Warcraft 3 - Patch 1.25

[Leak-]

Warcraft 3 Patch 1.25

http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=27797299539&sid=3000

 

[rcshaggy]

Can you show me a download link for it, because my Battlenet is not working for me.

 

[Leak-]

Can you show me a download link for it, because my Battlenet is not working for me.

i'm not completely sure, but i think the only way as of now to access/download the patch is via BattleNet through WestFall.

 

[PurgeandFire]

Yeah, they only have it on Westfall because the patch isn't considered to be "live" yet.

 

[Teelo]

Blademasters finally get a nerf after all these years and its a terrible terrible nerf... :roll:

 

[Adiktuz]

not that major changes...

and the fortified guard tower without any additional cost is pretty nice if ur on the human side...

 

[Super-Sheep]

First they nerf Human towers and then buff them.

k.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

There are some changes that should have changed long time ago. Hmm... I'm still not gonna start playing ladder anymore.

That fortified tower is a sexy change.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Bah, melee faggottry. Where are all the editor enhancements I want but can't think of right now?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Enhancements? What about the damn fixes, like that major security exploit...

 

[-Kobas-]

Enhancements? What about the damn fixes, like that major security exploit...

Can't agree more, it seams to me that Blizzard only edited few things to make list longer (rifleman hp increased by 20 or 30, who cares...), they need new patch to refresh game a little

 

[Super-Sheep]

If Blizzard would care about Warcraft III they could make patches that would let players for an example to set starting resources and choose from different modes like Capture Point and choose starting positions and blabla... :/

 

[Dr Super Good]

Actually, in Korea there are a few professional WC3 players, although a lot less than SC1/2. These changes are obviously aimed for professional play where hacking does not mater (private LANs) rather than general battlenet use.

Even 10 more HP on refilemen can make the difference between 1 attack killing them or not which can allow the riflemen to attack once more and kill another unit which normally would not die. Never underestimate how much something small like 10 hp can alter a game.

 

[Rui]

Actually, in WC3, small HP changes will not have a very noticeable effect, although they can decide the fate of a unit in a few rare occasions. As for the Rifleman, I'm not sure what the deal with it is, first its HP was 520, then it was changed to 505, and now it's 535. The buff is actually welcome, considering Crypt Fiends have 550 HP, almost always a Death Knight around to heal them and a more powerful attack that's not much slower than the Rifleman's, and cost only +10 gold and +10 lumber.

In any case, I agree that Fortified armored Guard Towers are going to screw up things; Human tower rushes will become much harder to resist, and Night Elves will indeed have some problems on solo. It'll also force all races to rely on siege weapons much more often. In my opinion, it is a little late to change the concept, and Human towers should remain Heavy armored, and, thus, vulnerable to heavy air.
Blademaster doesn't need a nerf on Wind Walk, he needs a nerf on his agility, of at least 1 point. Reduces the insane damage output of Critical Strike, reduces the attack rate, which helps with the same ability as well, and makes the Blademaster a little easier to kill.
Shadow Strike, I'd have increased its mana cost to 70 or left it as it was. 75 sounds too much for a spell that doesn't even stun and deals so little damage at level 1.
Faerie Fire was fine as it was.

I stopped reading the thread when I got to page 2, people are making some really dumb suggestions there.

 

[Aeroblyctos]

They should just make the Wind Walk what it was before: make the Blademaster unable to go through enemies while using that ability.

 

[Dr Super Good]

Ah so a million maps would bug... Nice idea...

 

[Deolrin]

I was wondering how long will it take for someone to post it on the Hive. No one took up the cup, oh well.

Warcraft III patch 1.25 is now available on the PTR. If you'd like to help us test out this patch and provide feedback, open up the game client and select the "Westfall (ClassicBeta)" gateway to begin downloading the latest patch. Once the download is complete, restart the game, log into Westfall, and you're set. (To resume playing on live servers, simply select your regular gateway and you will be reverted to the retail version of the game.)

For information on what's changed, be sure to check out the PTR patch notes listed below (we are aware the patch notes are not currently available in the patch details itself).

Warcraft PTR Patch 1.25

Balance Changes

• Humans
  • Guard Tower Armor type changed to Fortified
  • Siege Engine Level increased from 2 to 3
  • Rifleman HP increased from 505 to 535

• Night Elves
  • Warden Shadow Strike mana cost increased from 65 to 75
  • Druid of the Talon Faerie Fire duration decreased from 120 to 90

• Orcs
  • Blade master Wind Walk duration reduced from 20/40/60 to 20/35/50
  • Raider Ensnare Cooldown increased from 12 to 16
  • Spirit Wolf Rank 1 Wolf Level decreased from 3 to 2

• Items
  • Ivory Tower gold cost increased from 30 to 40
  • Tome of Experience now gives Heroes 100 experience points, down from 150
  • Orb of Venom poison duration decreased from 8 to 6

Fixes

• Warcraft III will now write its registry keys on launch.
• Widescreen (stretched) resolutions should now be available in the Video options.
• You can now purchase items from shops while Hexed.
• Scroll of Town Portal will no longer be consumed when casting fails when used at the same time that your Hero is Hexed.
• Hex will no longer extend the duration of Metamorphosis.
• Hex will no longer disable mana or health regeneration of Heroes.
• Wisps Detonate ability will no longer drain mana from Heroes while under the effects of Potion of Invulnerability.
• Fixed an issue where players were able to ally with opponents when alliances were locked ("share hack").
• A gold exploit with buildings has been fixed.

