Starcraft II Beta Patch 3 Build 0.5.0.14219B

Since my last post on the second beta patch, I have been noticing quite a few people are now going Terran. It wasn’t uncommon to se 3 TvT games in a row, which makes me wonder how good of an idea the buffs to that race were. 30 seconds off each upgrade time is definitely a pretty big deal. I guess we’ll see how this affects the ladders. It does seem like Blizzard is now on a schedule of pushing weekly beta patches though, which is definitely good news.

StarCraft II Beta – Patch 3 (version 0.5.0.14219B)
Balance Changes

TERRAN

Engineering Bay

• Infantry Armor: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
• Infantry Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.

Armory

• Vehicle Plating: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
• Vehicle Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
• Ship Plating: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.
• Ship Weapons: The time required for each upgrade has been reduced by 30 seconds, decreasing each upgrade time from 190/220/250 seconds to 160/190/220 seconds.

PROTOSS

Zealot

• The maximum shield capacity of this unit has been decreased from 60 to 50.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the Infestor’s Neural Parasite ability could cause Reapers to lose the ability to move.
• Fixed an issue that could use an incorrect HDR format on some ATI cards.
• Fixed a crash that could happen on some ATI cards.