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-build (0.89) Release (Act I)

• Mercenaries!
• You can now hire Mercenaries (unselectable hireables that follow you around)
• You unlock new mercenaries by completing quests. You can have one mercenary of each type.
• Mercenaries scale with your hero level, and grow stronger as you grow stronger.
• You unlock the marine mercenary and mercenary vendor early act I
• You unlock the Firebat mercenary when you get the key to the east in act I

• New opening cinematic and splash screen
• Keyboard turning implemented (Lock Camera mode only). You now hold left mouse if you want to use A/D to strafe left/right.

- Bugfixes

• Level cap increased to 80 but you cannot gain experience past level 50 (until I release act III)
• Aberitions and Scantipedes should now be properly targettable by left click.
• Most UI messages are no longer blocked by the hero's health bar
• Dropped items should now be unselectable (and won't deselect your hero when you accidentally click on them.)
• Destructibles and Doodads should no longer deselect your hero if clicked.
• Map automatically removes unnecesary quest item duplicates. (like teleporter beacon or tal'darim relic)
• Many many bug fixes
• In Act I, the teleporter by that cliff in the eastern wastes now properly ports you to the queens lair.
• The cinematics are completely redesigned and should work regardless of how many players are present.

-build (0.89) Release (Act II)

• Mercenaries!
• You can now hire Mercenaries (unselectable hireables that follow you around)
• You unlock new mercenaries by completing quests. You can have one mercenary of each type.
• Mercenaries scale with your hero level, and grow stronger as you grow stronger.
• You unlock the marine mercenary and mercenary vendor early act I
• You unlock the Firebat mercenary when you get the key to the east in act I
• In act II, you get a Zealot mercenary with Lifestealing

• New Splash screen
• Keyboard turning implemented (Lock Camera mode only). You now hold left mouse if you want to use A/D to strafe left/right.
• Several NPC's in Act II have been given chat bubbles, to make their purpose more clear. Example; "Hi, I'm a vendor!" or "Wanna hire some mercenaries?"
• Marauder damage output has been increased through another rank of 'Improved Seeker Missile.'
• Dark Templar - Killing spree is an ultimate that causes you to jump target to target every 0.24 seconds dealing a merciless strike to each target until up to 8 targets are hit. (not available while in act I)
• Dark Templar - Improved Merciless strike rank 2 makes your merciless strike effect hit 2 targets (not active or purchasable while in act I)
• Two new Spectre Talents, Improved Experimental Plasma Gun, and Level 3 Psi Shield, (not active or purchasable while in act I)
• Spectre - Chemical Missile persistent damage over time has been increased
• Ghost New Improved AP rounds rank 2 Talent. (not active or purchasable while in act I)
• Roach - Talon Strike Level 3 talent. (not active or purchasable while in act I)

• - Bugfixes
• Players heroes have had their 'force status bar' state turned on, to make them easier to distinguish from their mercenaries in multiplayer environments.
• Level cap increased to 80 but you cannot gain experience past level 50 (until I release more material)
• Most UI messages are no longer blocked by the hero's health bar
• Right clicking a neutral or friendly unit as the Roach or Ghost hero will no longer cause you to attack them
• Many many bug fixes I have forgot to mention

0.88b Release (Act I)

• Crit was actually doing 4% per point. It has been reduced to 2% per point
• Lifestealing has been buffed to 3.5% of damage dealt generates vitals per point. (up from 2.5)
• Stat dialog item now displays even more information in its items tooltips (and should now display the correct attribute bonus's)
• Some mobs were still 'unclickable'
• The Stats dialog tooltip display will now properly update when you buy a stat point

0.88b Release (Act II)

• Town Rift charges are now droppable
• Town Rifts now last 2 minutes, up from 1 minute
• Crit was actually doing 4% per point. It has been reduced to 2% per point
• Lifestealing has been buffed to 3.5% of damage dealt generates vitals per point. (up from 2.5)
• Stat dialog item now displays even more information in its items tooltips

bug fixes

• Drag select is now properly disabled.
• Clicking magmalisk plaguebringer, items, stalkers and colossus will no longer deselect your hero
• Strength and agility dialogs should now display their proper +damage benefits in their tooltips (or at least be damn close)

0.88a Release (Act II)

• The UI has been redesigned!
• A new minimizable world map
• You can now left click an enemy to set your target. (without deselecting your hero).
• Target bar now displays enemy portrait
• New health and mana bars!
• You can now see a friendly targets hero level by hovering mouse over
• You can now see what your estimated crit % by hovering mouse over Crit in the stats dialog.
• You can now see what your estimated lifestealing % by hovering mouse over Lifestealing in the stats dialog.
• Agility, Intel, and Strength now have a tooltip (that aren't entirely accurate yet)
• New movement speed stats dialog item
• New Battle.net map image

