XX October 2023

Designer's Notes

Patch goals include:

Revise or remove 2.5 and 3.5 tech for Terran
Continue to address overdetermined role overlaps
Shuffle costs of tier 2 and 3 units to properly incentivize gas capping
Complete tileset updates to use extra height levels and improve available varieties

Latest content

General

Vision update timer has been sped up significantly (c. Veeq7 and DF)
Painting missile launches with Eidolons and Seraphs can now be queued (c. DF)
Terran cloaked units now use the new Proximity Cloaking, and are only decloaked if hostiles are within 3 range
Burrowed units are now revealed slightly more generously by nearby ground units
Worker wandering searches for better mineral nodes within 5 range, from 8, reducing unintentional inefficiences

Tilesets

The following tiles now provide a height difference:
- Jungle: Swamp, sunken jungle
The following tiles were added:
- Ashworld:
  - Magma cliff to crushed rock, jungle (level 1)
  - Cooled magma cliff (level 1)
  - Magma cliff to jungle (level 1)
  - Active lava to jungle (level 1)
  - Mud to jungle (level 1)
- Desert:
  - Cooled lava to dirt (all levels)
  - Compound to cooled lava (level 1)
The following tiles were deprecated and are now removed:
- Jungle:
  - Sunken jungle cliffs for temple and dirt

UI

Scrolling with middle-mouse button is now buttery-smooth, complete with a config option for inverting the direction (c. Veeq7)
- This sometimes creates pixel artifacts, which will be addressed in time
Joining a lobby now plays a sound (with help from DF)

Game modes:

Briefings are now skipped in Competitive, Debug, and Omnipresence modes
In Competitive, Debug, and Omnipresence modes, unit stats are no longer loaded from map info, making this exclusively a Scenario feature

AI:

On competitive maps (class 1 and 2), AI can no longer roll greed builds
Improved worker resource assignment when at low worker counts
Improved pre-5 minute attack handling
Further increased priority of refinery structures
Boosted priority of tech tier structures
Made adjustments to how frequently Zerg request multiple tech nodes
Removed worker transfer calls to improve early-game worker efficiency

Bugfixes

Stability:
- Fixed a common crash with Nydus Cesiants (r. Boris)
- Fixed instability related to the Mortothrokor death animation (r. TheBeaver99)
- Fixed a rare crash related to bouncing attackers (r. Enozlliks)
- Fixed a rare crash related to Solarions and Stewards (r. GreenEggs'NSpam, c. DF)
- Fixed an AI-only nullsprite crash (r. Myrian) and a selection-related nullsprite crash (r. 3crow)
- Fixed a rare image function crash (r. GreenEggs'NSpam, c. DF)
- Fixed a rare missile launch crash (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
Gameplay:
- Fixed Zerg regression failing if the attacker is killed or otherwise unavailable before their projectile deals fatal damage to the Zerg target (r. Mystery Meat & DF)
- Partially-resolved an issue with Zerg regression on burrowed units (r. lolrsk8s)
- Sentinel and Sevenstep no longer deal double damage in some cases (r. Mystery Meat)
- Queueing Lay Mine orders can no longer provide infinite mines (r. TheBeaver99)
- Lardfix: Irradiate (from Seraph and Morningstar) now sends under attack notification (r. The Shambler)
- Alkajelisks can now be mutated from Ocsal Larvae by players (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
- Azazel Defensive Matrix: no longer cleanse debuffs (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
- Mind Tyrant Maelstrom: apply debuff to flingy units
- Claymore Kelvin Munitions: clear debuff for flingy units (r. TheBeaver99)
- Fixed failed Magnetar attacks when turning or at max range (r. Mystery Meat)
- Fixed many interactions between Akistrokor Blissful Embrace and transports (r. Mystery Meat)
- Removed Salvage, for real this time (r. lucifirius & GreenEggs'NSpam)
- Savant Power Siphon: Correctly reduce attack rate of turreted units (e.g. Goliaths) (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
- Standardized behaviors for landing on deployed Terran units, and fixed an issue where unsieging Phalanxes became unresponsive when landed on (r. Mystery Meat)
- Factories with queued units now cancel their queues when mind controlled (r. Mystery Meat)
- Fixed a rare case where Aion Reclamation Fields could be permanent (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
- Kalkalisks no longer deal double damage to their primary target
- Mortothrokor: properly leave behind corpses (r. TheBeaver99)
- Properly inherit facing angles when transforming between unit types (i.e. Zerg regression, Vagrant, Axitrilisk) (r. TheBeaver99)
- Resolve hotkey conflicts between Analogue and Architect (r. DF), Apostle and Tinkerer's Tower, Return Resources and Supreme Construction (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
- Lodestones undergoing Emergency Detonation now kill their cargo (r. Mystery Meat)
- Stopped Optectons from attacking transports when right-clicking to enter them
- Fixed cancelling Morningstars refunding without interrupting the train order (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
- Fixed random race rolling not working properly in your first singleplayer match (c. DF)
  - Caveat: Currently doesn't hide witness slots, but setting them to computer does nothing
- Sevenstep no longer has energy (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
Audiovisuals:
- Standardize missile strike dot to always be sorted above air units (r. Mystery Meat, c. DF)
- Correctly redraw unit names when selecting Anchors and Lodestones
- Hide decaying overlays on reclaimed units while they're cloaked (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
- Removed the Attack button on garrisons, since it currently does nothing (r. neblime)
- Reset animations correctly for Protoss structures that re-gain power while in the middle of training a unit (r. The Shambler, c. DF)
- Stop counting Morningstars as military units in unit counter
- Correctly show cast range for Eidolon Missile Strike (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
- Improved sync between Golem attack animation and actual damage (r. TheBeaver99)
- Added placeholder liftoff and landing dust overlays for Mantle and Starpad (r. TheBeaver99)
- Siren weapon tooltip now displays the full potential damage of its attack
- Fixed Mind Tyrant Tyranny cast range preview (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
- Corrected ability tooltips for Cuirass Stonewall Protocol (r. GreenEggs'NSpam), Mind Tyrant Maelstrom, and Akistrokor Blissful Embrace (r. GreenEggs'NSpam)
- Fixed tooltip handling for Savant Breathing Battery (r. GreenEggs'NSpam) and Lanifect Disruption Field
- Clear rally point display when canceling Hachirosks (r. Mystery Meat)
- Fixed Cohort command card (r. 3crow)
- Cleaned up tooltips that referenced 'weapon range' without involving weapons
- Talos: use the Shaman portrait, instead of Data Disc
- Vagrant Shade: use the same portrait as the Vagrant (r. TheBeaver99)
- Cleaned up some silent missing frame errors (r. beriso)

