XX December 2023

Prospective patch notes

Designer's Notes

Patch goals include:

Nudge Terran bio into a less dominant spot in the early game
Adjust early Protoss to reduce reliance on Lattice vs large enemy counts
Target early-game Zerg to reduce reliance on low gas spending, while reigning in early Quazeth supremacy
Making inroads on PVPGN (oldschool battle.net) server support
Deploying more audiovisual improvements
Continuing AI performance and customization improvements, commissioned by 3crow
Making adjustments and revisions to a select few units

Terran:
- Stimpack duration cut to 5 seconds
- Adjusted flamethrower attacks to achieve more consistent damage output
Protoss:
- Improved survivability of Gateway compositions, and improved reliability of Idols
Zerg:
- Nathrokors and Vorvrokors are now enabled by the Nathrok Lake, a tier 1 evolution of the Quazeth Pool
- Skithrokors and Bactalisks are now enabled by the Skithrok Scab, a tier 1 evolution of the Hydrith Den

NEW: Massacre
- Earn 3 vespene gas from any units created or killed
- Vespene nodes are destroyed on map start
- Commissioned by Btyb!
Omnipresence:
- Omnivale:
  - Can now spawn Larva (c. Veeq7)
  - Can no longer train Droleths conventionally
Faction Wars:
- Faction selection is now synchronized for replays and multiplayer

Starting resources now display instantly, instead of counting up from zero or from previous match total (c. DF)
Holding ALT while selecting a single unit now shows damage taken and received over its lifespan (c. Veeq7)
The Ackmed custom advisor, commissioned by 3crow, is now available!
Added a minimum delay for custom advisor lines
Implemented custom advisor handling for the following events:
- Protoss structure completion
Kills now display in Omnipresence and Faction Wars game modes

Stability:
- Protected against a rare client-side nullsprite crash (r. Veeq7)
Gameplay:
- Prospectively fixed a rare harvesting issue related to gas nodes (r. DeadInfested)
- Fixed mnemonic hotkey conflict between Analogue and Architect (r. DF)
Audiovisual:
- "Addon complete" notifications now correctly play for Lodestones when players have no custom advisor set
- Player colors now correctly randomize in replays on ice tileset maps (c. Veeq7)
- Lanifect remains now correctly inherit player color
- Corrected tooltip for Talos Fusion Sealers
AI:
- Prospectively fixed AI Droleths getting stuck inside structures
- Improved consistency for repairing damaged structures (still needs work)
- Improved ratio of Terran production-to-unit requests
- Improved timing of static defense requests, attacks, and more in the early stages of the game
- Fixed preferences for Pazuzu, Zealot, and Dracadin (r. Baelethal)
- Fixed Zerg attack requests not always taking into account the correct tech structure
Tileset:
- Fixed height flags on sandy sunken pit tiles, ramps, and doodads (r. TheBeaver99)

Cornerstones:
- Apollyoid Adhesive now applies once per attack
- Flamethrower attacks can no longer hit any given target more than once
Maverick:
- Stimpack duration now ~5 seconds, from ~13
Harakan:
- Time cost now 18, from 15
- HP now 90, from 80
- Armor now 2, from 1
- Size now ~20% larger
- Movement speed now matches Maverick, a reduction of about 10%
- Weapon damage now 1x8, from 2x6
- Armor penetration now 0, from 2
- Weapon cooldown now 0.75, from 0.833
Matador:
- Twinstrike Flamethrowers:
  - Weapon damage now 1x10, from 2x8
  - Armor penetration now 0, from 2
Durendal:
- Time cost now 30, from 35
- HP now 240, from 225
- Abaddon Flamethrowers:
  - Weapon damage now 1x12, from 2x10
  - Armor penetration now 0, from 2
Cataphract:
- Transport weight now 6, from 4
Seraph:
- HP now 225, from 250
- Max energy now 150, from 175
- Now moves ~10% slower
Fulcrum:
- Mineral cost now 150, from 200

Zealot:
- Shields now 40, from 45
- Base movement speed now ~8% higher
- Deathless Procession (movespeed while shielded) removed
- NEW: Imperious March: +1 armor while shields hold
Ecclesiast:
- Shields now 45, from 50
- Weapon cooldown now 0.83, from 1
Hierophant:
- Mineral and gas costs now 125/50, from 100/75
Idol:
- Projectile now homes in on targets

Ensnare:
- Now slows movement speed by 33% and 66%, from 50% and 75%
- Now slows attack rate by 33% and 66%, from 25% and 50%
Nathrokor:
- Now also enabled by Nathrok Lake; No longer enabled by Quazeth Pool
Vorvrokor:
- Adrenal Surge (movement speed towards hostiles) removed
- Now matches Zethrokor movement speed, an increase of about 5%
- Now also enabled by Nathrok Lake; No longer enabled by Quazeth Pool
Hydralisk:
- HP now 95, from 90
- Weapon damage now 1x10, from 1x9
- Armor penetration now 3, from 2
Izirokor:
- Mineral cost now 125, from 150
Skithrokor:
- Mineral and gas costs now 100/25, from 75/50
Bactalisk:
- HP now 110, from 120
- Armor now 1, from 2
- Now also enabled by Skithrok Scab
Almaksalisk:
- Gas cost now 75, from 100
Hachirosk:
- Time cost now 65, from 60
NEW: Nathrok Lake:
- Enhanced swarming node; mutated from Quazeth Pool; can mutate into Kalkiir Pond
NEW: Skithrok Scab:
- Enhanced assault node; mutated from Hydrith Den; can mutate into Bactith Swamp