Next Hero : Tundra ! It's a Port

S2 kept their promise so far and still bumps up content in weekly patches. Another one is about to come the next days: Tundra!

Today I received an image of the next hero to be added to Heroes of Newerth. Its name is Tundra, and from watching the Artwork you can guess that it will live up to its name.

Tundra will take the role of a ganker, in addition to the latest addition Bubbles (DotA port: Puck) they are a nice addition to everyone's gankpool.
The Abilities are not published yet, but stay updated.

But know what you all came to this blog for: The artwork.

In my opinion he looks more like a strength carry than a ganker, but let's see what his abilities are. I'm also curious about which side it will fight for: Legion or Hellbourne. But I hope it will be an evil one =).
Stay tuned for the next patch notes to catch the abilities, and post your opinion here.

Go to the original post now here : http://www.gosugamers.net/hon/blogs/1908, this article originally posted by : Ereskigal

This hero will be a port !

 Two pets?Who is it?Lets wait until tomorrow !

iGames & S2Games : Heroes of Newerth LAN Games

iGames is excited to be partnering with S2 Games to launch a LAN center-specific solution for the official upcoming release of Heroes of Newerth. This solution has been designed to make account-based games more suitable for the LAN center environment. By participating in this service, LAN centers can purchase Heroes of Newerth "seats" that will allow an unlimited number of users to create their own HoN accounts. The main benefits of this service are:

1. Centers no longer need to purchase house accounts and share them among multiple users.
2. Centers will be able to allow an unlimited number of users to create HoN accounts.
3. Users will have their own account, access to their own characters and game play settings but will only be able to access the account from a participating LAN center.

ABOUT THE GAME
Heroes of Newerth (HoN) is a session based multiplayer action RPG game based on the popular mod, Defense of the Ancients. Two teams of 5 play as special Hero units with the assistance of AI-controlled armies in an attempt to destroy the enemy base. As a match progresses, players can earn experience and gold which can be used to upgrade skills or purchase items to make their characters more powerful. The team oriented design of HoN and unprecedented Voice-Over-IP controls allow for a incredibly deep tactical team based experience unlike any other.

Registration will open on Monday, May 10th. On that day, please go to www.lancenters.com and click on Services > Heroes of Newerth for more details.

 

Published May 08 2010, 01:37 AM by Judy

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Patch Version 1.0.2 Changelog

Version 1.0.2
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General

- Marchers are now in the outpost
- Fixed Plated Greaves not working.
- Implemented functionality for "Buy All Components"
* Clicking this button will attempt to purchase all components and sub-components needed to complete the recipe.
- Fixed several stringtable entries
- Fixed blockers behind the Legion fountain to help people who teleport back there
- Updated some cliffs so wards will not sink into them anymore
- Fixed "Helm of the Black Legion" appearing incorrectly on the shop due to it's length
- Tweaked some weirdness with collisions in the pathing code
- Fixed the pause dropdown so it now has the correct title

- Following functionality added: Right click on a buddy or clanmate and select "Follow" to follow them. You will join and leave any games they join or leave until you unfollow them, quit the game, or are in a game that starts.
* Thanks to __VIking for the idea
- Players attempting to re-connect to servers they got disconnected from will no longer be unable to join them due to PSR restrictions for times when they have recently played a game and their PSR was not updated before connecting to the server.
- Fixed matchmaking to auto focus the channel they join in on
- Removed the "stats reset by release" notification from the reset stats form
- Fixed an issue where blank lines would appear on IMs when one of the players chatting would join or leave a game.
- Fixed a bug where the No Stats icon would not show up in notifications for games that were "No Stats"
- The game will no longer display an additional disconnect message indicating that the hero was removed and assets distributed to their team when a player with no team is kicked from the game
- Rearranged the icons on the bottom of Public Games interface to make more space and fix alignments
- Updated Min/Max PSR Filter to be a little more lenient, for example selecting <1500 and >1600 now checks if it the server is <=1500 or >=1600.
- Tweaked the Public Game interface so that it can now display the actual advanced game options when hovering over the "Advanced Options" icon
- Added a "Hide Restricted Games" option to the Public Game interface
* When enabled any games a player is ineligible for due to having a leaver status or having a PSR outside the range of that game will be hidden
* Credit to Bangerz for the implementation
- Added the Premium Account icon to the Icon Key tooltip
- Added more ping filter values (from a max of 270 to a max of 360) and added more PSR values (1900 and 1950).
- Added game hint indicating players can disable notifications in game via the options menu
- Logging in with "Invisible Mode" will now always bring focus to the "Status" channel, previously it wouldn't the first time logging in
- Removed requirement to enter a reason when banning someone via "/bl add nickname", it now defaults to the reason "None" if none is specified
- Fixed an issue where the banlist reason was not updated properly unless the player logged out first
- Using "/r" will only reply to the last whisper received, and will no longer reply to the last buddy or clan whisper


