BlueTracker

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 would prevent textures from loading on various classic assets.
• 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 FX being played in FOW could cause the game to crash on Reforged Graphics.
• 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.