DotA v6.49 Released (finally)

October 26, 2007 | Filed Under Art, Gaming, & Fun, Blog, DotA

After long last, DotA v6.49 has been released! It seems they have re-done N’aix once again. Eegad. You can get the map here or here. Here’s the changelog if you are interested!

Added a new recipe item (Armlet of Mordiggian)
Added a new recipe item (Orchid Malevolence)
Added a new recipe item (Shiva’s Guard)
Added a new base item (Javelin,139527)
Remade Power Treads
Changed Monkey King Bar recipe
Remade Vladmir’s Offering
Reduced Ultimate Orb price by 50 gold
Mystic Staff price from 2900 to 2700 gold
Reduced movement speed bonus from Boots of Travel by 5
Reduced Linken’s Sphere recipe by 100 gold
Changed the second secret shop model (to Goblin Shop) and the shop’s carried items
Bottle and Ring of Basilius no longer shift positions in your inventory when used
Reduced Black King Bar cooldown from 100 to 85 seconds
Increased Kelen’s Dagger of Escape cooldown from 25 to 30 seconds
Improved Bloodstone’s charge regeneration rates
Reduced mana cost on Hand of Midas
Lowered mana cost on Helm of the Dominator
Purchasing Bottle fills it to 2/3 instead of to maximum.
Lowered Eaglehorn price from 3400 to 3300 gold
Dagon’s mana costs and cooldown now decreases per level
Reduced mana cost on Nathrezim Buckler
Euls and Guinsoo now share cooldown
Lowered Gloves of Haste price from 610 to 550 gold
Recoded Aghanim’s Scepter. It can now be dropped, sold and disassembled. It also properly updates itself in deathmatch.
Decreased Linken’s Sphere cooldown from 60 to 40 seconds
Reduced Hyperstone price from 2300 to 2100 gold
Remade N’aix
Changed Crystal Maiden’s Brilliance Aura to a global effect
Increased Acid Spray duration by 4 seconds
Undid previous Jugg armor buff and increased starting strength by 3 and movement speed from 290 to 295
Removed the invulnerability period while Priestess of the Moon is leaping
Lowered Puck’s initial Intelligence and Intelligence Growth
Lion’s Mana Drain is now faster (same mana drain over 4 seconds instead of 5)
Changed Dark Rift from channeling to cast delay and reduced mana cost
Increased cooldown on Call of the Wild
Increased Lich attack range from 500 to 550
Increased Pit Lord’s movement speed and starting Intelligence
Improved cast and attack animation time on Broodmother
Decreased cooldown on Death Coil from 15 to 11 seconds
Rewrote Fissure to avoid Entangle and Impale based spell conflicts
Improved Chen’s movement speed by 5
Reduced Bristleback’s strength growth from 2.7 to 2.2
Reduced Poof’s cooldown and mana cost
New loading screen art (kunkka.deviantart.com)
Added player index flags to replays
Fixed a typo with Reaper’s Scythe
Fixed some rare exploits with the Freeze Leaver system
Improved Harbinger’s story (Terrorblaze)
New Spectre background story (-Jenova-)
New Visage background story (Grujah)
New Storm Spirit background story (Inferno[DK])
New Ogre Magi background story (Digital Anomaly)
New Alchemist background story (Inferno[DK])
New Lion background story (vertigo12)
New Centaur background story (-Jenova-)
New Slardar background story (Inferno[DK])
New Tinker background story (Grujah)
New Rigwarl background story (Volcove)
New Zeus background story (Inferno[DK])
New Pudge background story (Inferno[DK])
New Traxex background story (Volcove)
New Vengeful Spirit background story (-Jenova-)
New Mortred background story (Inferno[DK])
Fixed various item tooltips