DOTA 6.48 Thread (it's a War3 Mod)

Akia · (09-01-2007, 03:49 PM)

A New Hero has been added!

Puck (Sentinel)

Originally Posted by getdota.com:

6.48 Changelog
===============
* Added a new hero from the Model-To-Hero contest (see below)
* Added a new ability for Animal Courier to change its model.
* Fixed Planeswalker's Cloak and Hood of Defiance stacking issues on various heroes' innate magic resistance abilities.
* Fixed an old rare bug with Leshrac (and recently Storm) that would cause them to constantly drain mana.
* Fixed a bug when killing heroes with Crow
* Fixed Flesh Heap to work properly with suicides
* Fixed a bug in -dm -nd that causes the hero after Bristleback to have Warpath if Bristleback dies with the buff on, and the player quickly picks a new hero.
* Fixed the game mode text to display in proper order
* Fixed Starfall doing extra damage on the second hit
* Restored Freeze Hero functionality
* Added a command -test to enable single player commands to be usable in multiplayer for easier extensive testing
* Added new command '-terrain snow'. This transforms the current terrain into a snow terrain. This is a very experimental mechanism and is still very much a WIP in the visuals department.
* Fixed Death Pulse to hit properly non-magic-immune Ancients
* Improved Alchemist's movement speed a bit
* Increased ranged creep's mana pool
* Rebalanced Sanity's Eclipse (Less damage, better leveling)
* Improved Harbinger's casting animation time
* Fixed a visual glitch with Dispersion that would make it look like it did more Dispersions than it actually did
* Fixed a bug with Unstable Concoction when used during the transformation of Chemical Rage
* Fixed a bug with Greaterbash
* Improved Lion's movement speed a little
* Fixed Panda's Storm Wind Walk stats
* Game now gives an error message when attacking Roshan from a disallowed area
* Added -nr(-norepick)
* Added -mute as a custom player command to disable kill sounds
* Fixed a bug with Weave and Reincarnation

change log link: http://www.getdota.com/changelog.txt
download link: http://dota.design-services.us/6.48.zip
about DOTA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DotA_Allstars
DOTA song (haha): http://youtube.com/watch?v=nAmddu8mCPE
dota gameplay (with war3 cg thrown in): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xpAiLSLd6c

'm on useast as "akia." if anyone wants to play msg me.

Akia · (09-02-2007, 02:02 AM)

no love for puck

Chony · (09-02-2007, 02:05 AM)

I quit DOTA and got back into diablo 2. Both are immense time sinks.

Ferrio · (09-02-2007, 02:07 AM)

Fuck puck, no really I hate the bastard.

Akia · (09-02-2007, 02:15 AM)

Originally Posted by Ferrio:

Fuck puck, no really I hate the bastard.

Yeah, he really needs a nerf.

Spruchy · (09-02-2007, 02:16 AM)

I played him once and raped but didnt really understand his ultimate besides the aoe stun + dmg part.

Akia · (09-02-2007, 02:47 AM)

The hero is just too small which makes it hard to hook or arrow. When it blinks it's hard to locate where. With the right items your pretty much invincible to everything but a gank.

Belgorim · (09-02-2007, 03:17 AM)

He will definately get nerfed...

DonasaurusRex · (09-02-2007, 04:04 AM)

PA can still break his face, but man is he cruising for the nerf bat , the kaelthas model is still...just gone he was so broken so he retains the title.

theultimo · (09-02-2007, 04:05 AM)

Hes way to powerful, it will get nerfed soon hopefully.

evlcookie · (09-02-2007, 04:25 AM)

I should really look into play DOTA, i have known a few people over the years who play it and love it to death. I need to stop being so damn lazy

Akia · (09-03-2007, 02:46 AM)

I'm on right now in USEast. Channel NeoGAF if anyone wants in.

Trasher · (09-03-2007, 05:10 AM)

DOTA ruined my GPA hardcore my second semester of college. Such a good game.

ToyMachine228 · (09-03-2007, 05:12 AM)

DOTA is definitely a fun game. If Blizzard ever does WarCraft 4 I wouldn't be surprised to see them to their own version of it.

esbern · (09-03-2007, 05:17 AM)

puck is going to get nerfed according to the official forum mods.

i love playing dark seer...my new favorite hero. so many crazy things he can do, especially with good team mates.

esbern · (09-03-2007, 05:18 AM)

Originally Posted by DonasaurusRex:

PA can still break his face, but man is he cruising for the nerf bat , the kaelthas model is still...just gone he was so broken so he retains the title.

odd... i didn't know people still play PA. ah well.