Bug fixes/balance

• The Teleporter Beacon was still generating a temp section in the bank keys, this has been fixed
• Drag-select has been disabled
• Multiple bugfixes

0.88a Release (Act I)

• The UI has been redesigned!
• Chat bubbles are now working and all quests either use transmission text or chat bubbles
• A new minimizable world map
• You can now left click an enemy to set your target. (without deselecting your hero).
• Target bar now displays enemy portrait
• New health and mana bars!
• You can now see a friendly targets hero level by hovering mouse over
• You can now see what your estimated crit % by hovering mouse over Crit in the stats dialog.
• You can now see what your estimated lifestealing % by hovering mouse over Lifestealing in the stats dialog.
• Agility, Intel, and Strength now have a tooltip (that aren't entirely accurate yet)
• New movement speed stats dialog item
• Terrain Improvements
• Your second and third bags now appear on the left side of the screen

Bug fixes/balance

• The Teleporter Beacon was still generating a temp section in the bank keys, this has been fixed
• Drag-select has been disabled, and you can no longer deselect your hero unless you're buying from a shop or using a vehicle.
• Numerous bugfixes

0.88 Beta (Act II)

• Several UI elements were simplified. Save slot 1 save slot 2 save slot 3 buttons are all now 'save hero' which quicksaves your hero to their assigned slot.
• Quest givers are now marked with ! and ? in perspective to the players progress in the quest chain.
• Feedback cast time increased to 0.55 seconds (from 0.3)
• New base defense quest

Bug fixes/balance

• Removed the "objective complete" directive text from numerous quests
• The Experience counter was redesigned, and now displays the correct experience for your hero.
• You no longer lose unspent stat points if you die.
• You no longer lose unspent stat points if you don't spend them immediatly. *You can level 2 times, and you'll still have your 2 stat points to spend*
• The experience required for all levels has been reduced by roughly 97%! The experience gained from killing mobs has been reduced by 95%.
• Mobs now only grant experience to heroes up to a certain hero level. Players should be encouraged to quest in content that's challenging for their level.
• Bank files 'temp' section was removed. Your hero now automaticly saves to their assigned slot every 30 seconds worth of combat. Your hero will load from that assigned slot on res.
• Bank file size has been reduced by almost 50%, and the map will trim unused bank data on loading. It should be more multiplayer friendly.
• Too many quests were triggering too often, so a few more conditions added to the quest triggers.

0.87c Beta (Act I)

• New Lifestealing stat! This stat generates 2.5% of damage dealt as shields/life per point, and regenerates 0.5% of damage dealt as energy!
• Damage dealt by Snipe, Acid Spit has been increased
• Damage scaling by Blinding Goo has been increased
• The barrier blocking the last Hybrid Destroyers Lair will now explode if you approach Chal'marr with the Queens Heart

Bugfixes

• Extra experience is generated based on how many active users are present. It was dividing the total experience between all players present, therefore, players would level faster in single player games. This has been fixed.
• New manual load feature. Load one of another players heros by typing -loadhero player# slot# This is a quickfix for people who can't find their save banks in multiplayer games. Just get a friend to load your hero, and save it to an unused slot before you leave.
• Bank temporary save slot (the slot you res from) now properly saves when you finish spending stat points.
• The Stat buttons no longer light up upon resing/loading when you have no stat points to spend.
• Healing Text Trigger was causing performance issues since it was being triggered the computer players regeneration as well, Healing text can now only be seen by healing a user controlled players unit.

0.87c Beta (Act II)

• New Lifestealing stat! This stat generates 2.5% of damage dealt as shields/life per point, and regenerates 0.5% of damage dealt as energy!
• Damage dealt by Snipe, Acid Spit has been increased
• Damage scaling by Blinding Goo has been increased
• The Quest line is completed and is ready for testing!
• New NPC that will buy your old quest items in the Nexus!
• You can now enter the Nexus
• Town Rift Charge implemented. This is effectively a 'scroll of town portal' that you can buy from the vendors for 120 vespene. Summons a Rift that goes to/from your home nexus. This item is not useable in Act I.
• Massive terrain/decal improvements
• The shops have been replaced by merchants next to Chal'marr.
• Bosses will now ALWAYS drop at least 1 peice of gear. More players means more gear, and a higher chance to drop superior gear.

