March 30 Hotfixes, Brawl Disabled, PAX East 2018, Towers of Doom Art

[Nerraw]

March 30 Hotfix Notes
A small hotfix update was just deployed to fix a few outstanding issues, primarly regarding the Nexus' newest hero, Fenix.

We’ve just released a new hotfix for Heroes of the Storm to apply a few bug fixes.


Bug Fixes

Battlegrounds

• Structures: Fixed an issue in which certain Abilities could be used to move Structures.

Heroes, Abilities, and Talents

• Diablo: Fixed a visual issue affecting Fenix’s walk animations after being hit by Overpower.
• Fenix: Fixed an issue that could cause Fenix’s model to visually disjoint from his actual position in-game.
• Fenix: Issuing a movement command during Purification Salvo will no longer cancel Fenix’s firing animation for the duration of the Ability.
• Fenix: Purification Salvo’s visual and sound effects will no longer continue to play if the Ability is cancelled due to its target becoming invalid, such as when Gul’dan casts Demonic Circle to teleport far beyond Purification Salvo’s range.
• Fenix: Unconquered Spirit’s icon in the Activated Talent hotbar is now visually consistent with other passive Talents, and no longer appears activatable.
• Hanzo: The Target Practice Talent will now correctly grant 30% increased Storm Bow range upon completing its first quest requirement.

Sound

• Announcers: Fixed a processing issue affecting one of the Mira Han Announcer’s voiceover lines in the Chinese game client.

Brawl Disabled

[Incoming Transmission]
We have temporarily disabled Deadman's Stand due to an overwhelming amount of zerg activity in the area. Please standby for further instruction, heroes.
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Heroes at PAX East 2018
The Heroes team will be at PAX East to reveal some exciting new things! We will be covering the panel right here on MMO-Champion, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled.

The Heroes of the Storm team is bringing some exciting things to show fans at PAX East, but you're invited to watch it from home too on PAX's own Twitch channel!

Panel Information

What: Heroes of the Storm PAX East Panel: Inside the Forge

Where: PAX East, Albatross Theatre

Where Will It Be Streamed: http://www.twitch.tv/pax2

When: April 5, 12:30PM PDT / 8:30PM CET [9:30 CEST]

Panelists:

• Jeff Cannata [Moderator]
• Matt Villers [Lead Hero Designer]
• Kevin Johnson [Creative Content Lead]
• Kaeo Milker [Production Director]

Panel Details

Be the first to learn how the lore of Heroes of the Storm will add to the larger Blizzard universe! Join the Heroes of the Storm development team to discuss the magic behind creating characters that leave a lasting impression and get a front row seat for the introduction of one of the most unlikely Heroes from Blizzard’s history to join the Nexus yet.

Towers of Doom Concept Art
David Harrington, Blizzard artist, occasionally uploads concept art to his personal page on Deviant Art. Today's highlight is of a few Towers of Doom structures and props.

[God Save The King]

This is so exciting!

[DesoPL]

I've heard rumors, that PAX East 2018 announcement might be on same level of hype like blizzcon.

[Xenodrake]

Does this really need to be a thing.

[Hollycakes]

And why wouldnt it be?

"get a front row seat for the introduction of one of the most unlikely Heroes from Blizzard’s history to join the Nexus yet."

Sounds good to me.

[ophion1990]

Damn, only had time for 2 games of the brawl friday and it was disabled by the time I coudl play again. I guess I'll do the rest monday or tuesday, whenever it comes back.

Excited for the Pax news aswell. We had 2.0 last year and IIRC the new season system the year before that, so it's probably gonna be something good now too.

Edit: Brawl is already back, not sure when it came back but I didn't expect a weekend fix.

[BuckSparkles]

Unlikely heroes? Give Garithos lol.

[RH92]

Be the first to learn how the lore of Heroes of the Storm will add to the larger Blizzard universe! Join the Heroes of the Storm development team to discuss the magic behind creating characters that leave a lasting impression and get a front row seat for the introduction of one of the most unlikely Heroes from Blizzard’s history to join the Nexus yet.

Why am I having this little wierd feeling it will be some kind of lame specialist meme Hero?

Fuck, after 2017 letdown I am just super sceptical of anything and can hardly get hyped up.

[Tenjen]

Race car heroes? The external IPs like the vikings could be one.

Overmind, mr "come a while and listen" or dead IP hero? Mengst? A hero from the books or comics?

Or maybe... Med'an?

[Nerraw]

Or maybe... Med'an?

The collective Heroes community would have an aneurysm.

[Charge me Doctor]

The collective Heroes community would have an aneurysm.

Can't agree more.

I would guess a titan being a least likely hero in HotS, or the Overmind

[Tenjen]

The collective Heroes community would have an aneurysm.

And his role? Warcraft assassin. But he can tank and heal too. Being a shaman, paladin, mage and probably having picked up druidism durimg the interim.

But seriously.

Unlikely could mean an external blizz ip, a shut down game, a not-combat-associated npc like decard or a god/abomination level being like a titan, the overmind or an old god. They already released a worker unit likr probius, otherwise i would state it could be one of them.

[Blayze]

And his role? Warcraft assassin. But he can tank and heal too. Being a shaman, paladin, mage and probably having picked up druidism durimg the interim.

But seriously.

Unlikely could mean an external blizz ip, a shut down game, a not-combat-associated npc like decard or a god/abomination level being like a titan, the overmind or an old god. They already released a worker unit likr probius, otherwise i would state it could be one of them.

A character with no physical battlefield presence and global reach (whether they can attack or just act through their minions) would be pretty cool, or one that IS the core, like perhaps Athena.

[Ashkiman]

Probably Sargeras since we haven't even seen him in WoW

[Nerraw]

Probably Sargeras since we haven't even seen him in WoW

You may want to complete the Antorus raid.