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[shira]

Added three new matchmaking language preference options: Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese

Bueno: lol beated

 

[TheLetdown]

This is stupid as FUCK.

It encourages grinding and game spamming.

That's the feel I was looking for!

 

[HK-47]

LAN? LAN! Wow never thought to see the day that a game like dota 2 would have it!

Why its been in the pipeline since near the first international.

 

[dave is ok]

Best part about the Portal announcer pack?

I never have to buy it to use it.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Best part about the Portal announcer pack?

I never have to buy it to use it.

^.^

 

[HK-47]

This is a pretty large all-encompassing patch, sorta like the ones TF2 gets. I wonder if this is the start of them moving over to bigger patches less frequently.



Double boo

That would be stupid since they still have a bunch of heroes to put in and about 3000 bugs to fix.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

The rotating drop system seems really cool, should keep it fresh and stop Omnibracer jokes.

 

[Dinosaur Tamer]

As a level 200 and something, I'm okay with this. It will probably also have a marginal impact on people's desire to smurf constantly.

Thought about that as well, but marginal is probably the key word here. It's a really weird change.

 

[HK-47]

What do they have against armlet toggle come on
That shit was legit

Yes armlet macros were soooo legit...

 

[Sibylus]

Fountain hook was great, fuck the haters.

 

[aeolist]

huh, fountain hooking removed

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Anyone got a pic of the new PA?

 

[Pureauthor]

Tying drops to Profile level sounds really dumb.

Also Fountain Hooks nerfed. Valve u dum

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Tying drops to Profile level sounds really dumb.

Also Fountain Hooks nerfed. Valve u dum

This stuff all seems easy to change. They made sure to note that nothing was permanent about the economy changes.

 

[Haly]

As a level 200 and something, I'm okay with this. It will probably also have a marginal impact on people's desire to smurf constantly.

It will have a huge impact on peoples desire to farm items by either throwing games or making bots.

 

[bounchfx]

I'm not sure typing dota profile level to drops is bad - it really depends how they do it.

If it's something like, at level 1 you have a .01% chance to get an item, and every 10 levels they add a .002, so at level 10 you're at .012, level 20 you're at .014, it's not a huge change but it rewards players that have put in tons of time with the chance of getting more items, even if it's not a large amount more. We might also assume that the base level (or, what it is now) has not dropped to give players less items than we already get, just more for those that have sunk tons of time into the game. I also don't know, is this tied to rarity at all? or just # of drops in general?

I guess my view is, rewarding people that put in hundreds/thousands of hours with a slight increase in chance to get items isn't really a bad thing...?

 

[RS4-]

1300 hrs.

One mythical. Brewmaster bottle.

 

[Gully State]

Super excited for Captain's Draft. It'll probably be my most queue'd mode.

 

[1.09]

Im glad we get a new patch and with one as big as this im sure itll sate people for a while so no more complaining ok guys

 

[Acinixys]

1300 hrs.

One mythical. Brewmaster bottle.

1600 hours

2 Mythicals

TA scarf and a Batrider bandanna

 

[shira]

I'm not sure typing dota profile level to drops is bad - it really depends how they do it.

If it's something like, at level 1 you have a .01% chance to get an item, and every 10 levels they add a .002, so at level 10 you're at .012, level 20 you're at .014, it's not a huge change but it rewards players that have put in tons of time with the chance of getting more items, even if it's not a large amount more. We might also assume that the base level (or, what it is now) has not dropped to give players less items than we already get, just more for those that have sunk tons of time into the game. I also don't know, is this tied to rarity at all? or just # of drops in general?

I guess my view is, rewarding people that put in hundreds/thousands of hours with a slight increase in chance to get items isn't really a bad thing...?

Honestly they should frequently drop the common parts of sets so that you are kind of compelled to pay for the rest of the set. Or have an option to complete the set for a better price.

 

[bounchfx]

1600 hours

2 Mythicals

TA scarf and a Batrider bandanna

holy shit. I don't know about you guys, but I would have though a mythical would pop up once every 100-200 hours, at most. I didn't realize the drops were THAT rare.

Honestly they should frequently drop the common parts of sets so that you are kind of compelled to pay for the rest of the set. Or have an option to complete the set for a better price.

I completely agree. I thought that's what the point of it was right now, but commons could/should be a tad more common. It'll be interesting seeing how much of a difference the patch makes (if any noticeable difference)

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Is the patch actually on the test client yet?

 

[Pureauthor]

1784 Hours.

1 Mythical.

A **** Morok.

Edit: Hey, you know what this update is missing? A BLOODY CRAFT SYSTEM

 

[DivineRage002]

I unboxed an unusual mrs. Piggy princess from the new chest yesterday.

I was happy.

 

[woodland]

1300 hrs.

