Don’t break out the champagne yet; Blizzard hasn’t officially stamped the 1.22 patch for standard play.
However, the development teams has been hard at work pulling data together and gathering input from pro players. The players have been selected to test the patch before its public release, soon publicly accessible for testing by anyone who wants to give it a whack.
Players have been itching to see the newest balance changes and maps for ladder.Test servers will be up with the patch, as well as forums for reporting bugs and feedback.
Another gameplay response from Karune arrives today, this time regarding some of the smaller details of the game. He mentions in his blog new Jackal units, supposedly replacing the all-time Terran favored vulture. These Jackals, built from the factory, have a “railgun” attack, similar in nature to Brood War’s Lurker. A snippet below:
Almost right after Blizzard released its no-CD patch, IceFrog followed with a new Defense of the Ancients map update. The new map features an enormous changelog, from balancing and reworking heroes to moving creep camps and trees all over the map.
Starcraft II Community correspondent Karune has released another series of answers to some question posed by groups across the web. However, only one answered question addressed gameplay this time; a little disappointing for those hoping for more info on the game itself. The highlight:
