" Also the OP is missing some important changes:   - An alert has been added when MULEs expire.- An alert has been added when the Chrono Boost buff expires.- An alert has been added when the Spawn Larva buff expires.  I don't like this at all. Any other thoughts? "

Stim nerf was needed, will be interesting to see how this effects high-level play. 
 
As for the High Templars... I don't understand this at all. That unit was already kinda useless out the gate, now even more so :S

What the fuck?
 
No more archon toilets?
 
NO MORE KHAYDARIN AMULET!?
 
Every other race's spellcasters can get a starting energy upgrade, WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU REMOVE IT FOR THE RACE WHICH NEEDS IT THE MOST!?

I'd suggest no one starts raging until the patch goes live. Remember, this is PTR. Last time I saw the fungal nerf in PTR where it couldn't hit air anymore, I was pretty sure that it wouldn't go live and behold it didn't. 
Right now, I'm also pretty sure that the Khaydarin amulet removal won't go live.

Ok. I've calmed down a bit.
 
Here's my view on the changes
 

PROTOSS

ZERG

"It's not like the archon toilet was 'overpowered' or something"

So they still aren't going to change protoss doing 4 gates like every single game just massing stalkers? Great, thanks blizzard. In fact with the changes I see it happening MORE.

" Ok. I've calmed down a bit.
 
Here's my view on the changes
 

PROTOSS

1.Vortex change
The mothership nerf is terrible, and not even needed. People have just started using motherships in the late game lately, and it turned out to be a pretty decent end-game spellcaster. The vortex allowed you to get your army into position, and use AoE effects such as storms or archon lightings to add more damage to your opponent's army.
 
I don't really get this change. It's not like the archon toilet was 'overpowered' or something; it was a late game tactic which made people actually consider going for mothership in the late game (since it's really not cost effective earlier). Also, people had to go into a completely different tech route to get enough archons to make a difference, and your opponent had enough time to prepare a desirable end game army composition as well. Now motherships will be only used to mass recall your army out of trouble, meaning they will just remain stationary in your base. Yay.
 
The archon toilet was pretty much the only reason the motherships were used ever. Yes, we saw the occasional recalls, but they weren't used nearly as often.

2.Khaydarin amulet gone
What the fuck Blizzard.
 
Seriously, you've just forced every PvT and PvZ game to have even more colossi. 
 
Want to deal with the terran bioball? Sorry, but you'll have to keep your templars protected until the next huge battle so they have enough energy for a storm, only to die to a handful of emps (which have greater range than storm) beforehand.  
Or you could just build 2 robos and keep pumping colossi.
Also you'll have no way to deal with the terran drops other than building a billion cannons at your every base.

3.Zealot charge effective at last 
This change is actually good. I hated it when my zealots kept trying to catch up with the terran forces only to not hit them when they were close.

TERRAN
1.Battlecruiser speed increased
We don't really see many battlecruisers. And I know we'd like to. So this is good.

2.Bunker build time increased
This is good. A bunker or two in a zerg's base could really fuck them up early game. The 100% refund didn't help either. And it's not like terrans have problems against early game attacks (chuckle).

3.Stim research time increased
Helps slow down early terran pushes at least a bit. Again, terrans don't have problems against early game attacks (chuckle), so this won't really hurt their defense.

ZERG

1.Infestor health buff
I don't really know how zerg feel about this problem, but I can't really tell as I'm a protoss player. But at this point I'd suspect that every zerg buff is good.

2.Fungal growth duration decreased
I don't really think this will change the matchups tremendously. As far as I'm concerned, in TvZs the fungal growth was used to lock the bioballs in place so banelings could hit them, but really only about 2 seconds of terran staying in one place allowed the banelings to catch up to them. I don't really know how much of a problem muta harass is in ZvZ and I don't really go gateway or fenix heavy in PvZ. Moving on.

3.Fungal growth is a projectile
Don't see how this changes anything in any way. Maybe marines can stim out before it hits, but I don't really think this will be a huge change.

THE MAPS
Removing the rush maps and LT is great, but I think Blizzard still doesn't get it. We don't want metalopolis size maps with different layouts/terrain. We want huge macro maps seen on the GSTL, with 16+expansions and easy to take early bases. I think that while the new maps are definitely better, we'll still end up with the same problems: macro games just end too early because there are not enough expansions on the map. Players know that a map has only so many bases and they don't even have the option to play a nice long macro game simply because they'll run out of places to mine. The new maps are still too small.

