Patch 1.4.2 PTR – 10/25
Posted by Auto on October 25th, 2011 filed in StarCraft NewsThis PTR patch doesn't have a ton of changes, but none the less they are significant. Protoss is getting a few buffs that will effect the whole race and the radius of EMP is reduced to the same radius as Psi Storm. Most of these changes were discussed at the Blizzcon panels.
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
Source: Battle.net


