DotA2 - Original Thread

[Five Second Pose]

Yes.

...how?

[Malthe]

...how?

Walk it near a shop, click on the courier so it is what you are currently controlling.
Open the shop, buy the item, item will end in courier's inventory and your gold will be used.

[Malthe]

Also if there are any specific subjects you would like to have explained/gone trough, list them here please, i am still gathering things that my guide to DotA2 has to include.

[Born2BeMild]

I've been having quitters on me in recent matches. Feels bad.

[Malthe]

Lycan hitting the main game client tomorrow, the rape may now commence, the biggest pub-stompers and the biggest pushing hero in the game.

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[Malthe]

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The trails will run red
March 23, 2012 - Dota Team

Is there a full moon out? Because Lycan is on the prowl.



One thing to check out in today’s update is the new Hero Performance Rating section in your Persona page. Your performance ratings show how well you play each hero compared to other players of similar skill.



These stats are only available to you. Your ratings will become more accurate the more you play, so get cracking!

This week we are also increasing the number of invites being sent out. In addition, we’ll be giving the most active Dota 2 players some more copies to gift to friends. This will be done on a regional basis based on available capacity, starting with US West.

Oh, these might be relevant to your interests:

-A showmatch between WE and Captain Planet this Saturday the 24th on ECAL.tv <- Yaphets playing :-)
-This week’s Dota 2 Top 10 plays.
-AnGeul created a teaser for the Asian Dota Masters tournament.

Finally, today’s changelog is available here.

Changelog:

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GAMEPLAY
- Added Lycan!
- Fixed Tranquil Boots visual charges being 3 instead of 4 (actual was still 4).
- Fixed the first slash of Omnislash not applying vision properly.
- Fixed crash bug where you could leave the lobby chat channel while in a lobby.
- Enabled Shadow Demon in Captain's Mode.
- The Stable version is now updated to the Latest version.
- Added All Random game mode for private lobbies.
- Alchemist: Fixed Acid Spray killing couriers.
- Batrider: Fixed Flamebreak not having an aoe targeting cursor.
- Beastmaster: Fixed Wild Axes killing couriers.
- Bounty Hunter: Fixed illusions procing Jinada's critical strike.
- Clinkz: Fixed a bug with level 2 Death Pact not gaining the .5% damage buff.
- Mirana: Fixed Arrow getting blocked by Linken's Sphere.
- Morphling: Added timer to Replicate that shows up as a buff.
- Outworld Destroyer: Fixed Astral Imprisonment stealing Intelligence from illusions.
- Outworld Destroyer: Fixed Astral Imprisonment being castable on Warlock Golem.
- Queen of Pain: Fixed being able to dispell Shadow Strike
- Razor: Fixed Static Link damage from being purgable.
- Shadow Demon: Fixed attack animation time
- Shadow Shama: Fixed Serpent Wards having instant attack point (instead of 0.3)
- Storm Spirit: Fixed attack projectile speed
- Sven: Fixed Storm Bolt not stunning nearby targets if the primary target became magic immune while the projectile was traveling.
- Venomancer: Fixed being able to dispell Venomous Gale, Poison Sting and Poison Nova
- Warlock: Fixed Golems having incorrect magic resistance.
- Weaver: Fixed Time Lapse forgetting its history when upgraded
- Witch Doctor: Fixed Death Ward projectile speed being too slow
- Fixed Diffusal Blade's mana burn effect going through Magic Immunity.
- Units that are smoked can now be revealed by magic immune enemies.
- Fixed some abilities having incorrect durations against creep heroes (like Dismember).
- Fixed Disruption being castable on Warlock's Golem.
- Fixed gold over time being very slightly off sometimes.
- Fixed Smoke of Deceit not showing movement speed in the stats area
- Fixed Fountain projectile speed being too fast
- Fixed Furbolg attack point being too high
- Fixed Black Drake projectile speed being too fast
- Mjollnir: Fixed Static Charge damaging friendly units and towers. Note that towers can still proc the ability.

UI
- Added a hero performance rating graph to the player persona page.
- Added setting for ambient creatures in the Advanced Video Settings.
- Advanced Video Settings is now versioned and will automatically update this release
- Undroppable items are no longer put in the stash when near the fountain.
- Items will no longer move when they are attempted to be picked up by a unit with a full inventory.
- The courier can no longer pick up certain items (Aegies, Rapier).
- Hooked up XP graph button.
- There is now a different ring effect for the primary unit when you have multiple units selected.
- Fixed second courier not being controllable if enabled by a courier
- Fixed bug where you could cast your ultimate by pressing either the Ability 4 or Ability 5 keys, on a 4 ability hero.
- Added setting to draw hero icons as default in the minimap. Alt will show X's and O's.

