Developer Blizzard Entertainment unexpectedly released a new Patch for StarCraft II, for now only on the Public Test Realms. The changes mostly go over the balance of the playable races, but a few bug fixes are included, such as the Mothership attack at max range.
While the changes themselves are not drastic, it is nice to see that Blizzard remembered StarCraft at all, considering how little attention the game gets compared to Diablo, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch.
StarCraft II 5.0.15 PTR Patch Notes:
Zerg
- Spire cost reduced from 200/200 to 150/150.
- Centrifugal Hooks now give +5 HP bonus to Banelings again.
- Microbial Shroud reduces range attacks by 50% damage.
- Microbial Shroud effect no longer persists for a few seconds after the unit has left the shroud.
Protoss
- Energy Overcharge grant has been reduced from 100 to 50 energy.
- Energy Overcharge cooldown reduced from 60 to 45 seconds.
- Mothership HP reduced from 350/350 to 300/300.
- Psionic Storm duration increased from 2.86 to 8.58.
- Psionic Storm damage reduced from 10 to 5 damage per tick.
- Dark Templar Blink attack delay reduced from 0.75 to 0.25.
- Surveillance mode now reveals the Observers.
- Surveillance mode increases vision from 13.75 to 15.
Terran
- Siege Tank can no longer be abducted when in siege mode.
- Viking cost reduced from 150/75 to 125/50.
- Drilling Claws effectiveness increased from 1.07 to 0.71 seconds.
- Hyperspeed Rotors research time decreased to 79 seconds.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue with Cyclone attack upgrade giving +1 instead of +2.
- Fixed an issue with Mothership attack at max range.
- Fixed an issue with Cyclone Lock-On cooldown.
- Fixed an issue with Orbital Commands not auto rallying.
