Heart Of The Swarm Multiplayer Changes

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Zi aglomerată la BlizzCon. Detalii despre CE-ul de la Diablo III, X4 pt. WoW, Blizzard DotA și, ceea ce ne interesează pe noi aici, HotS.
Campania single player va totaliza ~ 20 de misiuni însă multiplayer-ul este cel puternic modificat cu 2-3 unități noi per rasă, câteva din cele existente înlăturate, abilități noi/modificate și lista poate continua.
Direct din balance panel @ BlizzCon vin următoarele:

Terrans

Issues and weaknesses

Thor is too slow and clumsy
Race has difficulties in handling mass zealots in late game


New units and abilities

New "battle mode" for hellion - transforms like a viking

Battle mode hellion has more hit points, moves more slowly
Shorter, wider arc on flame attack, and stronger
Gives terran a beefy front-line fighter in the late game


Warhound

Smaller, more nimble version of Thor
Effective anti-mech ground weapon to help break siege tank lines
Anti-air attack with splash damage


Shredder

Robot that emits channeled, area of effect damage when immobilized
Damage automatically shuts off when an ally moves into range
Gives terran cheap zone control, but can't be used near main army
Is still very work-in-progress


Thor

Moved to late game, more hit points and damage
Can only have one, like mothership from Wings of Liberty





Zerg

Issues and weaknesses

Mid-game difficulties with siege and controlling areas
Missed opportunities with certain units like ultralisk and corruptor


New units and abilities

Ultralisk

Existing version is bulky and has difficulties engaging in battle
New burrow charge ability lets it dive underground and get into the fight easily


Viper

New caster unit with detection -- replaces overseer
Has abilities like blinding cloud to help break entrenched positions
Abduct ability allows it to pull units to itself -- pull siege tanks or colossus out of death balls


Swarm host

Zerg artillery for map control and siege
Burrows into the ground, and continuously generates small creatures to attack
Feels very zerg-y





Protoss

Issues and weaknesses

Needs more raiding options
Needs area of effect, anti-air attacks


New units and abilities

Tempest

New protoss capital ship, replaces carrier
Anti-air splash damage for mutalisks and other aircraft
Has direct air-to-ground attack as well that isn't splash


Replicant

Special unit that can clone itself into any non-massive unit
Allows protoss to also take siege tanks or infestors from enemies
Is very expensive
Still very much a work-in-progress, not-final unit


Oracle

Caster unit used for raiding and harassment
Can disable enemy structures, or prevent miningwith its abilities
Doesn't actually kill or damage anything
Mothership is cut in favor of this unit

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Toate acestea anunțate oficial ulterior și pe blog-ul StarCraft II.

[Cronos]

Din cate vad eu, terran e oarecum nerfat, zerg sunt in sfarsit si ei aranjati si capata un sens ultra si corruptor, iar tossul are de castigat.
Ca terran ma simteam oarecum ok vs zerg pentru ca puteam sa ma bazez pe tanks/thor/hellions. Acuma hellions devin mai potente vs zerg desi nu cred ca era cazul, inschimb thorul nustiu cum o sa-si justifice existenta in meciuri, pentru ca oricum era clumsy si slow, asa il faci cu mai mult hp si dmg, dar tot o sa pice usor din cauza problemelor anterioare.
Zergul e ok, ar putea sa fie un motiv sa schimb si eu rasa, pentru ca in beta am prins drag de ei insa eram satul sa vad ca nu e balansat calumea (dupa parerea mea) si learning *****ul e oarecum bizar. Ultra primeste ce are nevoie, Viper devine un Corruptor mai potent, si swarm host care pare *****t
Tossul insa ma dispera, pur si simplu am eu o ciuda cu rasa asta pentru ca iti ofera o paleta larga de optiuni si feluri de a te stresa Aveau deja dominatie aeriana, acuma trebuie sa intareasca situatia cu tempest (consider o varianta carrier usor buffuita) iar replicant si oracle care pur si simplu in ochii mei par imbalanced. Oracle pare capabil dupa mine sa puna probleme serioasa in planul macro , iar replicant ...need I say more ? (aceasi chestie cu puternic dar expensive, de parca economia tossului sta in groapa si are nevoie de chronoboost ca sa supravietuieasca)
Ma rog, ultima parte cu tossul e mai subiectiva si nu zic ca trebuie luata in serios, dar il salut pe cel care ma intelege

In rest voi ce ati mai facut copii ? Ma gandeam sa ma reapuc de SC2 si am vazut si noul trailer si eram curios what's going on.
Cheers


LE: lol, vad ca e cenzurat, prima parte e curba de invatare