Dota 2, one of the world’s most popular esports games, serving more than 300,000 simultaneous players on Steam, received a massive and radical update called New Frontiers. While the entire map of the game is now 40 percent larger, changes that will deeply affect the gameplay come with the update.Dota 2 New Frontiers update and giant changes
In his statement, Valve underlines that the main purpose of the game remains the same, and states that everything you need to win is still in the center of the map. But what Valve refers to as “meta-defining new features” include new locations, new Tormentor mini-bosses, vision neutral units called Watchers, fruit-producing Lotus Pools, new items, matchmaking changes, UI changes to health bars, and a host of other things that will touch every character in the game. It also brings hero balancing with the update. Also, some of the changes are backdoors for sieges, two Roshan lairs, various new rune types spread across the map, more creep camps and Outposts.
The traditional three lines did not receive any dimensional changes, although the overall area grew after the map side changes. Instead, the edges of the map were expanded and new areas were added. Exploration of these areas will play key roles for the win. The matchmaking system of the game, namely Elo, has also been completely changed. Valve announced that they have adopted Valve Glicko, leaving the industry-wide standard Elo algorithm. Valve says this will make a better rank calculation. At the same time, this system will help the returning players to adapt more easily.Obviously, like CS: GO, which will receive serious changes with Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2 is getting even bigger changes with the New Frontiers update. The list of innovations and changes that came with version 7.33 is quite long and detailed. You can read the related patch notes here.
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