emailbox Wrote:The worst was when people were really mad and PP'd, "pulled plug". That meant that everyone had to wait like 45s or something for the servers to resolve the connection problem after which they'd just disconnect.

IllegallySane Wrote:Will have to watch that later. Leavers are indeed pure evil and a real pain to deal with.



Sidenote, tried Windrunner. I am really loving her ability to escape a melee death. I admit though she isn't really capable of great damage, but her Powershot helps in harassing, and words can't describe how amazing Shackleshot is. Sometimes that one stun is all I need for my teammates to completely destroy the enemy. It's also not TOO hard to land a proper Shackleshot. 3.75 stuns too OP with a Troll Warlord as the carry. She's also pretty cool as support with Pipe/Mech/Tranquil Boots. Buffer + heals + mana = good times.

PS, is it just me or are Hard bots REALLY good at denying now? I couldn't really auto-attack a creep for gold. Ever.

Quote:- Added Tusk!

GAMEPLAY
- Lina: Fixed Dragon Slave hitting units behind you.
- Mirana: Fixed some backswing behaviors with her spells
- Templar Assassin: Fixed Meld not removing collision.
- Troll Warlord: Fixed a case where ranged Troll Warlord can bash when attacking while transforming.
- Troll Warlord: Added a "fast" attack animation that will only trigger when his attack speed is above 210
- Fixed Orchid disabling Dagger at the end of its duration even if it was doing no damage.
- Fixed a recent bug with Poor Man's Shield that could infrequently cause it to not block hero damage
- Fixed some wave speed issues with Crypt Swarm, Dual Breath, Breathe Fire, Dragon Slave, Illuminate, Sonic Wave and Shockwave.
- Enabled Silencer in Tournament lobbies.
- Team Matchmaking now uses the Tournament lobby rules.
- Two-player Mid Only games now automatically spawn a courier.
- Enabled Medusa in Captain's Mode for Latest Version (will be enabled in Tournament Version the following week).

UI
- Updated look of the combat log and added language localization.
- Fixed bug where players who'd set themselves as Offline in Steam would still report their Rich Presence status.
- Players no longer display what hero they're playing in their Rich Presnce if they're in a private no-spectating game.
- Added a "Add Self to Roster" button that shows up for Team Admins that aren't part of their Team's Roster.
- The Game End panel now shows team names for games with teams.

VISUALS
- If Keeper of the Light dies with Recall active, the visual effect is now removed.

BOTS
- Fixed bots not considering Phantom Lancer a hard carry.
- Fixed VS bot not having a large enough item build list.
- Bots will no longer dust Doppelwalk because it's sneaky.
- Bots will no longer buy invisibility detection for an enemy's item until they see that item in an enemy's inventory.
- Made Zeus bot slightly more likely to use Wrath of the Thundergod.
- When a player connects, we now only disable/make invulnerable heroes on the opposing teams (not units with bots like the Warlock Golem).

Quote:- Bots will no longer dust Doppelwalk because it's sneaky.

Dusk Wrote:They supposedly made a change to the way bots last hit/deny in the recent patch. I haven't noticed a difference, though.

Malthe Wrote:http://dev.dota2.com/showthread.php?t=73532




I laughed.

Also holy pineapple Tuskarr is 10 times funnier than i remembered.
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Malthe Wrote:Tusk is a strong hero, he'll primarily be used as a 4th position support in professional games, that or maybe an offensive trilane farmer. He could mid as well.
But he's so strong in trilanes that he'll definitely be utilized when he's enabled, i'm sure.

Quote:Positions:

1

A hero in the 1 position means that they have the highest priority for levels and gold on your team. This is your ‘hard carry’. Heroes that fall into this category are the most item and level dependent on your team. They deal a ton of damage later in the game, and generally build towards damage and survivability.

Common Heroes:
Anti-mage, Phantom lancer, N'aix, Chaos Knight, Luna, Faceless void.

2

The 2 position means that they have the second most need for gold and levels. The reasons can vary, but in general they should be farming any lane that isn’t occupied by your 1. The 2 generally builds toward initiation/utility and survivability items, though some heroes benefit from damage items as well

Common Heroes:
Queen of pain, Night stalker, Magnus, Dark seer, Invoker, Bat rider


3

The third most farm dependent on your team, generally builds toward team fight/support items such as Pipe/Drum or initiation items. 3 is generally item independent for most damage.

Common Heroes:
Wind runner, dark seer, magnus, beast master, enigma


4

As secondary support on the team, the 4 will build towards the cheaper team fight items like Drum/Mek. The 4 helps on pure support items such as wards, smoke, dust when the 5 cannot afford it.

Common Heroes:
Chen, enchantress, enigma, tide hunter, sand king, earth shaker


5

The 5 mainly uses money on pure support items such as wards, smoke, dust, and sometimes regen and teleports for the 1-2 heroes. It is not uncommon to see a 5 hero purchase nothing more than a boots and a wand for themselves the entire game.

Common Heroes:
Venomancer, shadow demon, crystal maiden, wisp.

Raul Wrote:I love playing Nyx. Impale+Mana Burn leaves people helpless early game.

IllegallySane Wrote:Eventually though, you shall move to Gondar/Bounty Hunter for being able to make LOADSAMONEY. I myself am still trying to make that transition, as I found Nyx highly amusing to play as he goes "NyxNyxNyx" all the time.

Salguod Wrote:Aren't they really different though? Nyx pretty much takes out any one target by himself, while Bounty Hunter seems to be more for utility with Track.

 Spoiler

Quote:DEFEND YOUR PRESIDENT.

Quote:WOW, THIS TEAM OF SMOKES IS HERE ALREADY? THEY SMOKING MARLBORO