[BlizzCon 2016] WCS Global Finals - Page 177

On November 05 2016 09:13 KeksX wrote:


- they had a "15 unit max rule", restriction: "not going to put >15 units on any race"
- not because it's a magic number, it was just a good restraint to have to create a clean set of units with clean rules
- was kinda abandoned, but the spirit of this rule was kept(clear units)

e.g. zergling = fast, fragile, small; roach = tanky, short range; hydra = long range, all round etc

- they were thinking about a more tanky unit that spawns in group of three
- were used pretty much like zerglings
- created confusion about wheter to go ling/roach/new unit; counter-tech options weren't clear
- felt really muddy and so they didn't like it and moved on

- they've done this process for all 3 races. it didn't really work out for them; but they still got something out of it as they used the results for current balance patch
- changes to current units "feel like new units" according to them

- "that said, that doesn't mean we're never going to add new units to the game, this is just the current situation"

now david kim will talk about the future and then Q&A

On November 05 2016 09:15 KeksX wrote:


not much for the future apparently.
- they will release patch in "a couple of weeks" so much testing is needed
- they will also explore if there are big changes needed or just smaller ones; so they're not set on the current direction but will still allow bigger changes to come.


Q&A with giveaways now

On November 05 2016 09:17 Elentos wrote:
This is some pretty high level PvP shit.