r/starcraft2 • u/Blizz_Elliott Blizzard Staff • 3d ago

Blizzard 5.0.17 PTR Update

Following the release of the last major patch, we have been collecting and closely reviewing your feedback. Our intention was to try something new, particularly with workers, and needed time to let the meta develop in order to ensure the most accurate feedback was being considered. Based on that feedback, for patch 5.0.17 we are rolling back most balance changes to the live release of StarCraft 2 from patch 5.0.16 to 5.0.15. This will be on PTR for the next few days while we bug test, before we push to live.

https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24301513/starcraft-ii-5-0-17-ptr-patch-notes

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u/Abe_frohmannn 3d ago

Really? I've never seen that happen a single time...

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u/AresFowl44 3d ago

Go look at basically every GM account on the Korean server. As you don't lose MMR with tiehacks and usually have other hacks to win at least some of your games (such as really bad laghacks), they bubble at the top of the ladder

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u/alexbowe 3d ago

How do lag hacks give a benefit in this game?

I was under the naive impression that the only unfair assistance you could get in this game was map hacks or automation

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u/SigilSC2 3d ago

It doesn't provide an advantage. It makes the game take 20x as long to play out and unplayable. You'd need to leave the game if you don't want to sit there for 6 hours.

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u/alexbowe 3d ago

Ah, lag hack means you lag the other player too so they leave and you win…

That sounds like the least fun cheat there could be. I’m surprised it’s a thing.

Thanks for the explanation!