[D] Brainstorming a balance patch for Brood war - Page 2

On September 11 2026 09:41 quaristice wrote:
a big reason i and honestly anyone else likes bw is because it hasnt been smoothed down into a small frustration free flavorless ball of nothing created by design-by-comittee that's driven by endless community whining

don't do this

On September 11 2026 00:37 Slayer91 wrote:


Blizzard made balance changes to get to the game the way it is now.. there's no reason to reject changes outright.
What needs to be avoided is anything that can majorly change the game, perhaps an option to select patch as well in custom lobbies so we can always revert to the last good version



Agree, but lower ranked players are probably not going to notice 1 armour on photon cannons, it all depends what the changes are.

In anything, protecting lower rank players from cheesey plays like hydra busts will probably help the enjoyment of games in lower rank lobbies.

Also, the "second tier" of players playing a different game, are already impacted by balance issues that are different than at the pro level, but mild imbalances there can easily be overcome by skill so it's easy to argue that once the game is overall fun it doesn't really matter if the balance is not perfect.

For example, I'm pretty sure it's MUCH easier for P to play against T at B rank than vice versa, but is it really detrimental to the game? Micro adjustments to balance are really for fans to enjoy a pro experience with games that enjoyable to watch and have huge skill expression (people enjoy mirrors less, people don't want to see lots of all-ins because someone can't win a macro game etc)



Balancing with maps is an idea that was born out of desperation, when blizzard would clearly NEVER make any actual balance changes in the game. There are EXTREME measures being taken like putting lowground sections purely to target one specific strat in one matchup (9-7-3 hydra busts).

Even if blizzard would be willing to make changes, the trust in blizzard is low as we can see from the posts here.

Diversity and map making to change the games and tweak the balance is fantastic, but it's not the perfect way all the time.



Endless series of patches sort of requires an actively supported game which BW isn't.



This is completely correct, the protoss changes could be done in a custom map if everyone agreed it was good for the game.