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This week’s Dota 2 update continues the recent trend of extremely light patches which focus more on gameplay fixes and cosmetic items as opposed to introducing new features or heroes. This particular patch features some minor fixes for Elder Titan, a series of improvements to the UI and a major reduction to the game’s memory usage, which should help to improve the game’s performance for users with less powerful computers. A series of cosmetic item sets have been introduced for Beastmaster, Chaos Knight, Clinkz, Leshrac, Lycanthrope, Phantom Assassin, Razor, Rubick and Weaver. Three brand new cosmetic couriers have also been added to the game including Maximilian the Beetlebear, Yonex’s Rage, and Shagbark, which has been a community favourite courier for some time after being designed and developed by CyborgMatt, Anuxi and several other famous personalities. Yonex’s Rage, an Invictus Gaming themed courier, and CyborgMatt’s own Shagbark are both available from the Dota 2 drop system while Maximilian is rewarded as a purchase incentive to owners of the "Raidcall Dota 2 League Season 3 Pass".
A series of unearthed UI files hint at the upcoming release of a "Guild" system, which appears to function similarly to the team organisation feature, only in a less serious manner. A massive selection of new models for upcoming second tutorial map were also discovered in the game files, which appeared alongside the addition of an updated world map showing a total of three separate tutorials, two of which are brand new but cannot currently be accessed. A series of "Low Violence" alternative censored assets were also introduced for use in the recently released Chinese client. Strict censorship laws in China prevent violent content such as blood and gore from being shown, forcing Valve to make a series of cosmetic modifications to a number of heroes including Ancient Apparition, Bane, Clinkz, Doom, Huskar, Lich, Lifestealer, Night Stalker, Pudge, Pugna, Shadow Demon, Shadow Fiend, Skeleton King, Undying and Visage. A number of item and ability icons were also modified to remove violent content in order for the game to conform to the previously mentioned censorship laws, including changes for Queen of Pain, Warlock and the Morbid Mask. Fear not, however, as this 'Low Violence' feature will only affect the Chinese version of Dota 2. CyborgMatt has uploaded images of every affected hero and icon in his update analysis should you want to take a curious look at restrained Lifestealer, Robo-King, Shadow Crow or masked Doom. The officially released changelog can be found over on the Dota 2 Blog as always. glhf!
Introducing Shagbark: Man's newest best friend.
A series of unearthed UI files hint at the upcoming release of a "Guild" system, which appears to function similarly to the team organisation feature, only in a less serious manner. A massive selection of new models for upcoming second tutorial map were also discovered in the game files, which appeared alongside the addition of an updated world map showing a total of three separate tutorials, two of which are brand new but cannot currently be accessed. A series of "Low Violence" alternative censored assets were also introduced for use in the recently released Chinese client. Strict censorship laws in China prevent violent content such as blood and gore from being shown, forcing Valve to make a series of cosmetic modifications to a number of heroes including Ancient Apparition, Bane, Clinkz, Doom, Huskar, Lich, Lifestealer, Night Stalker, Pudge, Pugna, Shadow Demon, Shadow Fiend, Skeleton King, Undying and Visage. A number of item and ability icons were also modified to remove violent content in order for the game to conform to the previously mentioned censorship laws, including changes for Queen of Pain, Warlock and the Morbid Mask. Fear not, however, as this 'Low Violence' feature will only affect the Chinese version of Dota 2. CyborgMatt has uploaded images of every affected hero and icon in his update analysis should you want to take a curious look at restrained Lifestealer, Robo-King, Shadow Crow or masked Doom. The officially released changelog can be found over on the Dota 2 Blog as always. glhf!
Pudge is looking healthier than ever after his recent surgery.
