Modifications d'équilibrage en test pour le Thor, le Corbeau, le Tempête, etc.

Arkentass | 21/04/2017 à 09h42 - 0

Plusieurs modifications d'équilibrage sont désormais en test sur StarCraft II. L'équipe souhaite ajuster les Thors, les Corbeaux, les Tempêtes, les Disloqueurs, les Zélotes ainsi que les effets d'enfouissement des Zergs. Comme toujours ces changements ne sont pas encore finalisés et ne seront pas forcement déployés sous cette forme. Voici le patch notes:

Terran

Thor

High Impact Payload mode removed.
Javelin Missile Launchers damage increased from 6 (+6 vs light) to 12.

Raven

Auto-Turret damage reduced from 24 to 18.
Auto-Turret duration increased from 7.14 to 10 seconds.

Protoss

Tempest

Kinetic Overload damage increased from 30 (+14 massive) to 30 (+25 massive).

Void Ray

Prismatic Alignment slows the Void Ray by 40% while active.

Zealot

Charge upgrade cost lowered from 200/200 to 100/100.

Zerg

Undetected burrow move visual effects should be more visible.

Hello everyone, today we would like to talk about some of the upcoming changes being placed on the testing matchmaking.

Protoss Air Power

We want to shift some of Protoss’s air strength around. We are buffing the Tempest’s damage vs massive bonus and adding a downside to the Void Ray’s Prismatic Alignment.

Since we increased its supply cost back in November, the Tempest’s air to air attack has been unchanged. This has made it less desirable as a Protoss capital ship option, and we want to sharpen its role vs other capital ships with a buff to its massive damage. This should also make it more of an interesting option in PvP as a response to an opponent going for Carriers.

We believe that Void Rays could be a bit less straightforward powerful. To this end we are testing out a change to Prismatic Alignment that will decrease the speed of the Void Ray while the ability is active. This tradeoff between power and speed should allow for more counter play from the opponent as they can now better decide when to run, and when to stand and fight.

Zealot

We are testing a reduction of the Charge upgrade cost to help Zealots out. Due to it being the most expensive upgrade on the Twilight Council the upgrade is less interesting to get early on compared to other options. However, we are also open to considering other changes to the Zealot.

Thor

In a very experimental change, we are removing the High Impact Payload option from the Thor and instead changing its Javelin Missile Launchers to be flat damage instead of providing a bonus vs. light. While this does reduce the Thor’s single target damage vs high armor capital ships, it greatly increases its overall damage to most grouped air units.

Burrowed Movement Art

We are making burrow movement visual effects more easily seen without detection. This was done in response to feedback that the Infestor was too hard to see compared to other active burrowed units like Widow Mines.

Warp Prism

In a previous community feedback we mentioned a potential change to Warp Prism’s warp-in mode. With the number of other changes proposed we are going to hold off on implementing this into testing for now. This is to prevent too many changes from going in at once and possibly causing the results of testing to be less clear.

Swarm Hosts

As an additional note, we hear that there is concern that Swarm Hosts continue to inhibit Terran Mech play. We are continuing to gather feedback but have not included changes in this round of testing so as to give more focus on other changes first.

Of course, none of these changes are final and are subject to altered or be removed. Let us know what you think in the comments, and we will see you in the testing matchmaking when it goes live!