Immolation damage reduced from 7/12/18 to 6/11/17.
Sentinel Research cost reduced from 100/100 to 50/50 gold/lumber.
Arcane Tower Feedback increased from 12 to 16 on heroes (24 on regular units remains unchanged).
Sundering Blades bonus reduced from 15% to 10%.
Troll headhunter hit points reduced from 375 to 350.
Pulverized cost reduced from 225 to 175 lumber.
Cannibalization cost reduced from 75 to 50 gold.
Cannibalization research time reduced from 30 to 15 seconds.
Claws of attack +5 damaged reduced to +4.
Claws of attack +9 damaged reduced to +8.
Potion of Greater Mana reduced from 250 to 200.
Mana Stone mana granted on consumption reduced from 250 to 200.
Circlet of Nobility item level increased from 2 to 3.
Ring of Protection +3 item level decreased from 2 to 1.
Ring of Protection +4 item level decreased from 3 to 2.
Ring of Protection +5 item level decreased from 6 to 3.
Ring of Superiority added to the drop table as a level 1 item (+1 to all stats).
Ring of the Archmagic added to the drop table as a level 4 item (+3 to all stats).
Wand of Mana Steal reduced from 65 to 60.
Lighting Shield removed from the item table.
Ranked
After the end of each season, MMR will now reset. (Previously, MMR did not fully reset after each season.)
The map pool has been standardized to include 10 maps featuring a collection of well-known classic and new community maps.
Map vetoes now offer a maximum of 3 vetoes for all modes.
Observer Mode
Added the option to disable/enable observer mode UI. This is automatically set OFF by default
Added click-to-follow in the observer mode UI by clicking the command card.
Removed the control panel and moved the command card to the far right. Hotkeys for toggling menus are available in the help menu.
Production bar progress color is now white.
Hotkey to swap to the Production panel is “Alt +P”, and to swap to the Unit panel, is “Alt + U”.
Added new features and Updated UI for Observer Mode.
All panels can be toggled on and off individually, using hotkeys or the Control Panel.
Added Statistics Panel: you can now view the Race, Gold, Lumber, Food, and APM of all players in the game at once.
Added Production queue. You can now view which units each player is currently building at once.
Added Unit view. You can now view all of the units in each player’s army at once.
You can now toggle between viewing the Production Queue or the Unit view.
Added Hero Panel view. You can now view all of the heroes and their items and abilities for up to 4 players at once. You can also click on heroes to center your camera on them.
Tournaments
Tournaments now accessible via the Versus screen.
Tournaments will run daily.
Tournaments are open to all players.
Added additional UI to indicate when the next tournament begins.
Each Tournament will have different game rules, maps, and available races.
Preliminary Phase: Play up to 8 games, and earn points based on wins and losses.
The Top 16 players from the Preliminary will face each other in an Elimination bracket.
Go undefeated in the Elimination Bracket to win the whole tournament!
Unlock unique Portraits by earning points competing in Tournaments.
Stats on Tournaments performance are displayed on your Player Profile.
Chat
In-Game and Global chat can now be toggled on and off in the Settings.
Bugfixes
Fixed an issue that prevented users from creating 512x512 custom maps.
Fixed an issue where the game would crash when calling BlizHideOriginFrames.
Fixed an issue where selecting Blademaster’s Mirror Image would break the Observer Mode UI.
Fixed an issue where Ranked icons were missing from the Versus: Ranked Screen.
Fixed an issue where your Highest Rank and Race stats were being pulled from recent Tournament history.
Fixed an issue causing a crash on log-in.
Fixed an issue where effects in the fog of war could cause the game to crash.
Fixed an issue causing a crash while observing a CPU Game.
Fixed an issue causing a crash when becoming an Observer on Defeat.
Fixed an issue where in-game hotkeys were still functional while your Menus were open.
Fixed an issue where Replays would be soft-locked if you attempted to watch one immediately after playing a match.
Fixed an issue where you would see a black screen when observing games with a large number of players.
Fixed an issue where player’s division icons in the leaderboard were not updating properly.