Stop emoing so much. The amulet was ridiculously strong, it's an even better upgrade than stim. In the hand of a good player it practically gives total immunity to drops as long as you place pylons properly. In a 200 vs 200 fight the templars you use aren't just ones you warped in 5 seconds ago.

" Protoss High Templar are going to be kinda worthless now with out energy come on right out to do storms. "

" @imsh_pl said:

"It's not like the archon toilet was 'overpowered' or something"

You can kill ~100 supply in 3-4 seconds. It is incredibly overpowered and should be nerfed. 
 
  

 Goes from 150 supply to 53 in seconds. Not overpowered. "

 If it's never used then what's your complaint? You can still vortex stuff, what you can't do is insta kill infinity supply with splash damage units.
Secondly, you're wrong, it is used. Not in every game, but it's far from a rarity. When it is used it's overpowered. 

" @HaltIamReptar said:

" @strangone said:

" Also the OP is missing some important changes:   - An alert has been added when MULEs expire.- An alert has been added when the Chrono Boost buff expires.- An alert has been added when the Spawn Larva buff expires.  I don't like this at all. Any other thoughts? "

Those are helpful for everybody.  What's not to like?  Also.  I still think all of these changes are madness. "

What's not to like is that it removes an important element of the game, one that helps to separate players of different skills.

Stim is even longer? 
:(

Protoss changes: Good, those things were broken before.
 
Terran Changes: Meh, same difference
 
Zerg changes: Someone listened to State of the Game.

Yeah, because obviously every late game terran army consists purely of bio focres and every late game protoss army has 12 archons in it.  EDIT:Like Thule said, the archon toilet is more of a gimmick and isn't really used in the pro scene (simply because 1 ghost leaves all the archons with 10 hit points, NP can control the mothership - it's too risky). If your opponent still has a bio or roach/hydra army while you are on archon and mothership tech then they are not very good. "

We'll see if the Amulet removal stays.  It prevents the warp prism -> storm your drones move and the ability to warp in a couple to change the course of a battle, but I don't think it's that devastating as long as Protoss remembers to adapt to it by warping in Templar in advance and protecting them.  But it definitely changes the structure of how Protoss will use them entirely.
 
Wierdly, I think this will decrease the use of Archon - as Templar that use their storm won't be insta-Archon-ed if you're going to have to wait to storm again regardless.

"  If it's never used then what's your complaint? You can still vortex stuff, what you can't do is insta kill infinity supply with splash damage units.

"  Secondly, you're wrong, it is used. Not in every game, but it's far from a rarity. When it is used it's overpowered.  "

" @imsh_pl: Afaik Kiwikaki did it in some match, no idea where, when and against whom he did it though. :P "

" Stop emoing so much. The amulet was ridiculously strong, it's an even better upgrade than stim. In the hand of a good player it practically gives total immunity to drops as long as you place pylons properly. In a 200 vs 200 fight the templars you use aren't just ones you warped in 5 seconds ago. "

The archon toilet  noooo..... :(    

" @kyrieee said:

" Stop emoing so much. The amulet was ridiculously strong, it's an even better upgrade than stim. In the hand of a good player it practically gives total immunity to drops as long as you place pylons properly. In a 200 vs 200 fight the templars you use aren't just ones you warped in 5 seconds ago. "

Immunity to drops? Because when a storm goes down, the Terran bio has to stand there, right? They aren't able to stim and easily run out from under it while they get healed right? It's a great counter to drops yes, immunity is an exaggeration. It takes forever to tech to and it's expensive. I don't think I've ever heard anybody, pros or otherwise complain that it's overpowered.  If this change ends up going through we're gonna see even MORE Colossi then we already do. This is all around a dumb nerf. "

Infestor change is retarded. 
 
The mothership change is needed.

there goes my high templars :/

HT will be rare like the ripplers are after your nerf. Zerg cry is ruining all the cool units in SC2.

