Heroes of Newerth’s Free To Play Week

HoN Fans-

You can now play Heroes of Newerth for FREE!  Come join us for a Free To Play Week starting Monday, August 2nd at 1:00 PM EST and ending on Monday, August 9th at 1:00 PM EST.  Set up your free account and download the client here.  It's fast and easy to do.  You'll be playing HoN again in just minutes! And, for FREE.

Come see what you've been missing.  You will have access to the full game and all 68 heroes, including the newest hero, Doctor Repulsor.  You will be able to see all game replays, but no cumulative stats will be available for F2P accounts.
See you in-game!

Maliken

http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/

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Free to play WEEKEND

Hi Everyone,
Heroes of Newerth will be FREE TO PLAY this weekend for anyone who had a beta account! Starting Friday at noon EST and ending Sunday at 11:59 PM EST, all beta accounts will be reactivated and players can login with their old accounts and enjoy HoN once again. For those of you who can't remember your password, you can retrieve it by visiting http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/cs.php. If you forgot your nickname, you can have it sent to you by clicking the "Lost Login Info?" button at the sign-in screen in the newest version of the HoN client.

Come back and try out all the improvements and changes we've made since launch!  We will be releasing one of our biggest patches to date this Friday, and we want you to come experience it.  Here's a sneak peek at what you will see in this patch:

·  Report A Player to ensure quality games for our players

·  Meet the Gladiator, our newest hero with a close relation to a certain DotA pirate

·  Rampage and Gauntlet will be updated with some new and exciting skills

·  Our newest item, the Blood Chalice, will also be added this Friday
and many more updates and changes! To download the newest HoN client, go to http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/download.php. We hope you come join us this weekend!
Warm Regards
Maliken

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HEROES OF NEWERTH - SOULSTEALER

The priests tell young men bound for the battlefield that if they fall, Elysian fields and peace awaits them. But this is not strictly true, not as long as the Soulstealer walks the battlefield. Gathering the spirits of those he kills in a bloody, shadowy sack, he augments his own power with their suffering. Those who see him quake in terror to know that death, for them, will be no release, but only a fiery captivity and oblivion.

SKILLS

DEMON HAND

Soulstealer calls upon the greater Hellbourne daemons to lay waste to the enemies before him.

Action: Facing Type:Enemy Units Type: Magic Radius: 275 Mana Cost: 75 Cooldown: 10.0 Seconds Required Level: 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Activation Deals 75 / 150 / 225 / 300 Magic damage to each target in radius.

SOULSTEAL

Soulstealer steals the souls of all he vanquishes, increasing his damage as his collection grows.

Action: Passive Required Level: 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 On Kill Adds one charge Adds 2 damage per charge to attacks. Dying will cause you to lose half of your charges. Maximum of {8,15,23,30} Souls.

DREAD

Soulstealer's appearance instills pure fear. Weakening the enemies morale, his mere presence lowers their armor.

Action: Passive Required Level: 1 / 3 / 5 / 7 Aura Effects Radius: 900 Target: Enemy Units -2 / -3 / -4 / -5 Armor

SOUL BURST

Soulstealer releases torrents of negative energy based on the number of souls he has collected. Each torrent damages nearby enemies. The closer an enemy is, the more torrents he'll get hit by.

Action: Target Self  Type: Enemy Units Type: Magic Radius: 700 Cast Time: 1.5 Seconds Mana Cost: 150 / 175 / 200 Cooldown: 120.0 / 110.0 / 100.0 Seconds Required Level: 6 / 11 / 16 Activation Releases one torrent for every 2 souls that the Soulsteal ability currently has. Each torrent deals 80 / 120 / 160 Magic damage. Applies Soul Burst to enemies in radius. Soul Burst Effects -15 / -20 / -25% Base Damage 15 / 20 / 25% Movement Slow

