The
Heroes of Newerth Website features a new patch to update this DoTA-style strategy game to version 2.05 (thanks
Ant via
LinuxGames). Here's word from the
Change Log.
Version 2.0.5
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- Added new Alt Avatar for Arachna
- Added new Flags, Icons, and Bundles
- Fixed up Chipper recommended items
- "Ownage" now only plays on the fifth team kill streak, not all kills five or greater
- Fixed weather effects stopping when joining a new game
- Fied Alt Avatars being selected during hero loading
- Fixed a crash when someone selected an invalid Alt Avatar
- The Wards stat is now Wards Places instead of Wards Bought
- Players attempting to join matchmaking groups that are already queued for a match will now be stopped from doing so with an appropriate message and popup
- The chat server should now throttle repeated matchmaking invites sent from players trying to spam invites
Disjointing improvements:
- All orders can now be disjointed (e.g. right clicking to attack a hero that then blinks will cancel your attack order)
- Attacks will now get canceled mid-attack if the target disjoints
- Spells will now get canceled mid-cast if the target disjoints
- Channeled spells will now get canceled if the target disjoints
Striders
- Now begins to lose charges when you are within 900 units of a visible enemy hero
- The max number of charges is lowered by 1 for every 100 units closer you are to an enemy hero
Dampeer
- Fixed some abilities playing through fog
- No longer invulnerable when charging at someone
Legionnaire
- Fixed the no damage charge bug
Keeper of the Forest
- Stealth is now removed when the attack completes, not when it starts