Undocumented changes 1.2.0 PTR

- Air units now turn way faster and bank much more. Overall air units are far more responsive and more microable than in 1.1.3
-- Units most affected by this: Corruptor (now can be easily microed to shoot and scoot) banshee (feels much easier to shoot and scoot) Muta (same) Carrier / broodlord / battlecruiser now feel much more responsive and lighter.
- New art for burrow icon
- New art for Roach burrow and movement (now looks similar to Infestor)
- Blink animation changed, now doesn't leave a ghost, the stalker simply blinks

Also, a lot of the units seem to have their turn rates tweaked to make them feel a bit more microable and lighter. I've only tried out air units but stalker even feels a bit lighter (turn rate probably upped a bit)

Lots of tiny movement tweaks I guess.

ill beleive it when i see it.

such subtle changes are so easy to just "imagine" ...

You can no longer block an oponnent's ramp with 2 pylons. You need 3.

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Originally Posted by Todie

ill beleive it when i see it.

such subtle changes are so easy to just "imagine" ...

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Meh, I've tested it out. Turning is instant for air units if you click close to the air unit. So overall there's a lot of small tuning. Compared to 1.1.3 it's pretty obvious just fire it up.

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Originally Posted by Woland

You can no longer block an oponnent's ramp with 2 pylons. You need 3.

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Woah. Seriously?? It's been verified on multiple maps?? What about using two bunkers to block a ramp??

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Originally Posted by JackhammerIV

Woah. Seriously?? It's been verified on multiple maps?? What about using two bunkers to block a ramp??

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Two bunkers can still block, but 2 pylons can not.

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Originally Posted by Wankey

Meh, I've tested it out. Turning is instant for air units if you click close to the air unit. So overall there's a lot of small tuning. Compared to 1.1.3 it's pretty obvious just fire it up.

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i cant fire it up the test is NA only.

also, i havnt read any other mention of air unit behavior being different, and in my epxereicne, everything is rather responsive even as is, so i doubt it would be all that obvious.

i mean no disrespect :) sounds awesome that corrupters would move better etc..

It doesnt really feel like they changed the turning, I think they adjusted the deceleration (which is why it feels like they turn faster when you click near and not far).

Yeah the air units definitely respond WAY faster. I've been able to kite with corruptors like crazy now. Much more responsive. Air units definitely bank WAY more. Just a single turn and I got my battlecruiser to do a 90 degree bank (indicating a faster turn rate?)

Wankey you've got a keen eye for detail.

The new blink animation is really good actually in combat. Instead of making stalkers appear out of nowhere, your eye is now focus on their end blink not their starting blink.

It's really good when you see stalkers blink into battle since the blink effect is now on them when they blink in.

I wonder whether this was a bug or an intended issue. If it was intended, then well done Blizzard for working on even more readability issues.