Warcraft III: Reforged Hotfixes -- Updated March 21

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August 19, 2022 – 10:45 a.m. PDT

We’ve just applied hotfixes to the game to address the following issues:

• Fixed an issue preventing LAN functionality.
• Fixed an bug that prevented AT players from matching against RT players.

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With a bundle of hotfixes that were applied moments ago:

• Fixed an issue where the Campaign Manager could crash the game.
• Fixed a crash caused by setting the field of an ability using BlzSetAbility*Field and then removing that ability from a unit.
• Fixed an issue with ranks being incorrectly formatted for three-digit numbers.
• Ping in custom games which cannot be correctly retrieved should no longer be displayed as “?”.
• Fixed a server performance issue.

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With hotfixes that have just been applied:

• Fixed an issue where Ping was not showing accurately in the custom game list.
• Added a Region tab to the custom game list.
• The game result server has been updated to improve match processing.

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With hotfixes to the game today:

• Match processing for team games has been improved.

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Today:

• Fixed a bug that caused an error when inviting players to a Clan.

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Today:

• Fixed an issue where certain custom campaign paths would crash the game.
• Fixed an issue where IGR clients could not start the game.

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With live hotfixes today, we’ve made several updates to the game, in addition to bugfixes.

Ranked Play

• Seasons have been reduced from 12 months to 6 months.

• MMR no longer displays in the loading screen for FFA Matches.

• User Interface: Added headers to game modes.

Leaderboards

• We’ve updated the backend services to prevent incorrect results being displayed. Players that have unexpected data displayed must complete a new game for the system to pick up the good data.

Player Profiles

• Added support for all seasons and multiple-season history.

• Added additional functionality to AT match history which will allow players to access more information.

Balance

• Blademaster mirror image damage increased from 15% to 20%.

• Blademaster mirror image XP is now capped at 30.

• Immolation damage reduced from 8/12/18 to 7/12/18 (DPS: 14/24/36).

• Immolation mana drain increased from 6 to 7.

• Immolation activation cost reduced from 20 to 1.

• Immolation buffer mana reduced from 10 to 9.

• Anti-Magic Shell increased from 300 to 420 (increases number of dispels to remove from 2 to 3).

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where Destroyer’s dispel magic was not removing anti-magic shell.

• Fixed an issue where workers would still have a repair rate reduction from liquid fire even after the debuff duration expired.

• Fixed an issue where players cannot progress past act 2 on “The Founding of Durotar” campaign on Reforged mode.

• Various maps in the map pool have been updated to the latest version.

• Fixed an issue where “!stats” would show player names in FFA.

• Fixed an issue where a player gets a loss instead of a win in ranked play.

• Fixed an issue where the leaderboard does not update appropriately for RT.

• Fixed an issue where a user who has accounts in multiple regions would show the incorrect amounts of wins and losses in the leaderboard.

• Fixed an issue where placement matches would not record.

• Fixed an issue where games would fail to process with an early leaver.

• Fixed an issue where games would fail to process with AT vs RT with an early leaver.

• Fixed an issue where 4v4 match history would show misaligned names.

• Fixed an issue where the 2nd place FFA winner would still lose MMR and 4th place would gain MMR.

• Fixed an issue where match history details were inaccurate.

• Fixed an issue where Custom Campaign UI would sometimes remain on your screen in other game modes.

• Fixed an issue where loading screen text would be misaligned.

• Fixed a crash that happens when you exit a map with no description.

• Fixed an issue where Player Profile Match History AT Filter not showing the correct info about your matches, or not showing you all of your matches.

• Fixed an issue where the Versus Ranked Stats Widget displayed the incorrect information.

• Added localization for text “Press Tab”.

• Fixed an issue where map information missing from the player profile.

• Fixed an issue where players were getting ranked after playing only 3 matches instead of 5.