Patch 1.4.2 (In PTR)

[EndlessDreams]

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty - Patch 1.4.2
Table of Contents:

General
Bug Fixes
Balance

General

“Audio Fade” under Sound Options has been renamed to Game Volume During Alerts. Its tooltips have also been changed for clarification.
The fade-in for game sound during alerts changed from .5 seconds to 2 seconds.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a truncation on specific resolution if the current and maximum supplies are 3 digits.
Fixed an issue which prevented footprint from being edited in the Footprint Editor.
Fixed an issue that caused the game to have missing icons and images on low end graphics cards.

Balance

PROTOSS

Forge

The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 1 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 200/200
The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 2 has been decreased to 225/225, down from 300/300
The cost of Upgrade Shields Level 3 has been decreased to 300/300, down from 400/400
The cost of Upgrade Ground Weapons Level 2 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 175/175
The cost of Upgrade Ground Weapons Level 3 has been decreased to 200/200, down from 250/250
The cost of Upgrade Ground Armor Level 2 has been decreased to 150/150, down from 175/175
The cost of Upgrade Ground Armor Level 3 has been decreased to 200/200, down from 250/250

TERRAN
Ghost
EMP radius has been decreased from 2 to 1.5


Not really a surprise that EMP got nerfed, but I am surprised at the reduce cost of protoss upgrades. The shield upgrades were pretty expensive back then, and people rarely upgrade them as much as weapon/armor.

[TA]

The shield upgrades would be more useful if toss had something to heal their shields like in SC1~

[EndlessDreams]

The shield upgrades would be more useful if toss had something to heal their shields like in SC1~

You mean like the shield barriers that almost noone uses?

The shields now are so much better than SC1... it regenerates VERY quickly outside of battle.

[Cucurbita]

Shield battery is still in the client. Its actually much nicer than sc1's version of it. You can even turn on auto cast. It works a bit more like a medic now.

I wish protoss had it.

[BobYoMeowMeow]

protoss cheaper upgrades is OP

[Lolicon]

Protoss buff is OP

[wolfram]

As long as the time needed to research the upgrades isn't shorten, I'm okay with this toss buff.

[Lolicon]

Honestly, what they really need is Zerg balancing.

[Cucurbita]

Honestly, what they really need is Zerg balancing.

It feels like they're purposely holding off until HotS for that.

This patch addresses TvP which everyone complains is completely one sided.