Matchmaking

- Added maximum spread setting for matchmaking
* This will ensure that you are not forced to play with players far above or below your rating
- Restrict matchmaking regions to just USW, USE, EU
- Improve tracking of matchmaking failure rates and player disconnections


Heroes

Bubbles
- Fixed a glitch when you had a body effect on and threw the shell
- Can now use Shell Surf's teleport while under the effects of Take Cover
- Take Cover now triggers off tower hits
- Initial radius of Kelp Field changed from 600 to 400

Chipper
- Rocket Barrage damage reduced from 105/130/155/180 to 85/115/145/180
- Sawblade Showdown cooldown set to 50 seconds at all levels (from 60/45/30)

Fayde
- Stances will no longer reset when she dies

Gauntlet
- Completely reworked, still a dev hero. Let us know what you think on the forums.

Night Hound
- Updated the tooltip for Smoke Bomb to explain that he cannot attack towers while in the cloud

Scout
- Marksman Shot will no longer place an infinite life state on the target

Patch Version 1.0.1 Changelog - Bubbles & MM Patch

This patch contained mostly entity/balance fixes (and a new hero). A full code patch will be coming next week that will fix various issues and bugs.

Version 1.0.1

Matchmaking
- Fixed average wait time and percent successful matches stat tracking for matchmaking
- Added some matchmaker logging
- Fixed substitutions not working properly


- Tweaked some oddities in the pathing code
* Heroes might 'stick' on each other slightly again. We are developing a more permanent solution
- Toggling autocast and attack abilities no longer interrupt any current actions

Bubbles - Upcoming Legion INT Hero

Is it Port or Original Hero ?

New Way to Purchase HoN

For those of you who have been trying to purchase HoN, but don't have a credit card or PayPal account, today's your lucky day!

You can now purchase HoN via Money Order or Cashiers Check.

The option to do so is on the right side of the Billing Page next to the PayPal option when you are trying to create/upgrade your account. Just click the "Pay by Mail" button and you will be prompted to type in your first and last name and your email address. A form will then be sent to your email, which you will mail in with a USD$30 Money Order or Cashiers Check (this must be in US Dollars!). After we receive your form and payment, we will email you a redemption code to the email address you supplied.

Be sure to follow the instructions on the form to make sure everything goes through correctly.

[S2]Konran

S2 Staff Member

KS beta names with Sub-Accounts or change your nickname!

Greetings!,

You can now purchase a sub-account with a nickname taken by an old beta account for $20.00 USD.

Sub-accounts provide an additional identity for your account with its own nickname, statistics, and buddies. Your sub-account is tied to your main account and only one account in that group can be logged in at any given time.

https://www.heroesofnewerth.com/identities

You can also change your nickname to any nickname not taken by a purchased account for $10.00 USD.

https://www.heroesofnewerth.com/nicknames

-GoGo
[S2]GoGo

S2 Staff Member

Gauntlet and the Retail Launch News

Bye bye Beta, here comes the coolest and peak moment of Heroes of Newerth, now it's LIVE and going to officially launched, you guys need to prepurchase the game in order to continue playing this great game, now the S2Crew are busy working with the retail launch.
UPDATE - For the pre purchased user that already got beta client, you guys can just patch it into 1.0.1 version.

Version 1.0.0.1
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 - Fixing a minor UI issue with the new F6 menu while ingame  

Version 1.0.0
Release Build
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Bug Fixes

- Fixed terminating players properly ingame when they left
- Fixed disconnection caused by the terminated player message
- Fixed upside down taskbar icon under Linux
- Fixed matchmaking giving improper point values
- Fixed the black and white box when picking a dev hero
- Fixed MinPSR/MaxPSR not being reset back to 0 when a game ends
- Rate of passive income is now adjusted when a player terminates (Higher with less players)
- Cleaned up create game dialog
- Added a frame that holds the disconnect button on the loading screen
- Updated tooltip description for hardcore mode so it doesn't say items are dropped
- Tweaked Linux resource auto-reloading


Heroes

Balphagore
- Minions spawned by Balphagore's ult will now die if their target dies
- Won't eat Items, Wildsoul's Bear, or Mechanical units anymore

GosuGamers : HoN World Cup with $40,000 prize pool

GoSuGamers & SteelSeries announce HoN World Cup with a $40,000 prize pool

Also S2Games are opening the Office Stream, there'll be mini office tour, Ask S2, etc, but date and time coming soon, see the thread here : http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=118943

Developer chat with HoN creators this Thursday

This Thursday, May 13, the developers of Heroes of Newerth will be answering your questions through IRC on their newly opened #HoN channel.

