Dota 2 News

[p]Over the last few days we've addressed the following issues:[/p]

• [p]Fixed emoticons from previous fan content bundles that were supposed to be permanent being unavailable[/p]
• [p]Fixed basic talent stickers all looking like a specific player sticker from 2022[/p]
• [p]Fixed accounts ineligible to participate in The International Predictions & Fantasy being able to circumvent the rules[/p]
• [p]Fixed one prediction being missing for Road to the International: Playoffs on certain resolutions[/p]
• [p]Fixed rare client crash when viewing your fantasy roster[/p]
• [p]Fixed common client crash when viewing anything on a mac[/p]
• [p]Fixed the Tyrian Regalia item "Tyrian Bloodfeather Feast" incorrectly showing as owned if the player had the Queen of Pain Arcana[/p]
• [p]Fixed sales of Talent Sticker Bundles not contributing to the prize pool[/p]
• [p]Fixed bots in locally hosted matches not purchasing any items[/p]
• [p]Fixed default Pudge bot never casting Meat Hook[/p]
• [p]Fixed Arc Warden's Tempest Double being able to summon a Tempest Double by capturing an experience shrine on the double, gaining a level, and then skilling Tempest Double[/p]
• [p]Fixed Meepo's Poof ocassionally inadverently getting into the wrong alt-cast state[/p]
• [p]Fixed Nature Prophet's Teleport and Io's Relocate using the wrong sounds when the teleport finishes[/p]
• [p]Fixed Silencer's Last Word not triggering Spell Absorbtion, Phylactery or Khanda[/p]
• [p]Fixed Troll Warlord's Fervor incorrectly granting bonus attack speed and gaining stacks when Troll Warlord is broken[/p]
• [p]Fixed Troll Warlord's Berserker's Rage incorrectly granting bonus stats when Troll Warlord is broken[/p]
• [p]Fixed rare server crash with Witch Doctor's Death Ward[/p]
• [p]Fixed rare crash with Marci's Dispose[/p]

[h3][/h3][p][/p][h3]The International Team and Talent Bundles[/h3][p]The International draws near: All sixteen teams are set to head to Germany, and we've just now announced the full on-screen talent roster in-game. Like Dota itself, The International is a global affair, with team members hailing from more than thirty countries and talent representing even more.[/p][p]Recognizing those players and personalities, this year we're continuing The International's tradition of offering team and talent supporter bundles in game. Each bundle contains content created by the team or talent in question, including loading screens, stickers, voice lines, and more. 50% of every sale goes directly to the team or talent and, this year, an additional 30% from each supporter bundle sale will go into the prize pool for the tournament.[/p][p]The International has four official language broadcasts, but even that's not enough to reach Dota players everywhere. All around the world fans gather to support their local communities in their language and so for the first time, we've added supporter bundles for some of the larger community broadcasts as well. We've selected a few of the community broadcasts with the largest audiences this year, including Brazilian Portuguese, Filipino, and Ukrainian. (As with the individual talent bundles, 50% go to the group in question and an additional 30% to the prize pool.)[/p][p]You can browse all the team and talent bundles from the main menu. Whether you have a favorite player, a favorite broadcaster, a favorite community, or you're just hunting for the best voice line, now's your opportunity.[/p][p][/p][h3]Games And Rewards[/h3][p]Enough about the professionals: Let's talk about you.[/p][p]Millions of fans go into The International with, let's say, strongly-held opinions. Which region is strongest? What's the real reason pros keep picking that hero with a 16% winrate? Was Earthshaker buffed enough?[/p][p]The only thing better than being right is being able to show everyone who was wrong how right you've always been. With that in mind, we've taken the most popular features from The International Compendium over the last few years and we're making them available to every Dota player for free: Fantasy and Predictions are available right now, and include leaderboards so you can compare yourself against your friends and the entire Dota community. [/p][p]"But," you say, "these leaderboards are temporary and my rightness needs to last forever." We hear you. That's why this year we're also introducing the Tyrian Regalia, a collection of Immortal items refashioned for this year's International color. They aren't for sale: These account-locked items are exclusively rewards for the top-ranked predictors and fantasy managers. If you want them, the only path is victory.[/p][p]In the spirit of fair competition, we've also banned more than 75,000 win traders, smurfs, and other bad actors. At all levels of play, Dota is a game best enjoyed on an even field.[/p][p][/p][h3]Wrapping It Up[/h3][p]The International is just a couple weeks away. Whether you're here to cheer on your favorite teams, or here to match your skills against the millions of other fans in the audience, or whether you're just here to watch the games unfold, we're glad to have you. We'll see you when the games start.[/p][p][/p]

[p]Over the last few days we've addressed the following issues: [/p][p][/p]

