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StarCraft II Beta — Patch 13 (version 0.15.0.15449)

The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum.

General

• Map Publishing is now enabled: Using the map editor, you can upload your custom maps to share with the Battle.net community.
• Facebook feature is integrated: Here’s a quick way to expand your social network by seeing who among your existing Facebook friends also has a Battle.net account.
• 3v3 and 4v4 formats are now enabled.
• Numerous updates have been made to the Leagues & Ladders system:
  • Removed Copper League and added Diamond League above Platinum League.
  • Player ratings start at 0, rather than 1000.
  • No longer displays loading screen odds in placement or practice league matches.
  • Matchmaking system logic updated.
• UDP is enabled to help improve game performance.
• Numerous performance and stability improvements.

Balance Changes

• PROTOSS
  • Sentry
    • Force Fields can now be destroyed by Massive ground units walking over them.
  • Void Ray
    • Range decreased from 7 to 6.
  • Warp Gate
    • Subgroup selection priority changed from 2 to 3 so that it takes priority over Gateways when selected.

   

• TERRAN
  • Marine
    • Stimpack research cost decreased from 150/150 to 100/100.
    • Combat Shield research cost decreased from 150/150 to 100/100.

   

• ZERG
  • Infestor
    • Infested Terran spell removed.
    • Frenzy spell added:
      • Costs 25 energy.
      • Targets a single biological unit which deals 25% more damage and is immune to snare, stuns, and mind control for 30 seconds.
  • Overseer
    • Contaminate spell added:
      • Costs 75 energy.
      • Targets a single enemy structure which cannot train units or research upgrades for 30 seconds.
    • Infested Terran spell added:
      • Costs 125 energy.
      • Infested Terrans have the same stats as those previously created by the Infestor and are placed directly under the Overseer when spawned.
  • Ultralisk
    • Life decreased from 600 to 450.
    • Damage changed from 25 to 15 (+25 Armored).
    • Damage versus structures increased from 60 to 75.

Hotkey Changes (English Only):

• Zerg Set Worker Rally Point changed from R to G.
• Zerg Spore Crawler changed from W to A to avoid conflict with the Select All Warp Gates hotkey.

Battle.net Interface

• Revamped summary pages for player Profiles and Leagues & Ladders.
• Added a Help system with tech trees and other tips and tricks.
• Removed identifier from the character naming process and added the ability to refer friends for invitation into your party or lobby.
• Updated the Battle.net user interface to consistently use a nested menu system.
• Added in-game blocking and player muting.

StarCraft II Beta — Patch 12 (version 0.14.0.15343) 

The latest patch notes can always be found on our StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum. 

Balance Changes 

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  • Forge
    • Build time increased from 35 to 45.
    • Life and shield values decreased from 550/550 to 400/400.
  • Mothership
    • Vortex now removes Force Fields within its area of effect.
• PROTOSS

 

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  • Thor
    • Radius decreased from 1.375 to 0.8125.
    • Model size reduced to match new radius.
• TERRAN

 

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  • Roach
    • Supply count increased from 1 to 2.
• ZERG

 

User Interface 

• Several Hotkey changes have been made (German client only).

 

Bug Fixes 

• Fixed a crash which sometimes occurred when quitting the program.

 StarCraft II Beta – Patch 1 (version 0.3.0.14093)

BALANCE CHANGES

• TERRAN
  • Viking
    • The armor value for this unit in Fighter Mode has decreased from 1 to 0.
    • The damage done by this unit in Fighter Mode has changed from 6 (+8 armored) to 10 (+4 armored).

     

  • Reaper
    • The damage done from D-8 Charges has decreased from 40 to 30.
    • The delay between attacks for D-8 Charges has decreased from 2.5 to 1.8.

     

  • Orbital Command
    • The build time for this upgrade has decreased from 50 to 35.

   

• PROTOSS
  • Observer
    • Gravitic Boosters: The cost of this research has decreased from 150 minerals and 150 vespene gas to 100 minerals and 100 vespene gas.

     

  • High Templar
    • Phase Shift: This ability has been removed from the game.
    • New ability: Feedback – Drains all energy from the target unit and causes damage equal to the amount of energy drained.

     

  • Colossus
    • The building pathing radius for this unit has decreased from .75 to .5625.

     

  • Mothership
    • Vortex: The energy cost of this ability has increased from 75 to 100.
    • Vortex: The target radius of this ability has decreased from 3.0 to 2.5.
    • Temporal Rift: This ability has been removed from the game.
    • Wormhole Transit: This ability has been removed from the game.
    • New ability: Mass Recall – Teleports all of the player’s units in the target area to the Mothership.

     

  • Nexus
    • Chrono Boost can no longer target allies.

     

  • Gateway
    • The build time of this building has increased from 50 to 65.

