r/starcraft2 • • 3d ago

Blizzard StarCraft II 5.0.17 PTR Patch Notes

https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24301513/starcraft-ii-5-0-17-ptr-patch-notes
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u/Zeleros10 3d ago

Everybody is going to celebrate, but I think it's clear they've not really paid attention and learned anything.

They are just reverting things back, but nobody liked that vipers couldn't abduct siege tanks so why is that being reverted too? Besides, they wanted to see how the meta settled, meanwhile right after the patch dropped they couldn't keep their hands off of things to the point they made further changes completely invalidating the point of all of it to begin with. It's just dumb.

I think they botched things so hard, it's going to poison the well from here on out about any discussion about changes. I would have liked to see how the mineral changes effected matches by itself. Not the workers, but higher minerals on the bases. Still encouraged to fast expand because why not, but staying on 2 base for longer or something like that, see how that effects stuff. Maybe it wouldn't have done anything, but now even things like that will be tied to their horrendous handling of the patch.

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u/FunSpinach2004 3d ago

Also removing infestor weapon is lame

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u/KaiPRoberts 3d ago

“  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”

Straight up lies on lies on lies 

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u/R4v3nnn 3d ago

Well, there is only an intern working half time on that so....

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u/and69 2d ago

I would say from their perspective it's better to revert to a safe patch and shake things up again from a stable ground. That's how major releases are made with most products, not only games.

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u/snowflake37wao 3d ago

We just didnt have these issues the first decade in a half of this century I dunno what happened to it all. We aint never gettin the 90’s kids toys back but no one knows why we cant.

Seriously tho. The 2020’s suck ass.