Dota 2 16th May Patch – Content Analysis
Front End Changes
Compendium Updates
New Player Pictures
We have some more fresh player pictures for use in the Compendium and Fantasy League system.
New Team Empire Pictures
New Evil Geniuses Pictures
New Compendium Pages
You can now vote for who you want to take part in the solo championship.
With the American qualifiers now over the pages has been updated.
New Stretch Goals Items - Triumph HUD Skin
The fourth stretch goal special edition HUD has now been released.
Preview
The Offerings
The first set of Compendium offerings have now been taken. The rewards will be handed out in due course.
New Team Pennant
Team Zephyr Pennant
The Zephyr team now has a team supporting pennant in the store.
New Treasure Chests
We have two new treasure chests that are cheaper than your standard set chests and contain single hero items.
Treasure of the Cloven World
Red Guard
Horn of Luminous Crystal
Furious Rune
Might of Old World
Bloodrage Axe
Diabolical Appendages
Infernal Shredder
Relic Sword
Shroomling (Additional Bonus Item)
Monty Ward (Additional Bonus Item)
Treasure of the Diligent Artisan
Anguilla
Burning Spear
Dark General's Mantle
Frost Touched Cleaver
Helm of Impasse
Shield of Stillness
Seething Orbit
Gauntlet of Treacherous Demon
Eye of Avernus Ward (Additional Bonus Item)
Blood Drainer (Additional Bonus Item)
UI Updates
Dashboard UI
You can now setup auto spectate directly from the league's live games page.
Waiting For Players UI
The waiting for players UI has been updated once again.
Back End Changes
Updated Strings
You can now kick people from your Fantasy League.
+ "Fantasy_KickConfirm_Header" "Kick Player from Fantasy League?"
+ "Fantasy_KickConfirm" "The player will be removed from the Fantasy League. They will need to consume another Fantasy Ticket if they want to re-join.\n\nRemove them?"
We have some new notification messages related to the Compendium itself.
+ "Notification_CompendiumMessage0" "We've updated the All Star Match and Solo Championship selections to include players from the Qualifier teams. Who should take the stage to do battle?"
+ "Notification_CompendiumMessage1" "The Arcana Wars continue! Which hero will emerge triumphant and receive the next Arcana?"
+ "Notification_CompendiumMessage2" "The North American Qualifier has ended. Congratulations to both teams, and good luck in Seattle!"
+ "Notification_CompendiumMessage3" "The South East Asia Qualifier has concluded. Congratulations to both teams, and best of luck in Seattle!"
+ "Notification_CompendiumMessage4" "The China Qualifier has finished. Congratulations to both teams, and good luck in Seattle!"
+ "Notification_CompendiumMessage5" "The Europe Qualifier has completed. Congratulations to both teams, and best of luck in Seattle!"
+ "Notification_CompendiumMessage6" "The Qualifier Predictions will end in 24 hours. Hurry up and get your picks in!"
+ "Notification_CompendiumMessage7" "Voting for the Solo Championship participants will end in 24 hours. Who will become the next Solo Champion?"
+ "Notification_CompendiumMessage8" "Voting for the Arcana Showdown will end in 24 hours. Which hero will receive the next Arcana?"
+ "Notification_CompendiumMessage9" "Voting for the All Star Match will end in 24 hours. This is serious business!"
+ "Notification_CompendiumMessage10" "Voting for the Solo Championship competitors has been added to the Compendium."
New store banner strings.
+ "StoreBanner_Header_stanley_parable_announcer_pack" "The Stanley Parable Announcer Pack"
+ "StoreBanner_Text_stanley_parable_announcer_pack" "Do you really have a choice in the matter?"
+ "StoreBanner_Header_TreasureOfTheClovenWorld" "Treasure of the Cloven World"
+ "StoreBanner_Text_TreasureOfTheClovenWorld" "The world's gate swings wide."
+ "StoreBanner_Header_TreasureOfTheDiligentArtisan" "Treasure of the Diligent Artisan"
+ "StoreBanner_Text_TreasureOfTheDiligentArtisan" "There is artistry even in war."
Some new strings for Perfect World.
+ "DOTA_RequestingBalance_Title" "Requesting Balance"
+ "DOTA_RequestingBalance_Text" "Requesting your Perfect World account balance..."
Other Changes
Lieutenant Squawkin's Courier Portrait
The courier that comes with the Compendium has had its portrait updated.
Backpack Expanders
In addition to the Dota 2 backpack's limit being increased to 300 pages/12,000 items the expander will now increase your backpack size by 240 slots instead of the previous 120 slots.
HUD Socketing
With the introduction of the new TI4 HUD you can now add sockets to your HUD skins.
Stanley Parable Announcer Pack
The back end scripting for the Stanley Parable announcer pack has been updated to enable some of his in game and spectator deny lines, along with other general tweaks to the activations.
Clockwerk's Clockmaster Set
The loading screen for Clockwerk's Clockmaster set has been fixed and is no longer missing from the files.
Chaos Knight's Rising Chaos Set
The preview image for the Chaos Knight set has been updated.
Netolic Dota TV Tickets
All of the Dota TV tickets belonging to the Netolic organisation (aka Marco 'Thyton' Fernandez) have been removed from the store.
Predictions For The Next Hero