StarCraft II patch 1.5.0 is on the horizon and it’s bringing a number of changes to your StarCraft II Battle.net experience, including an entirely new custom game experience with Arcade, tons of new additions and improvements to the StarCraft II Editor, and streaming downloads to make patching even faster.
We’ll provide a more detailed guide about what’s in the patch, including the Arcade, soon. In the meantime, since all these big ...
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Starcraft II was patched today moments ago:
Bug Fixes
Campaign saves have been optimized.
Fixed an issue with sound not playing on some 7.1 systems.You will need to logout of the client and log back in to trigger the update.
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As of Today Patch 13 went live to servers! The most notable (exciting) addition is the map publishing and social networking features being included.
Other changes that they don't go into detail can be found with things like Starcraft II's beta being connected to the rest of battle.net, showing total number of players being played as well as "remaining game time." Unfortunately there is no integration beyond that from what can be seen.
There are also GUI options for the inevitable s...
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General
Korea
Added support to display the game rating information on the login screen.
Balance Changes
TERRAN
Thor
Build time decreased from 75 seconds to 60 seconds.
Siege Tank
Build time decreased from 50 seconds to 45 seconds.
Marauder
Concussive Shells now require an upgrade.
Barracks Tech Lab
Concussive Shells upgrade added.
Concussive Shells upgrade costs 100/100 and takes 80 seconds to complete.PROTOSS
Void Ray
Changed to only ha... -
Balance Changes
TERRAN
Banshee
The health has been increased from 130 to 140.
Missile Turret
The damage has been changed from 7+7 armored to 12.
Thor
Anti-Air damage has been decreased from 10+6 light to 8+4 light.
Anti-Air attack now deals splash damage in a 0.5 radius.PROTOSS
High Templar
The Psi Storm radius has been decreased from 2 to 1.5
Photon Cannon
Life and Shield values have been increased from 125/125 to 150/150.ZERG
Broodlord
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General
You can now report misconduct or block communication with a player after completion of a game by right-clicking on the offending player's name in the score screen and choosing Report Abuse or Block Communication.
You can now view any player's profile after completion of a game by right-clicking on their name in the score screen and choosing View Profile.
Updated unit and ability tooltips to be accurate in all regions.
Improved the visibility of units on zerg creep.
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The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum.
Balance Changes
PROTOSS
Cybernetics Core
Warp Gate research time increased from 60 seconds to 140 seconds.ZERG
Hatchery/Lair/Hive
Burrow research time increased from 50 seconds to 100 seconds.
Burrow research cost increased from 50 Minerals and 50 Vespene Gas to 100 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas.
Nydus Network
Nydus Worm build time increased from 10 secon... -
General
Korea
Added support to display the game rating information on the F10 in-game menu within the beta.
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Balance Changes
TERRAN
Engineering Bay
Infantry Armor: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
Infantry Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
Armory
Vehicle Plating: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgra... -
Balance Changes
TERRAN
Banshee
Cloak: This ability no longer requires Fusion Core to research.
Barracks
The build time for this building has decreased from 65 to 60.
Factory
The build time for this building has decreased from 65 to 60.
Reactor
The build time for this building has decreased from 40 to 25.
Reaper
The build time for this unit has increased from 30 to 40.
Nitro Boost: The build time for this upgrade has increased from 90 to 100.
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Balance Changes
TERRAN
Viking
The armor value for this unit in Fighter Mode has decreased from 1 to 0.
The damage done by this unit in Fighter Mode has changed from 6 (+8 armored) to 10 (+4 armored).
Reaper
The damage done from D-8 Charges has decreased from 40 to 30.
The delay between attacks for D-8 Charges has decreased from 2.5 to 1.8.
Orbital Command
The build time for this upgrade has decreased from 50 to 35.PROTOSS
Observer
Gravitic Boosters: Th...
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