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Situation report for Wings of Liberty
As the release of Heart of the Swarm comes closer and closer, Blizzard focuses on last patches and changes for the expansion but still doesn't forget about Wings of Liberty. Apparently Blizzard sees some need for slight changes to the infestors and spawn locations on some maps.
By Tobias 'noxilicious' .
Jan 13, 2013 15:20
As the release of Heart of the Swarm comes closer and closer, Blizzard focuses on last patches and changes for the expansion but still doesn't forget about Wings of Liberty. Apparently Blizzard sees some need for slight changes to the infestors and spawn locations on some maps.It has taken Blizzard some time to react and change but it seems they finally realized that some changes had to be made.
First of all there will be changes to the spawn locations on Antiga Shipyard and Entombed Valley. Popular tournaments already applied the changes to their own maps and map pools, so Blizzard is following their example to change that. They see some possible problems that could cause but they feel the players got the necessary understanding to realize these changes and their importance.
Aditionally Blizzard feels that WoL needs some changes due to balance problems. The recent changes to the infestors did not change anything at all or as much as Blizzard wanted. Therefore they applied another change to Infested Terrans so they won't benefit from upgrades. This change has been applied to a new map for balance testing called '(4)AntigaShipyard (1.5.3 Balance v2.0)'.
Everyone should try out the new map and send his or her feedback to Blizzard. These changes might not be the last and although HotS will be released soon, they still want to improve the WoL situation.
Full situation report by Blizzard:
What do you think of the changes? Did you expect these changes and what do you think of the infestor nerf?
Source: battle.net
First of all there will be changes to the spawn locations on Antiga Shipyard and Entombed Valley. Popular tournaments already applied the changes to their own maps and map pools, so Blizzard is following their example to change that. They see some possible problems that could cause but they feel the players got the necessary understanding to realize these changes and their importance.
Aditionally Blizzard feels that WoL needs some changes due to balance problems. The recent changes to the infestors did not change anything at all or as much as Blizzard wanted. Therefore they applied another change to Infested Terrans so they won't benefit from upgrades. This change has been applied to a new map for balance testing called '(4)AntigaShipyard (1.5.3 Balance v2.0)'.
Everyone should try out the new map and send his or her feedback to Blizzard. These changes might not be the last and although HotS will be released soon, they still want to improve the WoL situation.
Full situation report by Blizzard:
Maps
Going forward, we’re going to make a few changes in our approach to the 1v1 ladder map pool.
First, we’ve decided to alter the start location rules for Antiga Shipyard and Entombed Valley to match those of popular tournaments. From now on, starting locations on Antiga Shipyard will be locked to cross-positions only, while Entombed Valley will allow players to spawn only in vertical and cross-positions.
We’ve held off on these changes until now primarily because we thought having different sets of hidden start location rules for each map might be confusing to lower level players. At this point, however, we feel that most StarCraft II players have a solid understanding of starting locations on each map. You will find these changes published during an upcoming server maintenance that will be happening next week.
We’re also discussing our direction for the Heart of the Swarm map pool. Though we will go into further detail at a later date, we are currently planning to make heavier use of popular tournament maps, refresh the map pool more frequently than we did in Wings of Liberty, and work closely with tournament organizations around the world in order to collaborate on map development.
Balance
We felt the nerfs we made to the Infestor with our most recent balance update did not have as much of an impact as we had hoped. In the Heart of the Swarm beta, we’ve been testing Infested Terrans that do not benefit from weapon or armor upgrades, and feel that bringing this change to Wings will help discourage mass-Infestor play in the late game.
We’ve just published a new version of the Antiga Shipyard balance test map to the custom games list under the name (4)AntigaShipyard (1.5.3 Balance v2.0). Please help us test the following change so that we can make another small update to Wings of Liberty balance:
Zerg
Infested Terrans no longer gain weapon and armor upgrades.
We’re looking for feedback on this change that is based on playtesting. After you’ve had a chance to thoroughly test it, please join us in this discussion thread.
Going forward, we’re going to make a few changes in our approach to the 1v1 ladder map pool.
First, we’ve decided to alter the start location rules for Antiga Shipyard and Entombed Valley to match those of popular tournaments. From now on, starting locations on Antiga Shipyard will be locked to cross-positions only, while Entombed Valley will allow players to spawn only in vertical and cross-positions.
We’ve held off on these changes until now primarily because we thought having different sets of hidden start location rules for each map might be confusing to lower level players. At this point, however, we feel that most StarCraft II players have a solid understanding of starting locations on each map. You will find these changes published during an upcoming server maintenance that will be happening next week.
We’re also discussing our direction for the Heart of the Swarm map pool. Though we will go into further detail at a later date, we are currently planning to make heavier use of popular tournament maps, refresh the map pool more frequently than we did in Wings of Liberty, and work closely with tournament organizations around the world in order to collaborate on map development.
Balance
We felt the nerfs we made to the Infestor with our most recent balance update did not have as much of an impact as we had hoped. In the Heart of the Swarm beta, we’ve been testing Infested Terrans that do not benefit from weapon or armor upgrades, and feel that bringing this change to Wings will help discourage mass-Infestor play in the late game.
We’ve just published a new version of the Antiga Shipyard balance test map to the custom games list under the name (4)AntigaShipyard (1.5.3 Balance v2.0). Please help us test the following change so that we can make another small update to Wings of Liberty balance:
Zerg
Infested Terrans no longer gain weapon and armor upgrades.
We’re looking for feedback on this change that is based on playtesting. After you’ve had a chance to thoroughly test it, please join us in this discussion thread.
What do you think of the changes? Did you expect these changes and what do you think of the infestor nerf?
Source: battle.net
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