   

• ZERG
  • Infestor
    • Fungal Growth: The damage done by this ability has decreased from 48 to 36.
    • Fungal Growth: This ability now prevents affected units from burrowing.
    • Neural Parasite: Functionality changed – The Infestor now channels this spell, which lasts 10 seconds or until the Infestor is destroyed. You can now target all units with this ability.
    • Terran Infestation: The ability’s energy cost has reduced from 50 to 25 and Infested Terrans now spawn 1 at a time.

   

BUG FIXES

• Addressed an issue causing people to receive an “Internal Battle.net Error” message with their game client.
• Muting your microphone will no longer cause your microphone to be turned off in the operating system once the program has exited.
  • Please note that the voice chat functionality has only partially been implemented. There are many known issues with voice chat that we expect to address in a future patch.

   

• The “Medium” graphical settings were reconfigured to work better on appropriate machines. The video settings “auto-detect” functionality has been reset as a result.
• Added a frame rate limiter to the game menus to prevent some graphics cards from running at higher frame rates than necessary.

 

Hotkey Changes

• General
  
  • In order to resolve a conflict with building multiple Forges with the Shift Key we have made the following changes:
    
    • Changed Center Camera from Shift+F to Ctrl+F.
      
• Standard
  
  • To prevent the accidental research of Ventral Sacs when trying to train an Overlord with no Larva available, the hotkey has been changed from V to E.
    
  • View Own Health Bars functionality added to the Backslash key
    
• Standard for Lefties
  
  • Due to a conflict with research Banshee Cloak, research Seeker Missile has been changed from L to K.
    
  • To correct a conflict with the Attack command on Planetary Fortress, train SCV has been changed from K to J.
    
  • In order to prevent the accidental training of Zerglings when using the Select Larva hotkey,train Zergling has been changed from L to J.
    
  • To prevent the accidental training of a Queen, train Ultralisk has been changed from U to T.
    
  • To prevent the accidental research of Pneumatized Carapace when trying to train a corruptor with no Larva available, research Pneumatized Carapace has been changed from P to C.
    
  • View All Status Bars has been changed from Q to the Alt key.
    
  • View own Status Bars functionality has been added to the Q key.
    
• Grid for Lefties
  
  • Attack Move and all other buttons in the 0,4 position should now function correctly.
    
  • View Own Status Bars functionality added to Q.
    
  • View Enemy Status Bars moved to W.
    
  • View Ally Status Bars moved to E.
    
• Classic
  
  • Changed build Nydus Canal from P to N.
    
  • Changed Place Nydus Canal ability from P to N.
    
    TERRAN Infantry Weapon researches have been changed from E to W.
    
    TERRAN Vehicle Weapon researches have been changed from E to W.
    
  • Train Thor hotkey has been changed from O to G.
    
  • Train Viking hotkey has been changed from Y to W.
    
  • View Own Status Bars functionality has been added to the Backslash key.
    

Icon Position Changes

• To put all race gas extractors in the same icon position, the positions of the Supply Depot/Refinery and Pylon/Assimilator have been swapped.
  
• In order to make transforming multiple Gateways easier for players using Grid key sets, Transform to Gateway has been moved to a separate icon position (2,1).
  

Bug Fixes

• Corrected an issue that was causing the Polish language client to crash when receiving the "player is no longer being revealed” message.
  
• Corrected incorrect battle.net links on multiple language clients pages.
  
• Corrected an issue where the Zealot was using an US English voice over in the Korean language client.
  
• Corrected an issue where a player is unable to build any structures that require pylon power when their protoss ally leaves.
  
• Units can no longer be healed or repaired while in transports.
  
• Corrected an issue where the Creep Tumor targeting circle was visible to opponents through Fog of War.
  
• Corrected an issue in which selecting a Starport under construction and a completed Starport would display the select builder command in the Viking slot.
  
• Corrected the Broodling weapon icon.
  

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 8 (version 0.10.0.14803)

The latest patch notes can always be found at
http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23094049316&sid=5000

General

• Korea
• Added support to display the game rating information on the login screen.

Balance Changes

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  • Thor
    • Build time decreased from 75 seconds to 60 seconds.
  • Siege Tank
    • Build time decreased from 50 seconds to 45 seconds.
  • Marauder
    • Concussive Shells now require an upgrade.
  • Barracks Tech Lab
    • Concussive Shells upgrade added.
    • Concussive Shells upgrade costs 100/100 and takes 80 seconds to complete.
  • Void Ray
    • Changed to only have 2 damage levels instead of 3. Still takes the same amount of time to fully charge.
    • Base damage changed from 2 (+4 armored) to 5.
    • Powered-up damage changed from 8 (+16 armored) to 10 (+15 armored).
    • Armor value decreased from 1 to 0.
    • Cost increased from 200/150 to 250/150.
  • Roach
    • Burrowed move speed decreased from 2 to 1.4.
    • Armor value decreased from 2 to 1.
  • Hydralisk
    • Life decreased from 90 to 80.
• TERRAN
• PROTOSS
• ZERG

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 7 (version 0.9.0.14621B)

The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum.

