Starcraft II Beta Patch 12 has just been released.
The Protoss Forge's Build Time has been increased from 35 to 45. This makes complete sense, because 35 is very quick and forge fast expands were very strong before. Forge life and shield values also decreased from 550/550 to 400/400. I don't see any of this making a big difference. It's probably for the best. However, Protoss has seemed to have nothing but nerfs throughout the entire beta.
The Mothership vortex now removes force fields. This is interesting. It makes sense, although it will rarely come into play.
The Thor size has been reduced from 1.375 to 0.8125. This means pathing radius as well as model scale. The Thors will be able to move around a lot more easily now, and will be less susceptible to surrounds by melee units, particularly Zerglings. However, it will also mean fewer SCVs will fit around it to repair it. This is a buff for the Thor, probably making up for all of it's nerfs in the previous patch.
Lastly, the Roach's supply count has been increased from 1 to 2. This will mean huge cost for overlords (larva as well as minerals,) when a zerg player goes roaches. Really, a necessary adjustment. This will really help out Terran and Protoss players against roach builds, and perhaps mean fewer roaches in Zerg vs. Zerg.
That's all the balance changes. They've also changed some hotkeys around on the German Client. Also, they've dealt with any annoying little bug that causes the game to crash when exiting.
Patch Notes
Edited by Gfire, 14 May 2010 - 01:37 AM.
