Patch 1.1 notes.

[Maul]

Go play SC version 1.00 to see how good balance was. It's obvious that the game need patches to really be good, and something that is expected, and that's why people buys the game. That's why there are patches for SC vainilla, because you don't need to buy an expansion for the game to be good. Else you would be paying twice to get a good balanced game. If you want to call that free, that's fine, but you payed for it when you buyed the game. They aren't going to lose money, that's for sure.

Starcraft:

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- patch 1.01
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- Fixed cheat that allowed one player in a multiplayer game to see the map.

- Fixed bug that allowed players to receive extra resources when
canceling building construction multiple times by exploiting lag in a
multi-player game.

- Fixed pathing problem related crash bug that was most commonly
exhibited in Terran 10.

- Fixed C Runtime Library crash bug exhibited during saved games
when year was greater than 2098.

- Fixed sprite allocation errors that prevent normal combat and
creation of units.

- Fixed occasional hang when joining and leaving Battle.net.

- Enemy Science Vessels no longer continually unmask after
irradiating units.

- Missile turrets controlled by the AI properly acquire targets.

- Fixed blank game names in Battle.net game list.

- Game names with high ASCII characters now show up properly.

StarCraft 2's first major patch dwarfs the SC1 equivalent imo. If this is a trend setter, it looks like Blizzard is adding more features then ever before in a game other than WoW.

Yet they still complain...

[phazonjunkie]

CONCUSSICECRAFT II
i'm still confused over the BC nerf...
i want to battle more of them, not count on never worrying about them..

The only match I can see this nerf helping would be TvT, as Terrans essentially have no ground based anti-capital air. But then Vikings just murder BC's and can be acquired long before BC's come into play.

[spychi]

Imagine what would happen if Marauders could shoot air...

[ggurface]

Lost Book of Crafty Stars
Page Number 2
1.1.0 Have a sit down with a terran and a noodle cup

Greetings fellow player with the ability to read english or use a google translator. I am greeted with a sense of happiness and sadness as we are greeted by the first official retail patch for StarCraft 2. Several dynamics are shifted by the patch

Protoss
Is facing a more difficult game early vs both terran and zerg as the build time is increase for the zealot (15% increase normally, 21% increase for warp gate). Although one could argue that the protoss could compensate for the longer build time with additional gateway(s), if additional gateway(s) is/are constructed then the protoss would not be able to tech up or expand as quickly. I think this is a huge mistake since the zealot unit is one of three possible units. Could you imagine what the effects on balance if the zergling or the marine was delayed 15% as well? I think the penalty of 15% or the arbitrary 5 seconds is too great a number and hopefully be reduced in a later patch.

Terran
The decrease in battlecruiser's damage does slightly reduce the viability of the strategy of rushing to battlecruisers and using a MULE drop for repairs along with medivac marine drop to apply early pressure. The bunker build time is a welcome change by the majority I feel as it the timing attack with 1 marauder or 1 reaper with +1 range and the repair scv was unreasonably strong vs zerg early game. The reaper's build time increase of 5 seconds or 12.5% makes it slightly more difficult to group reaper harass early on, but not impossible. The siege tank change surprised all players. Although the change vs. zerg is not significant, as their units tend to have the least hp of all, the change vs. protoss is quite large. The zealot unit will now take 5 shots instead of 3 to kill, which makes the zealot bombs more viable when used with hallucination to elminiate tanks. It also severely increases the late game strength of the protoss army vs terran.


Zerg
The least modified race of all three does finally get rid of the ability "Ram" from the ultralisk as it did less damage vs buildings than with the ability that was designed to destroy buildings.

I think the conclusion the balance team reached was either the terrans needs to be toned down or that it is the most balanced (already toned down) of the three. It is hard to distinguish between the two as they tailored so many changes for terran, yet so little for protoss and zerg.
What do you think of the patch 1.1.0 changes?

I fully realize that all if not many of the readers will automatically assume a higher understanding of the Crafting of Stars. However, please allow me and others to freely contribute to this discussion because if it were otherwise, only a handful of people should give their opinions about a game millions of players purchased, which does not seem like a very pleasant notion.

[Norfindel]

Imagine what would happen if Marauders could shoot air...

SHHH!!! Don't say it too loud!!!

[dustinbrowder]

Calm down all, this is not the content patch. This is a bug fixing patch, with just the few balance chances promised getting delivered.
Yeah I know, the balance changes aren't exactly spot on(except the siege tank), but its better than nothing.

I'm also expecting chat channels, improved custom games and global server connection, but they will be at least 2 more months off.

[TheRabidDeer]

Calm down all, this is not the content patch. This is a bug fixing patch, with just the few balance chances promised getting delivered.
Yeah I know, the balance changes aren't exactly spot on(except the siege tank), but its better than nothing.

I'm also expecting chat channels, improved custom games and global server connection, but they will be at least 2 more months off.

While it isnt "THE" content patch, it is a content patch (as described by Blizzard, though they didnt call it a big content patch or anything of the sort). I think that most of the content was for the editor though.

[Skyze]

You guys hear about 1.2 patch coming? Chat channels, and more ladder stuff apparently. Should be interesting.

[Nicol Bolas]

Got a link?

[DemolitionSquid]

I think we should all know by now to take everything with a grain of salt until its in our hands.