One mythical. Brewmaster bottle.

Used to be me, 1200 hours and same shitty mythical which no one wants. Finally got a mythical Necro scythe the other day, but I don't play him either...

Not happy with this update. They held back on however many updates to look good with a big one? Cool.

Also way to kill armlet toggling(fuck the macro, but actual armlet usage in tournys was legit) and fountain hooking. Stupid.

 

[Anteo]

Fountain hook was great, fuck the haters.

Sadly the hook doesnt work like in OG Dota or we would have Reverse Fountain Hooks now. As in enemy hero ends up in allied fountain and pudge ends up in the battle area

 

[RS4-]

Need harsher penalties for those bastards that use the scripts via another app.

 

[DivineRage002]

Well I guess I'm lucky? ~900 hours, 1 mythical and 1 legendary.

Fireborn Odachi and the freakin Owlion.

 

[Ketch]

Wow I had no idea mythicals were that rare.... I think I'm about to annoy some people but I don't care because I guess the new drop system is going to stop this from happening but:

I've only got 186 hours played... i'm like lvl 9 or something.. and I've had two mythicals drop, both from leveling up. Mythical Mirana Mount and a mythical courier.

 

[Übermatik]

Timbersaw nurfed, no more fountain hooks, ded gaem.

 

[Trasher]

Medusa in CM

:33333333333333333333333333

NEW CM MAIN

 

[Monochromaticx]

Megaton update!
The control group cloud sync is brilliant! Captain draft sounds like a great mode too.

I can't wait to see medusa in pro games.... But I doubt she has any place in the meta game :S

 

[Übermatik]

Er, are you guys serious? 15 Mythicals, about 800+ hours played. Is this not counting taunts and chests? because in that case about 10.

 

[fiore]

I suppose this would be a good time to play the game. New patch, a new beginner. All I nneed is a steam account?

 

[KingKong]

Medusa in CM means 6.79 coming tomorrow?

 

[Pureauthor]

6.79 come out soooooooon

 

[Dahbomb]

Fucking hell no more Pudge fountain hooks...

Volvo plz

 

[Wunder]

Wow I had no idea mythicals were that rare.... I think I'm about to annoy some people but I don't care because I guess the new drop system is going to stop this from happening but:

I've only got 186 hours played... i'm like lvl 9 or something.. and I've had two mythicals drop, both from leveling up. Mythical Mirana Mount and a mythical courier.

god damnit ketch

 

[Borgnine]

Limit the frequency we show map pings from muted players

How about limiting it to zero?

 

[The Technomancer]

Pudge: Meat Hook now pulls the target to the initial hook position regardless of where Pudge is

Vadernoooo

 

[Dreams-Visions]

1300 hrs.

One mythical. Brewmaster bottle.

I'm not sure how many actual gameplay hours I have (I just leave the game on all day whether I'm playing or not), but probably about 2,000 hours. 2 mythical drops. The Axe Bloodchaser and Anuxi's Owlion mount.

 

[Anteo]

But why are we talking about hours? We should talk about how many games.

 

[Übermatik]

My mistake, just checked - 921 hours, and 10 Mythicals.

Corpse Maker, Eye of Omoz, Fearless Badger, Helm of Infernal Despair, Ormr the Lunar Dragon, 3x Radiant Claive, Spine Spilitter, Squiddles.

 

[BeesEight]

Double boo

Boo? I might actually get something that's not common now!

As a level 200 and something, I'm okay with this. It will probably also have a marginal impact on people's desire to smurf constantly.

Oh, that's a good point. I only ever play on my smurf nowadays.

holy shit. I don't know about you guys, but I would have though a mythical would pop up once every 100-200 hours, at most. I didn't realize the drops were THAT rare.

948 hours and the only mythical I got was from the Frostivus game mode. I don't even think I've had more than five rares.

 

[Karakand]

Many items have been removed from the store. These can now be sold and bought on the Steam Community Market! Workshop contributors will receive a share of each resale of their items. The items that have been removed are not immortal: they may return to the store in future sales or events, or they may appear in the drop list from time to time

I played CCGs (MODO) too.

 

[The Technomancer]

Hm, like 700 games and I've gotten three Mythicals from drops (Corpsemaker, Buttercup and The Horned Mother) as well as one from a chest (Corruptor)

And then of course the taunts, my Morok's courier, etc.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

Alt-left clicking on an enemy icon in the top bar will send a chat message that the hero is missing

Tight.

 

[shira]

dota cinema sven set?

 

[Baha]

I'm not sure how many actual gameplay hours I have (I just leave the game on all day whether I'm playing or not), but probably about 2,000 hours. 2 mythical drops. The Axe Bloodchaser and Anuxi's Owlion mount.

That's a legendary.