14 DAY TRIAL // Blizzard has confirmed that its developers are studying the online StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm matches in order to detect any balance problems between the old units and the new ones and that it's going to wait until it implements any changes.
StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm came out earlier this month and quickly took the world by storm with its top-notch real-time strategy experience.
Besides offering a new chapter in the StarCraft 2 saga, after the first Wings of Liberty installment, Heart of the Swarm also brought new units to the game, which resulted in some new strategies for the multiplayer mode.
In order to shed some light on Blizzard's stance on balance changes, one of its developers posted a message on the Battle.net forums, highlighting that the design team is watching every major match in order to spot any potential problems.
Quite a few things have stood out until now, apparently, including the fact that many players are still not using the new units at their full potential. Check out the full list below.
- The super aggressive play is turning out to be really fun to watch. - Nobody is close to figuring the game out yet. - A few players are really changing up their play and having completely different results than what's expected by the majority. - Some of the initial balance concerns do seem to be continuing in games whereas the more creative players aren't struggling as much against them.
The developers will continue to watch matches and they're going to take their time before implementing any balancing changes, according to the forum post.
"We'll try our best to not be too quick to make judgments on things that are allowing players to play a much more aggressive game. For example, yes Medivacs look strong but it's forcing even the opponents to play aggressive and the constant action throughout the game is looking to be really fun to watch."
"We'll continue watching all the pro and community concerns, but keep in mind we'd really like the game to settle before we step in and make a move."
As such, don't expect to see any balancing updates for StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm anytime soon.