Nevilinity's Releases
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Analysis on different versions
I've been getting feedback that people actually like v1.9b the most. I'm going to attempt to explain why here.
1.9: The first update since the map became increasingly well-known. Many balance changes, mainly reducing the imbaness of Staff of Doom, and reduced the power of the overly imba XL razes. Removed the Frost Nova razes which were relatively unpopular, and added precision razes, which at that time, was not worth buying at all, being grossly underpowered. Attempted to fix the bug concerning Thundergod's Wrath sometimes not hitting enemies but I believe the bug still persists.
1.9b: Incresed the damage of precision razes. The only bug I think exists in this version is the Thundergod's Wrath bug.
2.0: Finally gave it a minimap picture, added the 4 and 5 kill streak sounds, increased various item cooldowns. Also did the sentry ward nerf. To me I didn't think the item cooldowns made much of a difference.
2.1: Removed the green base from the razes, so that it matches DotA's original one. Added BKB, which I thought was a great addition. Improved interface display etc. However some people go wtf at the model changes into Mortred/Omniknight. Also worth noting: as this version is the one I played most often, I noticed that precision razes are horribly overpowered in this version. You can one-hit a low level opponent with C raze when you're about 5-6 levels higher. Also, the cast range for Mortred/Omniknight's specials are icky.
2.2: Many failed additions were removed but the bugs which came with them stayed. To date I don't think there are any that are gameplay-related. One bug that exists in this version that didn't in old ones is that when the game ends, sometimes the victorious message fills the whole screen. In general, made everything cheaper, as well as gave the SFs less HP, and the damage from Shadowraze and Requiem scaling accordingly.
1.9: The first update since the map became increasingly well-known. Many balance changes, mainly reducing the imbaness of Staff of Doom, and reduced the power of the overly imba XL razes. Removed the Frost Nova razes which were relatively unpopular, and added precision razes, which at that time, was not worth buying at all, being grossly underpowered. Attempted to fix the bug concerning Thundergod's Wrath sometimes not hitting enemies but I believe the bug still persists.
1.9b: Incresed the damage of precision razes. The only bug I think exists in this version is the Thundergod's Wrath bug.
2.0: Finally gave it a minimap picture, added the 4 and 5 kill streak sounds, increased various item cooldowns. Also did the sentry ward nerf. To me I didn't think the item cooldowns made much of a difference.
2.1: Removed the green base from the razes, so that it matches DotA's original one. Added BKB, which I thought was a great addition. Improved interface display etc. However some people go wtf at the model changes into Mortred/Omniknight. Also worth noting: as this version is the one I played most often, I noticed that precision razes are horribly overpowered in this version. You can one-hit a low level opponent with C raze when you're about 5-6 levels higher. Also, the cast range for Mortred/Omniknight's specials are icky.
2.2: Many failed additions were removed but the bugs which came with them stayed. To date I don't think there are any that are gameplay-related. One bug that exists in this version that didn't in old ones is that when the game ends, sometimes the victorious message fills the whole screen. In general, made everything cheaper, as well as gave the SFs less HP, and the damage from Shadowraze and Requiem scaling accordingly.
