StarCraft 2 Beta Patch 9

According to official Blizzard postings in the BNET forums we are asked to not re-install the game, and that they are investigating the issue and that the patch will be patched soon.

 

i just wanna play SC2 so blizzaed better fix this loop :'(

 

has there been any word on how long battle.net is going to be down? Or is everyone in the dark?

 

Same here. Don't get your hopes for today, and maybe you will be in for a happy surprise.

 

*head explodes*

When did you start looking at things so patiently?

 

If only I had a beta key, I could be stuck in the loop too.

 

Go pre-order the game and get a key

 

blizzard just likes to make us wait...*shakes fist angerly*
guess ill go play some starcraft brood wars

 

Soooo, no fixes as of yet?!?!?!?

 

Typo?

 

Gahh what a horrible day!
I broke like 5 things today, couldn't take notes in class, and spilled my lunch...

I thought to myself... at least, I can play SC2 when I get home. >_<

 

I'm giving this patch number 9 an unofficial name: The Moebius Patch

There is the theory of the Moebius. A twist in the fabric of space where time becomes a loop, from which there is no escape. When we reach that point, whatever happened will happen again.

It is a twist in the fabric of space where time becomes a loop, where time becomes a loop, where time becomes a loop, where time becomes a loop, ...

 

moebius....
mmmmm
moebius...
mmmmmmmmmm
it should end before 7pm irvine, CA time... they gotta go home with their families rite?

 

The Marauders were OP when concussive shells weren't upgrades. The patch 8 where they made it upgrade and made it 100/100 80seconds, it was just ridiculous. It basically meant that we Terran players had to give up on concussive shells early to counter zealots or early roaches.
And for nerfing queen and crawlers, I agree with Blizzard.

No that isn't a typo. They nerfed it by making the attack period longer.

 

hey everyone i believe they fixed the patch loop, i got in, but i cant connect to battle.net, prob because of the update, but i'm 85% sure the patch loop is over, just letting you guys know

 

As a player of all three races, I think some of the balance changes are questionable. As a terran player you can tech to siege tanks and aggressively defend against non-hp regen upgraded Roaches. Marines are highly effective when grouped, bunkered or behind supply depots. Don't even get me started on the Marauders ablity to stim. They are so cheap, and so strong, not a fair unit when used in combination with marines and medi evacs. What they really need to do is remove the stim ability from the Marauder, maybe even consider removing it from the barracks and making it a factory unit, as it seems more mech than infantry anyways.

 

Also the note that battle.net is down has gone away but it doesn't go past the log in screen. Sigh.

 

These balances were wonderful!! The ones that were questionable were the immortal build time and queen speed. However, it was a good change. *thumbs up*

 

Changes that wern"t shown

Changes that wern't shown

Can no longer target spells/abilities on your buildings or units by clicking on their icons in the selected unit panel. This means you cannot Spawn Larvae nor Chrono Boost by clicking on the building icons wtf?! same goes for other abilities like Repair, Transfusion. seems like a bug rather than an intentional change, makes no sense to not be able to use actions on unit profiles.+ Show Spoiler [my thoughts] +

1 hatch to Spawn Larvae, no problem, easy (though remember you still have to time it well as each second that goes by matters much more than letting Mule/Chrono energy build up) But as # of hatches grow, this becomes very time consuming, incomparable with Mule'ing using several Orbital Commands. (someone tried to compare the new Spawn Larva with Mules)

Change screen to 1 hatch. (have to bind each hatch or queen to separate hotkeys, or hit the far-placed Backspace key)
Select Queen
V + Click Hatch
Change screen to 2nd hatch
select queen
V + Click Hatch
Change screen to 3rd hatch
select queen
V + Click Hatch
and so on

But with Mule'ing, just go to a mineral field, select all Orbitals with (5 or whatever hotkey is), E click E click E click E click w/o having to move mouse cursor.

As for protoss, I think a lot of toss players just clicked on the main screen buildings anyway. Doesn't seem like a huge deal for them. Although for players who spread warpgates all around, this would be a big deal for them.



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COOL BUG FIXES:
Right clicking somewhere while holding CTRL no longer gives the Attack-Move command, it just Moves. Often people would re-bind hotkeys while trying to run away and it would Attack-Move and suicide instead.

not a bug fix but If you Select Larva (hotkey S) but there are no larvae left to select, it selects all the morphing eggs instead. should eliminate the possibility of that annoying accidental Ventral Sacks Research

drone bug where if you tell it to move right after it starts to morph into a building, it cancels the building (some resources lost) is now fixed.

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New sound effects and some lightly edited music (& 1 new protoss track)
+ Show Spoiler [no longer able to edit sounds/music?] +

i think the only way to edit sounds/music would be to modify the MPQ files now. because they seemed to change the folder pathing to the exact name of the mpq file which makes me unable to create a folder with that same name like base.sc2assets (in mods\liberty.sc2mod). please someone show me another way


Neural Parasite casts faster (tentacle shoots out quicker)

Can now Bind Locations like you could in SC1. CTRL + F5 - F8 binds the camera location, F5-F8 recalls those locations. useful for rally points, warp-in, mule'ing, etc.


Zerg buildings now bleed when low HP
Protoss buildings now have little bolts of electricity flash around when low HP AND low/empty shields (in BW, the blue flames always showed even if shields fully regenerated)


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(1) the bar indicating the procedure of larva spawn now goes from left to right.

(2) it adds another bar for hatch/lair/hive upgrate. In the previous version it just replaces the larva spawn bar.

(3) most exciting: now you can cancel a egg and make it back into a larva with full return. + Show Spoiler [just like T/P could, only better..] +

uh oh a reaper/DT/etc is coming! cancel zealot/immortal and build stalker/observer for full resource return and no waiting involved, unlike previous egg mechanics.


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Colossus can no longer walk through/over force field

Orbital command scanner sweep graphical change
hydralisk/thor/zerglings can now /dance and /cheer (protoss units coming last in this case)

8 new player colors (possibly only accessable by map editor? dunno, depends on max # of players in a multiplayer game)

a window now pops up showing the countdown to being revealed (25 sec), when you lose all of your town halls

all types of units now have a Rank description, like Disciple, Predator, General, etc

creep tumor seems to spread creep faster, not 100% sure
new creep tumor texture, new baneling egg morphing texture.

health bars no longer turn yellow if they lose any damage at all. now they stay greenish while theyre at high HP

All zerg buildings now have animations for whenever they are researching/upgrading/building anything. often times they just move around faster

new mouse cursors for each race

the preview of any structure before it is morphed by zerg, now is no longer translucent, it looks exactly the same as if the structure was finished.

when you tell a spire to morph into a greater spire, there's a totally sweet animation!

new hydralisk range upgrade icon. (used to have the same one as Roach Burrowed Movement upgrade)

new texture for Fleet Beacon. high templar warping in looks different

hellion's flame is now blue from upgrade

ghost academy now animates while it's doing stuff, or did it always? (cybernetics core still does not sadly)

Zerg decals show around Spawning Pool and hatcheries:


The help screen has changed

 

@ Prodigal,

The changes to the Spine Crawler are not a nerf, they're a buff. It reduces the attack time. Therefore, the Spine Crawler does the same damage over a shorter period of time, meaning it does more damage faster.