Audiovisuals:

Provided a new sound read for Terran proximity cloak, to contrast with Protoss passive cloak (c. lolrsk8s)
Diadems now leave behind large rubble, instead of small rubble

Terran

Eidolon:
- Weapon range now 8, from 9
- Sight range now 8, from 10
- Now moves ~8% slower
- Pacifist Cloaking replaced with Proximity Cloaking
Siren:
- Mineral and gas costs now 100/75, from 175/50
- HP now 100, from 140
- Armor now 1, from 2
- Weapon cooldown now 1.17, from 0.83
- Weapon range now 9, from 4
Striga:
- Mineral cost now 125, from 150
- Armor now 3, from 4
- Now applies Apollyoid Adhesive
Dilettante:
- Mineral and gas cost now 150/0, from 125/25
- Armor now 2, from 1
- Weapon damage now 3, from 2
Sevenstep:
- Gas cost now 75, from 100
Lobotomy Mine:
- Dazing Detonation:
  - Stun time now 3 seconds, from 2
  - Slow time now 3 seconds, from 4
  - If destroyed, now procs the slow effect
Goliath:
- Time cost now 28, from 25
Blackjack:
- Time cost now 18, from 20
- Weapon range now 6, from 5
Matador:
- Time cost now 18, from 20
- Twinstrike Cannons weapon range now 5, from 4
- Cinder Servos now grants +2 armor, from +1
Ramesses:
- Time cost now 28, from 25
- Now moves ~10% slower
Durendal:
- Gas and time costs now 75/35, from 50/30
- Armor now 3, from 4
Penumbra:
- Weapon armor penetration now 4, from 0
- Now collides with Cataphracts, Paladins, and Architects
- Standardizing the Penumbra to use the same Kinetic Penetration rules as everyone else.
Wraith:
- Time cost now 28, from 25
- Sight range now 6, from 7
- Now moves ~10% slower
- Weapon damage now 2x5, from 1x10
- Pacifist Cloaking replaced with Proximity Cloaking
- Since Wraiths can now attack from max range without decloaking, reigning in their offensive power vs armor and their general mobility seemed appropriate.
Wyvern:
- HP now 180, from 200
- Jackson Cannon:
  - No longer deals splash damage
  - Now benefits from Kinetic Penetration
- Wyverns emerged as an extremely low-skill method of wiping ground armies. Kinetic Penetration requires more control to accomplish what standard splash did previously.
Sundog:
- Mineral and gas costs now 125/100, from 150/75
- Sight range now 7, from 8
- Now moves ~3% slower
- Pacifist Cloaking replaced with Proximity Cloaking
Salamander:
- HP now 160, from 175
Azazel:
- Gas cost now 150, from 100
- Sublime Shepherd:
  - No longer provides bonuses to enemy units
Tinkerer's Tower:
- Gas cost now 100, from 50
- No longer requires Fountainhead
Apothecary:
- Gas cost now 300, from 200
Scrapyard
- Time cost now 20, from 25
Mantle:
- Mineral cost now 250, from 150
- No longer requires Fountainhead
Iron Foundry:
- Mineral, gas, and time costs now 400/150/60, from 300/100/50
Future Station:
- Mineral, gas, and time costs now 400/200/40, from 200/150/30
- No longer requires Atelier
Biotic Bastion:
- Time cost now 45, from 30
- HP now 850, from 800
- No longer requires Atelier
Starpad:
- Mineral and gas costs now 100/100, from 125/75
Starport:
- Gas cost now 150, from 125
Rotary and Commandment:
- No longer requires Fountainhead
Nanite Assembly:
- Mineral, gas, and time costs now 600/400/75, from 300/250/60
- HP now 1700, from 1500
- No longer requires Atelier
Fountainhead, Atelier:
- Removed
Wellbore:
- Time cost now 50, from 60

