HIVE

Version 1.36​

May 9, 2023​

Balance​

• Immolation damage reduced from 7/12/18 to 6/11/17.
• Sentinel Research cost reduced from 100/100 to 50/50 gold/lumber.
• Arcane Tower Feedback increased from 12 to 16 on heroes (24 on regular units remains unchanged).
• Sundering Blades bonus reduced from 15% to 10%.
• Troll headhunter hit points reduced from 375 to 350.
• Pulverized cost reduced from 225 to 175 lumber.
• Cannibalization cost reduced from 75 to 50 gold.
• Cannibalization research time reduced from 30 to 15 seconds.
• Claws of attack +5 damaged reduced to +4.
• Claws of attack +9 damaged reduced to +8.
• Potion of Greater Mana reduced from 250 to 200.
• Mana Stone mana granted on consumption reduced from 250 to 200.
• Circlet of Nobility item level increased from 2 to 3.
• Ring of Protection +3 item level decreased from 2 to 1.
• Ring of Protection +4 item level decreased from 3 to 2.
• Ring of Protection +5 item level decreased from 6 to 3.
• Ring of Superiority added to the drop table as a level 1 item (+1 to all stats).
• Ring of the Archmagic added to the drop table as a level 4 item (+3 to all stats).
• Wand of Mana Steal reduced from 65 to 60.
• Lighting Shield removed from the item table.

Ranked​

• After the end of each season, MMR will now reset. (Previously, MMR did not fully reset after each season.)
• The map pool has been standardized to include 10 maps featuring a collection of well-known classic and new community maps.
• Map vetoes now offer a maximum of 3 vetoes for all modes.

Observer Mode​

• Added the option to disable/enable observer mode UI. This is automatically set OFF by default
• Added click-to-follow in the observer mode UI by clicking the command card.
• Removed the control panel and moved the command card to the far right. Hotkeys for toggling menus are available in the help menu.
• Production bar progress color is now white.
• Hotkey to swap to the Production panel is “Alt +P”, and to swap to the Unit panel, is “Alt + U”.
• Added new features and Updated UI for Observer Mode.
• All panels can be toggled on and off individually, using hotkeys or the Control Panel.
• Added Statistics Panel: you can now view the Race, Gold, Lumber, Food, and APM of all players in the game at once.
• Added Production queue. You can now view which units each player is currently building at once.
• Added Unit view. You can now view all of the units in each player’s army at once.
• You can now toggle between viewing the Production Queue or the Unit view.
• Added Hero Panel view. You can now view all of the heroes and their items and abilities for up to 4 players at once. You can also click on heroes to center your camera on them.

Tournaments​

• Tournaments now accessible via the Versus screen.
• Tournaments will run daily.
• Tournaments are open to all players.
• Added additional UI to indicate when the next tournament begins.
• Each Tournament will have different game rules, maps, and available races.
• Preliminary Phase: Play up to 8 games, and earn points based on wins and losses.
• The Top 16 players from the Preliminary will face each other in an Elimination bracket.
• Go undefeated in the Elimination Bracket to win the whole tournament!
• Unlock unique Portraits by earning points competing in Tournaments.
• Stats on Tournaments performance are displayed on your Player Profile.

Chat​

• In-Game and Global chat can now be toggled on and off in the Settings.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed an issue that prevented users from creating 512x512 custom maps.
• Fixed an issue where the game would crash when calling BlizHideOriginFrames.
• Fixed an issue where selecting Blademaster’s Mirror Image would break the Observer Mode UI.
• Fixed an issue where Ranked icons were missing from the Versus: Ranked Screen.
• Fixed an issue where your Highest Rank and Race stats were being pulled from recent Tournament history.
• Fixed an issue causing a crash on log-in.
• Fixed an issue where effects in the fog of war could cause the game to crash.
• Fixed an issue causing a crash while observing a CPU Game.
• Fixed an issue causing a crash when becoming an Observer on Defeat.
• Fixed an issue where in-game hotkeys were still functional while your Menus were open.
• Fixed an issue where Replays would be soft-locked if you attempted to watch one immediately after playing a match.
• Fixed an issue where you would see a black screen when observing games with a large number of players.
• Fixed an issue where player’s division icons in the leaderboard were not updating properly.

• Fixed an issue where F3 would disable the mini-map in non-obserever-mode games.
• Fixed an issue where Ring of Protection + 5 had the incorrect gold cost.
• Fixed an issue where Ring of Protection +4 had the incorrect gold cost.
• Fixed an issue where Ring of Protection +3 had the incorrect gold cost.
• FIxed an issue where Ring of Archmagic had the incorrect gold cost.
• Fixed an issue where players would have incorrect match details.
• FIxed an issue where players matches were being scored as “Ties” in non-tournament matches.
• Fixed an issue where Custom Campaign difficulty resets to normal on next level.
• Fixed a Chat bug in the lobbies of a Custom Game: someone entering or leaving the game would focus your window on the lobby, even if you were typing in the chat.
• Fixed an issue where Tournaments Race description was partially cut out in the Tournaments tab.
• Fixed overlap in the Allies tab in Spanish.
• Fixed an issue where tournament games did not score correctly.

• Fixed an issue where the Night Elf entangled goldmine would make it not visible in the fog of war.
• Fixed an issue where blighted trees would be visible in the fog of war.
• Fixed a server crash that could prevent matchmaking.