Balance Changes

• Banshee
  • The health has been increased from 130 to 140.
• Missile Turret
  • The damage has been changed from 7+7 armored to 12.
• Thor
  • Anti-Air damage has been decreased from 10+6 light to 8+4 light.
  • Anti-Air attack now deals splash damage in a 0.5 radius.

 

• High Templar
  • The Psi Storm radius has been decreased from 2 to 1.5
• Photon Cannon
  • Life and Shield values have been increased from 125/125 to 150/150.

 

• Broodlord
  • Damage has been decreased from 25 to 20.
• Roach
  • Organic Carapace no longer grants bonus regeneration to unburrowed roaches.
• Spine Crawler
  • Damage has been increased from 20+10 armored to 25+5 armored.
  • Attack period decreased from 2.2 to 1.6.
• Spore Crawler
  • The cost has been decreased from 100 to 75.
• TERRAN
• PROTOSS
• ZERG

 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue in which players would desync when matched against others with certain CPUs.

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 6 (version 0.8.0.14593)

The latest patch notes can always be found on the StarCraft II Beta General Discussion forum.

General

• You can now report misconduct or block communication with a player after completion of a game by right-clicking on the offending player’s name in the score screen and choosing Report Abuse or Block Communication.
• You can now view any player’s profile after completion of a game by right-clicking on their name in the score screen and choosing View Profile.
• Updated unit and ability tooltips to be accurate in all regions.
• Improved the visibility of units on zerg creep.
• Improved the visibility of team colors for protoss units using warp-in to help distinguish between multiple protoss players.
• Improved the system that handles promotion and relegation between Leagues.
• Improved the Favored functionality to more accurately portray Even matches and display properly in the score screen.
• Improved 2v2 arranged team matchmaking so games are found more quickly.
• Improved replay functionality so missing maps will be downloaded from Battle.net when you view a replay.
• Korea: Improved the logic for the age gate functionality.

Balance Changes

• Pathing has been improved so units can now properly block ramps and choke points.
• Made a change to how zerg creep affects doodads, such as trees, to prevent players from seeing the starting location of zerg players through the fog of war.

 

• Viking
  • Cost changed from 125 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas to 150 Minerals and 75 Vespene Gas.
• Ghost
  • Cost changed from 100 Minerals and 200 Vespene Gas to 150 Minerals and 150 Vespene Gas.
  • EMP Round radius decreased from 3 to 2.
• Factory
  • Cost decreased from 200 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas to 150 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas.
• Tech Lab
  • Cost decreased from 50 Minerals and 50 Vespene Gas to 50 Minerals and 25 Vespene Gas.
• Reactor
  • Build time increased from 25 seconds to 50 seconds.
• SCV
  • Life decreased from 60 to 45.
• Bunker
  • Build time decreased from 40 seconds to 30 seconds.
• Marine
  • Build time increased from 20 seconds to 25 seconds.

 

• Colossus
  • Thermal Lances damage decreased from 23 to 20.
• Observer
  • Cost increased from 25 Minerals and 75 Vespene Gas to 50 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas.
  • Build time increased from 33 seconds to 40 seconds.
• Stalker
  • Particle Disruptors damage increased from 8 (+6 Armored) to 10 (+4 Armored).
  • Weapon upgrade damage decreased from +1 (+1 Armored) to +1 (+0 Armored).
• Dark Templar
  • Armor type changed from Biological-Psionic to Biological-Psionic-Light.
• High Templar
  • Armor type changed from Biological-Psionic to Biological-Psionic-Light.
• Dark Shrine
  • Build time increased from 80 seconds to 100 seconds.
  • Cost increased from 100 Minerals and 200 Vespene Gas to 100 Minerals and 250 Vespene Gas.

 

• Baneling
  • Volatile Burst damage increased from 15 (+20 Light) to 20 (+15 Light).
• Roach
  • Burrowed regeneration rate decreased from 10 to 5.
  • Upgraded burrowed regeneration bonus decreased from +20 to +10.
• GENERAL
• TERRAN
• PROTOSS
• ZERG

 

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue affecting the incorrect assignment of arranged teams to certain Leagues.
• Fixed an issue affecting random teams that caused no points being awarded on wins and too many points being removed on losses in certain situations.
• Fixed an issue involving the Bonus Pool display on the Quick Match and Leagues & Ladders pages.
• Korean client: Fixed an issue affecting the ability for Korean players to properly view profiles. They can now see their League ranking on their profile page.
• Fixed an intermittent UI crash on game shutdown.
• Polish client: Fixed a crash which would happen any time a “Player is no longer being revealed!” message was displayed.