[Tom]

Source: http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/1213111662

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty - Patch 1.4.2

General


•“Audio Fade” under Sound Options has been renamed to Game Volume During Alerts. Its tooltips have also been changed for clarification.


•The fade-in for game sound during alerts changed from .5 seconds to 2 seconds.



Bug Fixes

•Fixed a truncation on specific resolution if the current and maximum supplies are 3 digits.


•Fixed an issue which prevented footprint from being edited in the Footprint Editor.


•Fixed an issue that caused the game to have missing icons and images on low end graphics cards.


Balance

•PROTOSS

•Forge


•The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 1 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 200/200.


•The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 2 has been decreased to 225/225, down from 300/300.


•The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 3 has been decreased to 300/300, down from 400/400.


•The cost of Upgrade Ground Weapons Level 2 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 175/175.


•The cost of Upgrade Ground Weapons Level 3 has been decreased to 200/200, down from 250/250.


•The cost of Upgrade Ground Armor Level 2 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 175/175.


•The cost of Upgrade Ground Armor Level 3 has been decreased to 200/200, down from 250/250.


•TERRAN

•Ghost


•EMP radius has been decreased from 2 to 1.5

I think every Protoss from casual to pro level watched that GSTL series a few weeks back, in which CreatorPrime tore shreds off his opponents with his fast expand into double forge robo build. This build had been around for a while, but it was the integration with the 1gate FE style and demonstration that this could still hold terran timings in the first 8-11 minutes that was the true innovation by Creator. I noticed an immediate response from the pros, with players such as MC breaking out a similar double forge build in the following weeks. Blizzard has obviously seen this too, and like what it sees. Even more so now than before, the future of PvT appears to be turbo upgrades.

Ghosts? I'm certainly not going to complain!

[|Erasmus|]

Personally, I figured a nerf to EMP range was more likely (EMP/Snipe being 10, but fungal/feedback being 9 seemed a little silly), but that's okay.

The toss upgrade changes I'm surprised with... It no longer matches the other races (well, T) which only compounds the advantage toss already has in this department with chrono boost.

[NvPinder]

Originally Posted by |Erasmus|

Personally, I figured a nerf to EMP range was more likely (EMP/Snipe being 10, but fungal/feedback being 9 seemed a little silly), but that's okay.

Nerfing the radius effectively nerfs the range at the same time

...

ya dumbass.

Quick Comments

TADivinity:

[|Erasmus|]

Originally Posted by TAJPMoney

Nerfing the radius effectively nerfs the range at the same time

...

ya dumbass.

Yes, if you consider it range 12 when you are casting it with range 10 + 2 AoE. But you are only going to hit 1 Templar/Sentry at that range.

If you want to centre it on a group of units this doesn't affect the range...

Quick Comments

	NvRossi:	pinder got powned
	nirvAnA:

[Fadey]

Looks good

[NvPinder]

If your comparing it to a feedback vs emp "who gets the first one off" fight, nerfing the radius is effectively a range nerf. I interpreted your point wrong, sorry

Quick Comments

	Stallion:	manners like a baws
	TAEdgE:	knick knack paddywhack give a dog a bone
	|Erasmus|:	Neither of us is wrong, but the effective 'range' is kinda different depending on use i guess.
	TAsCarLet:	kill the **** you serial killer
	dippa:	dont concede ground to the serfs, you're setting a bad example

[Bendy]

As a Protoss player I heartily support these changes. Makes rushing upgrades an even more viable strategy (maybe not when I do it >.>).

[DeNile]

I like the girls reduction I'm a big fan of that upgrade its surprising the difference it makes until a ghost comes out lol.

[fur]

EMP change is fair enough, as is the shield upgrade not being ridiculously expensive.

Don't see why protoss should get cheaper upgrades tho?

[crAzerk]

Originally Posted by Denile

I like the girls reduction

Uh, what?

10char

[LennX]

Originally Posted by crAzerk

Uh, what?

10char

Maybe he thinks all ghosts are female given that Terran 2 most famous ghosts are females? :P

[nirvAnA]

haha i guess he meant ghost reduction, thinking too much about girls denile!

I think the upgrades are definitely good in PvZ since zerg upgrades are sooo cheap, but now it seems a bit overpowered in pvt. good ghost change!