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Version 1.0.2 – Patch Notes

Version 1.0.2
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General
- Marchers are now in the outpost
- Fixed Plated Greaves not working.
- Implemented functionality for "Buy All Components"
* Clicking this button will attempt to purchase all components and sub-components needed to complete the recipe.
- Fixed several stringtable entries
- Fixed blockers behind the Legion fountain to help people who teleport back there
- Updated some cliffs so wards will not sink into them anymore
- Fixed "Helm of the Black Legion" appearing incorrectly on the shop due to it's length
- Tweaked some weirdness with collisions in the pathing code
- Fixed the pause dropdown so it now has the correct title
- Following functionality added: Right click on a buddy or clanmate and select "Follow" to follow them. You will join and leave any games they join or leave until you unfollow them, quit the game, or are in a game that starts.
* Thanks to __VIking for the idea
- Players attempting to re-connect to servers they got disconnected from will no longer be unable to join them due to PSR restrictions for times when they have recently played a game and their PSR was not updated before connecting to the server.
- Fixed matchmaking to auto focus the channel they join in on
- Removed the "stats reset by release" notification from the reset stats form
- Fixed an issue where blank lines would appear on IMs when one of the players chatting would join or leave a game.
- Fixed a bug where the No Stats icon would not show up in notifications for games that were "No Stats"
- The game will no longer display an additional disconnect message indicating that the hero was removed and assets distributed to their team when a player with no team is kicked from the game
- Rearranged the icons on the bottom of Public Games interface to make more space and fix alignments
- Updated Min/Max PSR Filter to be a little more lenient, for example selecting <1500 and >1600 now checks if it the server is <=1500 or >=1600.
- Tweaked the Public Game interface so that it can now display the actual advanced game options when hovering over the "Advanced Options" icon
- Added a "Hide Restricted Games" option to the Public Game interface
* When enabled any games a player is ineligible for due to having a leaver status or having a PSR outside the range of that game will be hidden
* Credit to Bangerz for the implementation
- Added the Premium Account icon to the Icon Key tooltip
- Added more ping filter values (from a max of 270 to a max of 360) and added more PSR values (1900 and 1950).
- Added game hint indicating players can disable notifications in game via the options menu
- Logging in with "Invisible Mode" will now always bring focus to the "Status" channel, previously it wouldn't the first time logging in
- Removed requirement to enter a reason when banning someone via "/bl add nickname", it now defaults to the reason "None" if none is specified
- Fixed an issue where the banlist reason was not updated properly unless the player logged out first
- Using "/r" will only reply to the last whisper received, and will no longer reply to the last buddy or clan whisper
Matchmaking
- Added maximum spread setting for matchmaking
* This will ensure that you are not forced to play with players far above or below your rating
- Restrict matchmaking regions to just USW, USE, EU
- Improve tracking of matchmaking failure rates and player disconnections
Heroes
Bubbles
- Fixed a glitch when you had a body effect on and threw the shell
- Can now use Shell Surf's teleport while under the effects of Take Cover
- Take Cover now triggers off tower hits
- Initial radius of Kelp Field changed from 600 to 400
Chipper
- Rocket Barrage damage reduced from 105/130/155/180 to 85/115/145/180
- Sawblade Showdown cooldown set to 50 seconds at all levels (from 60/45/30)
Fayde
- Stances will no longer reset when she dies
Gauntlet
- Completely reworked, still a dev hero. Let us know what you think on the forums.
Night Hound
- Updated the tooltip for Smoke Bomb to explain that he cannot attack towers while in the cloud
Scout
- Marksman Shot will no longer place an infinite life state on the target

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Hellbourne

AGILITY HEROES

Chronos	Slither	Blood Hunter	Soul Stealer	Dark Lady
The Madman	Arachna	Corrupted Disciple	Sand Wraith	Forsaken Archer
Fayde

INTELLIGENCE HEROES

Defiler	Demented Shaman	Voodoo Jester	Puppet Master	Hellbringer
Torturer	Wretched Hag	Succubus	Plague Rider	Soul Reaper

STRENGHT HEROES

Devourer	Electrician	Kraken	Warbeast	Pharoah
Accursed	Pestilence	Maliken	Magmus	Deadwood
Balphagore	Gauntlet

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Legion

AGILITY HEROES

Nighthound	Swiftblade	Moon Queen	Wildsoul	Zephyr
Magebane	Scout	Andromeda	Valkyrie	Engineer

INTELEGENCE HEROES

Blacksmith	Nymphora	Glacius	Thunderbringer	Polywog Priest
Tempest	Ophelia	Pyromancer	Vindicator	Witch Slayer

STRENGTH HEROES

Armadon	Behemoth	Hammerstorm	Pebbles	Keeper of the Forest
Legionnaire	Predator	Jeraziah	Pandamonium	Rampage

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