This week's patch is just as much an attempt to fix the disaster that was Patch 13 as it is a balancing act of its own. Now we have a re-increase in the Ultralisk's health as well as some movement in the upgrades and abilities of Zerg units, like a buff in the way that Roach's underground regeneration works. They also nerfed the Viking's ground damage which, in our minds, is a bit of a strange change to make when other imbalances exist *cough* Phoenix anti-grav *cough*. No matter, here's the full changelist! Patch 14 brings mostly balance changes, with a few bug fixes on the side. Finally a good patch for those waiting for zerg buffs though, as roach got re-buffed and the ultra got a little speed/hp boost. Balance changes are getting smaller now, as the game boils down to fine tuning. There is no situation report available at this time. StarCraft II Beta -- Patch 14 (version 0.16.0.15580) Balance Changes PROTOSS Archon [*] Build time decreased from 17 to 12. TERRAN Viking [*]Ground damage decreased from 14 to 12. ZERG Corruptor [*]Corruption energy cost decreased from 100 to 75. Infestor [*]Burrowed move speed increased from 1 to 2. [*]Peristalsis upgrade removed. Overlord/Overseer [*]Pneumatized Carapace cost increased from 50/50 to 100/100. Overseer [*]Infested Terran energy cost decreased from 125 to 100. Roach [*]Organic Carapace upgrade removed. [*]Tunneling Claws now also increases burrowed regeneration rate from 5 to 10. Ultralisk [*]Anabolic Synthesis upgrade removed. [*]Health increased from 450 to 500. [*]Speed increased from 2.25 to 2.9531 Bug Fixes Map Publishing: the default Battle.net host now points to the correct server. Time Expiration notices that were added for testing of the Guest Pass functionality have been removed. Fixed a crash when trying to open an old replay by double-clicking it in Explorer. Source: Battle.net
Just let it run if it seems to have frozen. About looping, I have no idea what you mean - has worked [slowly] everytime for me :\
Is it just me, or is the Ultralisk move speed an incredibly arbitrary number? Other than that, I like the love that Zerg is getting. They've been iffy since last patch (at least in the games that I've watched me brudder play)
You mean because it goes out 4 decimal places? Yes very odd. Blizz must be getting super precise with release approaching.... or drunk. What's with the viking nerf? It didn't really do much on the ground before.
i was expecting a nice round percentage increase, but it's still 31.2%... rather odd. but incidentally, it is exactly the same move speed as an un-upgraded zergling.
Gotta love all of the buffs Zerg are getting; maybe now I won't get my *** kicked so hard when playing as them. However, I'm sad that the Infested Terran ability may never return to its former glory.
I love it when members don't use the search function before they make a thread. http://www.starcraft2forum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14777
I dont get Vikings ground nerf, in groundmode they where only good at killing workers before. The other changes looks reasonable.
The speed is that way because its derived from a formula. It's 2 x 61/64 or something like that. It's the exact speed a zergling runs off creep, without metabolic boost. I'm surprised the issues in TvP were not addressed in this patch. Also, 1st patch ever to have a Protoss buff!
