Rotg 1.50a -1.51

[Steelb_l_ade]

Hey folks, After playing a few games an issue has arisen with the teamswap system.

Currently it is not possible to switch from team 2 to team 1.
Doing so will cause several un-fixable bugs and make the game unplayable.
This has now been resolved in an upcoming hotfix for the problem. Hopefully you will also be able to swap back and forth with this update also.
Im also plannign to address the balance and general pace of the game in this update so feedback is welcome.

[GunnarStyle]

Havent really experienced that problem.. most of the switches I've seen has been from team 1 to 2... without issues.. or are these "unfixable" bugs something you dont really notice in the game..?

[Steelb_l_ade]

Trust me you notice them.
For one your own bases towers will kill you.
Its caused by a loophole in the code allowing the teamswap to be executed twice with the wrong parameters.
Anyway its fixed in the next verison, and swapping back n forth may now even be possible!

[Steelb_l_ade]

I'm planning an extensive revision of the balance of the heroes.

Theres going to be some good boosts coming up for the Hill Giant, Vampire, Voodoo Priest & Hell Knight.

Some heroes are getting the nerf bat too, including the Elven Ranger & Demon.

Im adding a few new features too that should help streamline a few things, so should be good!

[GunnarStyle]

Lol, I'm so awesome I never go back - that must be why I didn't notice the tower bug ;)
Anyhow gonna look some of the newer replays trough to see if I got anything strange happening in them.

A 2nd nerf on the ranger? I miss the old ranger even more now :D Oh sweet imbaness ;P

Btw. I got all the money back from the hacker attack, so I'm loaded once again ;) Is your paypal still the same?

[Steelb_l_ade]

yes mate, same as before =)
Im nerfing her paralysis shot a bit, its simply too effective so im adding +2 to its cooldown to reduce the spam.

[Navedlaw]

Hey I'm new to the forums and I found this game 2 days ago. I've got to give you my congratiolations! I really like it and I'm going to stick with this map alongside with DotA for a while. Nice job!

[Steelb_l_ade]

Thanks! New input is always welcome!

[Navedlaw]

So that bot you're hosting, on europe, is it on 24/7?

[Steelb_l_ade]

No, it isnt practical for me to run it 24/7 as I don't have a dedicated server in my house, I run it occasionally while im working so people can try it.

Soon ill upload the config files so others can host bot-games of it if they want.

[chenlimin]

didn't even notice those team swapping bugs XD

Off topic : welcome to the forum, Navedlaw

[Steelb_l_ade]

This update is starting to shape up to be quite large.
It includes several boosts to the older heroes, in particular the melee/tank classes.

Theres also item cost revisions.

However it wont all be changes, its also going to feature some new stuff in the works including..

3 New heroes & A new item store!

However, im mainly focused on the balance of the items & abilities. Lifesteal is getting another nerf in this version.

Feedback is important on hero abilities, particularly the heroes that are underused such as Burrower, Druid, Death Mage, Berserker etc.
This is where the most attention is needed.

[chenlimin]

Berserker underused?! it's really awesome (if not the best hero) in 1v1, but in team matches, it's 50% useless. Since most players tend to play team vs team games, berserker might seem underused, but it's not weak, just the players lack the skill to use berserker with slicing up allies. Buffing berserker is not really a good idea since it would become super overpowered in 1v1.

Maybe change the berserk skill a bit, like players have control who the berserker attacks, but if berserkers goes without attacking for X second, it attacks randomly (like now).

As for death mage, his a creeping hero and lacks enough pvp/support power to match other stronger pvp hero like drake (used to be) or Forest Guardian (support plus a little tanking). But his zombie are quite good if you mass enough. Maybe give death mage a little dps buff to spells and ult.
As a side note, 40 dps really isn't "heavy damage".

Will the new item store be filled with all new items or will it be old items moved around?

[Navedlaw]

This game is new to me already heh, i played like 5 heroes.

Maybe in some time I can start spotting unbalances =P

[Steelb_l_ade]

New items hopefully, Havent started that bit yet.
Soul drain's damage is actually higher than it looks due to the fact it ignores armour(!)

The zombie hordes are less useful post 1.50+ as there are so many undead camps.

This has been changed so that now zombies and undead revenants are both raise-able. (and eatable)