Dota 2 14th August Patch – Content Analysis

Front End Changes

Changelog

Mastery Gems

• Mastery and Kinetic gem functionality has been merged and the term “Mastery Gem” removed. What were previously called mastery gems are now kinetic gems. Kinetic gems can change animations, change abilities, add or modify particle FX, change ability icons, and modify other features of the item they are attached to.

The following changes have been made to complete the transition to a keyless economy:

Treasure Keys

• Treasure Keys are no longer sold on the Dota 2 store.

• All basic treasures that were previously opened with a Treasure Key have been removed from the game and the Steam Community Market.

• Treasure Keys can now be redeemed for a free unlocked Treasure of your choice. When you use the treasure key a new redemption menu will open. Immortal treasures and some older special event treasures are excluded from this menu, but otherwise the list of treasures is unrestricted. One key can be exchanged for any one treasure. As new treasures are added to the game, they will also be added to this menu.

• All treasure keys will expire and be removed from the game one year from now on July 1st, 2015. Keys must be redeemed by that time

New Treasure Chests

Treasure of the Onyx Eye

Sentinel of the Lucent Gate

Includes custom ambient particle effect for his staff.

Also includes custom ability icons.

Heirlooms of Aeol Drias

The Mourning Mother

Includes a custom ghost model as well.

Firestarter

Includes a custom ambient particle effect on his rear cannister.

Treasure of the Mender's Palm

Array of Tranquility

Eternal Nymph

Imperial Relics

Father of the Forest

Includes custom ambient particle effect for his staff.

Addition Bonus Items

Wandering Harlequin's Regalia

Includes a new custom attack animation along with a custom ambient effect on the staff itself.

Alternative head style.

The set also features custom spell icons.

Grimoire The Book Wyrm

This courier can either be unboxed as a standard courier or an Unusual courier.

New HUD Skins

Evil Geniuses HUD Bundle

Loading Screen

HUD Skin

New League Passes

Semipro Cup Series Season 52

"The Semipro Cup Series are cash prize tournaments with open registration for North and South American teams."

Liga Dotera Venezolana

"16 teams compete in this league in a round robin format for items and a prize!"

PAGE Esports Club League

"PAGE Esports Club League is the Indonesia's national Dota 2 league where teams will compete for a total prize of $600!"

ASUS ROG Insomnia52 Dota 2 Cup

"Insomnia52 hosts their biggest Dota 2 tournament of the year: the ASUS ROG Dota 2 Cup. Teams from across Europe will compete at the UKâs biggest gaming festival, bringing you three full days of heated action culminating in a Main Stage Final. With £6,500 on the line, each team will be pulling out all the stops to be crowned the greatest Dota 2 team in Britain."

Golden Esports League Season 2

"The top Swedish teams compete over 3 months for 30,000 SEK!"

VPGAME

"The purpose of the VP gambling tournament is to increase the cooperation between VP games and Dota 2 in order for users to casually enjoy the game of Dota 2 through the format of a tournament."

D2TV League Season 2

"D2TV League Season 2 is an Amateur League where 16 teams will compete for a prize of 1000 Yuan. "

New League Passes With Item Bundles

Excellent Moscow Cup Season 2

"The top teams in the world compete for $60,000 in the Excellent Moscow Cup Season 2! Bundle includes the Red Dragon Brewmaster set!"

Includes Red Dragon Brewmaster set

UI Updates

Treasure Key Redeeming UI

Due to the changes to the old treasure keys a new UI has been added into the game to allow the conversion of the old keys into one of the new chests.

Treasure Keys Changes

• Treasure Keys are no longer sold on the Dota 2 store.

• All basic treasures that were previously opened with a Treasure Key have been removed from the game and the Steam Community Market.

• Treasure Keys can now be redeemed for a free unlocked Treasure of your choice. When you use the treasure key a new redemption menu will open. Immortal treasures and some older special event treasures are excluded from this menu, but otherwise the list of treasures is unrestricted. One key can be exchanged for any one treasure. As new treasures are added to the game, they will also be added to this menu.

• All treasure keys will expire and be removed from the game one year from now on July 1st, 2015. Keys must be redeemed by that time.

In Game UI

When an item is out of stock and a player alt clicks it to notify his allies that he will purchase it, it will now display that it is out of stock.

Back End Changes

Updated Strings

String for the out of stock alt click.

Updates to the Veil of Discord's and Ring of Aquila's item tool tips.

New Store Banner strings.

With the changes to the Kinetic gems the tool tip should now display more information regarding the effects as seen on the recent Rubick and Outworld Devourer sets.

Unreleased Couriers

Struthio the Persevering

The Perfect World Osterich.

Unreleased Cosmetic Items

Warlock's Abyssal Watcher

Bristleback's Breaking Emerald

Bounty Hunter's Beaulieu Ring

Unreleased Cosmetic Item Sets

Earthshaker's Samurai Soul set

An unreleased set from a Perfect World (Chinese Dota 2) Workshop account.

Shadow Demon's Malicious Sting set

Other Changes

WebM Portraits

The WebM portrait files for Axe, Brewmaster, Invoker, Legion Commander, Phantom Assassin and Vengeful Spirit have been updated. This is for the Mac and Linux clients.

UI Sounds Script

All of the stingers for loot dropping have had their volumes increased slightly.

The sound effect for passing into the hero inspector camera has also had its volume increased.

Portrait Updates

The Booofus courier has had the PortraitAmbientScale and PortraitSpecularColor updated.

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