Blizzard have released the patch notes for the 1.4.2. PTR version of Wings of Liberty. The small patch brings just a few but significant balance changes.
Only two races are affected directly by the 1.4.2 PTR patch. Protosses get reduced cost on all their ground upgrades while terrans have their EMP radius reduced.
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
TERRAN
Ghost
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
EMP has been a huge problem for protoss in mid- and late-game situations where just a few spells would drop the casting potency of the deathball (as well as its durability) to practically zero. It is a matter of time to see if those changes will fix the problems of the TvP match-up. As usual, you are encouraged to discuss you opinion in the comments.
Links
Battle.net - Source
