First Blood goes live, info about unreleased
heroes (like Techies!) and more!
Hey guys, Jess here with teh Dota 2 update!
First up, the First Blood Update, announced
last week, has been added to the game client!
The update went live Monday, meaning the addition
of local play, captain's draft mode, and an
improved armory system.
Additionally, the quality of item drops you're
eligible for is now tied to your Dota profile
level - the higher your level, the fewer common
items you'll receive and start getting more
uncommon, rare, and mythical ones.
This update also included a few changes and
bug fixes, we'll go over the bigger ones:
Upgraded items can now be disassembled within
10 seconds of being combined, which is the
same buffer of time you have to sell back
items at full value after purchasing.
You can now purchase from the secret shop
if the courier is there without having to
select it.
Medusa got added to Captain's Mode.
Pudge's hook now pulls the target to the initial
hook position, rather than to Pudge's location
- which means gg fountain hooking.
Sorry, Kaci, I know you were a big fan of
hooking at Ti3.
You can check out cyborgmatt's blog to see
the rest of the changes and fixes.
Next up, when is Techies getting added to
Dota 2?
Is he next?
Ah...well, THAT I don't know.
What I CAN tell you, is that Valve has worked
on the concept art for him....them.....its....just
concept art, and not much else.
We don't know what order these heroes will
be added, but a handy progress table from
CyborgMatt shows that Abyssal Underlord also
has just concept art, Ember Spirit has concept
art and hero textures, and Legion Commander
has Concept art, a hero portrait, ability
strings, hero textures, and hero particles
- so I wouldn't be surprised if he's the next
hero to get added.
Moving on to the competitive scene - MLG finally
buckled under pressure from the community
and said "fine, we'll invite Rattlesnake.int
as the 9th team at MLG Columbus!" despite
previously planning to stick with their initial
8 invites.
Now if you haven't been paying attention,
just one week ago the formerly-unsigned Kaipi
was announced to be picked up by Rattlesnake
- so the new Rattlesnake.Int team roster consists
of: pieliedie, EternalEnvy, aui_2000, singing,
and thyton.
This means that as of now the confirmed list
of invited teams for MLG Columbus is Alliance,
NaVi, DK, Liquid, EG, Fnatic, and Rattlesnake.Int,
who will be joined by the top team from the
NA Fall League and the Online Qualifier.
And as a reminder, if you want a little piece
of that action, the Online Qualifier is still
open - registration ends this Saturday, September
28th at 1:50 PM Eastern time - so get in by
then if you think you have what it takes to
go up against the winners of Ti3 at MLG Columbus.
Well, that's it for this week!
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Thanks for watching!
Enjoy the game.
