Zerg crippled in 1.04

DeVore

Ok that thread was just too long.

Here is the abridged text for the 1.04 balance upgrade/downgrades.
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1.04 Balance Changes
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TERRAN:
Wraith
- Decreased cost to 150 minerals, 100 gas.
- Increased cooldown rate of ground attack.
- Increased air to air damage to 20.

Dropship:
- Increased speed slightly.
- Increased build time.

Science Vessel:
- Decreased cost to 100 minerals, 225 gas.
- Increased acceleration.
- Increased overall damage of Irradiate.

Battlecruiser:
- Increased its starting armor to 3.
- Increased Yamato Cannon damage to 260.

Goliath:
- Increased ground damage to 12.
- Increased effectivness of weapon upgrade on ground to air weapon system.

Nuke:
- Nuclear Missiles build faster.

ComSat:
- Decreased energy cost to 50.

Starport:
- Decrease cost of Starport to 150 minerals, 100 gas.
- Decreased add-on cost of Control Tower to 50 minerals, 50 gas.
- Decreased build time.

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PROTOSS:
Dragoon:
- Decreased cost to 125 minerals, 50 gas.
- Decreased build time.
- Increased range upgrade (Singularity Charge) by 1.

High Templar:
- Decreased energy cost of Hallucination to 100.

Scout:
- Increased Air to Air damage to 28.
- Increased shields to 100 and hit points to 150.

Carrier:
- Changed build cost to 350 minerals, and 250 gas.
- Increased hit points of Carrier to 300.
- Increased starting armor of Carrier to 4.
- Increased Interceptor shields and hitpoints to 40.
- Increased Interceptor damage to 6.

Arbiter:
- Decreased cost to 100 minerals, 350 gas.

Shuttle:
- Increased build time.

Reaver:
- Increased build time.

Templar Archives
- Increased cost to 150 minerals, 200 gas.

Citadel of Adun
- Decreased cost to 150 minerals, 100 gas.

Stargate:
- Decreased cost to 150 minerals, 150 gas.
- Decreased build time.

Robotics Facility:
- Increased build time.

Robotics Support Bay:
- Increased cost to 150 minerals, 100 gas.

Observatory:
- Decreased cost to 50 minerals, 100 gas.

Forge:
- Decreased cost to 150 minerals.

Photon Cannon:
- Decreased build time.

Fleet Beacon:
- Decreased cost of "Increased Carrier capacity" upgrade to 100 minerals, 100 gas.
- Decreased research time of "Increased Carrier capacity" upgrade.

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ZERG:
Overlord:
- Increased speed bonus for "Pneumatized Carapace" upgrade.
- Decreased research time of "Ventral Sacs" upgrade.

Scourge:
- Increase hit points to 25.

Hydalisk
- Increased build time.

Mutalisk
- Increased build time.

Queen:
- Increased range of Broodling by 1.
- Increase energy cost of Parasite to 75
- Decreased Parasite casting range to 12.

Defiler:
- Increased cost to 50 minerals, 150 gas.

Hatchery:
- Decreased the speed at which the Hatchery/Lair/Hive spawn new larva.
- Decreased build cost to 300 minerals.
- Increased build time.

Sunken Colony:
- Decreased cost of Sunken Colony upgrade to 50 minerals.
- Decreased build time.
- Increased attack rate of Sunken Colony.
- Increased damage to 40.

Spore Colony:
- Decreased build time.
- Changed damage type to normal.

Greater Spire:
- Increased build time.

DeVore

Ok, So apart from the speed increase (when we pay for it) of the Overlord (who still doesnt go all that fast even then. eg: he is outpaced by unupgraded spitters) and the sunken colonies overall improvement (remember you still have to build/sacrafice a creep colony for every sunken you want so they cost 125 really).

The real changes (rather then these tinkerings) is the decreased larva production which was a huge reduction and basically shutdown the Zerg rush tactics. Also the increased build time which really slows us down.

As someone said, Muties and Hydras make up 70% (if not more) of the zerg army so that will give you an idea of how much slower the whole race just got overall.

DeV. (whose sick of being told that Zerg are the strongest race by people who dont play them . Wonder why not )

Draco

This link is a good break down of the patch.

http://www.gamers.com/starcraft/104patch.asp