Beta Patch 13!

Doesn't Frenzy only work on one unit? If so, the zerg would need mad micro to have a few infestors spam that ability on several units near the same time.

1 range isnt that big of a nerf, just means that other units will get about 1-2 more attacks before they get killed. It wont affect stalker/viod ray combat since Blink would still get the stalkers into range whether the ray have 6 or 7 range.

EDIT: also, with the upgrade, the colossus has 9 range, which outranges even upgraded turrets. It'll have the same as the carrier, which we know is pretty much immune to static defenses.

 

is it just me or is the bnet down for maintenance still because im wondering if its just my comp that screwed up the patching and i'm trying to connect through an old patch?

 

any unit that is made to take out buildings and high-HP units count as seige units in my book. seige units should not be very good at taking out light units. its previous range made them very good at killing marines at cliffs and stalkers without blink.

yeah, one hydralisk with level 3 upgrades while the other 20 are still at 0/0, oh no, my army is doomed. or eight, if you spam all your energy on them, which leaves nothing for fungal growth or infestation, both of which are far more useful spells.

 

Mad micro? How hard is it to alternate spam two keys? (frenzy hotkey and left click on target or its unit portrait).

I'm assuming of course the aren't going to give it auto cast. /shudder

I'm kind of pissed about the introduction of Diamond league. I would have waited to play my placement matches for 1v1 if that had been in the pre-patch notes.

 

Considering that I have a 30 APM average, probably couldn't learn unit hotkeys if my life depended on it, and my comp has about a 10 or lower fps during battles; I'd still think something like that is outside of my league

 

I don't understand why Protoss continue to get nerfed.

 

Blizzard nerfing any race is Blizzard's attempt to better balance all 3 races. it's that simple. And don't troll.

 

I am not trolling, other wise I would have given a large non stop rant. I am simple saying I think they nerfed toss a little much recent. Blizzards can makes mistakes, other wise they would not need to patch in the first t play second there would not be a beta....they made a beta for feedback and my feedback is I think are nerfing toss to much.

 

Well if you think Blizzard nerfed the Protoss too much then get on the SC2 beta forums and tell Blizzard directly.

 

It's not like he's the only one saying it, and it's not like Blizz folks only read the b.net forums.
Stop picking on everything new people have to say. ^^

 

i just tried out the frenzy spell on my roach and hydras.

its....its not the best. There are more useful things like fungal growth.

ok, maybe itll be really good with other units (like ultralisks or brood lord), but im just not liking it atm.

 

Why are we considering that? I thought I was responding to your statement that a zerg player would need "mad micro" to use frenzy on multiple units in response to an engagement. That's a bit different than saying "because of my lower pc specs and my own learning limitations I won't be able to use it that way."

 

Some interesting changes to the zerg in this patch, just a couple of suggestions...

Make overseers cost supply, otherwise its infested terran ability is going to break bgh games.

I personally feel the ultralisk needs to retain 600 hp, but If blizzard wants to reduce its hp then they should also reduce the cost from 300/200 to 200/200.

 

Why did they remove Copper and added Diamond?
Were people depressed because they were Copper or what?
Now, instead of being a top level Plat player, you will be a top level Dia player or what?
Just do not get it, that they add one and remove one.

 

Nope. The reset the ladders again. And you'll be replaced in leagues from bronze -> Diamond.
I see why they did it though. On the ladder icon (just like the ranks on the sleve of an army soldier) one stripe is bronze, 2 stripes is silver, 3 stripes is gold. That's easy to remember. And plat and diamond are just like above that. I think the swap makes sense. And makes it less a copy of WoW with copper being the lowest metal in WoW.

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And this. A change posted on the front page of the forums but not in the first post here. Only balance changes were posted in the forums . Not the rest.

Anyways ,

"UDP is enabled to help improve game performance. "

What is UDP? And how does it improve game performance?

 

UDP is simply another network protocol (as opposed to TCP) which doesnt check/make sure all packets are actually recieved and that they are recieved in the correct order, although you usually code your own checks for this.
Its used in many FPS games where fast & frequent updates is required but packet loss and ordering doesn't matter as much.

check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol

 

This new patch makes me lag in games now. I don't know why this is happening seeing how I didn't lag in the previous patch. Is there anyway way to fix this?

 

I got the patch and now the beta doesnt even run??? It just crashes as soon as I open it! Wtf.....

 

Unblock the right UDP ports. I believe SC still uses TCP/UDP ports 6112-6119. Open them in your router.

 

Patch 13 = DisasterCraft. No one can play it because of all the lag and the weird errors. Guess its better it happens now than during its retail release!