BOTS
- Increased bot ability usage reaction time by about 50%.
- Fixed bug where bots would pick up or destroy teammates' items on the ground.
- Increased bot desire to defend their base.
- Fixed nasty bug that would often cause bots to idle in their current location when wanting to go defend.
- Bots now get an added desire to attack a hero that Bane has Gripped.
- Bots no longer random their heroes. They will now try to build a somewhat reasonable team comp based on hero role, stuns, and melee/ranged, and do so over the entire hero selection phase.
- Reworked bot lane selection logic. They should be smarter about which lanes they select, and who they pair with.
- Changed how human pings affect the bots' desires to push/defend. Should be more consistently powerful now.
- Bots in lanes with carries will try to avoid stealing their farm.
- Fixed a few cases where bots would oddly try to cast abilities at neutral creeps (such as when pushing or defending a lane).

VISUALS
-Improvements made to some of Shadow Demon's effects.

Bolded interesting stuff in the update.

[Born2BeMild]

I am loving this game win or lose. Can't wait to see how this goes when it releases. I would love to pick up that Dr. Kleiner voice pack.

[Malthe]

4-0 with riki.
Evertime i play riki i just stomp my enemies, it's hilarious.

[Malthe]

http://www.dreamhack.se/dhs12/2012/0...vengeance-cup/
Jesus christ, 400k swedish kroner for the first DotA2 year of dreamhack.
They surely believe it'll be big, with good reason.
The showmatch between Captain Planet and World Elite, featuring yaphets had 1.2 million unique viewers. Which is quite a small number for chinese DotA.

[Born2BeMild]

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I'm enjoying some Drow Ranger. the match started off slow, too.

[Malthe]

SP should still get 5 people together and play together.
Or 10 if it was possible and scrim/play together :P

Also, a treat for anybody who played DotA1, and for people that appreciate watching a skilled player:



Also: I'm trying to start streaming, but i have no idea of what software to use, any ideas?

[Malthe]

DotA2 confirmed to not have buyable heroes.
Being F2P.
Never being Pay2Win.
Most likely taking over the way TF2 works in regards to being able to make content/mods/stuff for eachother.

Such good news.

[Born2BeMild]

DotA2 confirmed to not have buyable heroes.
Being F2P.
Never being Pay2Win.
Most likely taking over the way TF2 works in regards to being able to make content/mods/stuff for eachother.

Such good news.

I figured this is how Valve was going to do it. They'd be shooting themselves in the foot if they'd do it some other way.

[Malthe]

I figured this is how Valve was going to do it. They'd be shooting themselves in the foot if they'd do it some other way.

Also, map editor.
DotA2 custom maps.
DotA2 TD of all sorts.

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Which is quite ironic seeing that the game will be free, but still, i'll prolly spend a lot in the ingame store because i want to support this game so much

Valve also said that if the community wants something, they should ask for it and they will add it if it's reasonable and a lot of people want it.
Bless valve for picking up DotA, i am so hyped for the international2 (which was also announced to be happening in not too long)

[Born2BeMild]

I wouldn't mind themed maps and other good stuff. I'll throw some cash at Valve for the game every now and again.

[Malthe]

Wow, wow wow wow.
New HUD:

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Loving it.

[Malthe]

Just going to bump it with this article: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ience-part-one

Dota 2 is fencing.

That's the skill, and the appeal. I finally see it. You're fighting back and forth down these lanes, looking for an opening in the other heroes' defense. The other guy's too close to your tower, or too far from his friend, his ultimate skill's on cooldown, his health is low. Fights in other games last seconds. Fights in Dota 2 are dramatic; entire minutes of feints and narrow escapes. Duels that can span forests, roads and rivers without coming to an end.

It's a really good read, for people that have played DotA and people that have not.

Also, my offer still stands, i'm willing to help out anyone that wants to get into DotA and coach you if you want it.

[Malthe]

So, two huge waves of invites were sent out, so if anybody is interested in trying it out, now is your chance to find a beta key.
I have 2 myself that i am willing to give to people that are legitimately interested in trying out DotA2.


And for some hilarious pomegranate:

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[Dusk]

I haven't gotten any yet :(

Traded a key for an invite for my friend yesterday.

[DarkForgeJ]

Centaur new ulti is so op :(