Can I ask a question? How come every other spellcaster gets starting energy ( Ghost and infestor ) yet the HT gets it removed, the only reason it was used so much is because our starting units suck... they are meat shields for the Colossus and HT's. A 3-3 Marine OWNS late game. Zerg units are cheap and effective. Protoss, My Zealots even with charge DIE instantly even to a small group of stimmed marines, My stalkers fall to a small group or Maraders... The ONLY thing that keeps toss in the game is our Colossus which is short term and our HT. All Terran need to do is make 8 or so Vikkings and our colossus are gone to which we'd fall back to our HT's now that's not an oppetunity we'll what defeat them using our Mothership oh wait that was nerfed because it could be abused in LITRALLY one situation. How about removing the abiligy for the Medivacs to carry Massive units to stop thor drops because thor drops have fewer counter to the mothership.
 
Zerg deserve a buff to be honest, they are underpowered. Protoss colossus need a slight nerd ( attack upgrade on the colossus only doing 1 extra instead of two ). Terran need a rebalance. Siege tanks and given extra range with sight will stop MASSIVE turrtling and Hellions costing a minute amount of gas ( 25). You have no idea how diffucult it is to break a terran on meteropolis late game. Let's think for a moment about CHEESE.
 
1. Zerg has six pool, annoying but if you surrive it their eco is so far behind you win.
2. Protoss has the Zealot/cannon  rush, in which their tech is so far behind you win.
3. Terran has Hellion, which doesn't sack eco/army and helps tech, since it requires no gas they go straight into their second cheese their Banshees which since their foe let's say Z/P have no tier 1 detection and are so far behind they can't afford detection IF they manage to survive the terran has managed to tech up to Medivacs and Siege tanks/thor and now can turtle with a huge advantage and auto-win.

"3. Terran has Hellion, which doesn't sack eco/army and helps tech, since it requires no gas they go straight into their second cheese their Banshees which since their foe let's say Z/P have no tier 1 detection and are so far behind they can't afford detection IF they manage to survive the terran has managed to tech up to Medivacs and Siege tanks/thor and now can turtle with a huge advantage and auto-win. "

" @mrv321 said:

"3. Terran has Hellion, which doesn't sack eco/army and helps tech, since it requires no gas they go straight into their second cheese their Banshees which since their foe let's say Z/P have no tier 1 detection and are so far behind they can't afford detection IF they manage to survive the terran has managed to tech up to Medivacs and Siege tanks/thor and now can turtle with a huge advantage and auto-win. "

Lets see... Hellions aren't cheese, neither are banshees, harassment and cheese are completely different things. Terran doesn't lose economy because they're not rushing to get those units out like the protoss and zerg you just described. Zerg and Protoss do have T1 detection from buildings, and Cloaked banshees are T2 plus an upgrade, so there's no excuse for you not to have an observer/overseer in time regardless. Turtling is nothing special, it's just giving the other player the entire map and seeing if they know how to kill you with it.   If you really can't plan 30 seconds ahead to have their energy ready, you don't deserve to win. Zerg and Terran already have to do that, and have to buy an energy upgrade just to match High Templars. "

" @audiosnag said:

" @kyrieee said:

" Stop emoing so much. The amulet was ridiculously strong, it's an even better upgrade than stim. In the hand of a good player it practically gives total immunity to drops as long as you place pylons properly. In a 200 vs 200 fight the templars you use aren't just ones you warped in 5 seconds ago. "

Immunity to drops? Because when a storm goes down, the Terran bio has to stand there, right? They aren't able to stim and easily run out from under it while they get healed right? It's a great counter to drops yes, immunity is an exaggeration. It takes forever to tech to and it's expensive. I don't think I've ever heard anybody, pros or otherwise complain that it's overpowered.  If this change ends up going through we're gonna see even MORE Colossi then we already do. This is all around a dumb nerf. "

I think the only reason you haven't heard complaints is that everybody gave up on this ever getting fixed, and I'm guessing you don't have that wide a pool of people to draw from. What it comes down to is that high templar are already incredibly useful, and the combination of warp and amulet just gave them an abusive ability that neither zerg nor terran can match. "

" @Donos said:

" @audiosnag said:

" @kyrieee said:

" Stop emoing so much. The amulet was ridiculously strong, it's an even better upgrade than stim. In the hand of a good player it practically gives total immunity to drops as long as you place pylons properly. In a 200 vs 200 fight the templars you use aren't just ones you warped in 5 seconds ago. "