Ferrio · (09-03-2007, 05:19 AM)

Originally Posted by esbern:

odd... i didn't know people still play PA. ah well.

I'm still fairly new to the game (few months), but why wouldn't people? She's fucking insane end game.

BishopLamont · (09-03-2007, 08:46 AM)

PA with lifesteal and damage items is unstoppable, one of the best late game heros.

Subitai · (09-03-2007, 10:07 AM)

Oh joy. Sounds like I need to wait till Puck gets nerfed in the next release.

esbern · (09-03-2007, 02:19 PM)

Originally Posted by Ferrio:

I'm still fairly new to the game (few months), but why wouldn't people? She's fucking insane end game.

sorry, was stupid and thinking SA (Stealth Assassin).

Dina · (09-03-2007, 02:24 PM)

Sand King ftw.

Defuser · (09-03-2007, 02:34 PM)

Wow,Icefrog buff up alchemist again.I guess he no longer hate alchemist when there other imba heros need tweaking.

mint · (09-03-2007, 02:37 PM)

dota reminds me of ..oh i dont know..crack. especially if u play in a competitive league. i just tend to stay away from it.

Akia · (09-03-2007, 03:08 PM)

Why does Tinker not benefit so much for his kills? I could go 10/1 and I'm still under leveled compared to everyone else.

Pureauthor · (09-03-2007, 03:10 PM)

Classic DOTA 4 lyfe, yo.

That aside, changes seem pretty good.

bheemer · (09-03-2007, 03:32 PM)

lots of dota players here, is there a GAF dota clan? if not, there should be.

Akia · (09-03-2007, 04:25 PM)

Originally Posted by bheemer:

lots of dota players here, is there a GAF dota clan? if not, there should be.

Keep dreaming, it's hard enough to schedule a game with just one person on GAF. Maybe if we set it up through Steam Community it might just work.

jtardiou · (09-03-2007, 06:44 PM)

<- skilled dota player

zizou21 on east

ickingfudiot · (09-03-2007, 07:24 PM)

I'm down for DOTA whenever, I usually play with a roommate or two though. Murr on USEast.

What modes do you guys usually play? We always do shortmode (still annoyed they changed it to "easymode" - it's so much less time consuming and more enjoyable on -em) and usually do AR or AP.

Deacan · (09-03-2007, 07:27 PM)

Ernt played DotA for ages, but its a fantastic game.

One of the reasons I still keep WC3 installed.

EnjoyIncubus · (09-03-2007, 07:28 PM)

I play dota several times a day, I'm on USWest as EnjoyIncubus. Been playing for about 4 years now so if anyone wants a skilled player, hit me up.

Ferrio · (09-03-2007, 09:30 PM)

Originally Posted by Akia:

Why does Tinker not benefit so much for his kills? I could go 10/1 and I'm still under leveled compared to everyone else.

Int characters tend to be weaker late game (there are exceptions). Trouble with tinker is his a beast early on especially against agi/int characters. Later people just have way too much hp (or magic resist) for his skills to do much damage (even when spamming them with reload). Which isn't bad, if you can get a lot of kills early to slow down late game heros while the rest of your team levels/pushes, it's all good. What I haven't tried is making tinker a late game hero (stygian???), maybe I'll try that.

Akia · (09-04-2007, 12:50 AM)

What do you guys say to a GAF 5v5 tonight?

imthemaid · (09-04-2007, 01:09 AM)

the crickets are keen. i'd be up for some war3, but i don't know how to dota, sadly.

Big-E · (09-04-2007, 01:13 AM)

Getting a new pc soon and I think I might have to start playing again after a year hiatus.

evlcookie · (09-04-2007, 01:19 AM)

I just installed dota yesterday but i havent had a chance to give it a shot. I wasn't in a rush to jump on b.net and get my ass handed to me.

But i am up for it if you dont mind going against a noob.

Akia · (09-04-2007, 01:33 AM)

i don't mind playing war3 or dota. if anyone (noobs/pros alike) is down i'll be in channel neogaf on useast.