The developer chat is dated one day after the initial game release, which for sure will bring forth a set of questions. If you have a question, enter QuakeNet at 22:00 CET on Thursday.

S2Games DREAM Project now LIVE !

It's a cool and amazing project, if you guys think you're creative enough to create and design your own hero, then this is the place called DREAM to make your dream come true !

Patch Version 0.3.6 Changelog

If you read the early notes from the Test Client, please re-read these as there are some significant changes!

This should be live within the hour. The chat server will have to be reset, so it will go down right before the patch goes live.

Please remember that MANY MANY mods will be broken, as with every patch.

Version 0.3.6
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Game Modes

- Added Dev Hero Mode
* When enabled, Dev Hero Mode allows work-in-progress "development" heroes to be played
* All future S2 Hero additions are going to be added as "dev heroes," this allows us to get feedback on a large scale and evaluate balance before including the hero in the stable hero pool
* Dev hero mode must be enabled when hosting games. It can be filtered in the game list. Dev heroes will not be used in matchmaking or competitive tournaments
- Added new advanced game option "Tournament Rules"
* When enabled, allows the host to specify in the game lobby which team gets first ban
* Only affects BP and BD gamemodes
- Added "Hardcore Mode" advanced game option
* No passive gold/sec gain
* A creep/hero deny results in 0 experience for the enemy team
* A tower deny results in 0 gold for the enemy team
- "Item Drop" advanced game option now drops all items on death.
* Items dropped on death cannot be picked up by couriers, sold, or killed on the ground.
* Items dropped on death can be picked up and used by anyone.
- Added 5 seconds to each players pick time in Random Draft (25 -> 30)
- Added 5 seconds to transition between bans and picks in Random Draft (15 -> 20)

INT Ganker Community Hero Contest Winner

Hero 3 - Go to original thread

Agility: 15(1.5)
Intelligence: 22(2.2)
Strength: 18(2)
Range: 500
Base damage: 45 - 55

Test Client Version 0.2.59 - 64 Patch Changelogs [Balphagore & MM Patch]

Version 0.2.65
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- Added new option: Dev Heroes
* When enabled, allows heroes who are still considered "under development" or "rough" to be played
* This means Matchmaking will not use heroes until they are no longer tagged as Dev (Also good for tourneys)

- Balphagore tagged as a Dev hero

- New Hardcore Mode icon
- Fix selling items by dragging them to a shop
- Added 5 seconds to each players pick time in RD (25 -> 30)
- Added 5 seconds to transition between bans and picks in RD (15 -> 20)
- The host option "Disband" has been changed to "Disconnect", Upon disconnecting the game server will assign another player as the host and print a message to the game lobby indicating the transfer of hosting privileges
- Re-arranged Public and Create Game interfaces to make more space and added icons/checkboxes for the new "Hardcore" and "Dev Heroes" game options.
- Moved "Alt Hero Picking" on the Create Game interface to an Advanced Option, which is what it is actually categorized as 

Please Read It !

Lately I keep wondering about my blog template, this hon blog template I mean, for me, it's quite simple and I like it, but the problem is, I think it's unstructured and messy(maybe because of the widgets in the sidebar).Also about the template itself, it doesn't represent or show Heroes of Newerth in it, I mean maybe  the template should have Heroes of Newerth image as it background, etc.
That's why now I'm still searching and looking for a perfect template for this blog.
That's why I got this new blog : http://theheroesofnewerth.blogspot.com/
That blog contain the same postings as this blog, because I just import it..The main point here is,
I want you guys to visit and see the template, it's simple and have the Heroes of Newerth in its header..I can change the header later.
I also love that template because of the Ads place, Later, I want to give chance for you guys that maybe interested in placing ads on my blog.I'm still a highschool boy who wants to earn some money from my blog that can make me also proud to have this blog.

So please visit http://theheroesofnewerth.blogspot.com/ And tell me which template is better, this one or that one, I need answer ASAP !

Test Client Info - Updated

2 New Heroes coming very soon. This is Balphagore and our community designed and voted upon strength hero. That is one big fist! From Heroes of Newerth Facebook
And it's Gauntlet and Balphagore
*Gauntlet should be the hero 4 that win the contest

Hey guys, we've got the next patch available for preview on our "test client," a separate version of HoN that we use to test upcoming content.