Please note that replays are incompatible between major game revisions. This means that 1.24e replays cannot be viewed when using the 1.25 version of Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.

Source: http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=27797299539&sid=3000

So yeah, a new patch for WC3! Quite awesome if you ask me, lots of balance challenges etc. I hope that first 'Fix' doesn't mean people with illegal copies can no longer play though.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Does it fix that exploit that hackers could use to send information to your comp via a wc3 map?

 

[Dr Super Good]

I could have sworn that this was posted somewhere already...

 

[PurgeandFire]

I was wondering how long will it take for someone to post it on the Hive. No one took up the cup, oh well.

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/warcraft-discussion-99/warcraft-3-patch-1-25-a-187731/

lol. ;P

Does it fix that exploit that hackers could use to send information to your comp via a wc3 map?

Nope. The preload hack still works fine.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Nope. The preload hack still works fine. The only changes I've seen to the editor so far was a fix on the ExecuteFunc("") crash when you input the name of a function which does not exist. It was a bug since the game came out.

Oh that's great, it's nice to see Blizzard has their priorities in order

 

[supertoinkz]

Still no autocast channel though.

 

[Dr Super Good]

I wonder why can they not stop the local handle point leak... Actually, since they made that function no longer crash people should check if you still need to null local handles for them to be recyclable.

 

[jackintheworld]

where can I get Warcraft 1.25 patch? I can't connect Westfall Classic beta server.. other servers are working fine..

 

[Michael Peppers]

I hope that first 'Fix' doesn't mean people with illegal copies can no longer play though.

Nah, it refers to the Windows Registry. For example, from now on the game will keep the Windows/Wine registry up to date as to where the game files are located, making it possible to move the whole game install without affecting uninstallation, JNGP etc. That may also mean that now I can finally mod decently on Wine.

 

[PurgeandFire]

Oh that's great, it's nice to see Blizzard has their priorities in order

Ignore what I just said. That change came in 1.24e, I was mistaken. They made no changes to WE in 1.25 as far as I can tell.

 

[supertoinkz]

Well, it is still on testing phase, there might be more to come.

 

[Revilo]

Yay ingame widescreen at last.

 

[Miss_Foxy]

Awesome! I like the changes with gameplay

 

[Razosh]

This is truelly awsome news!

 

[Miss_Foxy]

What does writing registry keys on launch do?
It sounds nice

 

[Michael Peppers]

What does writing registry keys on launch do?
It sounds nice

Check the post I made before...

 

[Dr Super Good]

It means that you can play the game from a USB flash drive on any computer now without hving to install it or copying your registry files accross.

 

[Tleno]

At least Blizz has proven it does care about us, non-SC2/WoW players!

 

[Vunjo]

you are right tleno, but if we want rifleman to have a bit more or less health, we open the existing blizzard map, change it, add AI in triggers and done, no need to make a patch for it...

 

[Dr Super Good]

Vunjo, there is more to games that playing AI... Although I do agree that AI are fun to fight at times.

 

[Tleno]

erm I don't really care about rifleman. I don't play melee at all. It's just that some people kept saying that after SC2 lizz will forget they even had Warcraft RTS games.

 

[Vunjo]

I just hope that warcraft will live forever, at least, for another 4 yearz

 

[Tleno]

You mean until all SC2 expansions will be (approxinatelly) relseased?

 

[Vunjo]

or better to say, till all warcraft players start playing starcraft

 

[Miss_Foxy]

Blizzard does care about us! Hehe, I smell a patch that increases map size limit soon

 

[Super-Sheep]

Blizzard does care about us! Hehe, I smell a patch that increases map size limit soon

Yeah Dota is almost 8 Mbit soon...

 

[Miss_Foxy]

Blizzard did mention that they'd support their mappers and DotA is one of them, so we can expect the limit increase

 

[Vunjo]

yeah, but it's not so good to have increased limit. Cause ppl will add some random and not really necesary things in map, and it will just increase downloading time using local area network.

 

[Miss_Foxy]

I heard that there's a way to prevent that too, while increasing the file size limit, I just forgot how.

 

[Kala]

"Fixed an issue where players were able to ally with opponents when alliances were locked ("share hack")"

Yeah! I can play ladder games again ^^

 

[Miss_Foxy]

Woot

 

[blade_great]

is Warcraft 1.25 switcher available? I need to update my warcraft 3 to v1.25, please help me !!

 

[Adiktuz]

just update to version 1.25 using the original patch...