EPTI have been giving PvZ some thoughts recently. On the pro level it seems very hard for P. Yes, map changes can be made and yes the game is always evolving, so it's possible that this perception of mine is "transitory." But in the last few years... in comparison to PvT and ZvT, protoss vs zerg has felt hard to watch.
These are my preliminary ideas for balancing PvZ without greatly effecting PvT and without changing PvP nuances much. I did not want to give Protoss an advantage over Zerg... as P>Z would be just as bad, I just wanted to buff P ever so slightly.
increase observer health from 40hp/20shield to 40hp/75 shield
give dragoons 100% attack value vs hydralisk instead of 75% (explosive damage vs medium size hydra.)
upgrade at cybercore to increase photon cannon range by 1.
allow archon to deal full damage under dark swarm.
- allows obs to survive one scourge shot (110 damage) by 5hp... does not greatly effect PvT.... makes it a tiny bit harder to coodinate observe snipes for zerg...
give dragoons 100% attack value vs hydralisk instead of 75% (explosive damage vs medium size hydra.)
- how exactly this could be done without effecting other aspects of the game is up for debate. One might make hydra a "medium large" unit and give the dragoon "special explosive" damage which is the same as explosive other than it inflicts 100% damage to "medium large" units... "medium large" is treated the same as "medium" by all other units in the game. This change only effects hydra vs dragoon battles...
upgrade at cybercore to increase photon cannon range by 1.
- my initial thought is that this will NOT have a great effect on PvT while giving protoss better defensive odds against busts... both early game hydra busts and late game against cracklings... not much, but a tiny bit better. by putting upgrade at cybercore it ensures early game cannon rushes are not made more powerful.
allow archon to deal full damage under dark swarm.
- basically keep its attack the same but give it "melee" status so it is uneffected by darkswarm. does not change PvT at all but helps late game PvZ.
As a terran player, I despise protoss... so I hope people understand I am just trying to help the game be more enjoyable for observers.
Anyway. I would have posted this in Brood War's subforum but... who needs another balance thread. I am curious what other suggestions or modifications people might suggest. Cheers.
