Sunday, December 30, 2007

Warcraft III: DotA All Stars 6.50 beta map released


I first played the map extension of Warcraft III, Defense of the Ancients (DotA) about a year ago, that was still version 6.37. Boy, time flies really fast. Icefrog is about to release a new version, yet again DotA 6.50.

Although, as of press time the map is still in testing phase but you can actually test drive the beta map if you want to but be aware of the bugs in it, its not yet official and Icefrog wants your suggestion on how to further improve the map you can either catch the thread on dotaportal or at GG-game forums. I've actually played the map twice and well, one of my favorite character, Traxex the Drow Ranger has been ripped off her original ultimate skill but this is to further build her up. Before it was True Marksmanship, now Increased Markmanship which increases Traxex's agility per level of the skill. To further grasp what i mean, download DotA 6.50 beta by IceFrog here.

Map Updates are as follows:

Changelog:
Beta 4:
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made linkens 20 seconds (for now..)
refilling bottle and rune usage doesn't share cooldown with regen usage on it (so only regen follows the 8 sec cooldown)
* Bottle is in full state at all the shops now (still thinking about this..)
* Fixed Last Word triggering off of Linken Sphere usage
fixed various typos
fixed lothars sell cost
IceFrog wrote:


Beta 3:
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fixed drow ult
changed alpha wolf to a diff color
fixed some chances that the buff icon remains on brood/sven ults
Sorry guys i've been really busy last 2 days. I know there are plenty of things in beta i haven't addressed yet.

Beta 2:
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made Lothar's 21/21 bonuses
fixed Lothar's cooldown
reduced lothar's manacost
fixed the alpha wolf not spawning properly
fixed aggro on new creeps
* Neutral Ogres no longer autocast Frost Armor
fixed tree types at the new scourge camp

I haven't had time to fix or change anything else, just releasing this now for tomorrow's games.

Beta 1:
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* Fixed Berserker Rage from triggering Essence Aura
* Fixed Javelin's odds being slightly off
* Increased Morphling's base damage
* Macropyre cooldown no longer increases per level
* Reduced Expulsion cooldown and manacost
* Lowered Flying Courier HP to the same as regular Courier
* Reduced Sprint's damage amplification from 20% to 10%
* Improved Keeper of the Light's attack animation
* Delayed the creep spawn time by 30 seconds in -vr
* Fixed neutral spawn times in various modes
* Improved Scattershot from 10-35 damage range to 20-35
* Improved Alchemist base Intelligence and growth
* Slightly improved Psi Blades spill width
* Improved Lich's Frost Nova cast range by 100
* Improved Vanguard hp regen by 1
* Changed Lothar's recipe and stats
* Increased Maledict AOE by 15
* Improved Chemical Rage
* Increased Phantom Lancer's STR gain
* Improved lifesteal on Insatiable Hunger level 2 and 3
* Reduced Replicate manacost and cooldown
* Centered swap request notice is given to a player (182779)
* Fixed an issue with the Cheese drop from Roshan
* Reduced Vladmir's Offering recipe cost
* Reduced Linken's Sphere cooldown
* Increased Psi Blades range by 10 each level
* Improved Troll's movement speed
* Decreased Rampage movement speed bonus
* Decreased Rampage cooldown
* Removed stacking restriction from Bloodstone and improved it's stats
* Improved Helm of the Dominator damage from 10 to 20
* Improved Spirit Bear's Demolish
* Improved Oblivion Staff mana regen by 25%
* Increased Lightning Storm cooldown by 2 seconds
* Reworked Eul's Scepter of Divinity completely
* Reworked Orchid Malevolence completely
* Reduced cooldown on level 4 Metamorphosis from 135 to 110
* Reworked Guinsoo's Scythe of Vyse completely (check forums for details)
* God's Strength is longer removed by cyclone
* Insatiable Hunger is longer removed by cyclone
* Quarterstaff price reduced
* Improved Sand Storm
* Fixed an issue with Forest Troll High Priest's pathing scale
* Drastically lowered Quilbeast hitpoints
* Improved range on Drow's Trueshot Aura
* Fixed an exploit with Lanaya
* Improved cooldown progression on Insatiable Hunger
* Reduced Sven's base armor
* Reduced the slow on Epicenter
* Changed the locations and distribution of neutral creep camps
* Fixed some text display problems when viewing replays (thanks DonTomaso)
* Reduced Lina's movement speed by 5
* Reduced Voidstone by 25 gold
* Improved Enigma's movement speed
* Modified initial projectile speed and effect on Paralyzing Casks
* Improved Enfeeble
* Improved Auto-Fire aoe and duration
* Reduced Ring of Health by 25 gold
* Fixed some color issues on the load screen
* Reduced Queen of Pain's Blink range at early levels
* Fixed some creep death time discrepancies (188461)
* Improved Earthshaker movement speed
* Reduced mana cost on dagger and increased cooldown (75->50 mana, 30->60 cooldown)
* Added cooldown to Bottle usage and removed its sell cost
* Added -afkinfo that displays how long each player has been idle for
* Bottle purchased in base starts off full
* Necronomicon icon now changes per level (190183)
* Changed durations of some powerups (Haste 45->30, Illusion 60->75, Regen 45->30)
* Fixed a very minor bug with Elder Form duration
* Fixed a very minor bug with the damage mechanism on Shukuchi
* Moon Wells now gather water during night and get drained during day. This has no gameplay impact (60920)
* Zombies now give a bit less bounty
* Improved cast range on Expulsion and Fire Storm
* Change Drow Ranger's Marksmanship
* Added a conditionally available -KickAFK command to boot idle players (171984)
* Increased Neutral Centaur's aura by 5%
* Added an Alpha Wolf in the wolves creep camp with a command aura
* Added a new creep camp (1 Ghost w/Possession + 2 Fel Beasts)
* Changed the Furbolg's Stomp to a Clap
* Added a new creep camp (1 Enraged Wildken w/ Tornado + 2 Wildkins)
* Added a new creep camp (1 Murloc Nightcrawler w/shadowmeld,1 sec ensnare + 1 Murloc Hunstman + Murloc Tiderunner)
* Improved Satyr Hellcaller's Unholy Aura
* Added a new creep camp (1 Dark Troll Warlord (Raise Dead), 2 Dark Trolls)
* Recoded Neutral Creep code for some optimizations
* Changed the location of one of the Scourge creep camps


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