Dota 6.79 Release !

Finally, the developer of DotA, IceFrog, manages to shock the community by releasing DotA 6.79 earlier than expected. But, this is just the beginning! You are about to be stunned just by looking at the changes. 
The entire gameplay has took a 180° shift. Not only the heroes have received massive changes but the in-game mehcanics too. The DotA 6.79 features a Hidden Quest inside, hint: check the lower right corner of the the map!

Some notable changes from changelogs:

• 25% of the remaining respawn time will add up to your next death when you buy back.
• When buying back, 25% of the remaining respawn time will be added to your next death
• Day/Night length decreased from 6 to 4 minutes
• Roshan will respawn at a random time between 8 and 11 minutes after death
• When Aegis expires unused, it heals the hero fully over 5 seconds
• Bloodseeker no longer has movement speed cap when Thirst is active.
• Starting gold increased from 603 to 625
• Your gold income is now 1 per 0.6 seconds, up from 1 per 0.8 seconds
• Tower last hit bonus gold increased from 100-200 to 150-250
• Ranged Heroes now get the same denied experience as melee heroes
• Pudge and Vengeful Spirit can now use blink dagger.

You can read the full DotA 6.79 changelogs. The changes are indeed fascinating.

Download Map:

• 6.79_Test1.w3x (8 MB)

Please note that v6.79 is only released as a public-test version. Official version will be out soon. If you find any bugs report them.

How to play the new map:

1. Download the 6.79 map file (.w3x) from the link above.
2. Open Warcraft III directory [the default path is C:\Program Files (x86)\Warcraft III]
3. Open Maps folder and then open downloads sub-folder. Move the map file there.