Heart of the Swarm Update
Blizzard just announced some fairly major tweaks to the HotS Multiplayer. You can read the full article here if you're interested. The major changes include:
- Shredder removed due to the fact that it was being abused
- Warhound might be removed soon
- Blizzard is considering giving terran long-range cannon that can help break siege walls
- Blizzard is considering giving the thor anti-air spider mines
- Replicant was removed, because it forced enemy players to not build good units (out of fear of being copied)
- Tempest changed to be a long-range aerial siege weapon, instead of a anti-air splash damage ship
- New viper ability allows it to blind enemy units in an area of effect
- New viper ability allows to restore energy by feeding off mineral patches
- Overseer has been brought back, and the viper is now a pure caster
- Overseer will be tweaked to make it more fun in the future
- New types of nydus worms are being added; One example is a worm that can spew creep across large areas to create "creep highways"
- Blizzard says they want to get HotS and Blizzard DOTA out to the public "sometime in the near future"
Blizzard posted this video with the HotS update, and though it's completely unrelated, it's still awesome.
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ZealNaga Apr 12, 2012 at 09:21 UTC - 1 like...Meh iz no happee. At all. New units already being removed? LMFAO... I'd rather see the Carrier brought back and the Fleet Beacon made useful, rather than this mess. The new Zerg units require micro to make good use of them, which is insane considering the high level of micro already required to play Zerg properly. Giving more siege-breaking power to the Terran is also a mistake IMHO, it will only be used in TvT when people keep spamming the terrain with tanks in siege mode. We're back to square one and I don't expect the game to be released "in the near future". This is getting ridiculous, I'd rather spend some time in Diablo 3 instead of waiting for them to balance HotS properly...
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zenx1 Apr 12, 2012 at 07:19 UTC - 0 likesJust release the damn improved editor tools before anouncing new stuff....
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Ultimaswc3 Apr 12, 2012 at 02:35 UTC - 0 likesNo sense releasing until a bit after Diablo 3.
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BorgDragon Apr 12, 2012 at 00:18 UTC - 0 likesThis game is now delayed by 2+ years.
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progammer Apr 12, 2012 at 00:15 UTC - 0 likesNice they linked both songs from Temp0. Good changes overall regarding the feedback after Blizzcon. Now to Blizz Dota ...
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Nardival Apr 12, 2012 at 00:14 UTC - 0 likes@SoulFilcher - it's how they have always, and will continue to always iteratively develop and design games. But, I guess hating on Blizzard is all cool now :)
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SoulFilcher Apr 12, 2012 at 00:11 UTC - 0 likesJust what I thought would happen. Blizzard proudly annouces their new stuff for HoTS, things don't go as they expected, they remove everything and start over. And still they listen to players but pretend they don't.
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zorbotron Apr 11, 2012 at 23:21 UTC - 0 likesfale
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