StarCraft 2 players have lost their collective minds after Blizzard Entertainment announced major changes coming in a new update. Fans of the 2010 real-time strategy sequel took to its website to see new gameplay adjustments for what was probably the first time in years today. Instead of only finding bug fixes or mentions of standard server maintenance, patch notes for public test realm (PTR) update 5.0.16 revealed a laundry list of balance changes that will fundamentally change how StarCraft 2 is played. The impact of the update can be read in its first bullet point, which reduces the number of starting workers from 12 to eight. StarCraft 2 upped its starter worker count to 12 with the launch of Legacy of the Void in 2015 to speed up the pace earlier in matches. The years following the change have seen some players asking for an adjustment, and now, 11 years later, the change is here, and it's just one example in a page full of other tweaks. "How is this real?" one Reddit user said regarding StarCraft 2 PTR update 5.0.16. "Some of these changes are wild, I am so curious how they will feel." "Holy s**t they did it," another said in response to the change in starting workers. StarCr
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StarCraft 2 players have lost their collective minds after Blizzard Entertainment announced major changes coming in a new update. Fans of the 2010 real-time strategy sequel took to its website to see new gameplay adjustments for what was…
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StarCraft 2 players have lost their collective minds after Blizzard Entertainment announced major changes coming in a new update. Fans of the 2010 real-time strategy sequel took to its website to see new gameplay…
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