Protoss

Envoy:
- Now moves ~5% slower
Amaranth:
- Time cost now 22, from 25
Atreus:
- Shields now 70, from 80
- Weapon now homes in on target
- Improving the Atreus's consistency should provide Protoss with a more "core" response to throngs of hostiles.
Herald:
- Mineral and gas costs now 100/100, from 150/50
Cantavis:
- Gas cost now 150, from 125
- HP now 50, from 40
- Shields now 50, from 40
Vassal:
- HP now 40, from 35
- Shields now 30, from 35
- Now moves 5% slower
Golem:
- Time cost now 28, from 25
- Shields now 60, from 80
- Armor now 3, from 2
- New passive: Tranquility Array
  - Upon taking shield damage, restore 2 shields for all allies within 3 range.
- Helping the Golem live up to its intended combat role.
Positron:
- Armor now 2, from 3
- No longer has Interception
- Providing missile interception to the Positron was an experiment that wound up failing. Reverting that change and dropping its armor will keep the unit reliant on a proper backline and good target selection.
Accantor:
- Mineral cost now 250, from 200
- Shields now 60, from 70
- Transport space now 6, from 4
- Requiring more of an investment to make more than one Accantor drop seems appropriate in a world without the "Shuttle Speed" upgrade.
Aurora:
- Last Orders damage now 25, from 20
Pylon:
- Mineral cost now 75, from 50
- Protoss players should think a bit more about when and where to add Pylons. This also reduces manner Pylon frequency, without removing it entirely.

Zerg

Ovileth:
- Sight range now 10, from 9
- Cautious change to allow Zerg to combat Eidolons from a range, in the wake of Proximity Cloak.
Quazilisk:
- Now moves ~16% slower
- Weapon armor penetration now 1, from 0
- In an attempt to diversify the Quazeth Pool, the Quazilisk should fall off later in the game now, while not being able to react to enemy movement as swiftly as its counterparts.
Nathrokor:
- Mineral cost now 75, from 50
- Now moves ~5% slower
Kalkalisk:
- Weapon damage now 5, from 4
- After fixing a bug where the Kalkalisk was dealing double damage to its primary target, this change keeps their damage relatively similar.
Mutalisk:
- Gas cost now 75, from 50
- Now moves ~5% slower
- Keeping an eye on mass Muta...
Tosgrilisk:
- Mineral, gas, and time costs now 100/150/28, from 150/100/25
- Weapon cooldown now 1, from 1.25
- ...and providing them better scaling once tier 3 is achieved.
Skithrokor:
- Skittering Spores:
  - Damage now 4, from 8
  - Cooldown now 0.791, from 0.708
- New passive: Ablative Whiplash
  - Projectiles deal damage to all targets, reducing by 1 for every target pierced, and return to the attacker after reaching their target
- Riffing on the passives of the Kalkalisk and the Lakizilisk, this change lets the Skithrokor compete with stacked air units - without erasing worker lines in the process, we hope!
Bactalisk:
- Weapon range now 7, from 8
- Reducing the Bactalisk's weapon range should encourage other options if you need to siege someone at tier 2.
Evigrilisk:
- Mineral and gas costs now 200/100, from 250/50
Keskathalor:
- Mineral and gas costs now 300/250, from 400/150
Geszithalor:
- Mineral and gas costs now 250/175, from 300/125
Alkajelisk:
- Gas cost now 250, from 200
Gorgrokor:
- Serrated Cleavers (vs. ground) weapon cooldown now 0.583, from 0.5
Ultrokor:
- Mineral and gas costs now 250/150, from 325/75
Zarcavrokor:
- Mineral and gas costs now 175/150, from 225/100
Spraith Cesiant:
- Weapon range now 9, from 8
- Part of the recent push to increase security against early air.
Quazeth Pool:
- Time cost now 45, from 40
Ezigrisant:
- Time cost now 45, from 50

19 KiB Raw Blame History

XX October 2023

Designer's Notes

Latest content

General

Tilesets

UI

Game modes:

AI:

Bugfixes

Audiovisuals:

Terran

Protoss

Zerg

19 KiB

Raw Blame History