The sixth patch for SC2 has not yet been released, however the patch notes went up in the forums. Seems like there's been a bunch of general changes to Battle.net in this patch. In addition, we've received quite a few balance changes, including a huge nerf to the Zerg's Roaches. Thankfully, Blizzard has also fixed some big bugs, though this is not the last of 'em...
StarCraft II Beta – Patch 6 (version 0.8.0.14593)
The latest patch notes can always be found at
http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23094049316&sid=5000
General
- You can now report misconduct or block communication with a player after completion of a game by right-clicking on the offending player's name in the score screen and choosing Report Abuse or Block Communication.
- You can now view any player's profile after completion of a game by right-clicking on their name in the score screen and choosing View Profile.
- Updated unit and ability tooltips to be accurate in all regions.
- Improved the visibility of units on zerg creep.
- Improved the visibility of team colors for protoss units using warp-in to help distinguish between multiple protoss players.
- Improved the system that handles promotion and relegation between Leagues.
- Improved the Favored functionality to more accurately portray Even matches and display properly in the score screen.
- Improved 2v2 arranged team matchmaking so games are found more quickly.
- Improved replay functionality so missing maps will be downloaded from Battle.net when you view a replay.
- Korea: Improved the logic for the age gate functionality.
Balance Changes
- GENERAL
- Pathing has been improved so units can now properly block ramps and choke points.
- Made a change to how zerg creep affects doodads, such as trees, to prevent players from seeing the starting location of zerg players through the fog of war.
- TERRAN
- Viking
- Cost changed from 125 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas to 150 Minerals and 75 Vespene Gas.
- Ghost
- Cost changed from 100 Minerals and 200 Vespene Gas to 150 Minerals and 150 Vespene Gas.
- EMP Round radius decreased from 3 to 2.
- Factory
- Cost decreased from 200 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas to 150 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas.
- Tech Lab
- Cost decreased from 50 Minerals and 50 Vespene Gas to 50 Minerals and 25 Vespene Gas.
- Reactor
- Build time increased from 25 seconds to 50 seconds.
- SCV
- Life decreased from 60 to 45.
- Bunker
- Build time decreased from 40 seconds to 30 seconds.
- Marine
- Build time increased from 20 seconds to 25 seconds.
- PROTOSS
- Colossus
- Thermal Lances damage decreased from 23 to 20.
- Observer
- Cost increased from 25 Minerals and 75 Vespene Gas to 50 Minerals and 100 Vespene Gas.
- Build time increased from 33 seconds to 40 seconds.
- Stalker
- Particle Disruptors damage increased from 8 (+6 Armored) to 10 (+4 Armored).
- Weapon upgrade damage decreased from +1 (+1 Armored) to +1 (+0 Armored).
- Dark Templar
- Armor type changed from Biological-Psionic to Biological-Psionic-Light.
- High Templar
- Armor type changed from Biological-Psionic to Biological-Psionic-Light.
- Dark Shrine
- Build time increased from 80 seconds to 100 seconds.
- Cost increased from 100 Minerals and 200 Vespene Gas to 100 Minerals and 250 Vespene Gas.
- ZERG
- Baneling
- Volatile Burst damage increased from 15 (+20 Light) to 20 (+15 Light).
- Roach
- Burrowed regeneration rate decreased from 10 to 5.
- Upgraded burrowed regeneration bonus decreased from +20 to +10.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue affecting the incorrect assignment of arranged teams to certain Leagues.
- Fixed an issue affecting random teams that caused no points being awarded on wins and too many points being removed on losses in certain situations.
- Fixed an issue involving the Bonus Pool display on the Quick Match and Leagues & Ladders pages.
- Korean client: Fixed an issue affecting the ability for Korean players to properly view profiles. They can now see their League ranking on their profile page.
- Fixed an intermittent UI crash on game shutdown.
- Polish client: Fixed a crash which would happen any time a "Player is no longer being revealed!" message was displayed.
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