YakiSOBA · (09-04-2007, 01:51 AM)

useast yakis0ba

Proelite · 02:00 AM

Puck blows cock. I've see puck at 24 while everyone else is level 14.

US EAST neogaf.

Akia · 02:08 AM

update:

We got like 4 people on channel neogaf now.

edit: evlcookie :( where did you go?

Quagm1r3 · (09-04-2007, 02:04 AM)

I've played WC3 before but never DOTA. What's the main change with DOTA in general anyway? I'm actually curious because Luke Smith mentioned it during the live 1up podcast at PAX.

esbern · (09-04-2007, 02:07 AM)

kubrick8 on useast, but i'm not playing tonight

Halycon · (09-04-2007, 02:08 AM)

Originally Posted by Quagm1r3:

I've played WC3 before but never DOTA. What's the main change with DOTA in general anyway? I'm actually curious because Luke Smith mentioned it during the live 1up podcast at PAX.

It's focused on heroes. You have a hero, then you have creeps that spawn regularly and march toward the other base. Your job is to use your hero to help your creeps push past their creeps/heroes/towers to their Ancient before they do the same to yours. Levels go up to 25, 3 skills a hero (for the most part) each with 4 levels and one ultimate with 3 levels. There is a variety of items you can purchase (using gold that trickles into your pool and comes from hero/creep kills) to augment attributes of your hero or to cover weaknesses.

Also, it's more popular than the actual game.

Quagm1r3 · (09-04-2007, 02:16 AM)

Originally Posted by Halycon:

It's focused on heroes. You have a hero, then you have creeps that spawn regularly and march toward the other base. Your job is to use your hero to help your creeps push past their creeps/heroes/towers to their Ancient before they do the same to yours. Levels go up to 25, 3 skills a hero (for the most part) each with 4 levels and one ultimate with 3 levels. There is a variety of items you can purchase (using gold that trickles into your pool and comes from hero/creep kills) to augment attributes of your hero or to cover weaknesses.

Also, it's more popular than the actual game.

It sounds simpler than War3. When you take out all the units, things get less complicated. But how do you get so much experience (I'm assuming you get a lot if anyone makes it close to 25) if all your creeps are on your side? DOTA must involve a lot more creeps than in War3...

Akia · (09-04-2007, 02:20 AM)

So game 1 finished quick. Someone on the other team ended up lagging out.

We're playing 5v5 arem, I just rolled Puck.

Mardil · (09-04-2007, 02:20 AM)

Amazing I'm going to try the new hero right now. When was this released? I have like 4 months without playing DotA!

Quagm1r3 · (09-04-2007, 02:45 AM)

Could someone else elaborate on what DOTA is? It's raising my curiosity...

(not that the first description wasn't good enough. I just want another point of view.)

Proelite · (09-04-2007, 03:03 AM)

Wow, neogaf got owned.

djkimothy · (09-04-2007, 03:10 AM)

I suck at dota. People keep wanting to boot me cause I'm new to it. :/ How the hell do you learn how to play 60 different heros! Ugh. Noob rooms are few and far between.

You people were once like me you know! :p

Big-E · (09-04-2007, 03:14 AM)

Originally Posted by Quagm1r3:

Could someone else elaborate on what DOTA is? It's raising my curiosity...

(not that the first description wasn't good enough. I just want another point of view.)

DotA (Defense of the Ancients) is a custom map played through Warcraft 3 and battle.net. Its is a mostly symmetrical map with two sides occupying the map. The Sentinels occupy the south western portion of the map while the scourge occupy the north east. There are 5 players per team and they each are able to chose one character to use throughout the map. There are a huge variety of heroes to choose from. Each player then picks a lane where they will fight the enemy (There are 3 lanes so normally 2 lanes end up being occupied by 2 players each). Both the scourge and sentinels send out small numbers of units that are computer controlled to engage one another. As a user, it is your job to kill the enemy heroes and these armies to gain gold and experience. Gold is needed to buy items which are vital in the game to make you stronger. Experience is used to level up so that one can learn new abilities (level cap is at 25). The game ends when either the scourge or sentinels 'castle' if you will (just a large building at the heart of each factions base) is destroyed. The game typically lasts around an hour but some games can last a while longer. Users are also able to modify certain rules as well such as playing with random heroes and other more advanced options.