StarCraft II Multiplayer - Major Design Changes - Page 27

On August 26 2017 05:05 -NegativeZero- wrote:

so infestors are becoming wc3 crypt fiends, interesting

Restoration Field
Ability can be cast within 13 range of the casting Nexus.

Units within the area of effect of Restoration Field instantly regain 100 hp shields.

25 energy.

First, we would like to thank everyone for playtesting the new changes! Your feedback has been very helpful and there were a lot of constructive discussions. With so many changes, we do think it’s difficult to predict all the outcomes, but with your help and feedback, we believe we can continue to head in the right direction.

Protoss
Currently, we like the direction of Shield Restore, but the ability may not provide enough defensive power for Protoss so we are looking to try a different iteration called Restoration Field. The new ability should provide more defense power for Protoss and there should be more gameplay options for players. Also Shield Restore would sometimes use more energy than what was expected or desired. The energy consumption on the new ability Restoration Field should be more predictable and easier to gauge. Additionally, we are removing the delay on Purification Nova when a Disruptor is unloaded from a transport. There was concern that Purification Nova would deal too much burst damage or game ending damage in harass situations. The delay was added to minimize game ending damage but it may not be necessary at this time. Last, the High Templar’s weapon size was reduced to better match the weapon’s current damage value.

Zerg
We hear feedback that Zerg is lacking anti air or early harass options and we are looking into possible solutions to address these concerns. We have been experimenting with a new anit-air ability on the Infestor called Entangle. The ability would replace the Infested Terran ability and provide an anti-air option for Zerg ground compositions. The new Entangle ability would capture enemy air units, and allow friendly ground units to engage them. As for early game harassment options, we want to be careful in our changes here as the effectiveness of the Protoss and Terran defense options have been reduced a bit and that should open up more offensive opportunities for Zerg, that weren’t previously possible in the past.

Terran
We are excited to hear the feedback for the Terran changes. There was an area of concern that Smart Servos may make Hellion/Hellbat transform a bit too fast. We are planning to make a change so that after researching the Smart Servos upgrade, Hellions/Hellbats would take 2 seconds instead of 1 second to transform. This would provide the defensive player more time to react when trying to defend against Hellion/Hellbat harass with the Smart Servos upgrade.

List of changes:

Nexus

New ability Restoration Field:
* Replaces Shield Recharge.
* Ability can be cast on Pylons within 13 range from the casting Nexus. Restores shields of friendly units within the Pylon’s power field range.
* 50 energy cost / 14 second duration.
* Shield regeneration rate 15 shields per second.
* Shield recharge will affect everything except the Pylon emitting the field.
* Can only target Pylons without Restoration Field.[/li][/ul]

Disruptor
* Removed delay on Purification Nova when Disruptors are unloaded from transports.

High Templar
* Psi Blast model scale reduced from 1 to 0.65. The impact model scale was reduced from 1 to 0.75.

Hellion/Hellbat
Smart Servos upgrade:
* After researching Smart Servos, the Hellion/Hellbat morph times will be reduced to 2 seconds instead of 1 second.

Raven
* Repair Drones will now be shot from the casting Raven instead of entering from the air above. Will allow both the offensive and defensive player to see which Raven used the energy to cast the ability.

Again, thanks for trying out the new changes and please continue to provide any feedback!