Dota 2 13th May Patch – Content Analysis

Front End Changes

New Compendium Updates

Stretch Goal Rewards

The Portfolio of Heroes Triumphant that was teased in the previous content analysis post has now been released and sent out to Compendium owners.

The chest requires no key and each one will unbox a total of three loading screens (with no duplicates).

The Compendium Itself

The Arcana Vote has been unlocked and is ready for input on your Compendium. This voting is unique in that you vote for your favorite hero in each of the 16 groups to ensure their survival. Those that remain will then be pitted against each other in a single-elimination voting deathmatch to determine which will receive the next Arcana.

Preview

UI Updates

The Battle Booster percentage displayed on the armoury page has now been fixed and should display the correct value.

Back End Changes

Updated Strings

Some new store related strings.

+ "RequestBalanceBadAccount" "Failed to request account balance: account not found."

+ "RequestBalanceAccountNotLinked" "Failed to request account balance: your account is not linked to Perfect World."

+ "RequestBalanceFailedSend" "Failed to request account balance. Please try again later."

+ "RequestBalanceFailedTimeout" "Timed out waiting for response to account balance request. Please try again later."

+ "DOTA_CurrentBalance" "Balance: %s1"

+ "DOTA_ItemPrice" "Item Price: %s1"

+ "DOTA_RechargeAccount" "Recharge Account"

+ "DOTA_PurchaseItem" "Purchase Item"

+ "DOTA_PurchaseInProgress_Title" "Purchase In Progress"

+ "DOTA_PurchaseInProgress_Text" "Your purchase request has been sent to Perfect World."

+ "DOTA_ImmediatePurchase_SendFailed" "Failed to send purchase request. Dota servers may be offline. You should try your purchase again later."

+ "DOTA_ImmediatePurchase_Timeout" "Timed out waiting for a response to the purchase request. Please try again later."

+ "DOTA_ImmediatePurchase_InitFailed" "We were unable to initiate a purchase with Perfect World at this time. Please try again later."

+ "DOTA_ImmediatePurchase_InsufficientFundsPW" "There are insufficient funds in your Perfect World account to complete the purchase. Please recharge your account and try again."

+ "DOTA_ImmediatePurchase_Success_Title" "Success"

+ "DOTA_ImmediatePurchase_Success_Text" "Purchase completed successfully! Your items will appear in the Armory shortly."

Unreleased Cosmetic Item Sets

Invoker's Item Sets

Adornings of the Quas Precor Set

Unreleased Perfect World Items

A number of pre-existing unreleased items for Perfect World that were covered in the Spring Cleaning update have now been updated to a Genuine rarity and have been given particle effects.

These items are most likely going to be promotional related and/or attached to real life merchandise sold by Perfect World.

Crystal Maiden's Items

Sceptre of Icewrack

Features a custom ambient particle effect on the staff.

Faceless Void's Items

Perceptions of the Eternal Mind

Features a fancy particle effect in the center of the item, pulses waves and sparkles.

Kunkka's Items

Hat of the Kraken

Features a fish that flaps around when Kunkka struts his stuff.

Lina's Items

Fire Lotus Belt

Pudge's Items

Bloodlust Fork

Features a small blood particle effect that pools underneath Pudge on the ground.

Queen of Pain's Items

Wings of Searing Pain

Features a burning particle effect with flames flickering off it.

Tidehunter's Items

Conch Cudgel

Features a water particle effect that runs off the bottom of the item.

Other Changes

Battle Point Boosters

All previous battle point boosters have had their name updated to more accurately reflect their boost rate.

75% Battle Point Booster (3 Days) -> 175% Battle Point Booster (3 Days)

75% Battle Point Booster (6 Days) -> 175% Battle Point Booster (6 Days)

400% Prosperous Battle Point Booster (500 minutes) -> 500% Prosperous Battle Point Booster (500 minutes)

80% Battle Point Booster (500 minutes) -> 180% Battle Point Booster (500 minutes)

400% Battle Point Booster (500 minutes) -> 500% Battle Point Booster (500 minutes)

Kunkka's Hero Data File Entry

Kunkka's health bar offset is now set at 150 HP instead of the old 130 HP.

UI Sounds

There is a new sound for when a hero is locked in/selected on the draft screen.

Predictions For The Next Hero