Bugfixes

• Extra experience is generated based on how many active users are present. It was dividing the total experience between all players present, therefore, players would level faster in single player games. This has been fixed.
• New manual load feature. Load one of another players heros by typing -loadhero player# slot# This is a quickfix for people who can't find their save banks in multiplayer games. Just get a friend to load your hero, and save it to an unused slot before you leave.
• Pathing has been updated.
• Bank temporary save slot (the slot you res from) now properly saves when you finish spending stat points.
• High Templar Al'rak no longer starts at a low percentage of vitals during his first encounter.
• The Stat buttons no longer light up upon resing/loading when you have no stat points to spend.
• Some High level bosses have had their abilities reworked and their fights redesigned. (The Hybrid Destroyer now A: empowers statues which can explode, B: releases 3 different types of adds througout the fight, C: tries to summon another boss occasionally, and D: casts vortex)
• Healing Text Trigger was causing performance issues since it was being triggered the computer players regeneration as well, Healing text can now only be seen by healing a user controlled players unit.
• Zone markers have been updated, and the minimap will change when you enter a dungeon or go through a door.

0.87a Release (Act I)

• Queen Infestor damage over time dealt by curse of weakness increased by 30%, and curse of weakness now stacks up to 12 times on the target
• Radius of Shared experience increased to 128
• Act I now supports up to 5 players, up from 4.
• Several old/unused bank keys were removed
• Hybrid Destroyers damage dealt by Plasma Bolt reduced slightly
• Save banks now store the players name as text, and tell you whose hero you just loaded.
• After the base defense event, Chal'marr gains a new ability that causes him to 1shot any hostiles within a radius of 4. Enemies killed by this effect will NOT respawn.

0.87 beta (Act II)

• The map size has been reduced from 192x192 to 192x128 since ATI video cards refused to work on anything larger than 192x128.
• Queen Infestor damage over time dealt by curse of weakness increased by 30%, and curse of weakness now stacks up to 12 times on the target
• Radius of shared exp has been increased to 128
• the High Templar encounter is no longer bugged, and graphics glitches from his abyssmal ruins area were fixed. There should no longer be mobs just floating in the air or flying.
• The Fire Lord fight has been redesigned. You approach the boss to begin the encounter (he starts out neutral)
• The Dark Stalker now spawns adds!
• Hybrid Destroyers damage dealt increased
• Experience gained from killing Ursodac has been increased
• Several old/unused bank keys were removed
• Terrain objects/decals/detail increased.

0.87 Release (Act I )

• Creatures now have a 30 minute respawn timer (depending on the creature)
• Creatures now have more items on their loot tables! Armors, rejuv potions, life potions, energy potions may now drop (and usually lessers instead of minors)
• Agility +damage increase component increased
• Haste benefit from agility increased
• Fixed a minimap bug when zoning out of the west end of the swamps.
• Damage meter displays the most recent 3 second window of damage done as DPS.
• Hybrid Destroyer damage output reduced slightly
• Hybrid Reaver damage output reduced slightly

0.86d Public Beta (Act II ) Welcome to Act II

• Players are now able to level to 50
• New bosses
• New gear
• New Environments
• 4 dungeons with multiple levels
• 5 new bosses
• Level 13-50 content
• You must complete the Hybrid Destroyer encounter in Act 1

0.86d release (act I)

• New critical Strike stat!
• Several Items have had their highlight tooltips updated, you can now see what drops without having to pick the item up
• Healing combat text now appears when any unit is healed
• Ranks 4 5 6 of Infused healing added
• Ranks 4 5 6 of Improved Rejuvination added
• Several Item changes in preparation for Act II, which will be done on a seperate map
• The Distribution of minerals (shared income) system has been revised to provide more minerals for players who do not often receive killing blows.

bugfixes

• Resource splitting (a player gives away all minerals and vespene upon leaving) has been fixed.
• The Quest cinematics no longer bug out in multiplayer
• Quest Tracking now Tracks the last boss encounter.
• The abandoned armory will automaticly be ported to the base for players who have completed the Hybrid Reaver base defense encounter. Just talk to Chal'marr
• Spectre Psionic Lash upgrade tooltip updated to the correct description
• When a player repicks their hero, all items the hero left on the ground will disappear. This was done to combat item duping.
• The Stone Zealot (if destroyed) may re-appear if a new hero reaches that part of the quest chain (allowing the Stone Zealot to be killed again)
• The scientist (first questgiver) will automaticly give the hero a transporter beacon if the Distruption shield generator is already destroyed.
• Game UI has been set to Unlock mode by default
• Hybrid Reaver's (second boss) Bio-Plasmid Discharge damage dealt reduced to 250 (from 500)
• Several classes can no longer pick certain stats, (for example, an ultralisk can't stack intelligence, a High Templar can't stack strength)
• Heroes no longer have a chance to gain a stat point upon resurrecting. This was cheesy and totally unintended.
• The armor benefits from agility and strength has been lowered by roughly 28% per point

