchanged.​

Pylon power radius has been decreased from 7.5 to 6.5.​

TERRAN

Bunker

Salvage resource return reduced from 100% to 75%.​

Ghost

Cost changed from 150/150 to 200/100.​

Thor

Thor now has 200 max energy, and starts with 50 energy.
250mm Strike Cannons now cost 150 energy to use (cooldown removed).​

ZERG

Infestor

Speed decreased from 2.5 to 2.25.​

Spore Crawler

Root time decreased from 12 to 6.​

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where Ghosts could not quickly EMP the same location.
Fixed an issue that allowed players to stack air units when issuing a queued stop command before the units reached the end of their patrol point.
Fixed an issue where unplugging your USB headset while another player was talking to you could cause a crash.
Fixed an issue where the APM statistic could be artificially increased.
Fixed an issue where 3D unit portraits were not animating smoothly at slow game speeds.
Fixed an issue where, when viewing a replay, no text message was displayed when a player left a game.
The Taiwanese hotkey to display/hide the game UI while in Observer mode now works correctly​

 

[Vestras]

Updated 2011-05-03 - Oh, a link. Click!

General

The default hotkey to toggle in-game music on/off has been reverted to its hotkey prior to Patch 1.3.0. The hotkey to display APM in the observer stat panel has been changed as a result.​

Balance

PROTOSS

Archon

Now a Massive unit.
Range increased from 2 to 3.​

Cybernetics Core

Research Warp Gate time increased from 140 to 160.​

Gateway

Sentry train time decreased from 42 to 37.
Warp Gate unit train times remain unchanged.​

Pylon power radius has been decreased from 7.5 to 6.5.​

TERRAN

Bunker

Salvage resource return reduced from 100% to 75%.​

Ghost

Cost changed from 150/150 to 200/100.​

Thor

Thor now has 200 max energy, and starts with 50 energy.
250mm Strike Cannons now cost 150 energy to use (cooldown removed).​

ZERG

Infestor

Speed decreased from 2.5 to 2.25.​

Spore Crawler

Root time decreased from 12 to 6.​

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where Ghosts could not quickly EMP the same location.
Fixed an issue that allowed players to stack air units when issuing a queued stop command before the units reached the end of their patrol point.
Fixed an issue where unplugging your USB headset while another player was talking to you could cause a crash.
Fixed an issue where the APM statistic could be artificially increased.
Fixed an issue where 3D unit portraits were not animating smoothly at slow game speeds.
Fixed an issue where, when viewing a replay, no text message was displayed when a player left a game.
The Taiwanese hotkey to display/hide the game UI while in Observer mode now works correctly​

I like the Thor change. 250mm Strike Cannon was too sick :/

 

[Accname]

didnt they remove the energy from the thors with a prior patch? and now they are reverting it back? why did they change it in the first place?

 

[celerisk]

> didn't they remove the energy from the Thors with a prior patch?

Indeed, they did.
I guess you just couldn't feedback them anymore without


> 250mm Strike Cannon was too sick

You mean you've actually seen it used or used it yourself?
Can't remember ever seeing one outside of the Thor-campaign-mission...

Edit:
And, just for the record, how exactly did you make it to Diamond?

 

[s3rius]

And, just for the record, how exactly did you make it to Diamond?

He kicked the sh*t outta his opponents?

And Thors with 250mm Cannons was used in a rush vs Toss where you'd use the 250mm to take out immortals and Thor/Scv to take out everything else. Though not seen that often.

 

[Vestras]

He kicked the sh*t outta his opponents?

And Thors with 250mm Cannons was used in a rush vs Toss where you'd use the 250mm to take out immortals and Thor/Scv to take out everything else. Though not seen that often.

Exactly. Those rushes seems unstoppable :/

> didn't they remove the energy from the Thors with a prior patch?

Indeed, they did.
I guess you just couldn't feedback them anymore without


> 250mm Strike Cannon was too sick

You mean you've actually seen it used or used it yourself?
Can't remember ever seeing one outside of the Thor-campaign-mission...

Edit:
And, just for the record, how exactly did you make it to Diamond?

They are used. For example in Jinro vs MC in the GSL Season something. The match where Jinro 4 -0's MC.
I guess I won a lot of games... uhm. Why do you ask?

 

[Romek]

> didnt they remove the energy from the thors with a prior patch? and now they are reverting it back? why did they change it in the first place?
Other units and mechanics are changed from patch to patch. What may have been imbalanced before could become balanced following changes in other aspects of the game.

Balance is a delicate thing.

 

[YourFace]

> didnt they remove the energy from the thors with a prior patch? and now they are reverting it back? why did they change it in the first place?
Other units and mechanics are changed from patch to patch. What may have been imbalanced before could become balanced following changes in other aspects of the game.

Balance is a delicate thing.

So delicate... It's impossible to completely balance units with different abilities.

 

[Bloodcount]

really sweet now if u get 6 pooled you won't have a zeal ready in time.... again....