No new heroes until TI finishes

posted by Tezzeret, 300 days ago

It is Friday (or Thursday depending where you are from) which means the main client has now been updated with the new heroes. This also marks the last of hero additions, at least until The International concludes, as indicated in a blogpost by Valve.

With The International arriving in just over a month, we want to give the competing teams some time to practice with a stable Hero roster, and as few new bugs from us as possible. With that in mind, after today’s update we’ll be clamping things down a tad, focusing on getting the existing feature and hero set polished to a high sheen. Fear not, we will continue to work on new heroes internally, getting them ready for a release once The International is over.

With a more stable and fixed hero pool to train with, teams can experiment with new lineups until The International, as well as discover weaknesses in other line ups.

Sources: Blogpost

Okoo wrote at 27.07.2012, 04:31 CEST:

Yep, can't wait for this!

HSmokKe wrote at 27.07.2012, 04:33 CEST:

iceknight212 wrote at 27.07.2012, 04:34 CEST:

>we will continue to work on new heroes internally, getting them ready for a release once The International is over.

DOTA 2 CONFORMED FOR LAUNCH NOVEMBER 2012.
GET HYPE.

qolll wrote at 27.07.2012, 04:34 CEST:

I got a little sad when I read this.

Nintendan wrote at 27.07.2012, 04:34 CEST:

I'll expect 10 new heroes right after TI2. :P

zoe wrote at 27.07.2012, 04:37 CEST:

Please only Medusa!

Xezko wrote at 27.07.2012, 04:41 CEST:

so sad,
i wanted to hear "WOW A MEEPO" And actually see a meepo this time around :l

Bundles wrote at 27.07.2012, 04:43 CEST:

Didn't Valve say they were trying to get all heroes released by TI2, or am i just imagining things

JValentine wrote at 27.07.2012, 04:45 CEST:

They had said since 2 months that around 15 heroes will be missing from TI.

#10

Longview wrote at 27.07.2012, 04:46 CEST:

Oh man, I can see them dropping over 50% of the remaining heroes in one go.

#11

Magez wrote at 27.07.2012, 05:11 CEST:

I absolutely can't wait for TI2!

#12

MrSontorian wrote at 27.07.2012, 05:17 CEST:

Centaur pls

#13

SeivousBeast wrote at 27.07.2012, 05:23 CEST:

Bundles schrieb:
Didn't Valve say they were trying to get all heroes released by TI2, or am i just imagining things

They had said all but 10 or 15 by the time TI2 hit, so I don't think they ever expected to have them all in.

#14

freakinfreshfish wrote at 27.07.2012, 05:36 CEST:

noooooo =((

#15

dotaplayer wrote at 27.07.2012, 05:54 CEST:

Valve initially said around two months ago that all but 5-10 heroes would be added into the game by the time of TI2, not all but 10-15--meaning they are coming up short on their promise. But that's just typical Valve. They also said back in September 2011 that they would be bringing the game out of its invite-only stage and opening it up to the public immediately. Fast forward one year? ...yeah. Also a few months ago some dev said that Dota 2 isn't a beta anymore, which it 100% still is. This is just Valve being Valve, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Time#Valve_Time

It'll get done eventually, so no long-term worries.

#16

FilippoA wrote at 27.07.2012, 06:06 CEST:

Please keep LC away from Dota 2

#17

zStArSz wrote at 27.07.2012, 06:15 CEST:

Pit Lord PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

#18

Issedia77 wrote at 27.07.2012, 06:45 CEST:

i dont understand why they have to stop releasing heroes isnt this why theres a tourney mode option in custom games

#19

Vaios wrote at 27.07.2012, 06:45 CEST:

omg :\ ..

#20

dwerhs wrote at 27.07.2012, 06:59 CEST:

dont forget to put centaur and terrorblade :)

#21

Dokkir wrote at 27.07.2012, 07:53 CEST:

I'm kinda sad about this, but at least they have time to get the characters done and balanced, and hopefully release a crap ton of them in November.

#22

Morpheus- wrote at 27.07.2012, 07:55 CEST:

loool. i actually expected this so, no big deal :D

#23

10830324e wrote at 27.07.2012, 08:12 CEST:

Reconsider at least Centaur and Magnataur only please! These two heroes have a decent picking percentage in professional competitions in Dota 1, and I'm pretty sure that these two heroes would be gladly picked by most if not all of the invited teams, especially the Chinese teams... :)

#24

!xobile wrote at 27.07.2012, 08:16 CEST:

they should release new heroes in test client,or even in main client,but not in tournament map
this is sad

#25

Toco wrote at 27.07.2012, 08:40 CEST:

sad no centaur