Immunity to drops? Because when a storm goes down, the Terran bio has to stand there, right? They aren't able to stim and easily run out from under it while they get healed right? It's a great counter to drops yes, immunity is an exaggeration. It takes forever to tech to and it's expensive. I don't think I've ever heard anybody, pros or otherwise complain that it's overpowered.  If this change ends up going through we're gonna see even MORE Colossi then we already do. This is all around a dumb nerf. "

I think the only reason you haven't heard complaints is that everybody gave up on this ever getting fixed, and I'm guessing you don't have that wide a pool of people to draw from. What it comes down to is that high templar are already incredibly useful, and the combination of warp and amulet just gave them an abusive ability that neither zerg nor terran can match. "

Hmm I dunno about not having a wide pool of people to draw from. There's a lot of very vocal people who play this game and anything else people perceive as OP whether it is or not is brought up. Loudly. To say HT's let Toss be abusive in ways Z or T, especially T can't match is sorta crazy. It's powerful yes but it's not something that needs to be addressed right now IMO. Just as an experiment I tried searching for High Templar Overpowered and HT OP at teamliquid and got zilch.  "

" @Ben_H:  Protoss can defend drops exactly the same way Terran and Zerg already have to. If you think building defenses and leaving units behind sucks, yeah it does, but that's part of the game. Besides, you've already got the best defensive structure in the game. As for EMP, think about it for a second would you? To get a Templar with storm, you buy the upgrade, warp it in, then let it charge up. So an upgrade and 30something seconds of waiting. To get a Ghost with EMP, you buy an energy upgrade, start building the ghost, and after the 40whatever seconds it takes to build a ghost, you have it with enough energy for an EMP. Without amulet, High Templars and Ghosts have equal abilities both requiring one upgrade, and the HT is still ready first. "

" @imsh_pl: It's pretty clear you've had completely different experiences from me playing and watching this game, so I won't bother arguing with you. I'd just encourage you toplay some more games before you decide that protoss absolutely positiviely cannot defend without HTs, or keep them alive for more than 5 seconds.I seem to be able to. "

Patch 1.40 - Zerg units get adamantium armor. Idra still complains that adamantium is not good enough against siege tanks and colossus.

" @Ben_H:  Protoss can defend drops exactly the same way Terran and Zerg already have to. If you think building defenses and leaving units behind sucks, yeah it does, but that's part of the game. Besides, you've already got the best defensive structure in the game. As for EMP, think about it for a second would you? To get a Templar with storm, you buy the upgrade, warp it in, then let it charge up. So an upgrade and 30something seconds of waiting. To get a Ghost with EMP, you buy an energy upgrade, start building the ghost, and after the 40whatever seconds it takes to build a ghost, you have it with enough energy for an EMP. Without amulet, High Templars and Ghosts have equal abilities both requiring one upgrade, and the HT is still ready first. "

" @Donos: Ah, yes. The good old 'use more skill'  "argument". "

" @Ben_H:  Without amulet, High Templars and Ghosts have equal abilities both requiring one upgrade, and the HT is still ready first. "

Protoss have 3 options late game
 
1. Stargate- Except mothership and carriers are useless... so there's no point in getting fleet bacon.
2. Robo- Good force to deal with MM balls, and even Mech (immortals) good all round, but annoying for terran
3. HT's- Good upgrades ( Stalkers and Zealot WILL still suck ), they used to deal with drops to... but now you can't really use them.
 
So you want me to use more Robo units, instead of Variety. How about making Archons less meat  shield more actual attack, making HT's have their amulet and giving ALL races a Base scan when they get Their roach den and cyber. Less robo play=more fun.

"
 
@Ben_H: Pretty much everything you said I agree with. I'm throwing up air highfives. The last thing Toss need are MORE matchups to use Colossi in. "

" Protoss have 3 options late game  1. Stargate- Except mothership and carriers are useless... so there's no point in getting fleet bacon. 2. Robo- Good force to deal with MM balls, and even Mech (immortals) good all round, but annoying for terran 3. HT's- Good upgrades ( Stalkers and Zealot WILL still suck ), they used to deal with drops to... but now you can't really use them.  So you want me to use more Robo units, instead of Variety. How about making Archons less meat  shield more actual attack, making HT's have their amulet and giving ALL races a Base scan when they get Their roach den and cyber. Less robo play=more fun. "