l'm playing the Beta of HotS and I’m still loving it. However, I’m also still experiencing a bug where, when I play as random, my icon at the loading screen is displayed as Protoss. Unlike other posts I’ve read on the official StarCraft forums, The icon does not necessarily display the race I will spawn as.
I’d also like to talk for a bit about Blizzard’s most recent change, adding their version of the neutral supply depot at the base of the ramp. It’s unclear whether they did this to allow zerg to more easily defend a cannon rush at the bottom of their ramp, or to discourage the ease with which protoss can FFE.
But there is a big balance issue at stake here. Before, not only could a protoss FFE, it was standard in their vZ matchups. Now it’s much more problematic. But let us not forget that protoss also has the mothership core. I believe Blizzard’s reasoning is that the fast mothership core will make up for the fact that Protoss can’t as easily wall off their ramp like they did before. It also encourages protoss to get their first cannon up faster to then destroy the rocks.
I’ll have to play a few more games to really get the feel for it, but I think Blizzard is doing a good job of keeping up their balance. Sure, it changes the entire dynamic of openers in the game. But if they’re going to give the toss such a powerful unit at the beginning of the game, I think it’s fair that they have a weakness to go with it.
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