Hey everyone,

We will be bringing the beta down this afternoon to make the following balance changes. Thanks again for all the great feedback you've provided while testing Heart of the Swarm. We hope to see you testing these changes and sharing your input soon!

Terran

Medivac
Caduceus Reactor
The Medivac’s healing beam now changes color once the Caduceus Reactor upgrade is complete.

Widow Mine
Unburrowed Widow Mine attack priority decreased to 19, down from 20.
Burrowed Widow Mine attack priority remains unchanged.

Armory
Vehicle and Ship Weapon upgrades are once again separate.
Vehicle and Ship Plating upgrades are still combined.


Protoss

Oracle
Pulsar Beam
Pulsar Beam activation now costs 25 energy.
While active, Pulsar Beam now drains 2 energy per second, down from 4.

Tempest
Kinetic Overload weapon damage vs. Massive increased from 30 to 50.

Dark Shrine
Dark shrine cost increased from 100/100 to 150/150.


Zerg

Mutalisk
New passive ability: Mutalisk Regeneration
Mutalisk health regeneration rate increased from .2734 to 1.

Are you kidding me?

That Muta regen is stupid.

surely you realize that hydras that move fast doesnt make up for the infestor nerfs

i like the muta change

anything that makes micro more about subtle things like pulling out weak units and less about casting spells

oh and this is probably because of the widow mine

mutas are not even remotely compatible in a game where widow mines exist

This post was edited by dwalk1989 on Dec 12 2012 05:21pm

Armory
Vehicle and Ship Weapon upgrades are once again separate.
Vehicle and Ship Plating upgrades are still combined.

Kind of a big change, I think it's a bit fairer then it was before.


Sounds about right.

As long as they didn't fuck around with skytoss too much

Nooooo all my fun dt openers down the drain. What is my life.

50/50 moer, huh that 10 seconds.

Healing Beam diffrent Color. So important update

Holy fuck, first time playing against widow mines, too op. its retarded

lmfao. You get used to it ^^ Now come back and dont dodge me