StarCraft 2 update 1.3.3 released

12 May 2011

Blizzard has dropped a pretty big StarCraft 2 update, bringing the game up to version 1.3.3 and changing a bunch of things that will probably get changed again in the next update.

The full update list includes:

General

– The default hotkey to toggle in-game music on/off has been reverted to its hotkey prior to Patch 1.3.0. The hotkey to display APM in the observer stat panel has been changed as a result.

Balance

PROTOSS

Archon
– Now a massive unit.
– Range increased from 2 to 3.

Cybernetics Core
– Research Warp Gate time increased from 140 to 160.

Gateway
– Sentry train time decreased from 42 to 37.
– Warp Gate unit train times remain unchanged.

– Pylon power radius has been decreased from 7.5 to 6.5.

TERRAN

Bunker
– Salvage resource return reduced from 100% to 75%.

Ghost
– Cost changed from 150/150 to 200/100.

Thor
– Thor now has 200 max energy, and starts with 50 energy.
– 250mm Strike Cannons now cost 150 energy to use (cooldown removed).

ZERG

Infestor
– Speed decreased from 2.5 to 2.25.

Spore Crawler
– Root time decreased from 12 to 6.

Bug Fixes

– Fixed an issue where Ghosts could not quickly EMP the same location.
– Fixed an issue that allowed players to stack air units when issuing a queued stop command before the units reached the end of their patrol point.
– Fixed an issue where unplugging your USB headset while another player was talking to you could cause a crash.
– Fixed an issue where the APM statistic could be artificially increased.
– Fixed an issue where 3D unit portraits were not animating smoothly at slow game speeds.
– Fixed an issue where, when viewing a replay, no text message was displayed when a player left a game.
– The Taiwanese hotkey to display/hide the game UI while in Observer mode now works correctly.

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