[Meatex]

I think this a silly move by blizz and doubt it will go past the PTR
Anyone above silver should know that girls have to be increased not decreased >.<

Quick Comments

	nirvAnA:	lol!
	ZergGirl:
	Stallion:	great point :P :)
	ZC.EvilSWAT:	"We require more girls." "Spawn more girls." "More girls are required."
	EveVendetta:	If only there was a like button for EvilSWAT's post as well haha

[inFeZa]

i dont understand the upgrade cost reduction, apart from shields.

But EMP Radius reduction is so nice.

[Ascel]

Now i have no reason to lose with such cheap upgrades =(

Happy none the less =D

[DeNile]

lol dam iphone typing lol it thinks i was thinking about girls. who knows maybe the thing is more sentient then it looks

[TABjornbrandr]

According to iNcontrol and LiquidTyler, saving 50/50 for each attack/armor upgrade beyond level 1 is really quite insignificant when it comes to a 3-4 base economy. And the shield upgrade is still not overly amazing throughput wise.
However, SC2 is a game of small timing windows and the gathering time for 50 gas is still a couple of seconds extra you have up your sleeves for a timing attack, etc.

[sRFullstop]

I don't get why the protoss upgrades were buffed. Maybe players complained about the costs.

[MeaNySPR]

i really do not understand the buffs given to protoss when they already have chronoboost to speed up their upgrades.. and besides, 3 def zealots are so hard to kill as a terran.. i really wanna cry now

[mGGDaedalus]

Originally Posted by Fullstop

I don't get why the protoss upgrades were buffed. Maybe players complained about the costs.

Think blizz just wanted to make a really minor overall buff to Toss that wouldn't significantly affect anything in particular. This will be nice for toss earlier in the game, late game I'd say it would hardly make a difference.

[TCPOrb]

Quite a nerf on that EMP there... I guess it had to be done

[TCPLemminks]

This basically makes the armour and weapon upgrades cost the same as the Zerg, which would make Terran's upgrades the most expensive.
I really hope this goes through because I like my fast upgrades in PvT. However suddenly chargelot timing attacks have become a lot more dangerous.

as for the ghost:


Still waiting on that snipe nerf though.

[ToRDeathsFang]

All that needs to be done now is nerf sniper rounds a bit to make ghosts useless then i shall be happy.

But i am liking the idea of fast upgrade Chargelots strolling through a Terran's front door going

[duanloves]

I'm a happy toss. Never felt the need to rush for upgrades early on but now i feel more motivated.
Perhaps a shift in the metagame. Toss rushing for upgrade and terran just kills you before the upgrades finish because you invested your money in upgrades instead of units.

[Stallion]

Originally Posted by duanloves

I'm a happy toss. Never felt the need to rush for upgrades early on but now i feel more motivated.
Perhaps a shift in the metagame. Toss rushing for upgrade and terran just kills you before the upgrades finish because you invested your money in upgrades instead of units.

if you are dying ebcause you invest these extra resources into upgrades theres something else you arnt doing ryt

[FSDarkNemesis]

I think then again, I find it hard to win with Protoss these days, which is why I'm playing with Terran now. You have to count for Protoss have Shields as upgrades in addition to weapon and armor upgrades, so to max out a ground army, it's actually really god damn expensive!

[cruxBsK]

I think EMP and 1 hit ability doing like 1000 damage to everything instantly, I'm not sure what to think about the upgrades though..

[x5_Bard]

EMP Change is great, how big does that make it now? About the size of an Immortal?

The upgrade changes are very minor, I think Blizzard have been watching CreatorPrime in GSTL and then oGsMC at MLG and decided to nudge all other Protoss in the right direction lol

[d00fus]

I'm not sure how big an immortal is but it's the size of a psi storm now

[lolwut]

I'm just thinking. Would this generate a lot more double forge +3 attck +3 shield chargelot/archon pushes off forge FE's? They are nigh unstoppable as zerg already.

[mGGmetaStatic]

why does blizzard hate terran ?

Quick Comments

	Daboo:	LOL
	TCPOrb:	Fortunately for toss and zerg hate and QQing forums are quite similar.

[Robinson0619]

i love it, the match up on PvT i fell has being very underpowered for a long time, it shouldn't change PvZ much..