• Fixed an issue in the new Tournament service causing games to not process.
• Fixed an issue where if a player disconnected in a ranked play, the game would not process for all players.
• Fixed a bug causing a front-end memory leak.
• The elimination bracket is now visible.
• Fixed a bug preventing Tournament games from being scored.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the game from shutting down gracefully when viewing the Tournament leaderboards.
• Fixed an issue causing dead heroes to still be present in the unit panel in observer mode.
• Removed tint behind Production and Unit Panel.
• Fixed a bug causing some locales to display 12-hour time where 24-hour time is intended.

Patch 1.36​

• Added new features and Updated UI for Observer Mode.
• All panels can be toggled on and off individually, using hotkeys or the Control Panel.
• Added Statistics Panel: you can now view the Race, Gold, Lumber, Food, and APM of all players in the game at once.
• Added Production queue: you can now view what units each player is currently building at once.
• Added Unit view: you can now view all the units in each player’s army at once.
• You can toggle between seeing the Production Queue or the Unit view.
• Added Hero Panel view: you can now view all the heroes and their items and abilities of up to 4 players at once. You can also click on heroes to center your camera on them.

• Tournaments now accessible via the Versus screen.
• Tournaments will run daily.
• Tournaments are open to all players.
• Each Tournament will have different game rules, maps, and available races.
• Preliminary Phase: play up to 8 games, and earn points based on wins and losses.
• The Top 16 players from the Preliminary will face each other in an Elimination bracket.
• Going undefeated in the Elimination Bracket will win the whole tournament.
• Unlock Unique Portraits by earning points by competing in Tournaments.
• Stats on Tournaments performance are displayed in your Player Profile.

• In-Game and Global chat can now be toggled on and off in Settings.

• Fixed an issue where FX being played in FOW would cause the game to crash on Reforged Graphics.
• Fixed an issue where you would crash while observing a CPU Game.
• Fixed game crashing when becoming an Observer on Defeat.
• Fixed an issue where in-game hotkeys were still functional while your Menus were open.
• Fixed an issue where Replays would be soft-locked if you attempted to watch one immediately after playing a match.
• Fixed an issue where you would see a black screen when observing games with a large number of players.
• Fixed an issue where player’s division icons in the leaderboard were not updating properly.

Update April 27​

Balance​

• Immolation mana drain per tick increased from 7 to 8.
• Sentinel Research cost reduced from 100 to 50 lumber.
• Arcane Tower Feedback increased from 12 to 18 on heroes (24 on regular units).
• Sundering Blades bonus reduced from 15 to 10%.
• Troll headhunter hit points reduced from 375 to 350.
• Pulverized cost reduced from 225 to 200 lumber.
• Cannibalization cost reduced from 75 to 50 gold.
• Cannibalization research time reduced from 30 to 15 seconds.
• Claws of attack +5 damaged reduced to +4.
• Claws of attack +9 damaged reduced to +8.
• Potion of Greater Mana reduced from 250 to 200.
• Wand of Mana Steal reduced from 65 to 60.
• Lighting Shield removed from the item table.

Ranked​

• After the end of each season MMR will now hard reset previously MMR did not fully reset after each season.
• The map pool has been standardized to have 10 maps featuring a collection of well-known classic and new community maps.
• Map vetos have been increased to 5 for all modes.

Observer Mode​

• Hotkey to swap to the Production panel is “Alt +P”, and to swap to the Unit panel is “Alt + U”.

Tournaments​

• Reduced overall duration of Tournaments.
• Updated Time Zones information in Tournaments FAQ.

Bugfixes​

• Fixed issue where selecting Blademaster’s Mirror Image would break the Observer Mode UI.
• Fixed issue where Grand Finalists (1st and 2nd) in a Tournament would not see their results at the end of the game.
• Fixed issue where Ranked icons were missing from the Versus: Ranked Screen.
• Fixed issue where your Highest Rank and Race stats were being pulled from recent Tournament history.
• Fixed issue where Tournament Results screen would show MMR gains and losses for Tournament games.
• Fixed issue where the winner of a Tournament would sometimes see 2nd place in their Tournament Results screen.
• Fixed issue where sometimes you’d crash on log in.
• Fixed issue where you would remain in a Tournaments Matchmaking queue if you entered matchmaking, but then didn’t find a match.

Update May 3​

Balance​

• Immolation damage reduced from 7/12/18 to 6/11/17
• Sentinel Research cost reduced from 100/100 to 50/50 gold/lumber
• Arcane Tower Feedback increased from 12 to 16 on heroes (24 on regular units remains unchanged)
• Pulverized cost reduced from 225 to 175 lumber
• Mana Stone mana granted on consumption reduced from 250 to 200
• Circlet Removed from drop table (still available for purchase from the Goblin Merchant)
• Ring of Superiority added to the drop table as a level 1 item (+1 to all stats)
• Ring of the Archmagic added to the drop table as a level 4 item (+3 to all stats)

Ranked​

• Map vetos have been changed to 3 for all modes

Observer Mode​

• Added the option to disable/enable observer mode UI. This is automatically set OFF by default
• Added click to follow in the observer mode UI by clicking the command card
• Removed the control panel and moved the command card to the far right, hotkeys for toggling menus are available in the help menu
• Production bar progress color is now white

Tournaments​

• Added additional UI to indicate when the next tournament is

Bugfixes​

• Fixed an issue that prevented users from creating 512x512 custom maps
• Fixed an issue where the game would crash when calling BlizHideOriginFrames