Ultralisk bug/issue with patch 1.1.1 - Page 32

On October 01 2010 02:09 kcdc wrote:
People understand that this was Blizzard's intention, right? Originally, splash extended at a range of 2 from the center of the target hit. In 1.1, splash was buffed to extend at a range of 2 from the outer surface of the target hit. In 1.1.1, splash was nerfed to extend (as intended) at a range of 2 from the front of the ultralisk, where the attack originates. This does nerf splash from the original version because the distance from the front of the ultralisk to the center of the target hit extended the splash radius beyond the intended radius of 2. Since the additional splash range was equal to the radius of the target hit, it was most visible with large targets like thors and siege tanks, but it was also present with smaller units like marines. It seems clear to me that this patch reverts the splash radius to the original design intents, but people seem upset because it is an effectively smaller splash radius than they were used to.

I won't comment on what the optimal splash radius is, but I think it makes much more sense for the splash to originate from the front of the ultralisk than from the center of the target hit. The latter created an odd situation where splash radius depended on the size of the target. Now, the splash radius will be constant. The issue shouldn't be whether splash should be reverted to its previous state, but rather what the optimal radius is. If ultras are found to be too weak now, splash radius could be buffed slightly beyond 2.

On October 01 2010 06:59 Sairon wrote:


1.1 didn't change it at all, it simply introduced the ordinary attack on buildings, at which point it became obvious.

Ultras in beta did more splash, 50 dmg to everything ( iirc ), 100% splash dmg and about the same radius as now. The only difference compared to the beta ultra, which everyone thought was useless, is that the current incarnation can't be affected by slow effects.

Personally I think the ultra is a boring T3 unit, especially as it is now. There's barely any micro involved at all, there's nothing really strategically interesting about it except that you need "bigger stuff" if the game gets to T3.