Starcraft 2 Updates Beta Patch 5

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 5 (version 0.7.0.14356)

Balance Changes


* PROTOSS

Cybernetics Core

+ Warp Gate research time increased from 60 seconds to 140 seconds.

* ZERG

Hatchery/Lair/Hive

+ Burrow research time increased from 50 seconds to 100 seconds.
+ Burrow research cost increased from 50 Minerals and 50 Vespene Gas to 100 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas.

Nydus Network

+ Nydus Worm build time increased from 10 seconds to 20 seconds.

Hydralisk

+ The delay between attacks has been increased from 0.75 seconds to 0.83 seconds.

Infestor

+ Neural Parasite has been redesigned:

# The limited duration of 10 seconds has been removed.
# Can no longer target air units.
# Cast range decreased from 9 to 7.

+ Burrowed Infestor move speed decreased from 1.5 to 1.
+ Infestor life decreased from 120 to 90.
+ Infestors that are burrowed now have the same threat level as above-ground units for the purposes of automatically acquiring targets.


Bug Fixes


* Fixed an issue with High graphics settings that could cause particles not to render.

Starcraft 2 Updates Beta Patch 4

StarCraft II Beta - Patch 4 (version 0.6.0.B14259B)

General

* Korea

Added support to display the game rating information on the F10 in-game menu within the beta.

Starcraft 2 Updates Beta Patch 3

StarCraft II Beta - Patch 3 (version 0.5.0.14219B)

Balance Changes

* TERRAN

Engineering Bay

+ Infantry Armor: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
+ Infantry Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.

Armory

+ Vehicle Plating: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
+ Vehicle Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
+ Ship Plating: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
+ Ship Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.

* PROTOSS

Zealot

+ The maximum shield capacity of this unit has been decreased from 60 to 50.


SC2 Bug Fixes

* Fixed a bug where the Infestor's Neural Parasite ability could cause Reapers to lose the ability to move.
* Fixed an issue that could use an incorrect HDR format on some ATI cards.
* Fixed a crash that could happen on some ATI cards.

Starcraft 2 Updates Beta Patch 2

StarCraft II Beta - Patch 2 (version 0.4.0.14133)

Here's the 2nd SC2 patch from Blizzard.

Balance Changes

* Terran

Banshee

+ Cloak: This ability no longer requires Fusion Core to research.

Barracks

+ The build time for this building has decreased from 65 to 60.

Factory

+ The build time for this building has decreased from 65 to 60.

Reactor

+ The build time for this building has decreased from 40 to 25.

Reaper

+ The build time for this unit has increased from 30 to 40.
+ Nitro Boost: The build time for this upgrade has increased from 90 to 100.

Starport

+ The build time for this building has decreased from 55 to 50.

Tech Lab

+ The build time for this building has decreased from 30 to 25.

* Protoss

Mothership

+ The build time for this unit has increased from 120 to 160.
+ The food cost of this unit has increased from 6 to 8.
+ The number of shots fired by this unit has decreased from 8 to 6.
+ The shield of this unit has decreased from 400 to 350.
+ The health of this unit has decreased from 400 to 350.
+ The acceleration of this unit has decreased from 1.3125 to 0.3125.
+ The deceleration of this unit has increased from 0 to 1.

Nexus

+ Chrono Boost: The duration of this ability has decreased from 30 to 20.

* Zerg

Corruptor

+ The damage done by this unit has increased from 12 (+8 massive) to 12 (+10 massive).