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While it definitely seems convincing for them to do so especially with the game's still huge player base, Blizzard has not announced anything yet.

#Warcraft iii ptr update#

The huge update sparked rumors of a possible remaster for the game. In fact, a lot of changes have been made and it may take a while to discuss all of them in detail.

The in-game editor in which players also get to make their own custom maps - and in which 'DotA' was created - has also been updated. It then also makes sense for them to even add a widescreen support for the game. That said, it makes sense for the developers to make map pool changes given the bigger number of players in a single map. The player count has also been doubled from 12 to 24. It adds a lot of balance changes and adjustments. It is a big surprise for many gamers that a 16-year old game could get a huge update. In fact, the Public Test Realm (PTR) has just gotten another major update keeping the game alive. 'Warcraft 3' is commonly known to being the home of the first popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, 'DotA.' Of course, 'Warcraft 3' is popular in its own right with a lot of pros still playing the game. On the positive side, the developers are mostly looking into how the new creep camps affect the game, so even if the matches are imbalanced they will still be able to get good data out of them.A promotional photo for 'Warcraft III: Frozen Throne' Facebook/WC3Europe Just keep in mind that the matchmaking system is a bit iffy right now, which combined with the fact that the PTR population isn't massive is probably going to result in some lopsided matches.

#Warcraft iii ptr download#

Removed the rolling shoreline waves from rolling hills to remove the noise the waves created - remains for cliff shoresĪs I've mentioned above the Warcraft 3 PTR is already live, so if you're interested in checking out all of the new changes you should head over to the official website for the download link.

Properly placed trees and doodads on the pathing grid: full-cell Medium Grid to half-cell Medium Grid alternate.

Added cliff lines or deep water to edges of the map - removing hard edges (aesthetic choice for immersion).

Minimized the size of trees and doodads that obstructed player view of points of interest.

Retextured map surfaces for better visual clarity - both on screen and mini-map.

Decluttered points of interest to reduce visual competition during gameplay.

Balanced expansion distance from start locations.

Balanced all start locations: total amount and starting distance from lumber, equal amount of spacing, equal size choke points, et cetera.

Item diversity: Varied Level 1 though 6 charged items and Level 1 through 6 permanent items.

Balanced creep drop tables for better item progression from early game to late game.

Balanced creep camp difficulty progression from early to late game.

#Warcraft iii ptr Patch#

The patch notes are fairly small, so if you're interested in the full list, here it is: Quite a lot of time has passed since then, but the long wait now finally appears to be over as the Warcraft 3 test servers have just been updated with a new batch of balance changes.Ĭreep camp difficulty progression has been rebalanced from early to late game, the loot drop tables have been reworked in order to reward those that actually clear difficult camps, item diversity has been improved throughout the early levels, and pretty much all of the starting locations and natural expansions have been slightly retuned. Back in May of 2016 Blizzard released the very first modern Warcraft 3 patch, along with an announcement that more content will be coming in the future.