It's been long time since I have made another entry, mainly due to amount of work I had to do for Starcraft II Galaxy Editor.
Patch #15 patch notes for Starcraft II Beta just released earlier. Here are 3 notable changes
- Hellion upgrade damage bonus decreased from 1(+1 light) to 1
- Nitro Pack research cost decreased from 100/100 to 50/50
- Siege Tank siege mode damage decrease from 60 to 50
Hellion upgrade damage bonus decreation was a good one, I felt it enjoyed too much of damage bonus once it gets to +3, it wrecks havok, able to almost one or two shot a line of units.
The Nitro Pack research cost reduction is good. It was too expensive, considering that players won't get more than 6 or 7 reapers in a game max, and 100/100 divided by 7 is aprox 14 extra minerals and gas for each Reaper for the speed boost, quite expensive compared to other similar upgrades, like Combat Shield, or Zergling Speed.
Thank goodness for the Siege Tank siege mode damage decrease. Mathematically, it was too strong before this reduction. Also, 60 was the damage to one shot Marines, which made Marines really weak in Terran VS Terran. Now we are gonna see much more Marine play, which is the right thing to do. "It ain't Terran if we see no Marines the whole game"
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