JotM: «The expectations of the players are very different from reality in this patch.»
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Analyst Egor «JotM» Surkov argues in his Twitter, that Valve should take the example from Blizzard, which explains their plans and ideas in patches to the players. In addition, Egor notes that patch 7.27b, which was released on the night of July 16, left many players bewildered:
I think it will be a good idea to explain the idea of developers on the example of Blizzard with their SC2 patches. And it is specifically in this patch that the expectations of the players, formed by a long history of patches, have really diverged from reality. I am also at a loss.
In conclusion, Surkov highlighted several features of the patch and shared his opinion:
In short, the main idea of the patch. Imba Zoo? We increased the old counter picks - Sand King, Underlord, Mars. Imba Lone Druid? We returned the old Static Link to Razor. Imba Queen of Pain? We cut the mana cost a little bit. If it will be needed, we will decrease damage and cd. Increased Phantom Assassin, Magnus, Slardar so that they would kill Lycan with physical. The main error of the patch, IMHO, is the return of the old Clinkz. He must be too strong now.
