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[balladofwindfishes]

A creature that goes away, only to be reborn again? "cycles of terror"

Ho boy

 

[Shorty11857]

The problem was mostly that they ran a Slark-Disruptor lane and there was literally no-one we could put against that. I did my best as Shadow Shaman but he got free-farm and just tore us a new one, protecting their Ursa and letting him get fat while killing all of us

When a lane is going really bad for you sometimes it's best just to cut your loses as much as possible. I'm assuming you were a dual lane against them, I'd say either bring in a third hero and create a tri-lane to try to keep Slark down. If you don't think that will work one of your heroes could leave the lane, let the other person just stand back get get XP, sure Slark will get free-farm but you should hopefully be able to either get a kill mid or help your other lane.

Slark snowballs pretty hard so if he's able to dominate his lane he's going to cause you a lot of problems, if he doesn't win his lane he's not going to be a major factor in the mid-game. If you can't stop him from winning his lane then you'll need your other lanes to go in your favour.

 

[Satch]

Raid boss mode with firecracker/ancient rockets consummables.

Crafting mini-game.

So basically Wraith Night again.

 

[Razzer]

I'm most excited by what sounds like a Blossom themed map. I bet it looks really cool.

 

[Divvy]

So the raid boss is obviously one of the new heroes right?

 

[Dinosaur Tamer]

A creature that goes away, only to be reborn again? "cycles of terror"

Ho boy

Some really subtle trolling right there.

 

[Haly]

Not unless the new hero is a shapeshifter.

Spoiler

SUN WUKONG CONFIRMED?????

 

[shira]

I'm most excited by what sounds like a Blossom themed map. I bet it looks really cool.

radiant already has blossoms

 

[Satch]

So the raid boss is obviously one of the new heroes right?

enjoy your new terrorblade, illidan fanboys Kappa

 

[Artanisix]

ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ raise your flame ingots ヽ༼ຈل͜ຈ༽ﾉ

 

[BearPawB]

Not unless the new hero is a shapeshifter.

Spoiler

SUN WUKONG CONFIRMED?????

Terrorblade has metamorphosis.

The skill description: "Transforms Terrorblade into a powerful Demon with a ranged attack."

The demon emerges....

 

[Satch]

is anbokr gonna quit dota now


animal crossing will always love him

 

[Sibylus]

Friend who isn't a fan of the China aesthetic is going to be thrilled (horrorfied).

 

[abunai]

For some reason that festival page forces itself to Spanish for me.

 

[Haly]

For some reason that festival page forces itself to Spanish for me.

huehuehuehuehue

 

[Sanjay]

It's only a mata of time before the update gets released, I'm shaw of it.

 

[Technosteve]

what kind of english was this dota update written in? Year Beast Eldritch?

 

[fiore]

Man nature's prophet is so damn fun, his ability to be anywhere makes for some fun ganks. It's too bad i am bad at jungling with him, i start with a ring of basilius and the fastest i can get a midas is 8 minutes which i know its not very impressive. I'm gonan have to track down a pro dota game where np was played to see how to get a very fast midas.

Phase then midas

 

[Satch]

vengeful spirit!!! http://www.twitch.tv/joindotared

 

[sixghost]

So is Meepo not worth learning/playing? If I remember correctly, they recently nerfed his stat upgrade with Aghs.. I kind of want to learn to play him, but I don't want to waste the time if he's not good anymore.

He's still the most fun hero in the entire pool. I'm not really sure if he's worse after the patch, but he's definitely more difficult. You used to be able to afk farm the second Meepo in the jungle once you got 6, but the change to tranquils and the reshuffling of the jungle camps put a stop to that.

If you're interested in learning him, go for it. The sooner you start playing him, the better.

 

[Tobe]

http://dotabuff.com/matches/482951000 everybody watch this game. goddamit

 

[shira]

AN ARMORY'S OFFERING
Just as the fading chill summons the savagery of the Year Beast, so too does it awaken an essence of prosperous luck. The time has come to prepare your tributes to the Eight Shades of Fortune! Sweep away your bad luck items, your ill-fated arms or couriers earned in tragic battle, by removing them from your Armory to your Offering. Be wary: once you have chosen to remove an item from your Armory to place into your Offering, it cannot be reclaimed.

