007 Pre-Alpha Release Notes

Release notes were not captured before v35

v35 - 16 April 2013

• Potentially fixed all PreventDamage bugs (!!!)
• Enraged Stalker has 2 new abilities to make him A LOT harder
• Rake Armor (and others) should have the correct -armor now
• Cloak of Elune (and others) now consider armor and armor type
• Polymorph (and others) now keep units in-combat for their duration
• Light of Quel'Thalas and Healing Ward nerfed, Disenchant buffed
• Cloak of Elune and Moonblade had their acquire types corrected
• Banish now has the correct damage/healing increase
• Added hit point regeneration to Spirit Link
• All potions now share one cooldown!
• Magic Damage Reduction now uses the source's attack type rather than the target's (was bugged)
• Spell Steal can no longer give buffs to wards (was bugged)
• Wards wont be silenced/Disabled by Haunt/Water Spout anymore
• Removed various no longer needed debug messages
• Units stolen by Control Magic can now cast their abilities properly
• Bisect changed (hoping it's a late game nerf with a buff early game)

v36 - 16 April 2013

• Enraged Stalker's throw had a visual bug corrected
• Enraged Stalker's rage has been made stronger
• Paralysis' duration is now 6 seconds at all levels
• Spirit Link's life regen has been corrected
• Added an additional reward to the Turtle quest
• Healing Wave now prioritizes units that are missing the most health
• Hydromancer has better AI when reset
• Creep scaling system is in - not sure on numbers, let's test it out!

v37 - 18 April 2013

• Removed a debug message from Healing Wave
• Decreased the damage of Monsoon, Tsunami and Frostbite
• Reduced the creep scaling damage increase from 2% to 1% per level

v38 - 28 June 2013

• Total hero level before creep scaling starts increased to 30
• All buffs from ultimate (or physical) skills are no-longer dispelable
• Shadow Meld now gives attack speed when you break invisibility
• Nest Robbing now gives it's gold reward and pauses the talker
• Hero's can have more than one proper name
• Turtles now despawn properly

v39 - 11 August 2013

• Spell Steal can now give the buff to someone other than the caster
• Creep's Frost Armor slows melee attackers again
• Fixed a potential bug with Spirit Link
• Fixed various creep spells that couldn't be Spell Shielded
• Fixed Disenchant
• Turtle retreat range increased
• Increased the range on Stalker's Call For Help
• Polymorph, Cyclone, etc now correctly keep units in combat
• Found a way to have debug messages only when I need them!

v40 - 06 September 2013

• Fixed a bug in PreventDamage
• Increased the number of Mur'gul and Jungle Stalkers
• Mur'gul Snarecaster's can cast Abolish Magic again! Beware!
• Hail of Arrows can no longer team kill
• Increased Voidwalker's tankyness
• Any player units can now set off traps (Turtles, Makrura, Vault)
• Bisect replaced with Pulverize
• Increased War Stomp's stun duration to 1.5/2.5/3.5/4.5/5.5
• Paralysis' slow is now 45/55/65/75/85%
• Fixed Jostle's cast animation
• Animate Dead and Parasite now turn the units into Creeps
• Parasite (when Spell Stolen) now gives control of the summon

v41 - 29 September 2013

• Fixed Spirit Link only damaging one unit
• Creep spawn positions are now proportionate to the size of each of the rects in their Zone
• Remade the CreepZones to better cover the terrain
• Increased the number of Starter Crabs, Crabs and Makrura
• Animate Dead units no longer leak

v42 - 17 January 2014

• New command -scale to see the current monster scaling
• Player owned units are cleaned up upon death again
• Deeplord Revenant now has Pulverize and Frozen Air is stronger
• Enraged Jungle Stalker no longer uses mana
• Enraged Jungle Stalker's Rage is now lost when he resets
• Spirit Link can no longer team kill
• Fixed a bug with evasion and non-integer attack speed increases
• Control Magic no longer breaks Twilight Skeletons
• Fixed Spell Steal not getting the correct bonuses from certain buffs
• You can now hand in quest items from your Backpack
• Quest rewards and Potion Brewing can now spawn in your Backpack
• Herbs now spawn/respawn in the correct Zones
• Improved Deeplord Revenant's Consume Magic AI
• Flame Strike based spells (Hell Fire) can now be Spell Shielded
• Storm Crow Form should now never grey out if you die while morphing
• Bear's Feral Spirit now properly only triggers off of attacks
• Tracking can no longer trigger on attacks before it wast cast
• Line projectiles targeting your feet will now go in the correct direction

v43 - 04 April 2014

• Demonic Presence is now removed as soon as your Demon dies
• Raven's no longer become invisible when they attack Frost Armor
• Overhauled and improved control over summoned units
• Roar is now physical
• Hydromancer has re-allied with the Mur'gul
• Ancient Revenant Mail's shield now actually blocks damage
• Spirit Link can no longer team kill (hopefully!)
• Pulverize no longer counts the bonus damage twice for splashing
• Fixed a bug where dying in Bear/Wolf/Crow Form could give extra mana regen
• Death time lowered to 30 seconds
• Rip and Energy Burst swapped around
• On The Hunt (Tracking) no longer only lasts for one attack
• Hydras that spawn on Death will now retreat
• Fixed a bug with Mur'gul Tidewarriors and Animate Dead
• Fixed a rare buff double free with Mind Wrack
• Fixed a rare bug where creeps could spawn in the wrong CreepZones
• Resurrection Stones are untargetable again