[Mezza]

there were some patch notes somewhere where they said that they were toying with the idea of giving psionic units the ability to have sight equivalent to "air" units, that never came about

[DFM]

Originally Posted by mezza

there were some patch notes somewhere where they said that they were toying with the idea of giving psionic units the ability to have sight equivalent to "air" units, that never came about

I thought that one was just speculation by someone? o.O IIRC was in the fake 1.1 patch notes.

Originally Posted by FatHuntresS

they want reaper to be harassment like 1 or 2 to sneak in enemy base instead of it being used as a main army. and if u decide to mass it then ur taking a big risk in the late game. thats what blizz wants.

The thing about mass reapers is that it took quite a bit of skill to pull off and isn't as easy as the top terrans make it look like. And IMO they weren't really the main army, or at the very least only for the early game. What is so good about them is their mobility, damage against light units and their relatively low cost. Reapers out run and out range roaches even on creep, they deal well with slow lings and in large groups even deal well with speedlings. Their low cost means that you'll build up a lot of minerals allowing you to expand while harassing the zerg.
However this is where the skill also comes in: Macroing while microing your reapers is essential as you don't want to waste the chance for a fast expansion, at the same time you want to make sure you don't lose any reaper at all as in small numbers they become horrible. This is quite as easy to do as it seems if the zerg is good, as it is always very tempting to go up a cliff only to jump right into a group on lings.
IMO it was a bit too good when pulled off well, but this nerf to it was definitely overkill. I thought it was quite entertaining to watch (but def frustrating to play against haha), sad to see it will probably vanish if those changes get implemented.
Besides if they give roaches +1 range they also do better against reapers, not only hellions, so maybe should have see how that affects the game first before doing something crazy like giving factory requirement to nitro packs.