 

[Wes]

It's only a mata of time before the update gets released, I'm shaw of it.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

I love the fancy way they said "you can get stuff for deleting stuff again"

Like, it's not even a new feature, just an old one brought back lol

 

[BearPawB]

I love the fancy way they said "you can get stuff for deleting stuff again"

Like, it's not even a new feature, just an old one brought back lol

it might be more nuanced.

". Should they judge your Offering sufficient and plentiful, they may smile upon you, perhaps rewarding you with rare armor and materials"

So maybe you can offer several things at once for more/better rewards.

or maybe it will be the exact same as it was.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

For some reason that festival page forces itself to Spanish for me.

You must be on the US east version of it.

 

[abunai]

You must be on the US east version of it.

Better than having random russian curse words thrown in randomly

 

[Drkirby]

Wait, I am going to be able to offer up my hats to the hat gods? I am fearful.

I love the fancy way they said "you can get stuff for deleting stuff again"

Like, it's not even a new feature, just an old one brought back lol

It sound different. Like, you will put a bunch of items into some bond fire box, light the fuse, and maybe get some exclusive event stuff.

 

[Anbokr]

is anbokr gonna quit dota now


animal crossing will always love him

na it's all about heroes of the storm best moba

legit tho i'd rather have 6.80 over terrorblade, competitive is so stale

 

[Artanisix]

na it's all about heroes of the storm best moba

legit tho i'd rather have 6.80 over terrorblade, competitive is so stale

you have said this every month ever since the existence of dota 2

there is no pleasing you

 

[Anbokr]

you have said this every month ever since the existence of dota 2

there is no pleasing you

MY HUNGER IS INSATIABLE

 

[Dreams-Visions]

you have said this every month ever since the existence of dota 2

there is no pleasing you

but he's not wrong, tho.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

legit tho i'd rather have 6.80 over terrorblade

 

[aeolist]

WHY DO YOU NOT BAN MIRANA AGAINST SINGSING

JUST BAN HER

 

[1.09]

MY HUNGER IS INSATIABLE

yea cuz ur so fat lol

 

[Divvy]

vengeful spirit!!! http://www.twitch.tv/joindotared

SingSing Mirana, jesus

WHY DO YOU NOT BAN MIRANA AGAINST SINGSING

JUST BAN HER

Seriously

 

[Haly]

You did gain some weight anbokr, I remember your selfie being thinner.

 

[Anbokr]

You did gain some weight anbokr, I remember your selfie being thinner.

i'm sorry brah i went from 150 to 170
5'1

Spoiler

1

"

 

[Satch]

WHY DO YOU NOT BAN MIRANA AGAINST SINGSING

JUST BAN HER

SingSing Mirana, jesus

Seriously

i honest to god dont understand why they just didnt ban her

that was the second game, and they let singsing have her again. like... why wouldnt you ban out his signature hero?

 

[Haly]

i'm sorry brah i went from 150 to 170

5'1

Spoiler

1

"

Are you bulking or something? Jeez, 20 pounds.

 

[Emerson]

I barely understood a word of that page.

 

[Anbokr]

Are you bulking or something? Jeez, 20 pounds.

hgh bro i gotta become the next zyzz u feel me; gotta be as ripped as axe

 

[Sibylus]

Is Anbokr going to be 'mirin instead of mirana'in?

 

[Haly]

I barely understood a word of that page.

Summary: Open up Crimson Parcels to get Flamesalt Ingots which you can use to create consummables to distract the Year Beast in order to farm materials that you can use with New Bloom recipes like the Wardfish. Sometimes you'll also get a Jade Tokens which you can use to buy Bloom Bounties.

 

[Satch]

Is Anbokr going to be 'mirin instead of mirana'in?

this was so bad i laughed until i had tears in my eyes

 

[Anbokr]

Summary: Open up Crimson Parcels to get Flamesalt Ingots which you can use to create consummables to distract the Year Beast in order to farm materials that you can use with New Bloom recipes like the Wardfish. Sometimes you'll also get a Jade Tokens which you can use to buy Bloom Bounties.

so basically milkman is icefrog and has turned dota into animal crossing

 

[Haly]

so basically milkman is icefrog and has turned dota into animal crossing

Yeah pretty much. I can't wait for player housing you can collect event themed furniture for.