• [p]Ctrl+Alt pinging enemy abilities or items will now display that the ability or item could be on cooldown[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue with quickbuy where, if a stackable item existed in inventory and another was marked for buy in quickbuy, the item would keep being bought as long as gold and stock were available[/p]
• [p]Fixed an issue where Quartero rewards could not be claimed[/p]
• [p]Fixed green range indicator appearing briefly when casting abilities with quickcast on press[/p]
• [p]Fixed Mjollnir description stating that Chain Lightning deals bonus damage to illusions[/p]
• [p]Fixed Alchemist losing bonus damage gained from granting scepter when dying[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where Bristleback's Seeing Red facet caused enemies in vision to disappear when the buff expired[/p]
• [p]Fixed Dark Willow's Cursed Crown and Silencer's Last Word debuffs sometimes expiring without triggering[/p]
• [p]Fixed allies being able to target Dark Willow while she has Shadow Realm active[/p]
• [p]Fixed Ember Spirit not getting remnant charges from allied hero kills when having the Aghanim's Shard[/p]
• [p]Fixed Invoker's twister interval not matching twister radius[/p]
• [p]Fixed Invoker's Tornado cast range being different than it's travel range[/p]
• [p]Fixed crash with Kez Katana bleed[/p]

• [p]Fixed Kazurai Katana overhead damage numbers not representing spell amplification[/p]

• [p]Fixed Kazurai Katana impale causing its non-damage effects to debuff immune targets[/p]
• [p]Fixed Kazurai Katana shard lifesteal applying to triggered attacks[/p]
• [p]Fixed Grappling Claw attacking targets outside of the melee buffer range when landing[/p]
• [p]Fixed Grappling Claw being able to escape Kinetic Field[/p]
• [p]Fixed Raptor Dance giving inconsistent amounts of invulnerability with cast speed bonuses[/p]
• [p]Fixed Falcon Rush gaining rush speed incorrectly in some scenarios[/p]
• [p]Fixed Shodo Sai Cancel sub-ability granting magic stick charges[/p]
• [p]Fixed a parry interaction that could cause Kez to Echo Slash into the 3rd dimension[/p]

• [p]Fixed Lycan's Wolf Bite casting on allies that have disabled help[/p]
• [p]Fixed Morphling being able to retain Necrophos Sadist stacks when morph ends[/p]

• [p]Fixed Pugna being unable to use Magic Stick or Magic Wand while channeling[/p]

• [p]Fixed Queen of Pain Bondage visual effects pointing towards enemies if they are invisible[/p]
• [p]Fixed a crash in Shadow Demon Demonic Purge[/p]
• [p]Fixed Snapfire being unable to target ethereal units during Mortimer Kisses[/p]
• [p]Fixed Tusk shards disappearing for all players when Tusk goes into snowball[/p]
• [p]Fixed Weaver's bug bug where Hivemind XP was granted when a Swarm beetle attacked an allied hero[/p]
• [p]Fixed Zeus +1 Heavenly Jump Target talent giving +2 attack speed slow[/p]
• [p]Fixed workshop tools not loading due to XML/CSS issues[/p][p]
  
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Valve, perhaps newly wary of financial transactions after being put over a barrel by Steam’s payment processors, have elected to give away a bunch of Dota 2 cosmetics for free – and are employing the kindliest, definitely non-murderiest of fellas to handle the goods. Sharply dressed satyr Quartero was added to Dotes yesterday alongside the 7.39d balance update, and now that he’s stuffed a Witch Doctor bauble into my hands for nothing, I can safely say that the chances of my burgled body being found behind the remains of his hastily abandoned shop are almost zero.

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[p]In addition to gameplay patch 7.39d, today we're shipping a new dashboard feature in Dota. For years now, outside of events, the dashboard's mostly just shown the results of your last match. We crunched the math on this, and it turns out that means for half of all players, every time you boot up the game all you're rewarded with is a sad reminder of your last loss. We're optimistic we can do better.[/p][p]So we sifted through mountains of feedback until a clear pattern stood out: players like hero cosmetics. We sifted still further: What kinds of hero cosmetics? It turns out: free ones.[/p][p]We can work with that.[/p][p]Today we're introducing Quartero, a completely trustworthy new character who wants nothing more than to sit on the main menu of Dota and give you free cosmetics while you play games. [/p][p]The only catch is that there is no catch: It's all free. Dota matches are already full of triumphant highs and devastating lows. Think how much more fun they'll be now that every game gets you that much closer to brand new content, helped along by a brand new character with a brand new tragic backstory that, trust us, he's more than happy to tell you all about. (Try and get him to shut up about it.)[/p][p]And of course, Quartero's Curios isn't meant to replace the big Dota events we're working on—it's a smaller, free feature designed to run alongside them. When things are quiet, you might see more of Quartero on the dashboard. But when the next major event rolls in, he'll happily slide aside to make room.[/p]