0.85d beta

• Reset Stats button will refund your stat points if you didn't spend your stat points properly. This will always refund the proper amount of talent points back for a character of your level.
• Respawn triggers are fixed
• A third inventory bag has been added
• The Save/Load triggers now track quest progression
• New boss, Hybrid Kronnis. He does an aoe snare, followed by an omega storm (an aoe), and he steals 900 health from a random party member every 20 seconds. Stay out of aoes, kill him fast.
• The Omegalisk boss now does a frontal cone fire aoe that deals 2200 damage over 3 seconds. Don't be in front of him
• The last boss, Hybrid Destroyer now spawns Magmalisk, instead of aberritions, and has a new ability, Enflame. This ability causes chaotic aoe damage to nearby targets
• The stats dialog now displays your proper level and stacks of attributes
• Several new types of mobs, higher level mobs are typically darker and larger than lower level mobs

• Hero changes
• Level 4 5 and 6 of improved shields talent added for all heroes
• Marauder now has a rank 2 corrosion bolt talent, causing corrosion bolt to deal 115 damage increased by strength, in addition to its original effects
• Marauder now has an improved Stimpack talent, causing stimpack to grant 50% haste instead of 25
• Ultralisk now has a rank 2 Sweeping Strikes talent, causing an additional 33% damage dealt by sweeping strikes
• Spectre auto attacks now refund 9 energy (baseline)
• Spectre now has 3 ranks of a new talent, Psionic Weapons, causing each of his weapon attacks to grant 9 additional energy per rank.
• Spectre Experimental plasma gun now costs 35 energy, up from 13
• Medic - Chemical warefare now has a rank 2 talent. Damage bonus from rank 1 has been reduced
• Roach - Damage aura now has a rank 2 talent. Damage bonus from rank 1 has been reduced
• Dark Templar now has Frenzy rank 2 talent. Damage bonus from rank 1 has been reduced.
• Dark Templar now has Guardian Aura Rank 2 talent, which increases haste to 30% while active.

0.85 beta (previous changes)

• -New hero Pick Menu. I know, the old hero pick library by sweetzombiejezus was better, but the new system supports save/load of heroes.
• You can now save up to 3 heroes at once on battle.net. This also stores your hero's cash, items, stat points and talent upgrades.
• Experience gain normalized, new level cap of 40
• The Stats tab will flash when you gain a level, an indicator that you need to spend a stat point
• You no longer gain stat points/levels from dying and resing

0.83 release -Two quest cinematics added.

• -Players now pick their stat points through a new submenu on their command card instead of the dialog. This prevents players from picking their stat points while driving/piloting a vehicle, losing their point
• -All abilities (except Spectre - Consumption) now have their secondary hotkeys clarified in their tooltips. All abilities will now state in bold letters 'Press 1 to cast on your current target' or 'Press 7 to cast on yourself'.
• -High Templar has a few new talent upgrades, Improved Feedback and a second rank of improved psi storm
• -You can no longer pick up Chal'marr with the dropship
• -Chal'marr is now much harder to kill
• -Chal'marr will now retaliate if attacked by a human player
• -Players can no longer enter the 'destroy the distruption field generator' quest zone until they've reached that part of the quest chain.
• -Spectre - Psi Shield has had its energy cost removed
• -Spectre - Experimental Plasma Gun has had its base damage increased by 7
• -Transition between quest zones should 'blend' alot better for unlock mode players.
• -Queens lair should be accessable without switching to lock camera (third person) mode.
• -Amount of mobs in starting zones has been reduced
• -Queen Infestor should no longer be dealing damage based on a % of the targets heealth

0.82 -Intro cinematic deleted (was causing serious camera issues on multiplayer which made it unplayable) -Some types of items that do not consume charges now have a ridiculous cooldown instead! (grenades, gravity bombs) -Burrow (Queen Infestor, Roach, Ultralisk) no longer removes your stacks of agility/intelligence/strength. The correct attributes are applied after the hero unburrows -Enemies now hit harder when more players are present, gaining +20% damage done per player present -Difficulty now adjusts when a player leaves the game

0.81b -Intro cinematic added -grenades now properly consume charges -preview map image updated -all npc's are now unselectable (but not untargettable)

* Zone borders would cause the camera to 'jump' on unlock mode (default camera mode).  Zone sizes have been increased (and borders have been moved accordingly) to reduce this annoying effect.
* Camera bug, locking and unlocking will often lock free moving.  The issue can only be solved by dying and respawning