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Jeopardy of the Horde v3.2 is now live! This update includes several gameplay improvements, as well as fixes as a result of the latest Warcraft 3 patches over the last year. The newer patches affected Jeopardy of the Horde in many ways, such as sound bugs and melee balance changes, all of which have been addressed to allow the campaign to play smoothly. Please note that this campaign is still compatible with Warcraft 3 versions as old as 1.26.
The campaign has also received a re-balance of its Hard difficulty similar to The Adventures of Rowan the Wise sometime last year. Previously, certain missions proved to be overly difficult for players for a variety of reasons. Base building missions were one example, as well as the final two missions with enemies receiving a considerable bonus to hit points and damage. Several areas of the campaign have changed to re-balance the missions such as the removal of enemy bonuses, player Hero nerfs and revised AI scripts. Overall, the objective of this update was to make Hard difficulty more fair to players while still being challenging to play.
MAIN CHANGES
- Hero, unit, building and spell stats no longer change depending on the player's Warcraft 3 version
- Updated all cinematics for widescreen support
- Optional Heroes can now be summoned from the Altar of Storms in missions where the player controls a base. In most cases, this means that the player will no longer automatically start off with optional Heroes at the beginning of the map. This change applies to the following Heroes:
- Grom Hellscream
- Rexxar
- Rokhan
- Drak'thul
- Rexxar
- Rokhan
- Drak'thul
HERO CHANGES
- Reduced the area of effect range of Earthbind Totem from 800 to 600
- Drek'Thar now has a new ability: Earth Shield, which increases the armor and hit point regeneration rate of a friendly unit
- Removed Brilliance Aura from Drek'Thar
- Reduced Cairne's collision size from 48 to 32, as well as increased his base movement speed from 250 to 270
- Reduced the damage of Samuro's Mortal Strike from 750 to 500
- Increased the base movement speed of Araj the Summoner from 240 to 270
- Fixed a bug where the player could summon more than one Misha
GENERAL CHANGES/IMPROVEMENTS
- Fixed a bug in Chapter 1 where the player's units will freeze after unloading them from the boat at the end of the mission
- Changed the armor type of all Human buildings to Heavy armor in Chapter 1
- Peons are no longer available to train in Chapter 2. Instead, the player will receive all their structures after completing 'The Lost Cargo' quest
- Potion of Restoration removed from 'The Stolen Artifact' quest in Chapter 2
- Player starts off with 500 additional gold in Chapter 3
- Cured fountains in Chapter 3 now provide health or mana regeneration
- Nearby enemies must now be killed before corrupted fountains can be claimed in Chapter 3
- Removed the Fountain near the Centaur Khan in Chapter 3, reducing the number of fountains from 5 to 4
- Renamed the undead AI players in Chapter 3 to have distinct names
- The path to the purple and green Undead bases in Chapter 3 are no longer blocked off by trees
- The path to Rokhan in Chapter 3 is once again blocked off by trees
- Removed the Fountain of Health in Chapter 4
- Replaced the rescuable Kodo Beast with a Grunt in Chapter 4 due to trigger conflicts with units affected by Devour
- Removed the Orb of Lightning from the Voodoo Lounge in Chapter 4
- Lowered the starting level of Drek'Thar in Chapters 4, 5a and 8
- Increased the hit points of Fel Orc Berserkers from 535 to 600
- Players will no longer lose the mission in Chapter 5b at Korgall's Arena. Instead, the arena will reset and the player must try again
- The outpost now has a Stronghold instead of a Great Hall in Chapter 5b
- Troll Batriders are no longer available to train in Chapter 5b
- Fixed a bug in Chapter 6 where the player is not able to complete 'The Goblins' optional quest
- Gazlowe now has additional items to allow him to tank better in Chapter 6
- The fountain in Chapter 7 will now restore both health and mana once the 'Mystical Fountain' quest is completed
- Fixed a bug in Chapter 7 where items on the ground would permanantly disappear after a cinematic plays
- Summoned undead humans by the player in Chapter 7 now have +3 weapon and armor upgrades
- Removed the Vials of Mana item in Chapter 7
- The 'Protect Santron' quest in Chapter 8 has been changed so that the player must now defend the city for 12 minutes
- Updated the Death to the Invaders to list the bases that need to be destroyed in Chapter 8
- Replaced the Fountain of Health with a Fountain of Mana in Chapter 8
- Player now starts off with an Altar of Storms in Chapter 9
- Added additional enemy Heroes to the Night Elven bases in Chapter 9
- The trees to the final Night Elf base in Chapter 9 are now invulnerable
- Reinforced Defenses is now automatically researched on Hard difficulty in Chapter 10
- Slightly changed the items for purchase at the Goblin Merchant in Chapters 9 & 10
- Scrolls of Restoration have been replaced by Scrolls of Healing at the Voodoo Lounge in Chapter 10
- Replaced the Fountain of Power with a Fountain of Health in Chapter 10
- Azgalor is now immune to magic in Chapter 10
- Fixed a bug in Chapter 10 where the player would not lose the mission if all of their buildings were destroyed
- Rebalanced the enemy AI in Chapters 3, 5a, 7, 8, 9 & 10 on Hard difficulty
- Removed the damage and hit points increase for enemy players in Chapters 9 & 10
- Reset the hotkey for the Build command back to B
- Changed the hotkey for upgrading the Great Hall/Stronghold to Z
- Command hotkeys (such as Build, Attack, etc) can now be overwritten by the player's custom hotkey settings
- Updated Tyrande's model to the same used in Malfurion's Quest
- Made slight background music changes across the campaign
- Unique models have now been given to Potions of Invisibility, Scrolls of the Beast and Scrolls of Resurrection
- Items are no longer dropped by destroying creep buildings
- Runes are now color coordinated, making them easier to identify for the player
- Made numerous item changes throughout the campaign