[HO] Warcraft III: Reforged

SPECIFIC CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS

Installation now supports verification of Reforged pre-purchase or legacy keys.

Added a filter for lobby name

Added a filter for map name (prefix with @)

Maps will now be uploaded and downloaded from the cloud

All custom games from all gateways are now visible in the lobby browser

Port forwarding is no longer required to host your favorite map for custom games.

Network traffic encrypted

Updated custom game listing to have all games (for filtering) but list still shows the first 100 games

Added region filter to custom game filter

Added auto refresh of game information if less than 100 games on list

Custom games that are full or cannot be joined are grayed out on games list (refresh to remove)

Added kick and ban to player menu

Limited color menu to selectable colors

For arranged forces, changing player color will change player slot in game list

Hosts have * next to their name

Latency is shown on the right side of player list

Improved peer-to-peer map transfer to increase download speed

Game lobby is hosted in the cloud in closest supported data center to host

Host leaving will not end game

HOST COMMANDS

!ban [name|slot]
!unban [name|slot]
!closeall
!openall
!hold [name]
!holds [name] [slot]
!swap [x] [y]
!abort
!kick [name|slot]

PLAYER COMMANDS

!mute [name|slot]
!unmute [name|slot]
BUG FIXES

Desyncs with certain custom maps resolved

Observer API outputting accurate information

Custom sound files with meta data play again

Breath of Fire translated in Italian

JASS Mouse Event IDs reverted to pre-1.30.0 order
KNOWN ISSUES

A host leaving a LAN game sometimes removes other players

Custom Hero Survival has a desync with random ability related to legacy code

!ban command is not functioning when typed but does function from the drop down menu

Instantly joining a custom game after it is created will cause errors and prevent the game from being listed for a period of time

If the host leaves a LAN game all remaining players will instantly be taken to the score screen

Leaving and rejoining a lobby with full observers can cause a crash if at least one player is on a Mac

Players may become desynchronized when a custom game starts using The Third War Reborn

BALANCE UPDATES

Hero Balance Changes

Archmage
Brilliance Aura

Level 3 mana regeneration increased from 1.75 to 2.00 per second

Blood Mage
Flamestrike

Reduced casting delay from 1.33 to .9 on all levels

Keeper of the Grove
Force of Nature

Treant damage reduced from 16 to 15

Entangling Roots

Level 2: Duration reduced from 5 to 4 seconds
Level 3: Duration reduced from 7 to 6 seconds

Warden
Base Stats

+1 Intelligence

Pit Lord
Base Stats

+1 Agility
Orc Balance Changes
Tauren Totem
Base Stats

HP reduced from 1200 to 900
Human Balance Changes

Priest
Base Stats

Mana regeneration increased from .67 to .72

Spell Breaker
Tech Tree

Control Magic now requires Keep instead of Castle
Control Magic

Control Magic mana requirement reduced from 45% of enemy HP to 35% of enemy HP

Cannon Tower

Base Stats

Build time reduced from 75 to 65
Gold cost reduced from 200 to 150
Night Elf Balance Changes

Huntress

Base Stats

Decreased base damage from 16 to 15 (17-19 to 16-18)
Sentinel

Is an upgrade again. 100/100 cost, 20 second research, on Ancient of War, requires Hunters Hall, no longer requires Tree of Ages
Duration increased from 3 minutes to 5 minutes

Druid of the Talon

Base Stats

Gold cost reduced from 150 to 145

Glaive Thrower

Base Stats

Base damage decreased from 50 to 44
Undead Balance Changes

Acolyte

Base Stats

Movement speed reduced from 250 to 235
Items
Wand of Lightning Shield

Duration reduced from 20 seconds to 10 seconds
This reduces total damage from 400 to 200