4 March 2023 - prospective patch notes

Designer's Notes

Reminder: Get CMBW's updater here! Setup instructions are here!

Note that the editor mpq has recently had its name changed. Adjust your SCMDraft profiles accordingly.

Aside from that: More audiovisuals and balance updates are trickling in.

AI unit reactions can no longer cause a silent crash involving Didact cloaking
Ocsal Larvae now spawn two Vorvrokors, Kalkalisks, and Ghitorokors per egg
Hotkey conflict between Pazuzu and Anticthon has been resolved
Some incorrect armor icons and unit training strings have been corrected
Isthrath Mound unit name and Isthrathaleth requirement string have been corrected

Sun-Starved, by Pr0nogo:
- Marked as outdated
Stardust, by knightoftherealm:
- Revamped middle terrain
- Reworked naturals
- Added more gas to the isolated corner expos

Madcap:
- Mineral cost now 125, from 100
Heracles:
- Gas cost now 25, from 50
Striga:
- Mineral and gas costs now 200/0, from 175/25
Autocrat:
- Gas cost now 100, from 150
Silvertongue:
- Gas cost now 175, from 200
Ramesses:
- Mineral and gas costs now 225/0, from 200/25
Pazuzu:
- Weapon range now 8, from 7
Aion:
- Gas cost now 450, from 500
Wraith:
- HP now 90, from 85
- Weapon cooldown now 0.916, from 1.083
Gorgon:
- Gas cost now 25, from 50
Sundog:
- Armor penetration now 2, from 1
Azazel:
- Gas and time costs now 100/35, from 150/36
Centaur:
- Artax Cannon weapon damage now 35, from 30
Minotaur:
- Weapon range now 9, from 8
Ion Cannon:
- Transport space cost now 40, allowing it to be transported by Pytheans
- Can now lift off, though it's... unfinished
Iron Foundry:
- Time cost now 50, from 60

Barghest:
- Time cost now 25, from 20
Charlatan:
- Gas cost now 175, from 200
Mind Tyrant:
- Now moves ~15% slower
- Maelstrom projectile now significantly slower
Archon:
- Mineral and gas costs now 500/100, from 450/150
Optecton:
- Sunsplit Beam no longer pierces targets and goes to max range, instead firing a non-tracking projectile
Patriarch:
- Mineral and gas costs now 200/250, from 400/300
Positron:
- Gas cost now 50, from 75
Demiurge:
- Gas cost now 350, from 400
- No longer a specialist
- Gods Made Flesh removed
- Weapon cooldown now 0.75, from 0.833
Empress:
- Anodyne Annex now restores 5 HP per stack and grants 1 second of timed life per stack, from 2.5 HP and 0.25 seconds of timed life
Aurora:
- Mineral cost now 125, from 150
Gladius:
- Shields now 70, from 80
Magister:
- Gas cost now 100, from 125
Epigraph:
- Gas cost now 150, from 200
- Now moves ~22% faster
Didact:
- Weapon range now 6, from 5
Rogue Gallery:
- Time cost now 45, from 40

Iroleth:
- Mineral, gas, and time costs now 75/25/20, from 50/50/15
Cikralisk:
- Mineral, gas, and time costs now 150/25/25, from 125/50/20
- HP now 65, from 60
Ghitorokor:
- Mineral and gas costs now 150/0, from 100/25
- HP now 110, from 90
Tosgrilisk:
- Weapon splash radius now 12/24/36, from 16/32/48
Izirokor:
- Mineral cost now 150, from 200
Tethzorokor:
- Gas cost now 0, from 25
- HP now 200, from 180
Kagralisk:
- HP now 100, from 90
Evigrilisk:
- Gas cost now 50, from 75
- HP now 240, from 200
- Armor now 4, from 3
- Transport space cost now 6, from 4
Almaksalisk:
- Weapon armor penetration now 6, from 4
Keskathalor:
- Gas and time costs now 150/40, from 200/45
- Weapon range now 14, from 13
Geszithalor:
- Weapon can no longer target air units
Matraleth:
- Parasite:
  - Energy cost now 100, from 75
- Ensnaring Brood:
  - Now passively applies to all units within 5 range of the Matraleth
Ultrokor:
- Mineral, gas, and time costs now 400/0/35, from 300/50/30
- Now moves 10% faster
Zarcavrokor:
- Mineral and gas costs now 250/50, from 200/75
- HP now 320, from 300
Tetcaerokor:
- Gas cost now 75, from 100
- HP now 240, from 225
- Now moves ~12.5% faster
Akistrokor:
- Gas cost now 75, from 150
- Armor now 4, from 3
- Weapon cooldown now 0.666, from 0.791
Hachirosk:
- HP now 1200, from 1000
Gathtelosk:
- Mineral and gas costs now 250/450, from 450/100