Valve has released a major patch 7.24 for Dota 2. In it, the developers removed shrines, moved one outpost to the main forests on each side, reworked the balance and added champions Void Spirit and Snapfire to CM mode.
List of key changes in patch 7.24
- A separate cell has appeared for neutral items. Now each hero can wear no more than one neutral item as active.
- The fountain now has a shared hiding place. Neutral items will be stacked in it instead of on the ground. The new interface also shows the status and location of other dropped items.
- The number of cells in the backpack has been reduced from 4 to 3.
- The chance of neutral items dropping from ancient creeps is 3 times higher than from ordinary ones (10% for ordinary ones).
- Shrines have been removed from the map.
- Outposts were moved to the main forests on each side.
- Outpost indicators have been reworked: the ground radius has been reduced from 1400 to 700. The radius for detecting invisible objects and heroes has been similarly reduced.
- Outposts from the start belong to their teams. They can be captured at any time, but the first reward is still issued at 10:00.
- Wealth runes were moved from lines to additional forests.
- All talents to increase gold gain have been removed.
- Void Spirit and Snapfire have been added to CM mode.
- The revival time for level 1–5 heroes has been increased: from 6/8/10/14/16 to 12/15/18/21/24 seconds.
- The ransom price has been increased from (100 + value/13) to (200 + value/12).
- The courier's respawn time in seconds has been increased from (50 + 7*level) to (60 + 7*level).
- The courier's movement speed has been increased from 280 to 290.
- Couriers can no longer place wards at level 15.
- Couriers can no longer use items at level 25.
- Melee attack radius for Observer Ward and Sentry Ward increased by 150.
The full list of changes can be found at .
Source: 3dnews.ru