8 April 2023 - prospective patch notes

Designer's Notes

Continuing March Madness into April, tweaking the economic pacing some more, and improving AI!

Harvest time now 4 seconds, from 4.8
Worker movement speeds now 10% faster
You can now return resources to an allied town center (note that your ally receives none of the returned resources)

Burrowed units are no longer forcibly unburrowed when attacked (c. DarkenedFantasies)

Maelstrom hits from dead Mind Tyrants no longer crash (c. Veeq7)
Basic workers should no longer freeze in place (c. DarkenedFantasies)
Attack-move no longer causes units to ignores enemies when initially attacking a structure
Zarcavrokor Bones of Reflection now correctly respects weapon range (c. Veeq7)
Burrowed units are no longer displaced by Striga Fleeting Focus, Magnetar Law of Attraction (c. me), or Anthelion Gravity Well (c. Veeq7)
Player color randomization now ignores the colors of witness players (c. Veeq7)
Anthelion weapon fire SFX no longer occasionally fails to play
Madrigal weapon range is now displayed correctly when tempo is up (c. Veeq7)

Attack logic and mid-game production handling have been cleaned up to be more sensible with the current economic state
AI "drip-feed" attack waves less often
Zerg AI now request advanced defenses when at tier 2 and beyond

Heracles:
- HP now 140, from 120
- Armor now 4, from 3
- Weapon damage now 2x14, from 2x10
- Armor penetration now 0, from 4
- Nemean Reactors removed
Apostle:
- Gas cost now 150, from 125
Treasury:
- Time cost now 50, from 45
Ion Cannon:
- Mineral cost now 1000, from 800
- Weapon cooldown now 7, from 10 (revert of previous change)
- Now fires at target's initial position (still needs reads)