 

[Divvy]

Summary: Open up Crimson Parcels to get Flamesalt Ingots which you can use to create consummables to distract the Year Beast in order to farm materials that you can use with New Bloom recipes like the Wardfish. Sometimes you'll also get a Jade Tokens which you can use to buy Bloom Bounties.

Yes, I recognize some of these words

 

[Sibylus]

this was so bad i laughed until i had tears in my eyes

*collects 5 XP*

 

[balladofwindfishes]

I barely understood a word of that page.

Winter's grip eases,
and the earliest colors of dawning life begin to wash over the field of battle. Rogue powers unaligned with good or ill begin to stir as the cold days start to draw longer. Now comes the New Bloom Festival, a time of great chaos and greater rewards, fated to set the stage for the struggles to come

The update is coming

Every child knows the tale. Each year, as the dark and cold of winter turns back from its peak, wild energies that have slumbered through the long months begin to twist and pool. From this mire of eldritch power, as the first flowers begin to bloom, the Year Beast takes form to bellow its savagery and its hunger. Yet the same source that imbues the creature with terrible power also covers its being in rare materials, ready to be crafted into unique armaments if they can be pried from its body.

There's a new game mode where we have to kill a large beast. When he dies we get cool stuff we can craft into more cooler stuff (hats)

The comings and goings of the Year Beast are cyclical by nature. It is a mysterious creature, flighty and prone to long patrols of its strange, unknowable territory, dispersed across both space and time. For days it may disappear, perhaps tracking its predecessor across the veil of time, only to reappear refreshed and renewed, as if no time had passed at all. Those who hope to defend against the Year Beast must be both vigilant and patient, striking at those rare times when the creature chooses to reveal itself.

Just explaining how we can continue to fight him constantly. Just an empty paragraph trying to bring lore to why we're repeating the same thing over and over. The title is a not so subtle hint at Terrorblade

Facing the Year Beast requires careful preparation. To harm its enchanted hide will require use of both conventional tools as well as more purpose-built armaments. During the New Bloom, as heroes indulge their age-old conflicts and grudges, they may find Flamesalt Ingots. In the hands of an enterprising artisan, these Ingots can be fashioned into several trinkets, including a variety of powerful explosives able to disable, distract, or damage the Year Beast.

To kill the boss faster you need fireworks which you can get by crafting stuff you get from drops from playing regular Dota

Determined to face the Year Beast? Consider purchasing Fortune's Favor, a luck talisman to temporarily increase your Ingot harvest, and allow you to find Jade Tokens to trade toward lockless Bloom Bounties.

Same deal as Wraith Night

Occasionally, heroes will come across Crimson Parcels, which may contain small gifts of Flamesalt Ingots for your defense against the Year Beast, or even Jade Tokens!

Explaining more about the fire work stuff from earlier, also you can now get crystals via drop and not just in the mode.

A few of the items you might craft or receive

Hats

Just as the fading chill summons the savagery of the Year Beast, so too does it awaken an essence of prosperous luck. The time has come to prepare your tributes to the Eight Shades of Fortune! Sweep away your bad luck items, your ill-fated arms or couriers earned in tragic battle, by removing them from your Armory to your Offering. Be wary: once you have chosen to remove an item from your Armory to place into your Offering, it cannot be reclaimed.

Delete items for a chance at some other items. This already existed before, but this might be changed to be a bit better and straight forward

The Eight Shades of Fortune gather and disperse of their own whim. On the infrequent day their impulsive nature sees them convene, they will happily accept all poor luck set before them. Should they judge your Offering sufficient and plentiful, they may smile upon you, perhaps rewarding you with rare armor and materials, or Flamesalt Ingots to battle the Year Beast. Though you may be parting with past calamity, such an Offering will never go unrewarded.

Basically just explaining delete an item to maybe get another one. "Such an offering will never go unrewarded" probably means you'll always get something, even if it's just some crafting materials.

With the arrival of the New Bloom, the field of strife awakens from its long slumber. It is a world transformed. Early blossoms cover the trees as they shiver against the fading cold. In these dim days, paper lanterns light the paths where monuments of noble beasts look on toward the coming year. Bold heroes now charge across this refreshed land to offer up their strength to the battle.

There's a new map for regular dota that's all chinese and stuff. Also the title is a not so subtle reference to Phoenix.