We need as much testing on this as possible. We've got tons of code fixes and they need to be thoroughly tested. We've also made some updates to how match making works and we need as many people as possible to give it a try.

Here's a sneak peak at some of the changes that can be found in the test client:
- New str hero, Balphagore
- Tons of long-standing bug fixes
* Fixed things like devourer's hook from appearing to come from random directions
* Fixed going the "long way" when eating a tree
- Some game resources load prior to entering match making queue, meaning you shouldn't have to wait as long for other players to load
- Other match making updates to more reliably find games if you are at the low/high end of the spectrum, as well as to more reliably replace players who fail to load

And of course, tons of balance improvements.

The test client can be located here:
http://dl2.heroesofnewerth.com/HoNTestClient-0.2.61.exe

NOTE: If you have custom key binds for HoN, you'll want to backup your startup.cfg file, located in \my documents\heroes of newerth\game. Installing the test client will replace this file with default values (clearing any custom binds).

Please note that many gameplay changes in these test clients are not final and should not be discussed outside of our test client feedback forum. We need 'warm bodies' to test match making, so if you don't have time to give feedback that's OK, but if you are interested please join us on IRC to obtain information as to how to access the private beta-beta forum.

IRC Server info
server: irc.s2games.com
ports: 6667
channel: #hon

Here's a preview of the new hero's ultimate, called "Hell on Newerth" (the enemy heroes in this screenshot are level 1):

Test client testing for the next patch, includes some matchmaking changes

Current test client version : 0.2.61

Hey guys, we've got a test client build going with *some* changes to match making (more coming), a new hero, and some other balance tweaks.

We're like to schedule a match making test for 5/5/2010 at 3pm PST (-8 GMT). Please download the test client and login at that time. The test server will be up tonight, but we'll be taking it down tomorrow until the test begins.

The test client can be located here:
http://dl.heroesofnewerth.com/HoNTestClient-0.2.0.exe

Please note that many gameplay changes in these test clients are not final and should not be discussed outside of our test client feedback forum. We need 'warm bodies' to test match making, so if you don't have time to give feedback that's OK, but if you are interested please join us on IRC to obtain information as to how to access the private beta-beta forum.

IRC Server info
server: irc.s2games.com
ports: 6667
channel: #hon

[S2]Fielding

S2 Staff Member

Vote for the Next INT Ganker Hero

It's here! The winning community-made concept will be implemented into HoN.
Visual design, names, and balance are likely subject to change, so vote on skill concept, not theme and numbers!

Chaos Warlock
Necromancer
Geomancer

VOTE NOW !

S2 Games Partners With Garena For SEA Operations

Hey everyone,

S2 Games is happy to announce that we have chosen Garena as our strategic partner for key countries in South East Asia (SEA), namely Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Garena currently hosts the largest gaming community in SEA, making this a valuable partnership for both parties.

As announced earlier, Heroes of Newerth will be going to retail on Wednesday, May 12th. This means that players need to purchase a paid account to be able to continue to enjoy the game. However, Garena has decided to keep the game free-to-play for its target countries and gamers in these locations do not need to purchase a paid account. Due to this, we have to restrict the access of gamers from Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines from playing in our international servers.

Garena is currently still setting up their dedicated servers for the South East Asia region, so there is an expected lull time for users in these four countries wherein they will be unable to play the game. The Beta Testing Phase for Garena servers expected to start before the end of May.

At the start of closed beta, gamers from these countries will be able to redeem a Beta Key immediately if they are Garena Gold Members, while other keys are given away in other community efforts. Please note that countries not stated here (e.g. Indonesia, Thailand) will be unable to play on Garena servers, and would require purchasing a paid account to enjoy the game in S2 Games? international servers.

For more updates from the Garena Team regarding their Heroes of Newerth release, visit their blog at http://blog.garena.com or the official Garena Heroes of Newerth website at http://hon.garena.com.

[S2]Maliken

S2 Staff Member

Also we're going to have 1 new hero on 12th May in the Retail Release !

Nickname KS Lookup & Countdown Now Available

Title says it all - see if that name you want is available and watch the countdown head to zero as we close in the ability to take nicknames.

https://www.heroesofnewerth.com/ksNickname

[S2]Maliken

S2 Staff Member

Balphagore - Alpha Version on Test Client Patch 0.2.59 Today

Very early version of upcoming Balphagore, the STR Hellbourne hero, meet the hero meat eater...more corpse more power !