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Dota 2's next hero should be coming by "the end of November"

Ever since The International 10 was postponed, Dota 2 fans have become increasingly worried about the lack of communication from Valve over the game's competitive scene and future updates. However, Valve has now broken that silence and given us a glimmer of hope for new content coming later this year.

According to the developer, a new hero is in the works, but we won't get to see them until the end of November at the earliest. While this is still quite a while to wait for fans desperate for new content and a new Dota 2 ranked meta, more content is on the way.

"We are currently aiming for end of November for a new hero release, followed by more that are spread throughout next year with the next one in the first quarter next year," Valve says in its latest blog. "Recently we've been thinking about trying an overall development approach of spreading out updates during the year, rather than only having most content and updates centered around The International. We are hoping a steady state of content will prove to be more engaging to users than the previous approaches."

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Dota 2 makes the MMR reset optional this season

MMR resets have become part and parcel of a competitive ranking system. However, in Dota 2, the soft resets that usually take place every six months aren't very popular and Valve has decided to counter that by making them optional this season.

Valve has been reluctant to push the big red button on resets apparently, so this season, as an experiment, the developer is allowing players to opt in and out of MMR recalibration. This follows a "lot of feedback about how valuable" this setting is to players.

"We are making the MMR reset optional, and for those who want to participate, we instead spread it out so it doesn't create to much volatility at the same time (on top of the volatility that already exists when you enter recalibration," Valve's latest blog says. "We hope this will remove most of the downsides of MMR resets, and let the people that really want to do it be able to do so in a little bit more of a stable environment."

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Dota 2 getting a new hero in November, more next year and a CS:GO style Overwatch system

Valve are trying to communicate a little more now, and they've announced some major changes for Dota 2 along with info on more to come.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/10/dota-2-getting-a-new-hero-in-november-more-next-year-and-a-csgo-style-overwatch-system